One unique way to garner buy-in: Offer your manager input into the electives you take during the program, suggests Liz Kasberg, also a graduate Kenan-Flager.

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Commercial input into the defence industry is not a one-way process.

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One way this can be successfully accomplished is by "multiplexing" the electrodes normally used to relay touch input -- that is, using the same electrodes to handle the signals for both touch control and the pixels of the LCD, according to a 2010 IHS report on touch-screen displays.

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The forum will be one way for the Administration to stay in regular contact with business leaders from around the country, continuing to get their input and perspective.

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