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PofE 045: Book Review: Let’s Get Real Or Let’s Not Play – Sales Training
Premise:
The premise of “Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play” is that business development must be totally client focused. Customers want to buy and not to be sold a bill of goods. This is a paradigm shift or a new mental model that advocates a methodology where two companies mutually decided to work together with the goal of meeting the client’s needs while providing a profitable engagement for the service provider, trusted adviser or professional service organization.
PSGS 012: What’s New in Microsoft Project Server and Professional 2013
What's new in microsoft project server and professional 2013 from Gerald J. Leonard PMP, MCTS, CQIA, ITIL, COBIT
PofE 044: Mark Zuckerberg Ready, Fire, Aim – Welcome to Facebook
Background and Challenges
• Mark Zuckerberg developed a messaging program in Atari BASIC at the age of 12 for his father, Edward Zuckerberg, to use in his dental practice and for his family to communicate at home.
• In addition to working with a private computer tutor hired by his parents, Mark took graduate computer courses at nearby Mercy College.
• While attending Phillips Exeter Academy, he created a music player that adapted to a music listener’s individual tastes that he called Synapse with a friend Adam D’Angelo.
PSGS 011: Book Review: Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management
"Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see." –Bernard Baruch
Premise:
- The premise of "Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management" is that resource allocation (time, money, staff, information and corporate assets) along with making smarter business investment decisions is critical to a business’s value creation processes. This book provides examples from American Express regarding what they've entitled investment optimization and how they have used the principles of allocating discretionary funds whether for marketing, sales or technology investments with the same investment category and the best projects compete for the same dollars.
PofE 043: 42 Apps for iPhone That Will Increase Your Productivity – Part 4 of 4
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” –Peter Drucker
Part 4 – My favorite apps, numbers 31 – 42:
PofE 042: 42 Apps for iPhone That Will Increase Your Productivity – Part 3 of 4
“Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.” –Barack Obama
Part 3 – My favorite apps, numbers 21 – 30:
21. HootSuite: The HootSuite app allows me to publish a single tweet to multiple social platforms with one click. When I find a great story, blog post or quote I can share it using the Hootsuite mobile application. I can also schedule multiple tweets to be delivered at various times throughout the day or week so that tweets are forwarded while I’m meeting with clients or working on internal deliverables for my company. This is a great way to share tweets during a vacation without sacrificing time with your family and friends.