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By Aaron Taylor
The air outside was noticeably colder this week, but each day brings new signs that the worst of the economic winter may be behind us. That’s good news, but nobody is pouring champaign just yet. Many professional services firms are still struggling with the same issues that dogged them a year ago — [...]
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By John Koblinsky
The 2009 Tour de France — a 3 week cycling race around France — ended this past Sunday with many viewers wondering, “What the heck is Astana?” Astana, as it turns out, is a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan, named after its capital city Astana. It is also the sponsor of this [...]
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By Lee W. Frederiksen, Ph.D.
Nielsen-Online just released their latest report on the year over year growth in social media site usage. From my perspective the biggest point was the overall increase in social media usage. They reported an 83% increase in total time spent on these sites from April 2008 to April 2009. The big winners, [...]
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[This is the third in a series of articles by guest author Judy Bradt. If you are considering making a commitment to government contracting, or even if you are already involved, I think you will find a lot of value in Judy's insights. Enjoy! — LWF]
Guest Author: Judy Bradt, Principal and CEO of Summit Insight [...]
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By Lee W. Frederiksen, Ph.D.
It all started as a conversation with one of our clients in the A/E/C (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry. He had been to his physician’s office with stress related health issues. His doctor commented about all the Xanax prescriptions she had been writing for patients working in professions serving or affected [...]
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Tags: A/E/C, business development, marketing strategy