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Best Practices

Making Co-Working Spaces Work For Your Business

Amanda Schneider | Posted 05.16.2013 | Small Business
Amanda Schneider

Co-working spaces can be a genuine boon to the often lonely pursuit of one's entrepreneurial dreams.

Four Marks of Lasting Genius

Ted Harro | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business
Ted Harro

We know the black bear Yellow Yellow was a genius. What will only become clear with time is whether she was more than a genius. Was she also a teacher?

Pinterest and Quora for Business? Ignore at Your Peril

Jim Yu | Posted 04.11.2013 | Technology
Jim Yu

Since it introduced Pinterest for Business just last November, the three-year-old pinboard photosharing website has been on fire. And if you haven't yet heard the company's new set of tools and terms designed to help brands use the site, you'd better catch up fast.

The 6 Habits of Highly Effective Mentors

John Dearborn | Posted 04.28.2013 | Business
John Dearborn

An effective mentoring program takes a commitment of time, resources and energy from community leadership to get it right -- and helping strong leaders become successful mentors isn't as easy as it would seem.

Should There Be Rules for Social Media Use?

Eric Sheninger | Posted 03.07.2013 | Home
Eric Sheninger

Is there a right or wrong way to use social media? I personally don't think so. The beauty and power of social media is that it is adaptable to fit our particular needs and goals at a given time.

Skip The Resolutions And Stick To The Practices

Connie Corley | Posted 03.07.2013 | Healthy Living
Connie Corley

The challenge of creating motivation for making changes by using resolutions is that they are notoriously hard to keep. The notion of practice, however, has an appeal because practice is a part of learning a new skill, moving toward improvement, and it is both a noun and a verb!

Innovation: Supporting the 'R' in R&D

Robert F. Brands | Posted 12.10.2012 | Business
Robert F. Brands

Research ensures companies are making strides towards achieving breakthrough innovations in the long run. Without this kind of "R" attitude there would be no light bulb.

You're in Control: Three Ways to Start Taking Personal Responsibility in Your Business

Fabienne Fredrickson | Posted 11.21.2012 | Small Business
Fabienne Fredrickson

Taking personal responsibility by being willing, eliminating excuses and taking decisive action when presented with an opportunity isn't always easy but I know I don't get out of bed every morning just to be average. I'm betting you don't either.

94 Million Exposed: The Government's Epic Fail on Privacy

Adam Levin | Posted 11.19.2012 | Technology
Adam Levin

We hear a lot of genuine concern about the growing number and sophistication of hacker attacks. But based on the information contained in this report, the sad truth is that our own government's security policies -- or lack thereof -- have put us all at risk.

How Not to Innovate Higher Ed

Katherine von Jan | Posted 04.07.2012 | Home
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...

5 Ways To Stay Positive At Work

James M. Lynch | Posted 04.01.2012 | Healthy Living
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."

Sharing Best Practices Across an Agency

Tom Fox | Posted 03.20.2012 | Business
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.

Innovation and Best Practices, Then and Now

Robert F. Brands | Posted 02.12.2012 | Business
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.

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

Robert F. Brands | Posted 02.05.2012 | Business
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.

Filming Safely and Effectively at Occupy Wall Street and Beyond

Witness | Posted 01.22.2012 | Impact
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.

What the Heck Is Corporate Culture?

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.31.2011 | Business
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.

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

Robert F. Brands | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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...

The Roadmap Interview With Ultra Light Startups' Graham Lawlor

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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...

No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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...

Why Best Practices Are Hard to Practice

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Ron Ashkenas

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

Hartford Plus Rochester Equals a Match to Accelerate Excellence

JD Hoye | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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.

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 | Impact
Michael Silberman

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

Introducing the Sweet Spot: Latinos/Hispanics and Web 2.0

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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.

Bank Of America Makes $10.7 Billion Accounting Mistake

Bloomberg | David Mildenberg and Dakin Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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...

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

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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?