Best Practices

How Not to Innovate Higher Ed

Katherine von Jan | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: College Students, Mistakes, Best Practices, Innovation, Higher Education, Academia, Research, Educators, Education News
Katherine von Jan

Virtually every university is amidst a "yikes" moment about the future of their institution. They know they are under attack. There are hundreds of ma...

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5 Ways To Stay Positive At Work

James M. Lynch | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Time Management, Workloads, Best Practices, Happiness Workplace, Happy Workplace, Happy Employee, Happiness Tips, Unplug and Recharge, Happiness, Healthy Living News
James M. Lynch

At the end of the day, when you have no more energy and you begin to think about the day to come, you deserve to have a moment of "Phew, I did the best I could today."

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Sharing Best Practices Across an Agency

Tom Fox | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Strategic Advisors to Government Executives, Federal Agency, Managers, Federal Government, Partnership for Public Service, Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council, Best Practices, Business News
Tom Fox

The most high-performing organizations I've worked in or witnessed develop best practices as a result of their senior leaders setting clear expectations that employees should be sharing their knowledge across their agency.

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Innovation and Best Practices, Then and Now

Robert F. Brands | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Best Practices, Innovation, December 17 1911, Scott, Amundsen, Business News
Robert F. Brands

The race to the South Pole offers both cautionary tales and textbook examples of success and failure surrounding the innovation process for any business or mission.

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Innovation Democratization: How to Get the Most Out of Your Team

Robert F. Brands | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Best Practices, Teamwork, Innovation, Robert Brands, Business News
Robert F. Brands

The path to innovation is not always linear. It needs different perspectives working together to achieve the end goal. In fact, the greater the innovation, the more necessary it is to include fresh perspectives.

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Filming Safely and Effectively at Occupy Wall Street and Beyond

Witness | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Witness, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Video, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality, Best Practices, How To, #Occupywallstreet, New York City, #Ows, Impact News
Witness

We've been training activists to use video to document human rights abuse for nearly 20 years. We'd like to share our tips for filming safely and distributing footage with an eye to the events of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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What the Heck Is Corporate Culture?

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Best Practices, Breakthrough, Executive Coaching, Business, Corporations, Management, Culture, Business News
James M. Lynch

Don't think you have a culture? You do -- every business does. It's just a question of whether or not it works for you and if it's a conscious choice you're making.

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Innovation + Best Practices Win Race to South Pole - and Business Improvement

Robert F. Brands | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innovation, Best Practices, South Pole, Amundsen, Business News
Robert F. Brands

One hundred years ago, two men set out on a Race to the South Pole. Both Englishman Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen were experienced...

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The Roadmap Interview With Ultra Light Startups' Graham Lawlor

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roadmap, Microsoft, Best Practices, Ceo, Microsoft Headquarters, Lawlor, Media Entrepreneurs, Wonderful Time, Person Community, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

The Roadmap is a weekly show by founders Zev Mo Green and Ramon B. Nuez Jr., where they interview NYC-based companies and business leaders. They a...

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No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blood Libel, Tarp, Reality TV, Economy, Middle Class, Harry Truman, Times Square Bomb, Immigration, Airport Security, Obama, I-Bankers, Roman Empire, Investment Banks, Bailout, Best Practices, Obama State of the Union, Fdr, Education Reform, Bank Bailout, Health Care, Ritalin, State of the Union, Afghanistan, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Democracy, British Petroleum, Franklin Roosevelt, Gulf Oil Spill, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Fraud, Iraq War, Arizona Shooting, Education, Times Square, Sarah Palin Blood Libel, Bread, Halliburton, Environment, Health Care Reform, Banks, Iraq, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

American's short attention span hops from critical issues to trivialities with the delicate ease of an Olympic gymnast. Our tendency to be drawn into...

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Why Best Practices Are Hard to Practice

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operations, Strategy, Execution, Success, Complexity, Best Practices, Human Resources, Business, Company, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

Why do some organizations succeed at utilizing processes and tools developed elsewhere while others fail?

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Hartford Plus Rochester Equals a Match to Accelerate Excellence

JD Hoye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Practices, High School, High School Education, Education Reform, Public Education, Education News
JD Hoye

A meeting between two school districts this past week reminded me of where the magic is -- and what we must all demand -- the same amount of attention to implementing best practices.

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How to Succeed at #Fail: Why Failing Frequently and Openly in Online Campaigns will Lead to Greater Social Impact

Michael Silberman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Practices, Testing, Nonprofits, Campaign, Fail, Ngos, Impact, Webofchange, Social Change, Debrief, Web Thinking, Metrics, Impact News
Michael Silberman

A few questions, ideas and resources of how technology can help us achieve broader goals and achieve positive social impact.

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Introducing the Sweet Spot: Latinos/Hispanics and Web 2.0

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hispanics, Digital Reputation, Latinos, How-To, Research & Insights, Influencers, Fresh Thinking, Best Practices, Digital Influence, Measurement, Word of Mouth Marketing, Technology News
Kety Esquivel

I am thrilled to see a couple of recent studies that provided a quantitative backing to what I and others in the industry have been saying for years: Latinos are in Social Media.

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Bank Of America Makes $10.7 Billion Accounting Mistake

Bloomberg | David Mildenberg and Dakin Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short Term Repurchase, Quarterly Earnings, Repo 105's, Bank of America, Ken Lewis, Best Practices, Banks, Sec, Accounting, Wall Street, Bofa, Business News

Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, said it wrongly classified as much as $10.7 billion of short-term repurchase and lending trans...

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How to Grow and Mobilize Your Social Media Followers: My Bridge Conference Presentation

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fans, The Nature Conservancy, M+R Strategic Services, Latinos, Latinas, Best Practices, Bridge Conference, Mobilize, Followers, Catherine Algeri, Social Media, Kety Esquivel, Latism, Friends, Latinos in Social Media, Arielle Holland, Grow, Amy Ganderson, Tweeps, Infogroup, Technology News
Kety Esquivel

So, you're tweeting and have fans. But you wish you had larger growth or engagement on your social media sites. Are there tools, techniques, or strategies you should be employing?

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Health Insurance Really Tried

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Practices, Health Insurance, Automation, Health Reform, Health Care, Risk, Business News
Dr. Philip Neches

The private health insurance industry is in a death spiral, despite being profitable, despite trying to do the right things.

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A Smart Investment

Margot Pritzker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Practices, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Investing, Volunteering, Professional, Chicago News
Margot Pritzker

What happens when leaders and managers of more than 60 different non-profits from Chicagoland get together? Best practices are shared. New ideas come forth. And solutions are found.

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Moving Beyond Anger and Rhetoric, The Conference Board Introduces Guidelines for Real Compensation Reform

Raj Gupta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cisco, AFC Enterprises, Tyco, Hewlett-Packard, Conference Board Governance Center, Best Practices, Oversight, Task Force on Executive Compensation, Nasdaq, Business News
Raj Gupta

Abuses in executive compensation have contributed to a loss of trust, and our Task Force report provides a set of guidelines that can make significant inroads in restoring credibility in our corporations.

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Communicating for Peace Day Every Day

Colleen Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peace, International Peace Day, Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, Gangs, War, Best Practices, Communication, World News
Colleen Turner

This year's celebration of International Peace Day on September 21st finds me focusing on communications between real or potential enemies in ways that foster amity, not enmity.

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Best Communications Practices for Making a World of Difference

Colleen Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clinton, Best Practices, Obama, Diplomacy, International Relations, Stategic Communication, Biden, Communication, Joseph Nye, Soft Power, Politics News
Colleen Turner

At home and abroad, the words of our leaders obviously matter. Why then do presidents, cabinet members and congressional leaders so often say things that make matters worse, not better?

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