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Too many links, a pause for delinkification

Marketing June 21, 2010

A couple recent articles around author Nicholas Carr’s writings and thoughts present a negative symptom of hyperlinks, mainly, reduced reader comprehension.  Too many hyperlinks or links negatively effect our ability to process and understand.  Mr. Carr’s call?  Delinkification. Is hyperlinking a hyper waste?  Search engine optimization (SEO) aside, for the moment, the whole goal of [...]

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It’s true, your boss is a psychopath – UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE?

Odds & Sods June 20, 2010

From the weekly, always insightful, Boston Globe Ideas Section, I give you this week’s UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE [their capitalization, not mine].  This section usually provides a hodge-podge of nuggets from the social sciences.  This week’s lead: It’s true, your boss is a psychopath Watching the news some days, you’d think a lot of companies were run by [...]

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Gary Lazor, Business Development Director, Booz Allen Hamilton

Impact June 19, 2010

“Toby is a solid business development and human capacity resource. Toby is easy to work with and has an upbeat personality. As such, he was an effective and supportive colleague, with great listening, interpersonal, and multicultural skills (international experience in Hungary and China as two, very challenging work environments). “I do not hesitate to recommend [...]

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Scope or: how to manage projects for organization success, part 1

Portfolio Planning June 18, 2010

Organizations rely on projects to remain competitive.  Projects are the way organizations deliver and realize their executive strategies.  The ability to deliver a project is the ability to compete.  Scope kills projects and projects that are not delivered kill organizations.  Scope is one of the most important ways to manage project success.  And when projects [...]

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Richard Stephens, Managing Director, Piqqo LLC

Impact June 17, 2010

“I have worked with Toby for many years and he has assisted our organisation with new business development and strategic planning. “When we were looking to move into new markets with our products and services Toby was able to give us sound advice about meeting the market’s needs and helped us develop a solid plan [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-14

Odds & Sods June 15, 2010

Ziff Davis — what’s left of it — sold to former Time executive: Once-mighty publishing house Ziff D… http://bit.ly/dbxSor via VentureBeat # The "Aha!" Moment: Why Facebook and Your Onboarding/Retention Efforts Rely On the Same Emotion… http://bit.ly/c90fE2 via hrcapitalist.com # From Apple to Zuckerberg: What I Learned at the D8 Conference: What you missed at [...]

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The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered – 3 Views

Talent Management June 14, 2010

This morning I read something that made me hold my, very hot, coffee in my mouth longer than I expected as I processed their information. Laura Bassett of the Huffington Post reports “Disturbing Job Ads:  The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered“. Ms. Bassett comments on a job board search for quality engineer that notes states:  [...]

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Michele Simos, President, Simos Consulting

Impact June 12, 2010

“When I needed a social networking presence, I turned to Toby. He helped identify my needs, analyze my goals and audience and quickly turned that information into an action plan. “He has supported me every step of the way. “He has the patience of a saint, the intuition of a sage and the knowledge of [...]

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Low risk, low return human resources

Talent Management June 11, 2010

My 11-odd-years in business and talent management consulting [the other 9 in marketing] have shown a few disturbing trends that I see from most poorly-run companies.  These type of organizations, across all industries, ascribe to, what they believe is a low risk strategy, but in reality it is a low return strategy for human resources: [...]

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Aubrey (Bill) Tobey, President, ACT International

Impact June 10, 2010

“Toby is a visionary with great creative talents, practical logic, a ‘can do’ positive attitude with excellent management, communications and organizational skills. “As an advisor to the Arctic Group in its efforts, under his management to attract foreign semiconductor manufacturing businesses into the eastern region of Hungary, I was impressed with his brightness, ‘heads-up’ energy, [...]

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5 reasons human resources hurt consumer brands

Marketing June 9, 2010

Every person connected to your organization is in sales and marketing.  Each interaction anyone connected to your company, your government agency, your non-profit, or your university has with the anyone is an interaction with your brand. Every interaction with a vendor, supplier, or competitor is as important as an interaction with a potential customer.  At [...]

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Stephen Cummings, Owner, Insights

Impact June 8, 2010

“Toby exemplifies the next generational leadership that is shaping the future. He has an amazing ability to get to the crux of the matter quickly. When you combine this with his ability to astutely understand the needs of each client you will understand how he has become a trusted partner to senior leaders. He works [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-07

Odds & Sods June 7, 2010

Asus, MSI take on the iPad with Eee Pad and WindPad tablets: Computer makers Asus and MSI, who’ve … http://bit.ly/9HsXP8 via VentureBeat # Gaikai raises $10M as digital distribution hits high tide in video games (exclusive): This is the y… http://bit.ly… http://bit.ly/aLQI8u # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-31: Gaikai raises $10M as digital distribution hits [...]

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John Glennon, Director of Management Information Systems, WR Grace

Impact June 5, 2010

“I had the pleasure of working with Toby for several years at Amicon/Millipore. Toby provided outstanding customer service to all his Marketing/Communcation constituants – both internally and externally. “I was always impressed with his customer facing skills – he was especially calm in circumstances that required a sense of urgency but not panic. “I kept [...]

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The Great Spare-Time Revolution

Odds & Sods June 4, 2010

Free time, spare time, where to find any time? Here’s a staggering thought for those who feel they have no spare time:  it is estimated all the Wikipedia articles, edits, and arguments about articles and edits represent around 100 million hours of human labor.  100 million hours!  Where do people find that time for a [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-31

Odds & Sods May 31, 2010

Gaikai raises $10M as digital distribution hits high tide in video games (exclusive): This is the y… http://bit.ly/cd8AlE via VentureBeat # Google PowerMeter even less dependent on smart meters with new Current Cost partnership: Google has… http://bit.ly/cuTxeC via VentureBeat # Google and Intel expected to announce “smart TV” with Sony: Google and Intel are planning [...]

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Ren Pope, Information Architect, Industrial Medium

Impact May 30, 2010

“I have worked with Toby Elwin on a continual basis for over five years. During this time, I have seen Toby produce and provide world-class, time-critical products that supported programs vital to the highest echelons of national security. Toby was able to analyze a complex organization in chaos, develop the course of change and then [...]

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A View: Tablet PCs Must Get Cheaper, Lighter, More Connected

Odds & Sods May 29, 2010

In the latest issue of Wired magazine Steven Levy’s article Tablet PCs Must Get Cheaper, Lighter, More Connected is a good over view of what it might take to push the tablet into a new category of computing. Some quick hits: Tablets must be cheap enough to lose ~$149 [or cheap enough when you drop it/spill coffee/spill [...]

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More workers voluntarily quit their jobs

Talent Management May 27, 2010

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal presented More Workers Are Considering Quitting Their Jobs This is the boomerang effect of companies cutting payroll costs to the bone, redistributing work to the smaller remaining staff, and leaving an environment where workers feel “lucky to even have a job”.  This leaves little left for motivation and the result of [...]

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Embrace geolocation, Foursquare, and social media sensory overload

Marketing May 26, 2010

This article, Tech Edge: Hollow Point | Fast Company, offers a view on the latest, greatest–stop me if you’ve heard this before–social media phenomenon around “checking in” through Foursquare. I have to agree with this article that “checking in can be fun, useful, and even indispensable, but only in certain contexts”. However, I’m not sure checkin in [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-24

Odds & Sods May 24, 2010

Google and Intel expected to announce “smart TV” with Sony: Google and Intel are planning to annou… http://bit.ly/9UUJgq via VentureBeat # HR's Citizenship Competencies: Corporate social responsibility efforts continue to be entwined with an employer's … http://bit.ly/9UE3m8 # Mark Zuckerberg Did Not Take Your Privacy: For the past two weeks, Facebook has been getting hammered [...]

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