Cheaper Than Going to a Trade Show...
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Situation: You're all about "the stuff".   Several times a year, gantthead has a booth at trade shows where we talk about the site and give away t-shirts, luggage tags, umbrellas, CDs, and tons of other stuff that people will do almost anything for. It's amazing watching show attendees, five or six deep shouting out their shirt sizes, reaching past you, crawling under the table and snatching away anything that's not nailed down. Once this sort of mob mentality sets in, there really isn't much you can do about it. A couple of hours later, the shirts are gone and you start talking to people who are really interested in what you do. In the end it works out from a branding perspective though. You notice people wearing your shirts around the conference and for not much money, your name is everywhere. Startup Schwag is an online club that sends you a lot of the stuff you would bring home from a trade show, on a monthly basis. So if in the end, the only thing you really get out of going to a show is a t-shirt - this is a much less expensive way to get that done. |
Posted on: January 14, 2008 01:48 PM
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Doubtsourcing..
| Situation: You Need to Lighten the Mood in Your Outsourcing Presentation.. One day, we'll have a gantthead Project Management comic strip (Mark's views aside) and when we do, I hope its as good as the one I ran across in TechCrunch today - called Doubtsourcing. Whether your outsourced project is going well or hitting a snag, these funnies are certain to lighten the mood. Check them out...  |
Posted on: January 09, 2008 07:26 PM
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The PMI SIG Blue Light is On!
| Situation: You Want to Join a PMI SIG for Free. If you joined PMI between 1 July 2007 and 31 December 2007 but did not join a PMI Component, PMI is giving you the opportunity to join a Component of your choosing at no cost. They had some registration system hiccups and are making up for lost sign-ups. My personal favorite is the IT&T SIG - so I'd srongly urge you to join that one. |
Posted on: January 01, 2008 11:49 PM
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Is Coaching Dead?
| Situation: You're Interested in Leadership Best Practices for Your Company This month's issue of Chief Executive magazine includes an article entitled, The Best Companies for Leaders. The best part of the article is not the company ranking, but rather the view on best practices it offers (the basis for the company rankings - what they did to deserve it). The best practices were interesting enough:
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Posted on: December 22, 2007 02:50 PM
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Project Mgmt is UP ... and Down.
| Situation: You're Interested in Quirky PM Trends Since 2004 - it looks like "Project Management" is more newsworthy, while the term "Project Management" has become better understood and less searchworthy. Google Trends graphs the search volume over time of any key word set you put into it. Type in "Project Management" and you get the charts below. What do you think it means? (if there is any meaning to the trends...) |
Posted on: December 14, 2007 03:32 PM
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