A friend of mine bought his girlfriend a birthday present over two months ago. The present was to be a completed paint by numbers picture. Unfortunately, she has yet to receive the completed painting. Last I checked, the painting was about 25% done and the man swears his girlfriend will get the completed gift by Christmas. We’ll three months late is better than never. In all seriousness, aren’t there times in our lives when even the most straight forward projects get placed by the wayside in favor of the day-to-day tasks vying for our attention?

Along the lines of waiting for “things” – I myself have recently experienced a few delayed starts. For example, I recently bought a new computer bag which had to be immediately returned due to a malfunctioning handle. Cutting to the end of the story, I ended up saving an addition sum of money on an already discounted bag because the bag was reduced an additional 10% between the first and second purchase dates. Similarly, I finally decided to buy an external hard drive to back-up computer files, etc. but when a friend braved the “black Friday” crowds to purchase one for me, he was told they were out. Upon his return home (around 5:30am black Friday) he went on line and found one for less money and with a better warranty.

As we near the end of 2009 it’s true, some of us have not obtained all that we would have liked this year. For some (like my friend’s girlfriend) it’s a gift. For others it’s a need such as a new job to replace the one lost due to the economic downturn. Yet for others, it’s something in between a gift and a need; such as a new computer bag. So what’s to be made of all this? What can we deduce when we did all we could to paint inside the lines but despite our efforts, did not get the result we wanted? Conversely, what if we took a chance to paint outside the lines, taking a risk and trying something new, but still failed to obtain the goal?

Well, as best as I can see, good things do truly come to those that wait. Economies have life cycles to them, change has its seasons, and the race is not always won by the swift. So what’s this mean for us all? I’m going to go out on a limb and say that our good things are coming, we’ll pay less for them, and they will be what we should have when we should have them. To that end, I’m happy to announce that I’m going to extend my discounted life coaching offer through the end of 2009. While I can not predict when the economy will be in full swing again or when your new computer bag will arrive, I can safely say that by taking the time now to ensure you maximize your skills and talents, you’ll be well positioned to fill it with life’s blessings.

To learn more about this topic contact Dr Marilyn at www.DrMarilyn-EAW.com

O.K., O.K. – enough already! All right, it’s really time to achieve that life goal already… Sound familiar? Have you hit that place, have you entered that season of life, or have you simply gotten fed up with being fed up? Goals, daily to-do-lists, action items, the list goes on and on. Sometimes, rather than rush in, we have to stop and take a moment to breath, a moment to prioritize our to-do-lists. Often this process is called “slowing down to be quicker”.

Years ago when I was a police cadet our range master explained the concept of slowing down to be quicker. Now while I don’t anticipate having to focus on shooting a felon in the commission of a crime any longer (given I’m no longer a police officer), the range master’s words have stuck with me over the years. In short, the concept reminds us to slow down (i.e., don’t get caught-up in emotions or adrenalin) when there is work to be done. As we know, often when we rush through a task for whatever reasons, we run the risk of creating a less than optimal outcome. That “less than” outcome then leads to a need to redo the work which causes the task to take longer than it would have had we slowed down and done it right to begin with. As you can imagine, law enforcement work does not lend itself to “do overs” when lives are at stake.

While the majority of our work does not result in life ending outcomes, there are times when the work choices we make alter our lives or the lives of others for better or worse. If you are finding yourself in a conundrum regarding your current workplace choices, now may be the time to slow down to be quicker. Every day we impact the lives of those around us; in positive or negative ways, but never with total neutrality. It’s often been said that those around us either bring us up or bring us down. As you make your workplace choices each day you’ll want to ensure that you have solid counsel around you. People who have your best interest at heart and who do not possess ulterior motives regarding your success. For a free 30-minute introductory consultation on slowing down to be quicker contact Dr. Marilyn at info@DrMarilyn-EAW.com or 01-408-340-0561.

To learn more about this topic contact Dr Marilyn at www.DrMarilyn-EAW.com

18 y 19 de Noviembre estaré ante algunas mentes brillantes de nuestro planeta. Compartiendo con ustedes  todas sus ideas y experiencias. Me han invitado a ser parte del Blogger Hub para ExpoManagement 09. Un honor y una gran emoción para mí.

http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/10/conoce-al-blogger-hub-luis-fer-martinez/

Expomanagement es un evento organizado por la reconocida empresa HSM, atrayendo el talento de grandes líderes mundiales en los negocios, la política y el mundo creativo; mezclado con conferencias de negocios de gran contenido. Un evento donde líderes de todo ámbito de negocio se reunén para oír, aprender y compartir grandes experiencias.

He tenido el gusto de asistir a un par de eventos de HSM, y siempre me ha dejado un grato sabor de boca la calidad de sus eventos, su logística y el contenido que se comparte tanto dentro como fuera del salón de conferencias. Si tiene por ahí el tiempo y el poder de convencer a su jefe de soltar un poco de dinero del presupuesto para un excelente training: esta es una gran oportunidad (desde mi muy humilde opinión, no crean que les estoy vendiendo nada, yo no tengo ningún beneficio económico de esto).

Chequen la página para mayor información pero de entrada les puedo comentar que habrá 9 grandes expositores entre los que destacan para mí: Joseph Stiglitz (Premio Nobel Economía); Gary Hamel (Estrategia); Andrés Pastrana (Ex-presidente de Colombia); Thomas Frey (Genio del diseño). Aparte, habrá conferencias en el área de negocios con diferentes tópicos: Uno de ellos acerca de Web 2.0 y redes sociales, y varios más

¿Qué vas a hacer?

Básicamente estaré comentando todo lo que vea en el evento y en las conferencias (que seguro será mucho): puntos importantes de los conferencistas, datos, referencias, fuentes de información, chavas guapas y chismes de negocios jeje. Lo trataré de hacer a través del mayor número de canales que pueda sin perder la concentración de lo que se está diciendo (oigan, tambien quiero aprender!). Mi principal canal será twitter con el hashtag: #expomgnt09. De ahí posiblemente envíe algunas copias a facebook y si puedo, a linkedin, aunque tambien trataré de dar contenido original en estas redes, quizá fotitos o audio. Dentro de “está en planeación” me gustaría intentar usar Google Wave para comentar también en el momento cada conferencia ( a ver si así le encuentro un uso a la cosa esa)  y quizá hacer un live blog. De no ser posible trataré de postear varias veces en el día mis impresiones de cada conferencia y evento al que asista. Es mi primera vez haciendo algo así ¿Cómo ven? ¿Sugerencias?

Le aplaudo la iniciativa a HSM de abrir, sin restricciones,  las puertas de su evento a personas fuera de su staff para generar mayor contenido en las redes sociales y generarse mayor atención y publicidad al respecto. Creo que es una propuesta de valor que deben de tomar como ejemplo todos los congresos y conferencias del país y Latinoamérica. Además es un marketing con mucho valor: A mí me ganan la lealtad al motivarme con esta invitación a seguir echándole ganas al blog y además tener la entrada al evento. Y creo que hay mucho valor para todos los que sigan el evento desde social media de poder ver no solo la opinión “oficial” sino también la de varias personas independientes y sus seguidores. Y finalmente, ellos conhttps://gawed.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpsiguen un equipo de periodismo y RP con bajo prespuesto, es un win-win situation.

Espero me acompañen en mi estreno en este tipo de cosas y me ayuden a demostrar que sí sirven porque sí me gustaría seguir haciendo este tipo de cosas para más eventos en el futuro. Recuerden: 18 y 19 de Noviembre, ahí estaré en el Centro Banamex.

UPDATED: NUEVOS BLOGGERS AÑADIDOS

Otros miembros distinguidos del HSM Blogging Hub:

Jorge Contreras .- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/10/conoce-al-blogger-hub-jorge-contreras-navarro/

Jesus Hoyos .- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/10/conoce-al-blugger-hub-jesus-hoyos/

Elisa Nájera .- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/10/conoce-al-blogger-hub-elisa-najera/

Luis Maram .- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/10/conoce-al-blogger-hub-luis-maram/

Edgar López .- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/11/conoce-al-blogger-hub-edgar-lopez/

Claudia Margain.- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/11/conoce-al-blogger-hub-claudia-margain/

Rubén García.- http://hsmmexico.blog.com/2009/11/11/conoce-al-blogger-hub-ruben-garcia-diaz/

El posicionamiento es un término de la jerga de marketing que implica el sitio que ocupa un producto en la preferencia del consumidor real o potencial. Existe una serie de técnicas y trucos para subir el rango de un posicionamiento deficiente. Este es todo el propósito del SEO, tan apreciado por los bloggers y webmasters; de eso es que se trata Technorati y PageRank, por ejemplo.

Hay un tipo de posicionamiento, al que acabo de apellidar asociativo para diferenciarlo de los demás, que se refiere a asociar un producto (o un blog, un blogger, etc.) con algo o alguien que tiene un alto rango o una posición buena, deseable y hasta envidiable en las preferencias de cierto mercado o nicho.

Un ejemplo de posicionamiento asociativo, un poco tonto pero ilustrativo, sería lograr que Enrique Dans (un blogger estrella de habla hispana) escribiera y comentara a menudo en mi blog y además lo enlazara. Este sólo hecho subiría mi PageRank a niveles estratosféricos en muy poco tiempo. No me cabe duda alguna de que el Sr. Dans cuenta con toda una corte de lectores genuinamente interesados en sus espléndidos escritos. Pero al mismo tiempo, estoy segura de que tiene un gran cúmulo de pretendidos fans cuya única intención es aprovecharse de una gloria ajena a través del posicionamiento que él podría darles, haciéndole creer que le admiran o le convienen de alguna forma. Mintiendo, en otras palabras. Enrique Dans comparte, así, la desgracia de las chicas bonitas, los dueños de un Ferrari y los políticos con futuro.

Hoy recibí un correo de promoción que, cosa en extremo inusual, despertó mi interés inmediato con sólo dos palabras. Por esas dos palabras fui al Web Site que enlazaba, leí una breve reseña del libro que intentaba vender y entonces seguí el enlace de “más información”. La nueva página presentaba a un “entrenador en destrezas de comunicación” desconocido para mí, cuya foto, aspecto, sonrisa…. por alguna razón me desagradaron… a pesar de lo cual, seguí adelante y vi un video de casi 5 minutos, en inglés. El video presentaba una entrevista a este entrenador, que sorprendentemente parecía tener ahora al menos 20 años más que en la foto, y obtuve así cierta idea del contenido de su libro, que prometía develar los secretos más recónditos de uno de los mejores presentadores del planeta: Steve Jobs.

Y ésas, naturalmente, fueron las dos palabras mágicas que me llevaron hasta allí: Steve Jobs. Las mismas que harán que cientos de miles de usuarios de Windows, y unos cuantos miles de usuarios de Mac y de Linux menos suspicaces que yo adquieran este material titulado Los Secretos de las Presentaciones de Steve Jobs, con el igualmente atractivo subtítulo de Cómo ser locamente fabuloso frente a una audiencia.

Los “secretos” revelados por el autor durante la entrevista eran tips que conoce cualquier estudiante de primer año de diseño o de primer semestre de comunicación. Ya para estas alturas, yo estaba francamente molesta. Y no porque fueran datos sin ningún valor. No. Eran datos valiosos, aunque de secretos no tenían nada. La molestia fue porque concluí que era un caso más –y esta es apenas mi opinión– de intento de posicionamiento asociativo indecente.

No conozco la obra del autor del libro (a quien concederé el beneficio de la duda, mas no una mención, ni menos un enlace, en mi blog). Tampoco, sus grados de fama ni de experticio. Sin embargo, infiero que deben ser ligeramente menores que los de Mr. Jobs, ya que:

• en el libro, su propio nombre aparece debajo y con caracteres de un tercio del tamaño de los que usa para el co-fundador de Apple;
• al buscar su nombre en Google, en las 3 primeras páginas de resultados aparecen apenas tres menciones sobre un libro anterior, 5 de otras personas de igual nombre en Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. y todo el resto con relación a este libro;
• lo más interesante de todo: ante la pregunta obligada del entrevistador sobre si había consultado o se había comunicado previamente con el propio Jobs, la respuesta fue que no (¿sorpresa?) ya que había visto un número exorbitante de horas de presentaciones de Mr. Jobs y era, además un experto en comunicaciones que trabajaba para firmas muy reconocidas.

Ni el SEO, ni el marketing, ni el posicionamiento –asociativo o no–, ni el hacer dinero con un libro tienen absolutamente nada censurable de por sí.

Deberían poder ser, todas ellas, actividades honrosas para quienes las llevan a cabo.

El problema, cuando lo hay, reside en algo tan inefable como la intención de quien las desempeña. Y sobre ésta, para bien o para mal, a larga distancia, a corto plazo y a insuficiencia de datos, sólo cabe nuestra percepción, algunas interrogantes y la especulación, a menudo inagotable.

Life is like a blank canvas, let me help you to create your own masterpiece!
How to ignite your creativity and connect with your inner self.
Is a peace of mind make you feel happy?
Is creativity get yourself in touch with the state of “flow” where all seems making sense?
From all the species on earth who can see, the only one to have the ability to have a vision, are the humans!
Where went our creativity, did we grow out of it?

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009.

Microsoft Makes Bevy of SharePoint 2010 Announcements at Conference — Visual Studio Magazine.

Day 1 of the SharePoint Conference 2009 Event — Visual Studio Magazine.

Day 2 of the SharePoint Conference 2009 has just about come and gone, and I’ve shifted my focus from yesterday’s pure developer angle to topics of data and business intelligence. And there has been a lot to see. I’m sitting in the last session of the day, attending the “Business Intelligence Power Hour” and began the day with an in-depth look at SharePoint’s Business Connectivity Services (BCS, formerly known as the Business Data Catalog, or BDC).

Andrew Brust’s Day 2 SharePoint Conference Report: Data and Business Intelligence — Visual Studio Magazine.

SharePoint Conference 2009 Opening Video

Hier sind zwei Auszüge aus der Keynote von @mwoodlti, welche ich leider nicht live erleben konnte:

Man nehme

Design – Online-Didaktik – Konzeption – Methoden – Technik – Schnittstellen – Flexibilität – Zielorientierung – Haltungen – Humor – Kreativität – informelles Lernen – Reflexion – StärkenorientierungZielorientierung – Erwartungen – Zuversicht – Feedback – Flexibilität -

aus: “Moodle und der Adlerblick auf das Unwesentliche” Keynote von Max Woodtli, Seite 44

http://moodlemoot.moodle.de/file.php/30/Folien/Moodle_und_der_Adlerblick_fuer_das_Unwesentliche.pdf – GuestLogin

Interessant  ist auch die Seite 56:

Visible Teaching – Visible Learning
When teachers SEE learning through the eyes of the student
and
When students SEE themselves as their own teachers

Da sind parallele Ansätze zu LdL ersichtlich.

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Gary Doucet came to the IT University in Copenhagen the 18th of September 2009 and held a keynote for the Ebuss Association. He presented the ground principles of Coherency Management which in many ways make use of the established Enterprise Architecture theories.

An important note in comperency between Coherency Management (CM) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) is that

Ross and Weill (2005) fell into a trap with their definition of EA since it is way to technology orientated. IT should be on how to improve the way the organization does its business. – Gary Doucet

and that opposite the EA perspective which mostly work with the idea of technology optimization then Coherency Management is based on the assumption that all companies have an architecture; however quite a few of them haven’t made them explicit.

If a company hadn’t an architecture then the company wouldn’t exist because the the company wouldn’t be able to do its business.

Another example of the differences between EA and CM is an enterprise wide perspective which includes the business side since CM is about making the business achieve its goals in a smarter way where EA projects often leads to dealing with technology in a smarter way.

The CM has to be put under its own office and should report the a CXO (top management) instead of the CIO since then it will often lead to a technology project.

So in a way the concept of coherency management includes the ideas and models from EA but in its way it will become a new discipline!

Supongo que muchos de vosotros conocereis Spotify. Para mi sin duda de las mejores, sino la mejor aplicacion que tengo en mi mac y despues de Mail y de Safari la que más utilizo.

Spotify se trata de un reproctor de música con la ventaja de que, no vas a ocupar ni un solo Mb con música en tu HD.

Actualmente en algunos casos hacen falta invitaciones para acceder a Spotify, pero a traves del link que os dejo al final del post tambien se puede acceder, en el caso de que no podais, dejad un comentario y os enviare una invitación.

Este es un blog relacionado con Apple y como todos sabemos, en Apple como comentaba ayer iHache en un comentario del post Bajar videos de You-Tube sin software con Safari es muy importante, por lo cual también os dejo un enlace con todas las canciones sonadas en las Keynotes de Apple.

Enlace de registro y descarga: Spotify

Enlace lista de reproduccion Keynotes: Lista de reproducción de las Keynotes

Tampoco queria dejar pasar la oportunidad de recordar a el rey del Pop Michael Jackson: Aqui teneis una lista de reproducción con sus 20 mejores exitos.

Que lo disfruteis y gracias!

Als ich vorhin auf dem Weg zur Packstation war, wurde ich vom Blitz der Erkenntnis erschlagen: Ich hatte ganz unbeabsichtigt etwas sehr Wertvolles, längst Vergessenes wiederentdeckt, als ich über meine Beziehung zu Powerpoint nachdachte. Meine Beziehung zu Powerpoint ist übrigens schlecht: Team Keynotes!

Erinnert sich noch jemand an das Wort Rendezvous? Vermutlich nicht. So eine Schande! Wir haben dieses wunderbare, dem französischen gestohlene Wörtchen einfach vergessen! Wir haben es nicht vergessen. Wir haben es ersetzt! Und wodurch? Durch Date! Unter dem Einfluss romantischer Komödien aus dem Land jenseits des großen Teichs und diverser Shows, in denen Leute angeblich die Liebe ihres Lebens suchen, haben wir die Augen verdreht, bis die Pupillen fast nicht mehr zu sehen waren und dann hat es bzzzz gemacht und in unserem Gehirn gab es einen Kurzschluss und unser gesamtes Vokabular wurde ausgewechselt.

Date!

Merde!

Ich sag nur noch Rendezvous! Das passt sowieso viel besser zu mir, weil ich ein Mädchen bin und den ganzen Tag in Reverie verbringe, Crêpes esse und durch die Straßen promeniere.

Ich habe ja noch nie das gemacht, was andere tun. Ich werde deshalb meinen Wortschatz franciesieren und auf sämtliche Anglizismen scheißen!

Don’t miss this keynote session! Larry Pearson will speak to CSSE PDC delegates at 10:45 am – 11:45 am, Wednesday, September 23rd.

Larry Pearson is a professional speaker, author, coach and consultant. He has been recognized internationally as a passionate supporter of eliminating all workplace incidents.

As president of The Pearson Group Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, and a Director of the Global Safety Leaders Group, Larry links over three decades of business leadership with the realities and challenges of today’s safety leaders.

Larry’s life strategy is “take charge of your attitude; take charge of
your life.” His clients affectionately call him the “Total Attitude Guy”.
Pearson has worked globally helping organizations elevate their operational
safety performance and improve the skills of their front-line leaders.

Early this year I was asked to work on a history of the Autism Society for our Web site. As one of the younger staff members, it was especially interesting to see where this organization has come from and how much we have accomplished. The Autism Society has been there through the major accomplishments in autism the last half of the 20th Century – helping get people on the spectrum a right to a free and appropriate public education, advocating for autism research at the National Institutes of Health, and establishing the first autism tissue program are just a few examples.

This history was the launch point for the video that will open the conference on Thursday. Starting with an interview with the Autism Society’s first elected president, Ruth Christ Sullivan, we have been collecting perspectives on how the themes of the past will color the future of autism. We also spoke to Sondra Cunningham, founder and current president of our local DC Chapter; Stephen Shore, a board member and person on the spectrum; Valerie Paradiz, Panel of People on the Spectrum of Autism Co-Chair; and Martha Herbert, our director of treatment-guided research. Though we won’t be able to post the videos until after the conference, I wanted to share a bit of a preview today.

I was lucky enough to be able to travel to New York to assist in the interviews of Dr. Paradiz, Dr. Herbert and Dr. Shore. Dr. Paradiz was our first interview that day, and from the beginning her insights were enlightening. Our opening question was on what the youth could do to take up the mantle of advocacy. When we wrote the question, our thinking was, “What can youth with autism do?” but her answer focused around typical youth. It really made me think more about what I had done, and could have done, growing up with a brother on the spectrum.

As much as you work hard to protect the civil rights of other groups, perhaps it’s now time for you to think about individuals with disabilities, individuals with autism and how can you take steps to really preserve and protect and nurture those rights. Can you do it in the hallways at school, or on your campus at your college? Can you become a little more sophisticated in how you view people with autism? And what can you do to begin to meet them partway in your day to day life and truly and genuinely integrating them into the culture?

Of course, she had plenty to say about youth on the spectrum too.

I think that any opportunity for them to become more self aware for knowing others on the spectrum, and to become more self aware in what their rights are – and that it’s okay to advocate for them and stand up for them. In doing so, we actually help others along on the spectrum who either haven’t learned those skills yet, or can learn by our own modeling and benefit from all of us as we work together.

Self-advocacy was something that came up in all the interviews, but another similar recurring theme was the idea of incorporating many worldviews and perspectives as we look to the future. Dr. Paradiz put it this way:

My hope is to … be able to articulate our needs and experiences as people on the spectrum to our neurotypical friends in the professions, in schools, in agencies so that we can all work together to build bridges and create an even more diverse understanding of what autism is. Because together all of our voices count.

Stay tuned for more from our interviewees in Part II …

- Carin Yavorcik

O C.E.O. da Apple Inc. recebeu um transplante de fígado há cerca de dois meses atrás, conforme noticiou o Wall Street Journal. De acordo com a nota ele se recupera bem e deve retornar ao trabalho no final do mês de junho, como já estava anunciado, desde o começo deste ano. Inicialmente, ele deve cumprir meio expediente, apesar da recuperação desta cirurgia ser relativamente rápida.

O transplante de fígado foi necessário porque houve metástase do câncer no pâncreas que afligiu Steve Jobs anteriormente. Apesar de ter sido removido com sucesso, este tipo de tumor freqüentemente retorna a outros órgãos, e justamente no fígado. A operação foi realizada no estado americano de Tennesse, onde, aparentemente, a lista de espera é menor do que em outros estados dos EUA.

MISTER JOBS “FUROU A FILA” ??! Eis a questão…

É isso que os americanos perguntam; se o rico e famoso JOBS furou a fila para receber o órgão.

O hospital da Universidade de Memphis no Tennessee confirmou o transplante e explicou também que ele era o paciente mais grave da lista de espera no momento em que o órgão do doador ficou disponível.

Tal “declaração oficial” é uma tentativa de resposta à pergunta que toda a mídia americana está fazendo nos EUA. Steve Jobs teria furado a fila? Teria pago pelo fígado transplantado?

Jobs mora na Califórnia e mudou-se para o Tennessee, cuja fila de espera é de apenas 48 dias, contra 306 dias na média nacional.

Toda essa repercussão se deve ao fato de que Steve Jobs é considerado um gênio da informática, pois revolucionou o mercado, unindo design e tecnologia, convenceu gravadoras a criar o mercado legal de venda de músicas, além de lançar o Macintosh, iPod e iPhone, as grandes de referências dos produtos Apple.

Só que neste meio tempo a APPLE não deu declarações sobre o estado de saúde de Steve Jobs. Tem sido assim desde o início de sua doença, há cinco anos, quando ele começou o tratamento contra o câncer no pâncreas. Essa falta de comunicação e notícias gerou uma onda boatos e desconfianças …

Isso tudo porque JOBS é mais do que um executivo; é uma estrela do mundo dos negócios. É ele quem apresenta os lançamentos da Apple (keynotes) em apresentações sensacionais, sempre ansiosamente aguardadas pelos fãs de Macintosh.

Em suas últimas aparições, ele estava muito magro e abatido, o que chamou muito a atenção de todos (veja nas fotos abaixo como isso impressiona!!). Os médicos dizem que o câncer do pâncreas pode ter se espalhado para o fígado, por isso obrigando o transplante.

A terrível evolução do câncer de pâncreas em Steve Jobs.

O hospital onde Jobs fez o transplante relata que ele se recupera bem, com um excelente e auspicioso prognóstico para a sua saúde.

Steve Jobs está prestes a retornar de sua licença médica conforme planejado, quando anunciou o seu afastamento em janeiro, afirmando que sua licença médica era válida até o final de junho deste ano, estabelecendo seu retorno agora para julho.

A Apple relatou repetidas vezes que ele permaneceu envolvido em decisões estratégicas e que retornará conforme planejado.

Alguns analistas e investidores temiam que Jobs, sobrevivente de um câncer pancreático, pudesse não retornar caso seu quadro clínico não melhorasse.

Então, tomara que agora o “grande mestre” retorne logo ao trabalho e comece a trazer todo seu brilho de volta a APPLE! E que novos e sensacionais equipamentos geniais sejam lançados novamente como nos velhos tempos!!

;0)

Fontes: Mac+ e G1

How will key institutions that serve our citizens with autism and their families view progress and challenges for families and professionals in the future? We’ll be looking at this crucial question at our Conference’s first keynote on July 23. Autism Society President and CEO Lee Grossman will moderate the panel, which includes Dr. Judith Palfrey, incoming President of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Dr. Thomas R. Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health; Dr. Cathy Pratt, Autism Society Board Chair and Director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism; Dr. Mark Friedlander of Aetna; and Dr. Stephen Shore, Autism Society Board Member and individual on the autism spectrum.

What do you want to know about the future of autism? We’d like to hear from you – please post your questions in the comments below, and if applicable, which panelist they should be directed toward. Though we will only be able to address a few questions in the keynote itself, we’ll be addressing some bonus questions here on the blog.

If you have subscribed Apple Keynotes podcast, you may find the latest keynotes is already in your iTunes.
Enjoy!!

Though I’ve watched the streaming version already

We recently wrapped up a keynote presentation for one of our clients at the NABShow (National Association of Broadcasters) and tested some new technology for conducting an audience survey. 

One of our ongoing challenges is collecting data about how the audience responds to the messages in the content we’ve developed.  Ideally, we like to survey the audience both before and after a keynote so that we can more accurately measure the shift in opinion.  Unfortunately, access to the audience is often outside of our control.  Many times we are producing individual keynotes that are part of larger events produced by outside media or industry groups and the ability to survey the audience is limited.

In this case, we were limited to polling the audience very briefly at the end of our keynote.  But, we still managed to generate a response rate approaching 10%!

We achieved this in two ways.  First, we provided an incentive for completing the survey: a chance to win a valuable software package.  Second, we made it easy to complete the survey. 

We used an SMS-based instant messaging survey for the first time, in addition to a traditional HTML-based survey.

By texting the word “keynote” to a short IM address, anybody in the audience with a mobile phone was able to take part in a brief, interactive, 4 question survey.  More than half the completed surveys were returned via SMS (vs. the traditional Web-based survey), effectively doubling our response rate.

There were some tradeoffs by using SMS based surveys, but we came up with some good workarounds.  I’m very encouraged by the initial results and I think this will continue to be a valuable tool in our audience research arsenal — especially for younger and text savvy audiences who are used to texting.

Harness the Energy! Power Up!

Get energized this Fall with our exciting lineup of guest speakers, seminars, and special events at MHSLA’s 2009 Annual Education Conference. Every day provides opportunities for continuing education credits, for networking with colleagues, and for fun – all at an amazing low price!

We kick off the Conference with two full-day Continuing Education seminars.  Measuring your impact, presented by NN/LM GMR Associate Director Ruth Holst and  Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator Jacqueline Leskovec, gives librarians the tools to measure and express our value to the institutions we support – vital survival skills in this bottom-line-focused environment. GMR Techology Coordinator Max Anderson will lead Geeks bearing gifts – a fun, fast-paced, informative introduction to the hottest technology trends.

Wednesday night’s opening reception will feature food, friends and fun … don’t forget your dancing shoes! Take the opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make new friends while listening to – or dancing to – an eclectic acoustic band. Lazy Blue Tunas promise tight harmonies and loose guitars. And afterward, maybe you’ll want a dip in the Doubletree’s indoor pool, or even find your way to some of downtown Holland’s nightspots.

Don’t stay up too late! You won’t want to miss Thursday morning’s keynote.  Dr. Stephen D. Cohle, Chief Medical Examiner for Kent County, Michigan is the author of the true-crime titles Skeletons in the Closet: Stories from the County Morgue and Cause of Death: Forensic Files of a Medical Examiner. Dr. Cohle’s presentation will be followed by the MHSLA Membership Meeting. After lunch, get up to date with State Librarian Nancy R. Robertson and the staff of NN/LM GMR, then earn some CE credits in Barb Platts’ workshop, Emergency Preparedness for your Library. Take some time to scope out your colleagues’ posters and vendor booths, as well. Be sure to stick around for the Exhibits Raffle at 4:45 – you must be present to win.

In the evening we’ll be whisked off to a dinner cruise on the Holland Princess. The Victorian-style paddlewheel riverboat tours Lake Macatawa and Lake Michigan, cruising past the Big Red lighthouse, while we enjoy a leisurely meal. What a great way to relax!

As the week winds down, we’ll still be powering up!  Friday morning, we’re off to Holland Hospital’s computer lab for a 3-hour hands-on workshop: PubMed for Experts, taught by Merle Rosenzweig and Deborah Lauseng (InfoPoint librarians, Taubman Medical Library).  Update your skills, share your most challenging searches, and find out what’s new as PubMed continues to evolve.

Alternatively on Friday morning, catch your colleagues’ presentations, or try your hand, at Pecha Kucha Dutch! Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) takes the snooze out of PowerPoint presentations by speeding up the action and squeezing out the fluff.  What can you say in 20 slides at 20 seconds each?  It’s the bullet-point version – administrators should be impressed!

After lunch, 63^rd District Court judge Sara J. Smolenski will give our closing keynote. Here Come the Judge!

And there go the librarians!  We’re finished at 2:00 pm, and the downtown shops are still open!

Speaking of bargain-hunting – did I mention what a great deal this conference is?  The MHSLA Board has graciously agreed to underwrite part of the cost of this year’s conference.  Full conference registration for MHSLA members includes three action-packed days with all CEs (up to 10.5 CE hours), meetings, keynotes, posters, presentations, vendor exhibits, 3 breakfasts and lunches, the opening reception with entertainment and “hearty hors d’ouevres,”  and Thursday dinner and cruise for one low price of $250, if you register by August 21, 2009.

Can’t make all three days? There are single-day and two-day registration options for as low as $75.  Not a member?  Join now; a personal membership is only $15 – or pay the slightly higher non-member registration fee. We’re also offering student rates with proof of enrollment. Find the fees and options on the 36^th Annual MHSLA Conference registration form, either at the Association web page (http://www.mhsla.org) or this Conference blog; find the “Conference Registration Form” link just below the banner at the top of this page.

And to seal the deal, the Holland Doubletree is offering a terrific rate of just $79.00 per night! (Plus taxes, of course.) Reserve your room by phoning the hotel at (616) 394-0111 or registering on the Doubletree website, http://www.doubletree.com. Be sure to use code MHS to assure the $79.00 conference rate.

We’re powered up!  See you there!

Sandy Swanson

2009 Conference Publicity Chair

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A lot of people at Insights stopped me to say, “Hi Don, I remember you from your passionate Accpac keynotes. By the way, how did you get ready for speeches like that?” Let me answer that here.

I started by taking a long, meditative walk in the woods to select an emotional context. If you nail the emotional context and figure out how to communicate the emotional content, the rest is easy. Winston Churchill explained how best to communicate emotional content – use short words and old words. Blood, sweat, toil and tears are old words. “Defend our island home” nailed the Anglo-Saxon myth (according to my interpretation of Tolkien) using short, old words. A recent example, “yes we can”, has straight-forward superficial meanings AND deep emotional connections.

My favorite emotional context for an Accpac keynote was “protect the baby” or “protect the children”. Business partners working for years with software products treat them as their babies or children. It was my job to protect and defend the children in our family. If a competitor said that their baby was more beautiful than our baby, my answer was that our baby was the most beautiful baby in the world. If a competitor said that their children would grow up fast on stored procedures, my answer was that our children would grow up strong with platform independence.

How do you deliver this kind of message? I did it loud and strong. Any amount of passion is permissible in defense of your children.

I could say a lot more . . . perhaps another time.

They say that pictures speak louder than words.  But isn’t it great when you can pair pictures and words to to see what’s happening and get a feel for the message when it’s shared out loud. 

Here are some examples of the messages that we’ve shared with Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Emerging Leaders, Industry Groups, and Economic Developers.

CorePurpose®  messages are conversations that spark action.

For More Information or to reserve Joan Koerber-Walker for your next meeting, strategy session, or event, click here.

For More Information about CorePurpose or to reserve Joan Koerber-Walker for your next meeting, strategy session, or event, click here.

Betsy Myers served as the Chief Operations Officer and the National Womens Chair for Obama for America, Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign. Prior to this appointment, Myers was the Executive Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She was the first Director of the White House Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton, the President’s senior adviser on women’s issues.

Groups can book her presentations on Leadership Lessons in the Age of Obama to learn:

How to empower a team to take initiative with personal responsibility
How to gain credibility from your team by talking truth to difficult issues
How Obama’s leadership traits are playing in Washington

Betsy Myers also presents on The Growing Role of Women in Politics.

We’ve posted a video from the Center for Public Leadership here.