Fri.Nov 10, 2023

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How To Identify Your Ideal Client In Consulting (4-Step Guide)

Consulting Success

Consultants: who is your ideal client? If you’re not clear on… Why you’ve selected your niche Your area of specialization The characteristics of your ideal client Whether you’ve properly validated your market …chances are you don’t have enough clarity on who your ideal client is. Success as a consulting business owner depends on deeply understanding.

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Purpose Behind Networking as an Aspiring Consulting

Tom Spencer

A common adage within business states that “it’s not about what you know, but who you know”. While consultants do need strong analytical skills, the latter half of this saying holds true; you need to network. As any aspiring management consultant knows, networking is both an art and a science. It combines organic relationship-building as well as the pursuit of a logical end-goal.

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What Leaders Need to Know About Spatial Computing

Harvard Business

Spatial computing is an evolving form of computing that blends our physical world and virtual experiences using a wide range of technologies, thus enabling humans to interact and communicate in new ways with each other and with machines, as well as giving machines the capabilities to navigate and understand our physical environment in new ways. Apple’s entrance into the market is a big step for the technology, but the idea has been in development for years.

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Hedge Funds: Purpose, Business Model, and Strategies

Tom Spencer

Hedge funds have long been shrouded in mystery, earning a reputation as lucrative yet elusive vehicles within the financial landscape. Hedge funds have gained increased attention over the years, with their involvement in financial markets drawing interest from investors, media, and the general public. However, many people still struggle to grasp what exactly hedge funds are and how they operate.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Using Data to Improve Employee Health and Wellness

Harvard Business

Very few employers systematically track their employees’ health and wellbeing. But without such data, they won’t be able to set priorities and won’t know whether their efforts are effective. It is now possible to systematically assess your employees’ wellbeing and assess the effectiveness of your programs to address their needs. This article offers a four-part framework for doing that.

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How GenAI Can Help Companies Go Beyond Social Listening

Harvard Business

GenAI can transform the process of collecting feedback from consumers, reaching more people across more demographics than ever before, and learning more about what they really think. Companies can rescue qualitative survey data from the trash and dig for deeper insights. To do so, they should: tailor genAI tools to meet their organization’s specific needs, feed them existing data, and have them make suggestions for future survey questions.

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60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP November 9, 2023

Johanna Rothman

I'm surprising myself with this experiment and the fact that I am continuing it. I suspect I'm successful because it's just a minute of some in-progress writing. Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for November 9, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from the Project Lifecycles book, almost ready for release.

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Addiction Treatment Centers Succeed With Digital Marketing

Business Consulting Agency

In an era where digitalization influences every aspect of our lives, the realm of healthcare, particularly addiction treatment centers, has embraced the power of digital marketing services to revolutionize patient outreach, engagement, and recovery journeys. The amalgamation of advanced technology and tailored marketing strategies has catalyzed the growth and effectiveness of addiction treatment facilities, facilitating their crucial mission to aid individuals battling substance abuse disorders.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

In today’s data-centric digital landscape, intelligence is central to any business strategy, especially as we look towards 2024. According to PWC , talent, technology and data will set winning professional services firms apart from the competition. Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Coffee, Cause, and Coincidence

Alan Weiss

The owner of the local coffee shop has never been able to master the modern cash register he purchased about a year ago when the old one broke down. He simply charges me a round number, like $4, and tucks the money away. I have no idea what he does about taxes. All of his employees can work the register perfectly. Yesterday, once again ignoring the machine, he told me proudly that the manufacturer had to declare bankruptcy, and is going out of business.

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The amateur presenter

Seth Godin Blog

Not “amateur” as in the unprepared professional. Amateur as in the passionate individual, untrained but with something to say. If you’re called on to give a talk or presentation, the biggest trap to avoid is the most common: Decide that you need to be just like a professional presenter, but not quite as good. Being a 7 out of 10 at professional presenting is a mistake.

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Top Work Team Warning Signs to Pay Attention To

LSA Global

Are You Paying Attention to the Top Work Team Warning Signs? Most work today is achieved through the effort of teams rather than individuals. Great teams at work reach their goals faster, with better results, and more reliably. Knowing the top work team warning signs to look out for and having the ability to build a great team becomes a high-priority, critical skill for team leaders.

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How to Optimize Your Company’s IT Infrastructure - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KYNDRYL

Harvard Business

Sponsor Content from Kyndryl.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.