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If you’re someone who loathes carrying paper, Genius Scan is the app for you. It offers the capability to take a photo of a document (saving it as a PDF), which can be exported to email or uploaded to a storage platform.

Chances are you’ve started working on a project and needed some direction along the way. We’ve all been there. Catch your confusion early and ask for clarification.

As part of Dubai’s Vision to welcome 20 million visitors by 2020, Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM) recently launched the Tourism 2.0 initiative, which is a blockchain-enabled marketplace that connects potential buyers to travel operators.

Selecting and appointing your agency is not the end of the road to getting your marketing story going – it’s the beginning. Now you need to play your part as a client – and here is how to do it:

Imagine starting a team meeting where everyone’s head is clear and their minds and energy are focused on the matters at hand.

How each piece of a company’s visual identity works together to communicate the brand’s essence is important. Good graphic designers don’t begin concepting in isolation.

Now more than ever, digital marketing is changing the way we communicate. Social media helps brands connect with target audiences with the click of a button.

The most recent report published by Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) revealed that blockchain or digital currency will be the next big wave bridging the gap for trade between countries.

We all know the UAE is on a gender equality mission. The newly relaunched hopscotch.work is here to aid that mission by helping professional women in the region. The platform allows women to create a work profile where they can easily connect with businesses and eliminate the recruitment middle man.

Project: Time Off discovered half of Americans don’t use their vacation time.

We’ve just returned from the annual PROI network conference, of which Mojo PR is the Middle East partner. Connecting with our colleagues, accessing the latest industry intelligence and progressing our services makes it enormously valuable.

With progressive, tech-focused initiatives like the UAE Innovation Month, Dubai is quickly becoming the next spotlight for smart cities and technologically advanced businesses to open their doors.

Thanks to the introduction of a new part-time contract, employees in the UAE can now have more than one job simultaneously. This new system implemented by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation allows employees to do so without having to obtain approval from their primary employer.

According to “The Mind of a Strategist,” effectively negotiating requires practice, not to be left dormant and tapped at will. At 4, my granddaughter Emily gets it.

It’s difficult to empathize with recipients of your messages if you don’t know much about them. Gaining insights that help you see the world through their eyes is the only way to put them at the center of the receiver experience. Empathy is an interpersonal skill – something to be learned.

Dubai-based BonApp is offering a solution to one of the world’s biggest environmental problems – food waste. Partnering with cafes and restaurants across the emirate, the app allows users to buy surplus food at reduced prices.

PR can be summarized as telling your story to a target audience. Most people are satisfied with how they tell their story; however, an element many forget is empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. If you don’t consider the viewpoints of others, communicating with a group may not be effective.

According to ICAEW’s 2018 Middle East Q1 Economic Insight, the region’s economic outlook looks positive. All eyes are on Saudi Arabia – with oil prices rising; a large-scale, anti-corruption crackdown; and women now permitted to drive, a new era is ahead for the oil giant.

SERMO, the global luxury and lifestyle communications network, recently revealed the results of its fourth annual influencer index – an analysis of digital influencers and “ones to watch” in 18 markets worldwide.

Dubai summer can be excruciating. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun! So here are five energetic activities you can enjoy while escaping the heat:

A manager friend often says, “I can’t solve a problem if I don’t know about it.” That’s his way of encouraging colleagues to inform him of issues as they arise.

Though it has had recent downfalls, it is still the birthplace of the hashtag and is still a top-used platform.

Dubai Tourism is introducing blockchain in a B2B market place for the tourism industry in the next 24 months in a bid to boost tourist numbers as the country diversifies away from its reliance on oil revenues.

The authoritative management style is fading.

Being late isn’t fashionable anymore (if it ever was). Habitual tardiness says a lot about you, none of it good.

Known as the “cooler” social media platform, Instagram gives people what they desire at their core when it comes to social media – a place to engage and connect through images and videos, without having to be buried in all the “Facebook craziness.”

It’s 2018: The Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming the world, the global economy has enjoyed a period of growth – but is this growth sustainable? The Middle East, with one of the youngest populations in the world and an alarming 30 percent youth unemployment rate, must address this issue.

On February 28, the National Media Council (NMC) launched a new electronic media regulation system aimed at all online media platforms including, but not limited to, the lucrative influencer market. Under the new regulations, social media influencers profiting from the promotion of brands and businesses now have until the end of June to register and acquire the new regulated media license.

Should a “mental health day” count as a paid sick day? Last year, a viral tweet from a CEO showing support for taking mental health days put this topic in the spotlight.

The ability to adapt to rapidly changing work situations and the flexibility to overcome obstacles is a game-changer.