Enterprise 2.0 - A new Age of Aquarius?

It’s two weeks after the event, but here are my slides and notes from my presentation at Edge of the Web. Apologies for the delay. To those for whom some of this looks familiar, it shares an amount of common content with my recent paper at the BTELL EA conference. The audiences were very different, so the common content wasn’t an issue [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 03:57:56

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Columbia Air Conditioning Wall

Columbia Sportswear Company has sponsored a warning to Santiago residents with an outdoor advertisement challenging the use of air conditioners ... conditioners on wall in Columbia outdoor campaign James Morgan at Osocio points out that Columbia belongs to the Conservation Alliance, whose website describes their corporate tag-team as “a group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 00:00:40

In The News Today

Dear CIGAs, I have received advice from Computershare advising that the Direct Registration System (DRS) is now available to all registered shareholders Computershare manages. This includes Canadian residents. Jim Sinclair’s Commentary These guys will never stop writing these garbage credit default derivatives [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 23:14:00

Management Consulting vs Investment Banking: 5 Differences Part 2

by Management Consulted #3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT I’m biased, but I received the best business training possible in my years at McKinsey ... , the team-based model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers. Finally ... goods companies”. Soft skills: 1) Client handling (explained above) 2) Close team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 07:25:35

Hotels offer gourmet pet food

Tails wag, tongues drool for gourmet dog food at hotels With an increasing number of pet owners bringing their four-legged friends on the road, ... how it has significantly changed the spirit in the building,” says Wyndham Orange County general ... . During the week, the corporate travelers and leisure travelers aren’t rushing to their rooms [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 18:48:30

Grandma, Jimmy and Wonderful Spring Breakers

Jump to CommentsThis morning I walked along the promenade after hosting my port adventure talk to find a group of three or four teenagers huddled ... ..If they like a TV program, they go online and download the whole series. If they want to go to the movies ... me he recently downloaded a program called Spotify, which gives you pretty much all the music [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 02:18:26

The Power of Merging Engineering, Biology and Art: An Interview with Natalie Jeremijenko

This Worldchanging Interview with Natalie Jeremijenko was conducted by Emily Gertz in October of 2004. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. From releasing packs of Feral Robot Dogs that sniff out chemical contamination, to teaching Yale engineering students socially responsible design, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 22:58:40

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008

Today is my birthday, and I decided to give you all a gift that few of you have been highly anticipating for a few months now. My most popular post on this site — probably by far — was last year’s Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2007 compilation. I spent about 3 days (and nights) on it (without sleep) and I was quite happy with the turnout [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:55:21

Not Sure Where to Start with Workforce Planning?

Workforce Management’s weekly e-newsletter contained a question and answer regarding getting started with workforce planning. (See article here.) This is a common scenario – the executive team issues a mandate to start workforce planning ... be developed that fits within your organization’s business planning cycle and takes corporate [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 18:54:51

adidas: branding one sole at a time

Take a minute one morning this week as you clean, feed, and dress your body and think of the brand choices you make each day. Savor a sip from that cold glass of orange juice, thick with pulp, and consider the labor behind those 8 ounces of liquid. Decades of dedication and careful manipulation go into the marketing of that brand so that when you [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:13:05

Cone Inc. Sheds Light on the Cause Marketing Conundrum

Anyone who's heavily immersed Cause Marketing, is already well aware of Cone Inc., and it's virtually impossible to perform a search on the topic without inevitably returning several results with Cone's many research studies or commentary. They have spent the past 28 years advising businesses and nonprofits on effective cause engagement, [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 12:17:56

A Conversation with Susan Pressler

A Conversation with Susan Pressler Today, we are sharing with you another ‘profile in courage’ written by our friend Joan Collins ... . As head coach, Pressler built Duke Lacrosse into a highly regarded program. Pressler compiled a 153-82 ... his team to 10 NCAA tournament appearances as well as the Division I men’s national championship game [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 19:00:15

Recruiting is Valued (Barely)

All-too-slim majorities of recruiters feel that their organizations view recruiting as strategic and valuable, ... be done to reinvigorate recruiting (explored in depth in the December/January Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership): Building pipelines of critical skills Honing attraction and branding efforts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 09:24:57

5 Ways to Gain More Value from Your PR Agency

What follows is a guest post by Nicole Jordan , a former client at the Rubicon Project .  Nicole is also a blogger of some renown ... to the request, but also threw in a few kind words for our team! Here’s Nicole: Being ... see them as part of our team. My SHIFT team literally helped be the company’s eyes and ears [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 01:26:04

Alaska State Troopers Press Release of Friday, March 06, 2009

Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.A Detachment…No news reported.B Detachment ————————————————- Location: Wasilla Case number: 09-17847 Type: Warrant Arrest Text: On 3-5-09 at 1236 hours AST in Palmer arrested Janelle Marquis, age 20, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 14:22:29

Marvel vs. D.C.

In a front page story in this Sunday’s Weekly Variety, Marc Graser explores Warner Bros ... has been pushed back and it’s hard to imagine this Batman team being too enthusiastic about seeing ... seems to have a natural advantage, given its corporate relationship with Warner Bros [more...]

Date: 2008-08-16 00:35:33

How I'm Not Ready to Step Back Into the Fire

I set aside time this morning to research burnout and retention in an industry that is new to me ... . What was wrong with me? Why was a simple research task so hard?  It hit me. In my last corporate job ... of volunteers dedicated to community-building) are no longer at Avaya, not because the need [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 19:22:08

Remember Shea

March 7th, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment By: Josh Cohen          Shea Stadium was built to house the Mets when the franchise started, ... , but it was one of my favorite places to watch a game.  There were no bad seats in the entire place ... with all of his might to bring a National League team back to the people of NY.  He wanted to get the stadium [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 15:32:27

SM Global Report: Beeline's Francois Gossieaux

Tribalism in the Online Community ... corporate officers interviewed. What were their most common titles? We wanted to understand how ... into the CMO’s turf after the program gained recognition. It is a more recent and still relatively [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 17:11:17

Rockstar Panels at TechCrunch50

Today we’re announcing the six panels (including two working lunches) that will be held during the TechCrunch50 conference ... their perspective on personal investing, inclusive of what these Angels look for in terms of team ... Building scalable web businesses - the right entrepreneurs focused on the right markets Join Clearstone [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 03:21:47

Spoor House Yesterday the EPA announced winners of the second annual green building competition known as the Lifecycle Building Challenge, ... disassembly and that anticipate future use of building materials. It was open to architects, reuse experts ... , and students in three main categories: (1) Building, (2) Innovation, and (3) Outstanding [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 17:25:03

The Wildlifer - winter 2009 issue

Issue 348 | Winter 2009 Time to Weigh in on Wildlife Conservation Policy Following the 2008 general election there will likely be major changes ... transition team for the Departments of Interior and Agriculture. As members of the administration continue ... opportunity to seize this moment of change in national leadership to advocate a better future [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 17:45:01

McCain Chicago Attack Ad to Air Nationally

Bump and Update: On a conference call today, McCain's campaign said the ad described below will air nationally and in the battleground states ... to the scrubbing that the team of McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has received. Original Post: 9: 52 ... building clout in her state's political circles in part by serving as a director of an independent [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 23:11:00

The way to San Jose

Neyer's off-the-cuff comment about the A's heading to Portland has spurred an interesting conversation over at BTF this morning mostly challenging ... to do with aesthetics and other mushy considerations. I simply think it would be neat to have a team in Portland ... about the coporate base for a team, the size of the media market, whether the fans would [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 10:44:51

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 00:32:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 00:24:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 00:22:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 00:30:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 00:03:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 00:19:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 00:01:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 00:02:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 00:21:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 00:39:08

Them Gordon wonderkids

I had quite a few minutes of nostalgia hitting me when i got recently tagged in one of my facebook peers photo's ... corporate giants. One of my main responsibilities then was to meet up with members ... and he truly did bask in it. However, seeing all the development and the economic activity [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 11:03:00

Deal Journal] Bottom Feeding: Banco Santander of Spain is in advanced talks to take full control of Sovereign Bancorp, a big thrift holding company hurt by sour loans. Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive: Morgan Stanley revised the terms of its investment from Mitsubishi UFJ by granting the Japanese bank preferred stock with a 10% dividend, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 14:10:24

Paris Fashion to organize Davos 2010

Imagine the above as a headline of breaking news on Twitter . The story goes on to explain that Paris Fashion houses have been commissioned by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to organize next year’s January 27-31 event. You may be shocked by the suggestion, but bear with me as I explain why this might result in doing more and better with less [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 21:23:43

Places I want to work (Surprise #1)

As I surf around looking at Careers sites, I try to put myself in the place of someone who really might want a job at that company ... join “the team.” What won me over? A clean look that captures the company brand, but also adds ... in the headline question: “What Will You Build?” It uses the brand-appropriate metaphor of building [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 14:05:42

ScamBuster 78

Dear , With great pleasure I am writing this proposal on behalf of my chambers. I got your information through a reliable source; hence I decided to seek your co-operation, due to the sensitivity of this transaction and my commitment as a lawyer. I am Barrister Kojo Agyeman from Ghana , Retired Barrister at law here in Ghana [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 17:58:55

Five steps to Twitter success

This post was inspired by NikkiPilkington and her post How I Use Twitter ... is, jowyang . Of course. Lesson 1 ➡ Wherever you choose to position yourself, be clear ... to one: trend spotting - Twitter - checklist for building trust with your global social media audience [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 00:53:43

Should Barbados Government or Tourism Authority help invest in Night Polo? This as B'dos trounce Canada & India

As Virgin Atlantic suggests in an ad in Karen Kranenburg's 2009 edition of " Polo And More " ( ... at the games first, let's examine a new theory that sprang in my head - night polo ! I thought ... the building is larger than the playing area, the complex has three levels - a lower deck for children, middle [more...]

Date: 2009-02-11 02:58:00

A Geek’s Guide to SXSW Film

There are many websites and blog posts out pre- SXSW to help you figure out the behemoth event, but since I have a panel on the subject, ... short, Janet and her team have put together a steller line up of just such events, including ... have some ideas for you. Here are some links to get you going in your schedule planning. Where to go &amp [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 21:10:12

Hair Shirt

Last weekend, while I was on my semi-break, blog obsession Allen Iverson trimmed his trademark cornrows, ... nowhere team that hires him to sell tickets and score 25 points a game by any means possible, though I suspect he could also go to a playoff team that sees him as the rich man's Earl Boykins for bench [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 05:13:00

Download Lost In Space

by Ferl Rivers For a long time we have used the video store as one of our main ways to access movies ... by a train conductor. He then boards the train, the Polar Express, and is taken on the adventure ... Sun: John Connor and Web Smith are sent to investigate a murder at a Japanese corporate building [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 12:18:56

Why are we even arguing about this?

Presented to the AGM of the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and for the product launch of IntranetManager.NET ... long distance access! At the same time, I doubt any of us even considered the corporate web site ... to participate in social media activity - either internally or in public. I doubt there’s anyone [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 09:00:19

Differences in Management Consulting and Banking - Part 2

by Management Consulted #3 SKILLSETS Call me biased, but I received the best 2 years of business training possible in my time at McKinsey ... , the project team model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers ... companies”. Soft skills: 1) Client interaction (explained above) 2) Heavy team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 07:24:18

Could Americans’ Discontent Turn Violent?

We are only a few thousand points and runaway inflation away from a potential societal explosion. March 9, 2009 - by Bob KrummPage 1 of 2  Next ->At what point does discontent turn to violence?Economically, we may or may not be close to hitting rock bottom, but policy-wise, this market still has a long way to fall [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 07:02:14

Will GOP Obstructionism Backfire Against Republican Extremists in 2010?

DeMint & Coburn- two of the ugly faces of GOP obstructionismWith the nation in countdown mode for the end of the much reviled Bush Regime, much energy is being expended-- particularly by regime operatives who, like Karl Rove could face criminal charges-- in bringing Bush's approval ratings up to at least where Nixon's were when he left the White [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 01:30:00

Reimagining Fiscal Responsibility

President Obama's budget has been leaked to major news organizations in time for the Sunday papers, and it seeks to close a yawning deficit over the long term through entirely unobjectionable means like ending unnecessary wars and ensuring that everyone pays their fair share for using the public commons [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 17:36:00

DrumBeat: March 6, 2009

Betting on big oil’s comeback NEW YORK (Fortune) — With crude down below $45 a barrel, it’s hard to see the beauty in oil stocks these days. But with analysts forecasting a rebound in prices, now might be a good time to buy. “Right now, the upsides in the oil sector far exceed the downside risks,” says Fadel Gheit, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:33:11

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