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Elements of Visual Design

Here are 9 important elements of visual design. These serve as the fundamentals and building blocks of art and design. Dot A dot is the simplest element of design. It marks a position in space. It is also the meeting point of two coordinates in 2-dimension or three coordinates in 3-dimension. Line You can form a line when you connect two or more dots. It can be fat, thin, wavy, or jagged. It can be a geometric, uniform-width line. It can be an organic, non-uniform width line. Shape A shape is a 2-dimensional area with a known boundary. When you connect three or more dots, you can form a shape. Shapes are the building blocks of graphic design. They are the figures and forms used to create logos, illustrations, and other elements that appear in a graphic design. Types of shapes: Geometric : Shapes like circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Organic : Shapes that resemble natural objects/shapes found in nature - such as a leaf, a flower, etc. Abstract : Shapes that are free form lik...

Building Customer Loyalty

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What Matters to Your Customers Accurate billing and product specs, prompt service response and on-time delivery are some of the critical values that a customer is expecting from you, especially during the first-time purchase. As a business, striving to meet these minimum requirements leads to satisfaction that can help you gain a repeat customer. Inside every old customer is a new customer waiting to break out and spend more money with you. —Murray Raphel  A loyal customer is someone who makes regular or repeated purchases, refer your products or services to others, and is less likely to be lured by your direct competitors. Stages of Customers Loyalty There will be many stages until that buyer becomes a loyal customer. Suspect someone who needs your product/service Prospect someone who needs what you're selling, and has the ability to buy  First-Time Customer someone who has bought once Repeat Customer someone who has bought from you twice or more C...

Five Stages of Customer's Journey

Buyer's journey or customer's journey is the process a user goes through when purchasing a product or service. The customer's journey has 5 stages: Awareness Stage : The stage where the user first hears about a product/service/brand. Interest Stage : The stage where the user learns what you have to offer - such as solving a current need - and they want to find out more. Desire Stage : This is when the user decides that they would like the product or service you offer. Action Stage : This is the stage when the user decides to buy or transact. This is often referred to as conversion. Advocacy Stage : This is the stage where the user becomes an advocate of your product/service/brand.

What is Lean Six Sigma?

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Lean   Six Sigma  is a process improvement method. Six Sigma  reduces defects by effectively solving problems and reduces variation to produce consistent satisfactory products or services. On the other hand,  Lean  increases speed and efficiency of processes by reducing wastes and maximizing flow. These methodical approaches in workplaces create value for the customer that can result in increased evenue, reduced costs, greater customer satisfaction, and improved work environment. Benefits of using Lean Six Sigma Method Improves Efficiency / Effectiveness Lean Six Sigma methods can help you create effective processes that will maximize your business' resources and manpower Reduces Costs Less defects can save your business from spending money (in workforce, materials, equipment) in re-processing or solving the defects Increases Revenue / Profit Lean Six Sigma enables your business to do more with less through improving inefficient processes and ...

S.M.A.R.T. | 5 Pointers in Setting Goals

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Last time, we learn about the steps to achieve our goals, and just as promised, we will dig into it a bit more. Today, I'll share with you the acronym  S.M.A.R.T.  which stands for the 5 pointers in goal setting. We can use this pointers to assess our plan and capabilities in achieving our goals. This tool can be helpful not only in workplaces, but also for personal aspirations. SPECIFIC Do you know exactly what you want to accomplish with all the details? Does 'increase product sales' to vague? Of course, it is. When setting a goal, we should be specific and detailed as much as possible. So instead of saying 'increase product sales,' aim to be particular with its details — what products should increase sales, why it should increase its sales? Let's say that our goal now is to increase the product sales of shirts with printed quotes. The store haven't sold any shirts of this kind since the last two months. Now you are going to plan on how to...

8 Types of Wastes in Work Process

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Waste  is any step or movement in a process that does not add any value in order to complete the process successfully. When waste is removed, only the essential and required steps to deliver a product or service remain in the process, thus, maximizing the flow. Defect Product/service/output that is out of specification and needs to be corrected or reprocessed Overproduction Producing too much before it is ready to be sold Waiting Time wasted while waiting for the next step in a process Time wasted while waiting for the previous step to be completed Waiting for parts, instructions, details or equipments Non-utilized Talent Employee's underutilized skills and knowledge Transportation Unnecessary movements of products and materials from one location/process to another Inventory Excess materials not being processed  Motion Unnecessary movements by people, info or equipment due to workspace layout, ergonomic issues, or searching for misplaced items ...

How to Get Recognition at Work

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Sometimes, even when you consistently work hard, people can often overlook your efforts. You might have helped a colleague in a difficult project, presented a successful proposal, or came up with a great idea and yet you received no praise, appreciation, or recognition for your hard work. We've all been there at some point. You might have considered talking to your supervisor about it. But the problem is, it's very disappointing when you have to ask for recognition yourself. It might seem like you're whining or being too proud of yourself if you make a direct request. Recognition is supposed to be sincere  — but how can we get the recognition we deserve at work without demanding it? Why Should We Strive on Getting Noticed at Work? If colleagues overlooked your hard work, you might lost the opportunities to be considered for new projects, responsibilities, awards, and worse, promotions. Here are some tips and strategies we can do to get noticed in our workplace, a...

4 Steps in Achieving Your Goals

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We've all been there — we all tried to set out goals, start the journey, but somehow lost along the way or get demotivated before we even reach it. Sometimes, we fail to achieve our goals because we fail to plan them ahead. We don't clearly set how we are supposed to achieve that, so when we are faced with obstacles or distractions, we tend to give up and change our minds. Today, I share with you four simple steps in achieving our dreams and goals. It's not enough to aim it, you must hit it. 1. What do you want? Define your goals. Write it down and have a clear idea of what you really want to achieve. In order to stay motivated in pursuing your goals, you have to be regularly aware of it, so checking your notes and list will definitely be a big help. 2. Why do you want it? For every goal, there is a good reason or motive . Whether it is for personal, family, or career purposes, goals should be something that is realistic and can have a good impact and improveme...

Sensation and Perception

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What is Sensation Sensation is the processes or experiences aroused when a stimulus has excited a receptor or when any of the sense organs are stimulated. What are Receptors Receptors are specialized cells in the sense organs, muscles, skin and joints that detect physical and chemical changes and translates these events into impulses and passes the electrical signals to connecting neurons . What is Stimulus Stimulus (or stimuli) is a form of physical energy inside or outside the body which initiates activity. The signal that travels up to the spinal cord until it reaches its receiving area in the cortex, with different receiving areas for different sensory modalities (electric signals results in sensory experience). Thus, when we experience touch, the experience is occurring in our brain , into in our skin. The electrical impulses on our brain that directly mediate the experience of touch are themselves caused by electrical impulses in touch receptors located in the skin...

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Peripheral Nervous System includes all nerve fibers and nerve cells not found in the CNS (spinal and cranial nerves). It conveys sensory information to and from the CNS to the muscles and glands. Two main divisions of Peripheral Nervous System 1. Somatic Nervous System (SNS) Somatic Nervous System is composed of 43 major pairs of nerves , which includes all the sensory systems and the motor nerves that activates the skeletal muscles responsible for movements. It receives sensory information from the sensory organs and controls the movements of the skeletal muscles. It comprises all voluntary and conscious movements. Cranial nerves (12 pairs) serve the sensory and motor functions of the head and neck region. Spinal nerves (31 pairs) serves the chest, trunk and extremities. Spinal nerves have sensory nevers that give rise to skin sensations and motor nerves involved in the movements of arms, legs, and portions of the trunk. (8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and ...

Biology: Cortical Areas of the Brain

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Visual Area is located at the back of each occipital lobes. It analyzes, integrates, and translates into sight impulses projected from our visual receptors. Auditory Area is located at the surface of the temporal lobe. It is involved in the analysis of complex auditory signals and temporal patterning of sounds. Somesthic/Body Sense Area is located in the parietal lobe. It receives impulses from receptors in the skin, musclesm tendons and joints, thus causing us to experience heat, cold and pressure. Motor Area lies in front of the central fissure. It controls voluntary movements of the body and muscles movements Broca's Area is located below the motor area. It is also called the speech-motor area. Integrates and coordinates our speech. Association Area connects with the different parts of the brain. It may mediate complex functions associated with memory, perception, judgment and language. It has a special importance in integrating and coordinating thinking and problem ...

Biology: The Lobes of the Brain

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The lobes of the brain are the parts of the cerebrum. 1. Frontal lobe (front) In the human brain, the precentral gyrus and the related costical tissue that folds into the central sulcus comprise the primary motor cortex whic controls voluntary movements of specific body parts associated with areas of the gyrus. 2. Occipital lobe (back) The smalles of four lobes of the brain, the occipital lobe is located in the rearmost portion of the skull. The first functional area is the primary visual cortex. It contains a low-level description of the local orientation, spatial-frequency and color properties within small receptive fields. Primary visual cortex projects to the occipital areas of the ventral stream (visual area 2 and visual area 4) and the occipital areas of the dorsal stream - visual area V3, visual area MT (v5) an visual area DP. 3. Parietal lobe (top) The parietal lobe integrates sensory information from different modalities, particularly determining spatial sense an...

Tip No. 4: Always keep the references of your research

Always make sure to copy the website link or URL of the articles you found on the web. If its a book, then copy it's title, author, publisher and year of publication. It is important, especially if you need to find it again.

Tip No. 2: E-mail as an Online Data Storage

Kapag nagre-research through internet [online], mahalagang mayroon ka pinagtataguan ng mga nare-research mo na online din. Therefore I suggest na gumawa ka ng e-mail. This time, you should have realized na hindi lang sa paggawa ng account sa Facebook or Twitter may silbi ang e-mail. Maaaring mag-upload or mag-save ng mga document files sa e-mail, tulad ng Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint Files. Puwede din mag-upload or mag-save ng images, audio and video files. Maaari ding isend ang mga files na ito sa ibang may e-mail din. So I suggest na gumawa na kayo ng e-mail. Heto ang mga sites na nag-o-offer ng free e-mail account. Gmail - E-Mail by Google - http://mail.google.com YahooMail - E-Mail by Yahoo - http://yahoomail.com

Tip No.1: How to easily memorize names and dates

Ok guys... hindi ninyo kailangan kabisaduhin ang bawat lecture na ipapasulat sa inyo ng inyong teacher... Maniwala kayo o sa hindi, ang tanging sikreto ay ang "maluwag sa loob na pag-unawa" sa tinuro ng teachers ninyo. Sabihin nating may mga taong mahirap talaga makatanda ng maraming detalye, pero di ninyo kailangan mawalan ng pag-asa. Ayaw ninyo ng History dahil napakaraming dates at pangalan ng tao na dapat tandaan? Maaari ninyong gawin ito: gawin ninyong mga tauhan sa isang palabas ang mga dapat tandaang pangalan...at gawin ninyong related sa inyo ang mga detalye tungkol sa kanya... Halimbawa: Jose Rizal, pinanganak noong June 19, 1861 At ganito ang paraan para tandaan siya: Ah, pambansang bayani natin, si Jose Rizal, sino ba ang hindi nakakakilala sa kanya? Basta ang alam ko, kaBirthday siya ng crush kong si Lea, June 19 din, tapos parehong 61 ung dulo ng taon kung kelan sila pinanganak ng nanay ko, 1961 kasi ang nanay ko... so malamang 1861 naman si Rizal kasi hi...

Science: Relationship between Electricity and Magnetism

Relationship between Electricity and Magnetism 1. When a current passes through a coil of wire, it generates a magnetic field along its axis. This was discovered by Hans Christian Dersted 2. If a loop of wire is moved through a magnetic field, a current is induced in the wire (ex. transformer, generator). Discovered by Michael Faraday The magnet, in the ancient times, was called lodestone .

Science: Law of Conservation of Charges

Law of Conservation of Charges By Benjamin Franklin  In an isolated system, the total charge is conserved.  Materials can acquire charges when/through: Friction/rubbing (static electricity)  Placed near/on contact with a charged body  Induction, that produces a charge when there is a redistribution of charges  Ionization, the formation of cation (+) and anion (-)

Literature: Types of Poetry

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Narrative - tells a series of events Epic - long, unified narrative peom, story of warrior, king or god in which: protagonist is larger than life two dimensional [the good and the bad] more than human strength setting covers up to universe may provide historical fact/place gods/divinities were involved adventure adheres to central theme Metrical romance - story of knights [example: Beowulf] Metrical Tale   Ballad - narrative poem meant to be sang Lyric - honors its musical origin Ode - peom of praise Elegy - poem for the dead Sonnet - iambic pentameter [14-lined poem] Song - set to music Simple lyric - poet’s thoughts, emotions and feelings

Science: Biology - Mechanism of Organism Evolution

Mechanism of Organism Evolution variation and natural selection genetic drift (migration) - accidental changes in frequency of genes adaptive radiation - rapid multiplication of related species each with specializations allopatric speciation - developments of new species as a result of geograpical isolation which prevents interbreeding mutation - alteration or change of DNA

Science: Biology - Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection

Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Origin of “species” book, all organisms have the tendency to overproduce in reproduction; however, the total population seeme to remain about the approximate number; hence, competition exists; survival of the fittest . species have the ability to produce large number of offsprings resources of the natural world is limited organisms have to compete no two individuals are exactly alike organisms that have survived and produced offspring are those that inherited beneficial traits for survival