Porter Novelli has launched a US healthcare payor and policy advisory board, a group of senior executives.
NEW YORK—Porter Novelli has launched a US healthcare payor and policy advisory board, a group of senior executives that will supplement the firm's expertise in the US and European payor and policy landscape as clients seek new solutions to access and health reform issues.
In March 2014, Porter Novelli launched a European payor panel through its Paradigm Communications Company. The research community of payors across 15 countries, in partnership with Kiosk Information Systems, a leader in self-service solutions, offers insights into market access challenges and opportunities across individual or multiple markets.
Members of the US board include Amy Knapp, vice chairman, board of directors, Affinity Health Plan, New York; Robert Battista, CEO, Doctor Evidence, Los Angeles; and Robert Coughlin, president and CEO, MassBio, Boston.


Forces Leavers coming out of the Services will bring a range of technical and vocational 'hard' skills for which civilian employers are looking. These could include skills gained in a number of different roles, such as those within engineering, IT, logistics, training, administration or communication.
As well as these vital technical skills, employers also value so-called 'soft skills', such as teamwork, communication, time management, adaptability, commitment and leadership.
A recent study commissioned by employers and organisations including Barclays, McDonald's and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found that these skills are worth around £88 billion a year to the UK economy, particularly in businesses that rely on 'face-to-face human interaction'.
Ex-military personnel will usually be in a particularly strong position when it comes to these valuable soft skills.
The charity SkillForce has long recognised this fact, drawing on the skills of ex-Forces personnel to inspire young people within schools.
Forces Leavers looking to enter the civilian jobs market should flag up these soft skills alongside any hard skills they will have developed.
Those with a Forces background might think that skills, such as effective communication and the ability to work as part of a team, would be commonplace, but this isn't always the case. If you can identify your soft skill strengths and provide specific examples of how and when you have used them, make a point of bringing them up at job interviews. Potential employers will definitely value them.


They were the inspiration for this poem when someone told me that when cats blink they are sending you a kiss. There is now a lot of blinking going on in our house.
You will find KITTEN KISSES at the wonderful blog Australian Children's Poetry.
Sometimes when I am beginning a new manuscript it feels best in rhyme. Sometimes is doesn't. Sometimes what I think is a rhyming manuscript is actually a story in verse or simply a poem. Sometimes it is hard to decide.
As an aspiring writer some of my manuscripts are in prose but some seem to fall into place in rhyme.
Last year one of my rhyming manuscripts came first in the preschool category for the CYA Competition. In a world where rhyming manuscripts can be seen as not too commercially appealing by publishers (due to problems translating the text to other languages which may not work out as well), the win was a great feeling. It meant that my ability to rhyme wasn't too bad.
Here is a poem I wrote about my birth place.


text:
In Rome, we'll focus on the three masters of the Baroque: painter Caravaggio, sculptor Bernini, and architect Borromini. Through them, we'll explore the naturalism of Caravaggio versus his contemporaries; how High Baroque differed from its earlier incarnation; what was meant by bel composto, the rivalry between Borromini and Bernini, the hidden symbolism in Borromini's architecture... and much more.
- Caravaggio's works in Rome in situ in churches, including those that catapulted him to fame in the city: 'The Calling of St. Matthew,' 'The Inspiration of St. Matthew,' and 'The Martyrdom of St. Matthew.' as well as 'The Conversion of St. Paul' and 'The Crucifixion of St. Peter'
- Bernini's 'Daniel' and 'Habakkuk' and his city monuments including his world-renowned fountains
- The Villa Borghese
- Bernini's infamous 'The Ecstasy of San Theresa'
- Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola, built for the Jesuit Order, with Andrea Pozzo's great illusionistic ceiling.
- Borromini's fascinating churches San Ivo and San Carlo
We will also go on a day trip to the stunning hilltop town of Orvieto in green, green Umbria. There we'll explore the Cathedral with its early Renaissance art and other highlights.
Includes return travel to Orvieto from Rome.
Baroque Rome + Renaissance Orvieto
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