# welcoming (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover welcoming. Page: Feed: --- ## [Oral Health Care Spotlight: LEE](https://neappleseed.org/51518) _2026-08-19 · Freedom Thompson · Nebraska Appleseed_ We know many community members in Nebraska face challenges accessing the dental health care they need, whether it’s the cost, finding a provider, getting preventive care, or receiving ongoing care. Many Nebraskans also experience significant disparities in getting the dental care they need. Meet Lee Lee has worked his entire adult life. At 28, he \[…\] The post Oral Health Care Spotlight: LEE first… ## [TAKE ACTION: Urgent need for stability for Nebraska – Dream & Promise Act](https://neappleseed.org/51554) _2026-08-17 · Darcy Tromanhauser · Nebraska Appleseed_ Congress has failed to meaningfully update our immigration laws in 40 years – leaving Nebraska families, communities, and the systems and services we all rely on with damaging outcomes and uncertainty for many years. Now many more longtime neighbors who have been part of Nebraska communities for decades are losing work status as the administration \[…\] The post TAKE ACTION: Urgent need for… ## [Justify Your Targeted Marketing](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/08/justify-your-targeted-marketing.html) _2026-08-17 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ Targeted marketing by a company—for instance, sending advertising to a preselected segment of the possible audience—can benefit a consumer by reducing their handling of ads which hold little interest to them and can benefit a company by optimizing the marketing budget. Moreover, most consumers like to be acknowledged as individuals, and marketers can leverage increasingly sophisticated methods to ## [Charge for Virtual Goods Interoperability](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/08/charge-for-virtual-goods.html) _2026-08-10 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ If your customer has paid for their outfit, they’ll enjoy experiences in those duds more than if they’d gotten the identical outfit for free. Researchers at Western University in Ontario, University of Edinburgh, and University of St. Thomas in Minnesota found this to be true when the purchaser would be using the outfit on an avatar in onscreen video game action. ## [Make your SNAP go further with Double Up Food Bucks (available across Nebraska)](https://neappleseed.org/51480) _2026-08-06 · Guest Post · Nebraska Appleseed_ Guest Post by Camille Sullivan Research shows that nutrition incentive programs like Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) are one of the most effective ways to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. Rather than restricting and limiting food choices, including recent efforts to ban soda, energy drinks, and candy in \[…\] The post Make your SNAP… ## [Join us for a Welcoming Week Workshop – August 20th!](https://neappleseed.org/51478) _2026-08-06 · Eric Garcia-Mendez · Nebraska Appleseed_ Welcoming Week 2026 Stories We Share: The Courage to Connect Welcoming Week: September 10-19 and beyond! Each year, people and communities across Nebraska, the country, and globe – come together to celebrate what makes our neighborhoods stronger: connection, belonging, and the people who call them home. This is a wonderful time to connect with both \[…\] The post Join us for a Welcoming Week… ## [Unconditionally Gift Arriving Consumers](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/08/unconditionally-gift-arriving-consumers.html) _2026-08-03 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ As a retailer, you could present a surprise gift to a customer after they’ve completed a purchase. You could present a surprise gift for participation in your store loyalty program. On the other hand, you could offer a gift when a shopper enters your store, with no consumer action required. Such a tactic of unconditional gifts can nicely complement your existing programs of promotional rewards, ## [Three Months of Medicaid Work Requirements](https://neappleseed.org/51415) _2026-07-30 · Sarah Maresh · Nebraska Appleseed_ The state of Nebraska fast-tracked Congress’ Medicaid work reporting requirements, starting the requirements 8 months early with no federal rules and no time to prepare. Since May 1, our state has strapped everyday Nebraskans with needless paperwork and added mountains of work to our already overloaded state workers’ plates. The first three months of work \[…\] The post Three Months of Medicaid Work… ## [Age Offerings Properly](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/07/age-offerings-properly.html) _2026-07-27 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ How marketers frame a time span will influence how consumers respond to what’s offered. A research team at The University of British Columbia, Tilburg University, and Cornell University explored a specific example of this regarding the age of whiskey. A whiskey distilled for longer time is considered better. But what difference does it make if the marketer says “ ## [25,000 Nebraskans have lost SNAP — and most of them are children and seniors](https://neappleseed.org/51307) _2026-07-24 · Eric Savaiano · Nebraska Appleseed_ Congress worked to convince the public that H.R. 1 should be passed to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse. What it has accomplished in reality is cutting kids, seniors, and eligible families off of a program that provides vital food assistance to individuals and families across our state. As the cost of groceries continues to climb, \[…\] The post 25,000 Nebraskans have lost SNAP — and most of them are… ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ow4DwtMMVPFK) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [The 2026 Good Apple Awards Honorees](https://neappleseed.org/51346) _2026-07-21 · Nic Swiercek · Nebraska Appleseed_ Join us for the 2026 Good Apple Awards on Thursday, October 8 at the Livestock Exchange Ballroom in Omaha. Social hour with an hors d’oeuvres dinner and live music begins at 6:00 pm with a short program to follow at 7:00 pm. Purchase your tickets or become a sponsor of the 2026 Good Apple Awards \[…\] The post The 2026 Good Apple Awards Honorees first appeared on Nebraska Appleseed . ## [Welcoming Week 2026Stories We Share: The Courage to Connect](https://neappleseed.org/51368) _2026-07-21 · Christa Yoakum · Nebraska Appleseed_ Welcoming Week: September 10-19 and beyond! Each year, people and communities across Nebraska, the country, and globe – come together to celebrate what makes our neighborhoods stronger: connection, belonging, and the people who call them home. This is a wonderful time to connect with both new and longtime neighbors, celebrate diverse cultures and embrace the \[…\] The post Welcoming Week 2026Stories… ## [Mark Your Calendar for The Good Apple AWARDS!](https://neappleseed.org/51390) _2026-07-21 · Becky Gould · Nebraska Appleseed_ You’re invited to join us for the 2026 Good Apple Awards on Thursday, October 8 at the Livestock Exchange Ballroom in Omaha. Social hour with an hors d’oeuvres dinner and live music begins at 6:00 pm with a program and awards presentation to follow at 7:00 pm. The Good Apple Awards will celebrate Nebraska Appleseed’s 30th anniversary and \[…\] The post Mark Your Calendar for The Good Apple AWARDS!… ## [Sweeten Shoppers with Baby Talk](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/07/sweeten-shoppers-with-baby-talk.html) _2026-07-20 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ The way in which a brand name is pronounced influences the brand’s personality. In a study at University of Dundee and Nanyang Technological University, a toilet bowl cleaner given the name Goz was rated by study participants as stronger than one given the name Pas. A skin conditioner named Pota was rated as gentler than one named Vig. More generally, brand names ## [Align PWYW Cost Structure with Value](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/07/align-pwyw-cost-structure-with-value.html) _2026-07-13 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ To broaden availability for financially constrained consumers of offerings like museum visits, dance workshops, and online courses, the provider could feature a “Pay What You Want” (PWYW) policy. Then to maintain financial viability of the offering, the provider would want purchasers to pay as much as they could. Findings by a set of researchers at University of Surrey, WU Vienna University of ## [Welcoming Scout](https://mikewatkins.ca/notes/welcoming-scout-06gmzd4yxh0lkdr2) _2026-07-11 · mike watkins dot ca_ ## [Welcoming this year’s summer students: Nils and Wilma](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2026/07/09/welcoming-this-years-summer-students-nils-and-wilma/) _2026-07-09 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ We’re really happy to be joined by two summer students this year: Nils Jarlenfors and \[…\] ## [Pay Mind to Seniors’ Theory of Mind](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/07/pay-mind-to-seniors-theory-of-mind.html) _2026-07-06 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ When persuading others or when others are attempting to persuade you, a valuable skill is you accurately perceiving the beliefs, emotions, desires, and intentions of the others. Findings from researchers at University of Turin and University of Udine suggest that this skill—called Theory of Mind (TOM)—fades as we enter our senior years. In the studies, participants ## [We turned in 186,000+ signatures for Respect Nebraska Voters!](https://neappleseed.org/51259) _2026-07-02 · Becky Gould · Nebraska Appleseed_ Today, Appleseed gathered with advocates from across the state to turn in more than 186,000 signatures representing every county in Nebraska in support of the Respect Nebraska Voters ballot initiative! Thanks to the hard work of advocates and volunteers across our state, we’re confident that we’ve submitted more than enough signatures to qualify for the \[…\] The post We turned in 186,000+… ## [Vibrate Shoppers into Purchase Excitement](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/06/vibrate-shoppers-into-purchase.html) _2026-06-29 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ When seeking desire fulfillment, a gently vibrating massage often brings bonus pleasure. A set of University of St. Gallen studies applies that truth to ecommerce. A medium-duration vibration on a shopper’s mobile phone while the shopper is looking at attractive alternatives leads to more item purchases and higher shopping basket totals. In the studies, addition of a ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6EnFVwZEzalc) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Dig Into Best Digital Display Practices](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/06/dig-into-best-digital-display-practices.html) _2026-06-22 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ Digital signage—electronic screens showing video ads to shoppers in a retail store—increased likelihood of purchasing the advertised items by an average of about 8% in a study by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Babson College. The study covered 237 advertising campaigns and 30 million shoppers. Because of the size of the sample and use of techniques ## [Femvertise for Brand Empowerment](https://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2026/06/femvertise-for-brand-empowerment.html) _2026-06-15 · Unknown · RIMtailing_ Femvertising is advertising perceived as promoting gender equality and as challenging stereotypical portrayals of women as primarily caregivers, decorative objects, or passive observers. According to researchers at Macquarie University and The University of Newcastle, femvertising helps a brand build stronger loyalty and advocacy among female consumers. When reinforcing the power a woman has or ## [Welcoming our new PhD student Joanne](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2026/04/22/welcoming-our-new-phd-student-joanne/) _2026-04-22 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ Around a month ago, we welcomed our new PhD student Joanne to the lab. Joanne \[…\] ## [KBC cross country ski relay](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2026/02/27/kbc-cross-country-ski-relay/) _2026-02-27 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ After nine years of our group’s existence, we finally managed to organise a group team \[…\] ## [Celebrating the Langat paper, and a farewell to polio](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2026/02/19/cenbrating-the-langat-paper-and-a-farewell-to-polio/) _2026-02-19 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ We recently combined two celebrations into one: the publication of our tick-borne flavivirus tomography paper, \[…\] ## [First meeting of the VIREMic\* groups](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2025/10/22/first-meeting-of-the-viremic-groups/) _2025-10-22 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ We recently spent two beautiful autumn days at Rosersbergs Castle outside Stockholm in the first \[…\] ## [Bye bye Annika, 160 MDa later](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2025/09/24/bye-bye-annika-160-mda-later/) _2025-09-24 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ Last week, time was up for our project student Annika Hinz who came from Lübeck \[…\] ## [Welcome, Annika!](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2025/06/26/welcome-annika/) _2025-06-26 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ We’re happy to have another Erasmus+ exchange student join us: Annika Hinz from “righ across \[…\] ## [A small Good-Bye, and big Thanks, to May Ibrahim](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2025/06/03/a-small-good-bye-and-big-thanks-to-may-ibrahim/) _2025-06-03 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ Yesterday, we had a farewell coffee break with our BSc thesis project student May Ibrahim. \[…\] ## [Congrats Himanshu on the PI position!](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2025/05/08/congrats-himanshu-on-the-pi-position/) _2025-05-08 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ It’s time again for the PI to label a nice bottle to celebrate a group \[…\] ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FvXS7ww8B1IS) _2025-05-08 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Welcoming May](https://www.carlsonlab.se/2025/04/03/welcoming-may/) _2025-04-03 · Lars-Anders Carlson · Carlson lab_ We’re welcoming May Ibrahim as a Biomedicine BSc thesis student in the group – supervised \[…\] ## [Our 2025 Request for Startups, IQ mini-reports on Rural India & Kids, new High IQ podcast ep. with Frnd, and more.](https://indiaquotient.substack.com/p/our-2025-request-for-startups-iq) _2025-01-20 · IndiaQuotient · IndiaQuotient’s Newsletter_ Dear Investors and Friends, ## [Let's catch up!](https://indiaquotient.substack.com/p/lets-catch-up-ccc) _2024-10-08 · IndiaQuotient · IndiaQuotient’s Newsletter_ Latest IQ reports, welcoming 2 new companies, our Mysore founder offsite, and more.