Sat.Jan 19, 2019

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The Smart Intern – Networking for a full-time job offer

Tom Spencer

In the previous article on ‘The Smart Intern’, we explored the reasons for networking during the internship including to pursue the goals of understanding the full-time hiring process, achieving visibility, and creating advocacy within the organisation for your full-time hire. In this article, we will take a deep-dive into this goal-based networking process, explore other areas where networking becomes relevant, and at the end look into some networking techniques that have worked for me.

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Do you have a chocolate problem or an oxygen problem?

Seth Godin Blog

Run out of chocolate, and that’s a shame. Run out of oxygen and you’re doomed. Sometimes, we overdo our reliance on chocolate. It’s better in small doses–too much and it loses its magic. And sometimes we confuse the thing we want with the thing we need… If your day or your project or your organization focuses too much on finding the next piece of chocolate, you might forget to focus on the oxygen you actually need.

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Why is my talent leaving?

Tom Spencer

Following up on the last instalment, let’s imagine that time and resources have now been given to grow your people into politically influential knowledge experts within your company. You have seen them bring in some great results and you are excited about their potential. However, while helping someone grow professionally is one matter, keeping them at the company is another.

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Buying a business that is performing exceptionally well

Ben de Haldevang

Latest blog from The Agile Gorilla. [link]. I’d love to hear from you with any thoughts, comments, ideas. All the best. Ben.

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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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PM vs PMM: Where do you fit?

Tom Spencer

In technology and software companies, there are product management (PM) and product marketing management (PMM) roles. People often ask, what is the difference between the two roles? They both focus on a product, so how do they divide the tasks that need to be done? Responsibilities of PM and PMM. When you think about a PM’s responsibility, the first thing that comes to mind is communicating with engineers to build a product; and for a PMM, it is creating marketing materials for the product.