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Exactly When to Travel to Win Consulting Projects

David A Fields

Jay James, CEO of Big JJ, Inc. emails you about a potential consulting project he’d like your consulting firm to handle. At the end of your follow-up call with Jay, he suggests you meet with him and his senior team in person to discuss the consulting opportunity.

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Videos for Mobile Learning and Performance Support

Tsavo Neal

One of the best advantage of videos is that they are mobile friendly. Accessibility of videos on mobile phones proves to be extremely useful for remote workforce. Check out this blog to know why videos are best suited for performance support and mLearning.

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Diabetic blindness caused and reversed 'trapped' immune cells in rodent retinas

MBO Partners

Researchers have discovered a cell signaling pathway in mice that triggers vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion – diseases characterized by the closure of blood vessels in the retina, leading to blindness. In experiments that suppressed vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the eye, researchers were able to re-establish normal blood flow in the retina, offering a potential means of stalling or even reversing diabetes-related blindness.

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Open Space Office? Survival Tips for Introverts

Clarity Consultants

When Jennifer’s company converted to open space last year, her ability to concentrate plunged. She likes her tablemates; it’s just that Jennifer needs quiet and solitude to do her best thinking. Without an office door to close, she’s stressed, overwhelmed, and seriously thinking of moving on. Open Space Office or Free For All? In the past 20 years, open space offices became the hot trend.

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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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Future of SCCM ConfigMgr Intune Admin Jobs

Harvard Business

I keep getting questions about the future of SCCM Intune admin jobs. I got the similar questions during the last BITPro event. So I thought of writing about the SCCM job opportunities in future. I could see loads of job opportunities for SCCM admins in India and abroad because of Windows 10 migrations. Will SCCM […]. The post Future of SCCM ConfigMgr Intune Admin Jobs appeared first on Anoops.

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The Basic Social Media Mistakes Companies Still Make

Harvard Business

Evan Smogor/Unsplash. Over 90% of medium and large businesses have used social media in their marketing for five years or longer. Yet the CMO Survey reveals that nearly half of marketers are unable to show the impact of their social media investments. That’s why, no matter what your social media strategy is, it’s always a good idea to go back and make sure you have the basics covered.

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Today's the day

Seth Godin Blog

The fourth session of The Marketing Seminar is open for enrollment today. No shortcuts, no magic spells, no secrets. Merely an effective, day by day approach to making a difference in the new year. A community of leaders, freelancers, managers and entrepreneurs intent on doing marketing that works. Modern marketing. Look for the purple circle to earn a significant discount that peaks today.

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A Customer Experience Wish List for 2018

1 to 1

As we say hello to 2018, certain business practices and trends are sure to follow us into the New Year. For instance, personalized experiences, meeting customer expectations, and protecting customer data continue to be important aspects of the customer experience. At the same time, a new year calls for a fresh start. And with that in mind, I have a list of ways businesses could begin transforming the ways they treat customers and their data.

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How to Develop the Right Strategy to Win

LSA Global

How to Develop the Right Strategy. When you can develop the right strategy…one that is clear, agreed-upon and achievable…you are set up to win the game and outperform your competition. Top 10 Signs of a Bad Strategy. Let’s start with the most common signs of a bad strategy. Too many of us know what can happen with a strategic plan that is fuzzy, ill-conceived or non-implementable.

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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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Hiring the Best People

Harvard Business

Patty McCord, Netflix’s former Chief Talent Officer, sees hiring as constant matchmaking. Building a team of people that gets amazing work done, she says, requires managers to really know what they need, and for HR to actually understand the workings of the business. She says money should not be the reason someone leaves and that we should stop using words like “poaching” and “firing.” McCord is the author of “How to Hire,” in the January–February

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What is an Independent Contractor vs. an Independent Consultant?

MBO Partners

Independent professionals go by many names. Learn the legal and day-to-day terminology.

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business

Jakob Owens/Unsplash. We all want to come to work and be treated with kindness and respect. Unfortunately, my research shows that there is rampant incivility in most organizations. I found that 98% of the workers I surveyed over the past 20 years have experienced rude behavior and 99% have witnessed it. And the situation seems to be worsening. In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998.

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Trend Watching 2018 The Year of Convergence

Cheryl Cran

2017 was a big year! We could say that 2017 was the year where all that was hidden or underground came to light. Without question we are going to continue to see massive disruptions in all industries due to technology, automation, AI, robotics and more. The disruption that we will see even more is to do with ‘people’ – how people are treated, how people are judged, how people are dealt with depending on their culture, their gender or their financial status.

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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.

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Whiteboard Session: The 3 Myths of Collaboration

Harvard Business

It’s not a fad or a ‘soft’ topic.

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Trend Watching 2018 The Year of Convergence

Cheryl Cran

2017 was a big year! We could say that 2017 was the year where all that was hidden or underground came to light. Without question we are going to continue to see massive disruptions in all industries due to technology, automation, AI, robotics and more. The disruption that we will see even more is to […]. The post Trend Watching 2018 The Year of Convergence appeared first on NextMapping.

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