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The Hidden Consequences of Negotiating with the Wrong Person
Excerpt: "Negotiation is about doing your homework, assessing your needs and wants, evaluating the needs and wants of the other party, and mapping the negotiation zone--that is, the area of possible agreement. However, you won't get far if you're not talking with the...
EducationDrive: Schools Awarded Grants in the Nevada Ready 21 Digital Learning Program
Excerpt: "CTL would like to congratulate the visionary school districts and middle schools who were awarded grants in the Nevada Ready 21 Digital Learning Program today. We look forward to working with each of these schools to implement our 1:1 solution in their...
Fit Small Business – 18 IT Marketing Ideas From the Pros: No 8. Build Trust With Your Customers – Mike Mahanay
18 IT Marketing Ideas From the Pros By Jaqueline Thomas on February 24, 2016 "We recently reached out to top professionals in the IT and marketing industries for their best IT marketing ideas. We’ll share their awesome insight below." Fit Small Business helps...
Nevada Commission on Educational Technology Board Meeting
The 13-member Nevada Commission on Educational Technology includes 2 ex officio members, and 11 voting members who are appointed by the Legislature and the Governor. The commission oversees state educational technology grant funds that support the state technology...
How to Read a Book a Week
I've increased my reading this year and have been experimenting with a number of ways to try to fit more reading into my busy days. What's really working well is listening to non-fiction audio books at 1.5x speed on my commutes...but this only works for me with a...
9 Ed Tech Trends to Watch
Excerpt: "Four technology and innovation experts discuss the hottest trends in higher ed tech this year. What should be on your education technology radar? We asked four higher ed leaders to opine on everything from accessibility and competency-based education (CBE)...
The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine Experts Recommend for Peak Productivity
Excerpt: "By 1918, Charles M. Schwab was one of the richest men in the world. Schwab was the president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, the largest shipbuilder and the second-largest steel producer in America at the time. The famous inventor Thomas Edison once...
5 Key Logo Trends and What You Can Learn From Them
Excerpt: "You’d be forgiven for thinking that logo design and branding were relatively modern concepts. But in reality, they have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. Rather than going that far back in time though, in this article I’ll focus on...
The Man Who Saved Southwest Airlines With A ’10-Minute’ Idea
Excerpt: "The early 1970s were a turbulent time for a little startup called Southwest Airlines. The company had a tiny fleet of just four airplanes that flew to three destinations — all of which were in Texas. But by 1972, Southwest had already posted a net loss of...
The Complete Guide to Mobile Advertising for Social Media Marketers
Excerpt: "The tricky thing about the world of mobile is that the traditional rules of advertising don’t apply. There’s no magical formula in mobile advertising – no comprehensive equation to guarantee views or sales. And it can be complex and confusing, with a host of...
Six lead generation strategies that work
JACOB GARLICK Young Entrepreneur Council The key to generating leads from every website is a call to action for the user. Once someone has landed on your website, is the layout conducive to converting that visitor into a lead? For example, we have found that companies...
Can the Swiss Watchmaker Survive the Digital Age?
Excerpt: "Pim Koeslag designs and fabricates some of the world’s most complicated mechanical timepieces. Especially ambitious is his Grand Tourbillon Minute Repeater, created for Ateliers deMonaco, a watch company he helped start." VIA New York Times
Oregon vs. Ohio State in the 1958 Rose Bowl
My High School Football and Wrestling coach, Harry Mondale, was an All Conference Oregon ‘Webfoot’ in 1958. Here is some fascinating history and great pictures from the '58 Oregon Ohio State Rose Bowl game. Thank you Harry for being a great coach and role model to...
CTL Signs Agreement with Pearson to Provide K-12 Digital Learning Programs
“Our new relationship with Pearson will enable us to offer educators the complete package of an education-specific device with Pearson courseware that enhances the learning experience for students and teachers,” said Mike Mahanay, CMO at CTL. “Pearson’s personalized digital learning solutions are the perfect complement to our ruggedized student Chromebooks and 2go PC mobile devices.”
Technology Changed Product Placement (and you didn’t even notice)
Excerpt: “As the music video starts, Avicii nonchalantly wanders into Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena. He strolls past the venue’s reception; a Grand Marnier poster gets some vital screen time. The bass drops. The crowd goes wild. For some reason, I feel like drinking.” VIA...
Is Your City The Next Portlandia?
Excerpt: “Portland, Ore., has been spoofed as a hipster haven, but in fact, the city has long been ahead of the curve in terms of urban planning. And now the rest of the world wants a part of it.” VIA CNN Money
Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What?
“Henry Jolicoeur is a retired French Canadian hypnotherapist and a glass-products importer who enjoys making very low-budget documentary films. In the summer of 2012, Jolicoeur read that Larry Ellison, a founder of the Silicon Valley giant Oracle and the fifth-richest...
How to Spend the First 10 Minutes of Your Day
“If you’re working in the kitchen of Anthony Bourdain, legendary chef of Brasserie Les Halles, best-selling author, and famed television personality, you don’t dare so much as boil hot water without attending to a ritual that’s essential for any self-respecting chef:...