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Committing a Party Foul: Sweating Over Your Holiday Celebration Plans

I’ve heard a bunch of talk amongst other business leaders trying to decide whether they should go through with their annual holiday party plans. The understandable concern is that doing so may send the wrong message after subjecting ...READ»

BUSINESS   |  Comment

How to Create a 20/20 Business Vision and Why it Matters

The turning point for a vision is when everyone sees it, gets it, and buys into participating to make it happen... built your vision... make that dream a reality. READ»

FEAR   |  Comment

Nonsense At Work

Manage fear, not action:I worry about the fear in the workplace.  Don’t get me wrong.  A little fear is a useful management tool.  But I’m talking about too much fear of the kind we have today.Too much fear makes us do stupid ...READ»

Thinking about L10n

While many of the projects I work on at Learning Worlds are about communicating ideas using visual narratives, it's the localization (or L10n) part that I think about the most.  Unlike the act of translating text in a document, the ...READ»

EDUCATION   |  Comment

Cultural Socialutions – Oxymoron or Logical Thought Process?

The marketplace is buzzing with the new way of solving problems. Though is hasn’t been posted at Dictionary.com or Webster.com (yet) “Socialutions” is defined as people, communities and organizations leveraging ...READ»

Amber Alerts using the Social Web . . . at least somewhat

It's been my experience that government and quasi-government agencies are always the last ones to figure out the technology that helps them accomplish their mission. For the most part, my impression has not changed, though more and ...READ»

GOOGLE   |  Comment

The COMcast ic forecast -- chance of storms

  . . . with possible improvement if COMmunication improves Jay Deragon's post Can Comcast Reverse the Storm suggests that Comcast has the opportunity to be a leading brand that leverages the tools of the web for improvement ...READ»

4score and . . . how would Lincoln do on Twitter?

I received a call today from a friend who asked for assistance in brainstorming a two-and-a-half hour presentation on a topic she was very familiar with. She doubted that she could keep the attendees' attention for that long, though ...READ»

POLICE   |  Comment

Twitter catches on Fire

In an earlier post we saw that a few police departments had begun experimenting with Twitter . . . And now we see the fire departments Twitter, too! Thanks to Grant Griffiths for his post in the Twitterverse! Grant ...READ»

MARKETING   |  Comment

The Friday Mystery

I wanted to do something a little out of the ordinary, so here’s a little mystery for your Friday. Three employees at a company find themselves in an elevator. Each has a different problem that they need solved. They are ...READ»