Despite all the advances in technology and instantaneous communications, event organizers continue to torture us with the same old paper surveys that we have been filling out for years. They follow a formula that just does not make sense to me. I attend events to learn, not to evaluate a speakers posture, presentation, and material […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Cool Gadget #2: Logitech Keyboard for iPhone/iPad
Oct 29
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Recently, I joined the modern world and purchased and iPhone. Over time, I have manged to get the device to do most of the things I want, including synch up with my Outlook files on my computer. However, one deficiency I could not overcome was the ridiculous touch-screen keyboard. Now, I have used Blackberry phones […]
Book Reveiw: Why Business People Speak Like Idiots
Oct 27
Why Business People Speak Like Idiots: A Bullfighter’s Guide by Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway, and Jon Warshawsky “If your heart is set on informing and not impressing people, you’ll avoid the Obscurity Trap – jargon and evasive language – without trying. If you have a message in your heard that you really care about, you won’t […]
Why Can’t We Design Useful Business Card?
Oct 24
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I had the dubious pleasure of scanning in my backlog of business cards this past weekend and realized that I was spending an inordinate amount of time editing some cards. Now, I have used a CardScan for years to scan in business cards. I use the Executive model which scans in color and has the […]
Four Stages of Federal Business Development
Oct 18
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Business development is a process that begins with nothing and ends (hopefully) with winning some new business. From my experience, I categorize the business development process into the following four stages: Stage 1: Figuring out what you want to chase (AKA Strategic Planning) Stage 2: Finding opportunities compatible with your goals (AKA Identification and Qualification) […]
Poll Analysis: #1 – How do you file new papers in a folder?
Oct 18
Since this is the first poll, we have not had a lot of responses. I have left the poll open for those who may still want to add their inputs (click here for the poll). I am not sure how to interpret the results, but it appears that half the respondents file new papers in […]
An Experience with The Press
Oct 10
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I am sitting here at El Tovar overlooking the Grand Canyon and checking my e-mail. I guess this tells you what my life is really like! However, I do like to monitor e-mail. Just before I left for my week of “nature” (and a little of the glitz of Las Vegas), Federal Computer Week interviewed me about a […]
Banned Expressions – Part 1
Oct 5
This is one of my favorite topics. When I sit in meetings or read documents (including many proposals), I come across words and expressions that I think should be banned from our vocabulary. This is the first is a series of articles that I will write on the topic. I will limit myself to three […]
Cool Gadget #1: Livescribe Pulse Pen
Oct 3
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Anyone who knows me has already heard my opinion that the Livescribe Pulse Pen is my single most useful gadget. I am a note taker, partly as a method for managing my ADD, but mostly as a record of what was said and agreed in meeting and to capture my thoughts before I lose them. For years […]
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