July 2010

Free Ideas for the Transportation-Consulting Industry

28 July 2010

I think marrying existing technologies today to seasoned industries will refresh the outlook on those industries and potentially breathe new life into them. I describe four business ideas and how certain technologies can be applied. The Background: I’m a Recovering Engineer In a former career, I was a transportation engineer for a consulting firm. The [...]

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Using Social Media to Increase Event and Webinar Attendance

21 July 2010

I’ve been asked a few times by colleagues to assist or consult on how to use some social media sites to drive traffic to webinars, virtual events, actual events, and the like.  Instead of recycling the e-mail over again, I’m turning it into a post [this one].  I can point colleagues to it, you all [...]

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BMPA Mentor Session 2: Interviewing

19 July 2010

A few weeks back, the Boston Product Management Association’s Executive Council and Mentorship program held another session.  (in the past, I’ve written about BPMA mentoring here).  Sadly, I had a last-minute conflict and was unable to attend.  However, the discussion topics and dialogue transcript were sent out afterward to BPMA mentor/mentee members.  I saw the two questions [...]

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The Grateful Dead: Against The Grain

16 July 2010

“There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert” – First used in the liner notes of the Grateful Dead album Europe ’72 If you’ve ever went to a Dead show (saying “seeing them in concert” just doesn’t seem right), then you know what this means.  I was fortunate to see them once in 1995, and [...]

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What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

12 July 2010

I took last week off from work, and was relatively unplugged.  My mind was still working, though.  I tucked away a few items that got me thinking for a few minutes.  They aren’t really related to one another, but fit the theme of my blog.  In advance, this is a bit of a random post. [...]

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Passionate People: Steve Lewis

1 July 2010

This is the first of hopefully many profiles of people who have struck me as interesting, because of the passion for what they do.  These are people that are truly passionate about what they do or have done.  In my mind, passion is missing from many people today, and I think a lot of people [...]

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