Worldchanging Interview: Kevin Danaher of the Global Citizen Center
This article was written by Britt Bravo in January 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. [ ... use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially ... , not what the U.S. government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. We do that in a number of ways [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 21:50:45
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Leadership
Last week's column on bad IT management and the strong response from readers that followed show this to be a huge issue ... one. Management is -- at its very best -- an exercise in coping while leadership is so much ... and that whatever task a team was facing was something he could code in Visual Basic over a weekend. Both [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 23:29:44
Construction and Partnering
Introduction Design advice and the critical evaluation of building proposals often address the means adopted to meet objectives ... to make, what materials to use, where a building should be oriented, how to construct features ... in building design in terms of solutions that are not specific to a time, place or client. This creates [more...]
Date: 2009-02-12 02:23:35
UTEP's Cloudy teleVision
epic lines of sight small details puncture vision is this growing old Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies ... to see their team on television. I wrote last year about AggieVision and what the folks up in Las ... Wavers plus State Building Project Money equals Extra Athletic Department Dollars, which all equals [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 22:19:49
The Employee Free Choice Act: What's At Stake
In 1980, the United Labor Unions set out to organize employees at Detroit fast food chains in the hopes of sparking a nationwide movement to ... stop them. Or so they thought. As workers started building their union inside the three local franchises, top-level corporate executives watched closely. It quickly became clear [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 23:14:16
Curses, Scrushyed again!
They are buried deep within our judiciary at every level. Their first concern is political advantage, not the rule of law. That’s the only way anyone could possibly explain the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that effectively says George W. Bush is a serial felon for having appointed ambassadors whose sole qualification was that they [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 15:16:19
Our Philanthropic Footprints
This article was written by Alex Steffen in January 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Giving well -- giving money which provokes positive transformation over the long haul -- can be like juggling porcupines: things can easily end in tears, and everything keeps moving quickly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 22:00:05
Reuters Closes Second Life Bureau, but (Virtual) Life Goes On
The sun shines brightly as I stroll along the curving pier above the water, looking out toward a beautiful island with trees swaying in the wind. There's a looming ampitheater festooned with signs for Thomson Reuters, and a series of concrete buildings that appear ready to hold important meetings. I stride in confidently through the doorway.. [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 21:57:16
The Obama Stimulus: Truth and Consequences
Never before have I learned so much so quickly from my readers as I have now — all just by reading the thousands of comments you have posted on my ... billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in the fall, the U.S. government has loaned, invested ... Facility (TAF) … $50 billion to support short-term corporate IOUs held by money market mutual [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 12:30:59
The Obama Stimulus: Truth and Consequences
Never before have I learned so much so quickly from my readers as I have now — all just by reading the thousands of comments you have posted on my ... billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in the fall, the U.S. government has loaned, invested ... Facility (TAF) … $50 billion to support short-term corporate IOUs held by money market mutual [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 12:30:29
The Obama Stimulus: Truth and Consequences
Never before have I learned so much so quickly from my readers as I have now — all just by reading the thousands of comments you have posted on my ... billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in the fall, the U.S. government has loaned, invested ... Facility (TAF) … $50 billion to support short-term corporate IOUs held by money market mutual [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 12:30:37
Management Consulting Versus Investment Banking: Who Wins? Part 2
by Management Consulted #3 SKILL LEARNED Call me biased, but I received the best 2 years of business training possible in my time at McKinsey ... , the project team model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers ... for insurance companies”. Soft skills: 1) Client handling (described above) 2) Close team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 14:34:36
Tough Road Ahead for New Economic Appointees
On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama introduced three top financial appointees who will help him with the unenviable task ... oversight of the accounting industry and reform corporate governance. Mr. Tarullo, a law professor ... on the Federal Reserve board in Washington. He is currently leading Mr. Obama’s transition team [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 02:22:34
Management Consulting Versus Investment Banking: Who Wins? Part 2
by Management Consulted #3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT I’m biased, but I received the best business training possible in my years at McKinsey ... , the team-based model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers. Finally ... to leading meetings to learning how to navigate diverse corporate cultures. That being said, here’s a quick [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 08:02:56
Eugene
I have never wanted to stay in Pullman forever. It has been more of a pit stop while I figured out where I wanted to go ... such as owning land, farming it, and building a sustainable house on it. We want to do those things ... farmers market and I read in Mother Jones that a lot of large corporate interests are horning [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 19:00:00
Plays Well With Others
I’m working on a project at work that is dependent upon a single person in another department who serves as the primary point of contact for an ... in my ass. My team is excellent. They know their stuff, they deliver what they are called upon ... to slap someone. Why is it that corporate America continues to promote excellent line people [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 21:01:00
Download Minority Report
by Ferl Rivers With a shop near every neighborhood, video stores have been the most convenient way to get movies for years ... conductor. He then boards the train, the Polar Express, and is taken on the adventure of a lifetime. Hot ... Connor and Web Smith are sent to investigate a murder at a Japanese corporate building. The murder [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 12:43:10
Lots of Opinions on Centralized Job Sites vs. Niche/Social Networking Sites for Recruiting
About two weeks ago I wrote on this topic, citing posts on Cheezhead and The Delaware Employement Law Blog that seem to support a big move away ... and social networking sites. I also discussed some team building and employee engagement aspects ... beneficiaries of community-building as job losses have mounted, according to Advertising Age ). Here [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:34:05
Please Don’t Riot… It’s Just What They Want
David Icke As I travel around America it is clear that this country is on the brink of an economic catastrophe the like of which it has never seen. And, of course, it is not alone. A similar story can be told around the world. The foreclosure figures are fantastic as families and others lose their homes through no fault of their own on a [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 16:26:45
Friday in the Schoolteacher Archives
I’m snarled up in the middle of a book project this week, but in the course of going through some old papers I stumbled across this piece. It occurred to me that you might enjoy this story of the cartooning class, from my early days of teaching. It originally appeared in a ‘zine called Caravan I worked on with our own Brandon Hanvey and some [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 14:30:45
Let’s see - what’s the prevailing master narrative for these shows? By John Steppling
Dandelion Salad Sent to me by Jason Miller from Thomas Paine’s Corner. Thanks, Jason. By John Stepplinghttp://www.bestcyrano.org/THOMASPAINE/? ... hours a day, although often (if not almost always) in a highly passive manner, the corporate media ... an unpleasant person. Reagan always struck me as senile, as far back as 20 Mule Team Borax ads [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 13:26:06
What Goes Around Comes Around
Editor's Note – As many readers have reported, we have had difficulties in recent weeks both posting the current column and especially posting ... . Some companies are gentle, others competitive, some are even cruel. Once a corporate personality becomes ... Guy would have done. Sometimes corporate personalities are effective but often [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 08:10:57
Worldchanging's Best Foreign Correspondents
This article was written by Alex Steffen in December 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. We have a global network of writers, but a handful of them are regular columnists and contributors. For instance, Mara has done a great job as Worldchanging's China correspondent, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 20:09:58
"Buy American?": Buyer Beware!
Economic nationalism is back and that is not a good sign for working people. “Buy American” or “Buy French” or “Buy ... by 30 years of corporate-dominated globalization." But such efforts are out of touch with today’ ... bill. One of the most vocal corporate supporters of the legislation has been Dan DiMicco, CEO [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 23:32:22
Improve Your Communication Skills NOW
Success in work and in life requires good communication skills. Use this article for a quick-tune up or a major overhaul - but read it! You’ll increase your value tenfold.Need a job? Want to get promoted? Like to have a date? You’re going to have to communicate! Introverts of the world - arise!Here are some tips to get you started:1.) [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 10:01:07
Do Republicans Want America to Fail?
Calling Out the Conservative Lies on Stimulus by Joe Brewer - Common Dreams We are in the midst of a major ideological battle. If progressives win, we'll have more jobs, better schools, and the first real steps toward a sustainable economy in our history. Conservatives in Congress don't want this to happen. Why? [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 12:57:00
Open-Access Fiber Networks
Introduction It is the paradoxical purpose of this paper to simultaneously suggest that a single “big picture” idea can, if brought into practice, bring positive and transformative change to America’s communications infrastructure, and, indeed, the large swaths of social and economic activity that rely on that infrastructure, while [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 18:24:16
Behind the scenes of Windows 7 Enterprise
Behind the scenes of Windows 7 Enterprise Posted by Freeware Master on 8 March, 2009 No comments yet This item was filled under ... , and has stepped up its game to get the corporate world excited about its upcoming operating system ... principles to go by: Planning: Our team spent six months on planning Windows 7 in a “vision phase.” [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 07:08:04
Acquiring Powerful Branding with Excellent Company Video & Commercial
Today’s customers are surrounded by media and becoming better informed audience, savvier, and more critical of the messages they receive ... . Could you blend Corporate Video & Commercial together with Entertainment factors and emerge as a new form of media communication, creating powerfully fantastic advertising as well as building [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 04:12:07
Buying an umbrella in New York
So, I have this New York tradition — every time I come to town I buy a flimsy and wildly overpriced umbrella in some vaguely shady store that sells preposterous New York souvenirs like a miniature Statues of Liberty with Donald Trump’s face on it. I call this a tradition; mostly it’s a necessity because I NEVER remember to pack an umbrella, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 04:49:54
Management Consulting Versus Investment Banking: Who Wins? Part 2
by Management Consulted #3 SKILL LEARNED I’m biased, but I received the best business training possible in my years at McKinsey ... , the team-based model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers. Finally ... to leading meetings to learning how to navigate diverse corporate cultures. Having said that, here’ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 08:03:01
Friday Distraction: Your 2008 Baltimore City Paper Comics Issue, Contest
Permalink All These Good Times Are Killing Us The blogger and retailer Chris Butcher provides the most high-profile of a number of ... is that its primary corporate entities are a) established, disciplined comics publishers that managed to survive ... comics. I stopped thinking New Comics Day and started thinking about building a library [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 17:33:57
Morgan in Redrow power struggle
Troubled housebuilder Redrow is said to be looking for a buyer as it tries to fend off attempts by its founder, Wolves owner Steve Morgan, ... to invest £30 million in the team. Redrow, which announced a £46.2 million half-year loss in February ... Redrow shareholders about Mr Morgan’s plans and the board is in talks with him to clarify corporate [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 11:30:28
Ruud Questions: Dave Harry aka the Gypsy
I think I know Dave via Sphinn, somewhere… start of 2008? One of those people you see often. Amidst a sea of corporate logo’s, manga-style generated avatars and headshots, his avatar/profile pic stood out in the professional SEO community: sort of ripped-open shirt “here I’m sitting in my trailer with 12 lined up for the next hour” kind of look [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 14:02:08
Payroll Specialist
A US pharmaceutical company require an experienced Payroll Specialist for their start up Shared Services Centre in Cork ... on customer service and a strong communicator is essential A team player dedicated to building ... . Partner with Human Resources to ensure consistent and accurate flow of information to payroll Liaise [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 11:39:51
Payroll Specialist
A US pharmaceutical company require an experienced Payroll Specialist for their start up Shared Services Centre in Cork ... on customer service and a strong communicator is essential A team player dedicated to building ... . Partner with Human Resources to ensure consistent and accurate flow of information to payroll Liaise [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 11:40:31
Teamwork Involves Everyone In The Workplace
by Bart Icles Teamwork begins at the top, most of us will set back and nod our head as people and training organizations tell us that teamwork is ... is willing to accept ideas from any of its team members, no matter what position they hold ... if the technology department would be a team or if our Human Resource department would step it up together. We [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 22:14:59
Please Don’t Riot… It’s Just What They Want by David Icke
David Icke Sunday March 8, 2009 As I travel around America it is clear that this country is on the brink of an economic catastrophe the like of which it has never seen. And, of course, it is not alone. A similar story can be told around the world. The foreclosure figures are fantastic as families and others lose their homes through no [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 01:40:09
Good Boats, Good Captains: Applying the Investment Mantra for Profit
The title is a play on the last one and a famous epigram of the greatest of the Greek Stoic philosophers, Epitectus: Normal 0 We should act as we do in seafaring: “What can I do?”—Choose the master, the crew, the day, the opportunity. Then comes a sudden storm. What matters it to me? my part has been fully done [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 01:40:22
The Month of March
The month of March consists of…. …Daylight Savings Time!!! Don’t forget to move your clocks AHEAD one hour this Sunday morning. …I am now the soccer coach for Caeden’s team, “Chivas USA”. Coaching a team full of four-year-old boys and girls is a blast. There’s nothing like watching little kids just randomly kick [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 21:31:55
the perfect antidote to bogus business advice
This month I was lucky enough to work with Neil Mullarkey, one of the founders of London’s famous Comedy Store, ... jump with your Head of IT - all in the name of team-building? Or made to parade with your workmates ... will take strange pleasure in seeing everything from “bonding days” to “confidence building workshops” put [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 10:22:18
Management Consulting vs Investment Banking: 5 Differences Part 2
by Management Consulted #3 SKILLSETS Call me biased, but I received the best 2 years of business training possible in my time at McKinsey ... , the project team model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers ... teams to running meetings to learning how to navigate different corporate environments. That being [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 08:00:44
Management Consulting Versus Investment Banking: Who Wins? Part 2
by Management Consulted #3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT I’m biased, but I received the best business training possible in my years at McKinsey ... , the team-based model leads to mentorship opportunities with managers, partners, and coworkers. Finally ... ) 2) Close team interaction 3) Presentation skills - this is a cornerstone of consulting work. After [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 14:32:38
Management Consulting vs Investment Banking: 5 Differences Part 2
by Management Consulted #3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT I’m biased here, but I received a thorough and intense business training in my time at McKinsey . I learned textbook business principles and practices. In addition, the project team model leads ... . Soft skills: 1) Client handling (explained above) 2) Heavy team interaction 3) [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 14:31:14
Insanely Great
Looking for improved business models for the personal computer business, Apple CEO Steve Jobs often used to cite automobile makers, ... . What a difference a decade makes. Today Apple and Jobs are at the top of their game, taking market share from other computer companies while at the same time establishing game-changing new product [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 14:05:13
Microblogging Tools for your Newsroom
I thought about ReportingOn for more than a year before the public beta launched on October 1; I turned the idea over in my head, scrawled back-of-a-napkin sketches, and built several HTML prototypes before I ever got close to building something with dynamic code. While I was going through that process of refining the idea [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 17:10:25
Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
March 3, 2009By DUFF WILSON BOSTON — In a first-year pharmacology class at Harvard Medical School, Matt Zerden grew wary as the professor promoted the benefits of cholesterol drugs and seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects.Mr. Zerden later discovered something by searching online that he began sharing with his classmates [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 18:59:08
Drum Machine: Spinning for War with Iran
Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Feb. 23: There is a lot riding on whom President Obama names as his special envoy to Iran ... of the corporate media bubble, but it never goes away. Very weighty factions in the American power structure ... reported the fact that Iran has deliberately slowed the pace of its nuclear enrichment program [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 15:57:57
The Intel Story of Engagement
Intel is another technology company which is leveraging Social Media in order to engage well with its consumers around the world ... everyday life. This is an excellent step towards building it’s brand and giving an opportunity ... IntelPRUK - Intel UK PR team intelevents - Information about conferences & events Intel [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 19:53:50
Lake Bogoria and Conservation Challenges
Sarah Chamblis of Princeton university spent ten days with me on an ecology and conservation field course through The Great Rift Valley ... office itself is a round, two-story cement building, and the site also includes a classroom and an outdoor platform with a 10-foot statue of a globe ringed prominently by the equator. It is all appealing [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 07:44:53
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