Tag: Pandemic
Virtual sales lure visitors
Lars Trodson | Block Island Chamber of Commerce executive director
The most significant change in business this past year has been the exponential growth in...
At many colleges, campus tour deleted from sales pitch
Using smartphones and livestreaming, colleges and universities in Rhode Island have been able to bypass the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with prospective students, showing...
Group treatment programs adapt to keep the dialogue going
Never again will Randi Beranbaum take for granted the simple act of weighing one of her patients.
“Blind” weigh-ins – in which someone steps on...
Many businesses can’t meet new PPP guidelines
The newly reopened Paycheck Protection Program sought to eliminate logistical hurdles and overly restrictive rules from its prior iteration, but some say it’s still...
Next vaccine hurdle: Persuading people to get it
Today, more Americans hope to receive a COVID-19 vaccine than current vaccine supply will allow. Consequently, although President Joe Biden’s initial promise to dole...
It’s time to take control where we can
We knew from the start that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to do more than make people sick. Just days after our country’s first...
NRG on cutting edge of food innovation
In 2020 it was called “pivoting.” In 2021, it’s called “innovation.”
The first innovation in the food world this year is being undertaken by Newport...
Raimondo: R.I. ‘in a good, stable place’
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo delivered what's expected to be her final State of the State address virtually on Wednesday, focusing mostly on...
Weathering the storm
Colin P. Kane | Peregrine Group LLC founding principal
Since starting my career as a 21-year old U.S. Navy officer, any success is a result...
For many planning trips, coverage becomes a must
Jim Meehan was supposed to be kicking off the new year with a six-week sojourn through Australia, capped off with a stop in Fiji...
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