Category: Career and Workplace

No Interruptions Day: December 31

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It's the last day of the year and a time to get as much done as possible. No Interruptions Day seeks to give you an excuse to bury yourself in work, or cut off distractions at home.

January

Africa, 3rd Decade of Industrial Developme...

Decade

The vision for implementing IDDA III is to firmly anchor Africa on a path toward inclusive and sustainable industrial development. The achievement of this vision requires the transformation of African cou...

January

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Be Kind to Food Servers Month: January

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Be Kind to Food Servers Month honors the food servers who tirelessly provide service to restaurant customers, and to emphasize the need for have a better relationship between the server and the customer....

January

Big Wig Day, Ntl.: January 31

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The term 'Big Wig' originated in 1730s Europe. The wealthier you were, the larger the wig you wore. Large or big wigs were then an outward sign of a wealthy important person. In centuries later, the term...

January

Book Blitz Month, Ntl.: January

Monthly

January is National Book Blitz Month, a national campaign designed to promote reading and facilitate the relationship between authors and the media. Libraries often support the event by recommending the...

January

Bootlegger's Day, Ntl.(1899/1920): January...

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Bootleggers are smugglers, sometimes distillers, who bring in alcoholic beverages where they are either taxed or prohibited. National Bootlegger's Day marks two distinct anniversaries on January 17th. T...

January

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (C...

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National CRNA Week is the AANA’s annual celebration of anesthesia patient safety and the nation’s 52,000+ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student registered nurse anesthetists who safely and c...

January

CES® (Consumer Electronics Show), Intl. La...

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CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technology. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for almost 50 years—the globa...

January

Clean Off Your Desk Day, Ntl.: January 13

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National Clean Off Your Desk Day is set aside each year to encourage people to organize their desks and office space. How many mystery piles do you have? When was the last time you saw the bottom of a dra...

January

Clean Out Your Inbox Weeks: January 26-31

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Clean Out Your Inbox Week is about getting rid of the clutter in your inbox, organizing what you need to keep and starting the year out fresh and new. This event was started by Marsha Egan in 2007.

January

Clean up Your Computer Month, Ntl.: Januar...

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It’s a new year and time to get rid of what is holding you back, clean up your act and prepare for your best year yet. Most of us start the new year slowly, making it the perfect time to update your co...

January

Compliment Day, Ntl.: January 24*

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National Compliment Day was created in 1998 by two women, Debby Hoffman and Kathy Chamberlin of New Hampshire as a means to demonstrate that there ‘is more to happiness in giving than receiving’. The obje...

January

Creativity Month, Intl.: January

Monthly

For one month each year the world celebrates International Creativity Month, a month to remind individuals and organizations around the globe to capitalize on the power of creativity. Unleashing creativi...

January

Customer, Get to Know Your Customer Day Q1...

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A day set aside each quarter of the year to work on your customer journey, marketing, sales funnel and customer service policies and find additional ways to increase customer loyalty through appreciation....

January

Data Privacy & Protection Day (US/EU)(1981...

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Data Privacy & Protection Day aims to raise awareness and to promote healthy privacy and protection practices. Sponsored by a number of organizations throughout the country, Data Privacy and Protection Da...

January

Dating & Life Coach Recognition Week: Janu...

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Coaches help you excel in many areas, whether sports and business or life and love. With the new year starting, Dating and Life Coaches Week is set aside for those considering a career in this field and f...

January

Day without a Scalpel, Ntl (1964): January...

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American surgeon, Charles Dotter performed the first angioplasty procedure on a leg, without a scalpel, in Portland Oregon on January 16, 1964. He changed how surgery could be done going forward. Day with...

January

Disc Jockey (DJ) Day, Ntl.: January 20

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National Disc Jockey (DJ) Day celebrates DJs in all of their artistic glory and the joy they bring to us. Professional DJs have been a part of the entertainment scene since 1909.

January

Free Thinker's Day (1737): January 29

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Freethinkers Day, also known as Thomas Paine Day, is an opportunity to promote appreciation of free thought in honor of the life and works of Thomas Paine. Free thought supports reason over faith, and r...

January

Fresh Squeezed Juice Week, Ntl.: January 1...

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Fresh Squeezed Juice Week was created by the Juice and Smoothie Association (JASA) to educate consumers about the juice and smoothie industry, promote the juice bar franchises, and independent juice bars....

January