My Grandmother might not know it, but Web2.0 has created a social revolution. It has changed the way people interact, network, learn and organize forever more. But were businesses ready for it? I recently contributed to the ‘Silicon.com CIO Jury ‘ who asked whether organizations were ready for the Facebook generation , and it seems …
I used to be like you – a shy, modest, hard working IT engineer who’d little time for what I supposed to be those self-serving sycophants scrambling up promotion vines in the corporate jungle 🙂 You know the ones. They’re on first name terms with most middle and some senior managers (including many non-IT bosses). …
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CIOs don’t become c-level through luck – so why put your career to chance? Silicon.com have just run this story to highlight the important of having a career plan. CIOs don’t let their career become a game of wait-and-see, but they actively plan for it. But many people don’t do this, but instead meander their …
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#$%% INFORMATION OVERLOAD !!)>%% If you’re anything like me, you’ve got far too much to read and not enough time to read it. Papers, emails, forms, magazines, books, websites and blogs. Loads of stuff to read. It’s always helpful to have a way of sorting the wheat from the chaffe! Merlin Mann on his blog …
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In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology. Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl’s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post …
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Many of us are nervous about the future – are there job cuts around the corner? Well here are seven ways to appear busier! Don’t be at the top of the list of people in for the chop. Roll your sleeves up. And I mean this literally. Sleeves rolled up sends a message that ‘I am busy …
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Check out this tiny keyboard featured on Gizmodo . Smaller than the size of your hand, and it connects up to your PC via USB. How sweet. But what’s the point in it? It’s a little bit smaller than most laptop keyboards, but then laptops come with keyboards so no use there. I doubt many …
One of the most difficult tasks as a Technical Professional is helping non-technical people to understand technical subjects. Do you struggle to get your point across sometimes? Probably, Yes. Is in an art form? Yes I think it is. So is there an approach which can help us? Yes, and I will share it with …
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No amount of preparation is too much preparation if your short-term employment prospects look bleak – there’s a big buzz on the ‘doom ahead’ in the blogosphere and here is a link to a post on Mark McClure’s website markmccluretoday.com I thought I’d share. This post can be used as a sort of ‘blog carnival’ for …
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IT Sales is a tough job. IT buyers don’t suffer fools gladly, and they aren’t tricked by the usual methods employed by door-to-door vacuum cleaner salespeople. IT Sales has developed into an artform, so it’s vital you stand out from your bustling crowd. Here are five FREE ways to do this: Call your prospects at …
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