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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Untappd, the leading social media app for beer, today announced the rescheduled date of its second Untappd Beer Festival in Charlotte, NC. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the new planned date for the festival is Saturday, April 24. The date is subject to change pending any updates to the phased reopening plan for North Carolina and broader COVID safety measures from the CDC. The festival, which was originally set to take place on May 16, 2020, will be held in the same venue, Bank of America Stadium. Attendees who purchased tickets to a session on the original scheduled date of Saturday, May 16, 2020 will automatically have their tickets honored for the same session on Saturday, April 24, 2021, and those who can no longer attend have the option to receive a refund.

Untappd will continue to monitor the situation as the new festival date nears and will revise this date again, if needed, following guidelines from the CDC and local authorities. In addition to the physical festival in Charlotte, Untappd recently hosted a highly successful Virtual Beer Festival that allowed beer fans to participate in tastings and connect with their favorite breweries from home. Following the success of that program, Untappd plans to conduct additional Virtual Beer Festivals throughout the remainder of 2020. When it becomes safe and practical to do so, Untappd will also release dates for additional live festivals in new locations across the U.S. and abroad.

«Though it truly disappoints us to have to push our much anticipated Charlotte festival out nearly a year, the health and safety of our attendees and brewer partners comes above all else,» said Talia Spera, Vice President of Festivals and Live Events at Untappd. «We look forward to bringing beer fans and breweries together once again in an environment that is fun, engaging, and safe for all those who attend.»

The Untappd Beer Festival connects beer fans and breweries for a fun and engaging experience. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Untappd will continue to proactively explore a number of measures and best practices to ensure a safe environment for festival attendees and staff.

For more information please see the website here: untappdfestival.com.

About Untappd

Founded in 2010, Untappd is the world’s largest social beer app, with over 8 million users globally. Individuals can «check-in» and rate beers at bars, restaurants, breweries and a host of other venues as well as view friends’ profiles to toast and comment on their beer choices. Additionally, the company provides menu publishing software to over 18,000 business worldwide.

www.untappd.com

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CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the American Lung Association is launching its first monthly podcast series, called Lungcast™. The pulmonary podcast, hosted by American Lung Association Chief Medical Officer Albert Rizzo, M.D., in partnership with HCPLive, will spotlight 30- to 45-minute conversations with researchers, physicians, patients and advocates about various hot topics impacting lung health.

The first episode features David Ho, M.D., to discuss the latest in COVID-19 research. Named TIME magazine’s «Man of the Year» in 1996, Ho is credited with making significant scientific contributions to improve the understanding and treatment of HIV infection. As the founder of Antimicrobe, a database for infectious disease and antimicrobial agents, he has more recently turned his attention to helping to solve the coronavirus pandemic.

«The goal of Lungcast is to keep our medical colleagues informed on the latest developments in lung health, while still remaining accessible enough for anyone to listen and learn,» said Rizzo. «The American Lung Association has long been a go-to resource for trusted lung health science, and the podcast makes it even easier for everyone to access that information, especially in the era of COVID.»

Lungcast will cover a broad range of topics, including how to help patients quit smoking and vaping, addressing lung health disparities and how telemedicine and reimbursements are changing healthcare. The podcast’s second episode, which airs in September, will feature Dr. Ankit Bharat of Northwestern Medicine to delve into the details of his headline-making double-lung transplant on a young COVID-19 patient and what it means for the future of lung transplants.

You can subscribe and listen to Lungcast via Apple, Spotify and Audioboom. For more information about Lungcast, visit Lung.org/lungcast. For media interested in speaking with a medical expert about lung health, contact Stephanie Goldina at the American Lung Association at Media@Lung.org or 312-801-7629.

About the American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to champion clean air for all; to improve the quality of life for those with lung disease and their families; and to create a tobacco-free future. For more information about the American Lung Association, a holder of the coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and a Gold-Level GuideStar Member, or to support the work it does, call 1-800-LUNGUSA (1-800-586-4872) or visit: Lung.org.

American Lung Association • 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150 • Chicago, IL 60601
1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 1425 North • Washington, D.C. 20004
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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — New Horizons Computer Learning Center, the largest independent provider of career and technology training, today named the Boston area as a «Career Catalyst City,» based on its access and commitment to online technology education, demand growth for tech startups, as well as the mix of entrepreneurship and sustained businesses.

With the designation, New Horizons will debut an early release of its groundbreaking career matching system in Boston and several other communities.

«As the largest independent provider of career skills in technology, we are highly focused on monitoring and matching job and career opportunities with the relevant skills,» said David Saben, New Horizons Chief Experience Officer. «In Boston, we see a promising combination of education access and emerging job opportunities that we think will come together to make it one of the best places in the country for positive career mobility and advancement.»

In making the designation, New Horizons analyzed 11 different factors including:

• Expected growth in upper and mid-level technology careers
• Access to education and job training for new career seekers as well as existing employees
• Established entrepreneurship pathways and support systems
• Ratio of existing, larger companies to small and medium size employers
• Percentage of expected and current job opportunities that require advanced degrees versus those that require specialized training
• Enrollments, completion rates and certifications attained 

«Boston is well known for its higher education prowess, especially in the technology fields,» said Allen Middleton, New Horizons VP Corporate Sales. «But when you look at the other factors, Boston compares very favorably with other places and we think the prospects there, the opportunities to move ahead, will be impressive and sustainable.»

In the high-growth career of cybersecurity, for example, New Horizons found existing and emerging opportunities for both college graduates as well as those with some college experience, opportunities that can be met with relatively fast, job-specific training and credentials. Similar job and career prospects are forecast in the Boston area in fields such as network architecture and systems integration.

«As the Boston economy and technology and innovation sectors grow, we expect those crucial technology positions to grow as well,» said Middleton. «And Boston has the education and training infrastructure to meet those needs.»

Based on their analysis, New Horizons plans an early release and pilot of their new career matching tools, known as ATLAS, in Boston, as well as Philadelphia and Hartford, CT, the other «Career Catalyst Cities.» 

ATLAS will provide online career suggestions and credentialing and training matching based on existing skills and aptitudes as well as experience and education. ATLAS will be piloted in Boston in late August with open access starting on or about fourth quarter.

About New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
New Horizons IT and Business Training solutions have kept businesses—from startups to global enterprises—ahead of the technology curve for over 35 years. With more than 70 locations in North America, the New Horizons Franchise network spans six continents and over 35 countries embracing many cultures and languages. New Horizons provides measurable return on any company’s training investment while our learning methods meet the styles, demands and schedules of management and employees. New Horizons combines the resources of the world’s largest IT training company with the responsiveness of a local partner. New Horizons is certified as a Microsoft Partner with a Gold Learning competency, Cisco Partner for Learning Solutions, CompTIA Authorized Platinum Partner, and VMware Authorized Training Center. For more information, visit www.newhorizons.com.

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Hagerty has joined forces with Collectors’ Car Garage (CCG) to create Hagerty Garage + Social, a planned national network of home bases for local car enthusiasts, offering premier storage, concierge services and specialized events and experiences.

Currently, there are Hagerty Garage + Social locations in Chicago and Bedford Hills, New York. A third facility is set to open in Miami in early 2021, with additional locations across the country to follow.

«This is another big step forward in our mission to expand and preserve car culture for future generations,» said McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty. «We want each Hagerty Garage + Social location to become the center of the local car community, along with offering outstanding services for clients.»

Founded 15 years ago by Bob Machinist and operated today by his son, James Machinist, John Belniak and a team of car experience specialists, CCG built its reputation on climate-controlled storage, detailing and concierge services for collector car owners. To this mix, Hagerty will add its unique brand of social and experiential events, including bigger and better driving tours, track days, lectures, seminars and more.

As with CCG, Hagerty Garage + Social locations will be open seven days a week, including 24/7 access for members by appointment, and will assist members with concierge services.

«Hagerty Garage + Social will do what we’ve always done – make sure our members have the very best collector car experience,» said James Machinist, who is now vice president of Hagerty Garage + Social. «For instance, in each of our locations we establish working relationships with select restoration shops where we can facilitate any needs our members vehicles need. Our goal is to make the ownership experience easy so our members can get the most enjoyment out of their cars and take advantage of events with other members.»

For more information, visit the Hagerty Garage + Social website at garageandsocial.com.

About Hagerty
Hagerty is an automotive lifestyle company with a mission to keep driving alive for car lovers. Hagerty is home to Hagerty Drivers Club, DriveShare, Hagerty Valuation Tools, Hagerty Garage + Social, Hagerty Drivers Club magazine, Hagerty Media and MotorSportReg. Hagerty is the world’s largest provider of specialty insurance for enthusiast vehicles and supports keeping car culture alive through youth programs, the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) and the RPM Foundation. For more information, call (800) 922-4050 or visit www.hagerty.com.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With social movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo shedding light on systemic injustices in society and at work, it might be easy to assume that the men who most benefit from existing systems (white men, predominantly) would stand in opposition to change. But that assumption is not necessarily correct. According to a new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), only a small fraction of «majority men» think workplace D&I efforts hold no importance. By contrast, 90% place some value on D&I, including 42% who believe it is very or extremely important to them at work. The report, What Majority Men Really Think About Diversity and Inclusion (And How to Engage Them in It), reveals unvarnished attitudes and experiences of majority male professionals, and how organizations can activate them to create better workplaces for all.

«White cis straight men hold the majority of power in corporate America and in our society. If we want equitable workplaces, we need them to be involved and engaged in action,» says Lanaya Irvin, president at CTI. «This report gives us a roadmap on how to do it, and it comes at a critical moment when customers and employees are demanding an end to systemic racism and inclusive workplaces for all.»

The study, based on a nationally representative survey of 3,711 college-educated professionals, interviews, and focus groups, focuses on attitudes of majority men. Majority men are defined as white straight cis-gender (cis) men (95% of the group) and nonwhite straight cis men (5% of the group) who are in the majority race/ethnicity of most people around them at work. Based on respondents’ answers to the question «How important is D&I to you at work?,» majority men were categorized into three archetypes: Detractors, Persuadables, and True Believers. Detractors (10% of the sample), were those who said D&I was not at all important. Persuadables (48% of the sample) said D&I is «not very» or «somewhat» important. True Believers (42% of the sample) said D&I is very or extremely important—and were the most likely of the three groups to report being involved in D&I efforts.

«For years, D&I researchers have been examining every cohort of professional employees—except those who hold the most power,» says Julia Taylor Kennedy, executive vice president and primary researcher for this study. «If corporate D&I professionals want to have more impact, they should take a page from grassroots organizers by minimizing attention to the small percentage of men who are harsh critics, and instead nurture their base of support and the men who are persuadable. To do so, employers also need to reward and promote leaders who can build diverse, inclusive teams—showing this work is core to success at their organizations.»

The research finds that there are benefits to supporting D&I. True Believers tend to score higher on «belonging» at work compared to other majority men, which correlates with positive career outcomes such as engagement, loyalty, and willingness to recommend their companies as a good place to work. Detractors, on the other hand, tend to score lower on «belonging» at work than True Believers, which is associated with higher likelihood of career stall. (CTI belonging scores were determined by how well employees feel seen, connected, supported, and proud to work at their organizations.)

Being a True Believer doesn’t necessarily mean being active partner in D&I, however. The report points out that many of them could do a lot more to advance D&I at work. For example, fewer than half of True Believers have ever confronted behavior demeaning to women, people of color, or LGBTQ individuals. Most have never voluntarily attended an ERG meeting for employees with a different background than their own,  or asked a colleague questions about an identity that is different from their own.

«It’s great that True Believers think D&I is important, but by and large, majority men haven’t gotten involved in D&I efforts in corporate America,» says Pooja Jain-Link, executive vice president and secondary researcher for this study. «In interview after interview, we heard from majority men that they are eager to support D&I, but they don’t know how. We need to seize this historic moment and give them the tools and education they need to build their ability and confidence to convert goodwill into action.» 

The report offers a roadmap and «next steps» for activating majority men, including:

• Making D&I a key component of each employee’s work responsibilities.
• Tying compensation conversations, including bonuses, to diverse hiring, retention, and promotion.
• Building competence and confidence through education and leadership.
• Offer training for all majority men, including True Believers, on speaking up against bias in the moment, including against other majority men.
• Creating a workplace culture of «belonging» that includes majority men in D&I.

Methodology: The research consists of a survey; in-person focus groups and Insights In-Depth® sessions (a proprietary web-based tool used to conduct voice-facilitated virtual focus groups) with over five hundred participants; and one-on-one interviews with more than 40 people.

The national survey was conducted online and over the phone in February 2020 among 3,711 respondents (2,096 men, 1,593 women, 18 who identify as something else, and 4 who did not identify their gender). Respondents were between the ages of 21 and 65 and employed full time in white-collar professions, with at least a bachelor’s degree. Data was weighted to be representative of the US population on key demographics (age, sex, education, race/ethnicity, and census division). The base used for statistical testing was the effective base.

This survey was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago under the auspices of the Center for Talent Innovation, a nonprofit research organization. NORC was responsible for the data collection, while CTI conducted the analysis. In the charts, percentages may not always add up to 100 because of computer rounding or the acceptance of multiple responses from survey participants.

Research Advisors: Lynne Oldham, Chief People Officer, Zoom; Prof. john a. powell, Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion, Professor of Law, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley; Michael Welp, Ph.D., Cofounder of White Men as Full Diversity Partners.

Lead Sponsor: ServiceNow. Research Sponsors: Danaher, Ernst & Young LLP (EY), Google, Intel, Northrop Grumman.

About the Center for Talent Innovation: The Center for Talent Innovation is a nonprofit think tank dedicated to helping leaders design diverse and inclusive workplaces where every person belongs. Founded in 2004, CTI has produced dozens of research reports and hundreds of best practices on cutting edge topics. CTI’s work is regularly cited by elite media, such as The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and The Washington Post. Its Task Force and consulting practice serve multinational corporations that impact millions of employees globally. For more information, visit www.talentinnovation.org.

Contact: Silvia Marte; Laura Schenone

CTI office: 212-315-2333

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MUNICH, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced it will introduce Infor Hospitality Management Solution (HMS) and Infor Sales & Catering (S&C) in the cloud at the IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME. The hotel in Martinsried on the outskirts of Munich, Germany, plans to optimize its work processes for flexibility and mobility and thus offer its guests the best possible service.

Opened in 2014, the IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME is based in the heart of the University of Munich’s Martinsried science campus, inside the Innovation and Start-up Centre for Biotechnology (IZB). The residence accommodates national and international scientists and business travellers visiting the campus and is also open to private guests. Its operators consider flexibility the key to success for the hotel and its guests. For instance, all employees help each other out when necessary instead of just focusing on their own routines – improving the service for guests.

To operate the hotel according to these ideas, the introduction of a flexible hotel management system complying with the latest technology standards and suitable for use with mobile devices was top priority. IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME management chose Infor HMS, including Infor S&C for events and conference operations. The HMS property management system allows staff access to guest information to quickly evaluate individual bookings and optimize their stays. The solution suite’s integration with existing operating systems also helps optimize accounting, revenue management, and work order processes. Operating in the cloud enables running a more efficient model and leveraging the use of mobile devices, which also saves resources compared to a conventional on-premises installation. In addition, HMS provides easy integrations with other solutions through a variety of interfaces.

«Flexibility and user-friendliness are our top priorities when selecting a suitable hotel management system,» says Sascha Beck, who co-manages the hotel with his partner Peter Hanns Zobel as one of the two managing directors of the IZB Fördergesellschaft mbH. «Infor hospitality-specific solutions and their specialized expertise made our decision easy.»

«We are pleased that the IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME has chosen us,» says Stefan Bezold, Infor executive sales director for DACH & CEE. «We addressed their challenges to help them create better processes and empower their teams to do their best work to serve a superior guest experience. That’s always our mandate: Make our customer’s goals and challenges central to everything we do.»

For more than 20 years, Infor has been a technology partner to the hospitality industry, now serving more than 20,000 hotel customers, including nine of the world’s 10 largest hotel brands. Small individual hotels as well as large hotel groups leverage Infor systems. Infor’s core competence as a «hotel software company» focuses on three areas: property management systems (front office and back office), revenue management systems, and sales & catering. Infor solutions can be used in the cloud or on-premises. To learn more, visit https://www.infor.com/industries/hotels-resorts.

About IZB Residence

The modern-designed IZB Residence CAMPUS AT HOME in Planegg near Munich has 42 rooms and suites. It is located in the heart of the Martinsried Campus on the premises of the Innovation and Start-up Centre Biotechnology (IZB). Due to the clear architecture, the 27-meter-high building is the eye-catcher on campus. Modernity meets Bavarian tradition here. The residence is home to national and international scientists and business travelers as well as private guests.

Enjoy your stay in the comfortable rooms with flowing design and a wide window frontage. Relax in the airy lobby or the SEVEN AND MORE restaurant with its adjoining bar and open fireplace.

About Infor
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. With 17,000 employees and over 67,000 customers in 178 countries, Infor software is designed for progress. To learn more, please visit www.infor.com.

Infor customers include:

• The top 20 aerospace companies
• 9 of the top 10 high tech companies
• 14 of the 25 largest U.S. healthcare delivery networks
• 19 of the 20 largest U.S. cities
• 18 of the top 20 industrial distributors
• 13 of the top 20 global retailers
• 4 of the top 5 brewers
• 17 of the top 20 global banks
• 9 of the 10 largest global hotel brands
• 7 of the top 10 global luxury brands

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