Say you’re a father of a teenage girl. One day, you get the mail and notice a Target coupon book addressed to your daughter, and it’s full of impending-baby supplies: supplements, lotion, diapers, cotton balls. You’re outraged. What is Target trying to do? Encourage another teenage pregnancy? You do what any father would do: you
Read More...Increasingly, social media is becoming a legitimate news/announcement source for brands, projects and other topics. In fact for me — a former diehard RSS junkie — social media and frequently-updated blogs have become the quickest way for me to find breaking news about a given topic. This is something I do by default, sometimes forgetting
Read More...Tim Sackett over at TLNT plainly talks about a difficult topic: why, as a HR professional, you need to champion the ‘must-do’ moves. Must-do moves are the things in your organization that you must own and absolutely see that they get done. And they’re not always comfortable. Sackett talks about the obvious example: I asked
Read More...A quick announcement that hopefully reaches any of you heading out to Alliance 2012 in a few weeks. This is the year’s premier show aimed at higher education public sector and Federal users of Oracle technology. If you fall into either of these camps, you probably know Alliance. If you don’t, check out this year’s
Read More...Can a Consulting Company Have Soul? If most people’s experience is any indication, you’d think such a notion is totally bananas. In a lot of ways, consulting has become a bad word, synonymous with expensive, often mediocre talent, political finger-pointing and projects that might finish on time and within budget, but don’t meet the organization’s
Read More...I recently overheard a conversation at a higher education institution that went something like this: Facilities Mgr.: Good morning, how can I help you? Caller: I need a new bulb for this projector. FM: Sir, what projector? Caller: The projector in my classroom. FM: Okay, where is your classroom? Caller: I’m in the Johnson Building.
Read More...I was doing some research the other day for a customer related to 9.1 features and content. While I am not a PeopleSoft Portal expert, I did gather up some valuable information from PeopleBooks and other sources. I thought some of these requirements may be relevant to our audience. So, the following content outlines some
Read More...MIPRO Presenting at the Northeast PeopleSoft & NY/NJ JD Edwards RUG, OHUG, OAUGNYC, and NJOAUG on Friday, March 16, 2012 Please join us at the Northeast PeopleSoft & NY/NJ JD Edwards RUG, OHUG, OAUGNYC, and NJOAUG on Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands. The Crowne Plaza Meadowlands is located at 2
Read More...MIPRO Attending the March 9, 2012 PeopleSoft Ohio RUG Meeting Please join us at the Ohio PeopleSoft Regional User Group meeting on Friday, March 9th, 2012 at The Conference Center at OCLC. The Conference Center is located at 6600 Kilgour Place, Dubli n, OH 43017. Our Midwest Sales Director Gayla Burns will be at
Read More...At a recent meeting with our sales team, one of our regional directors commented that he receives emails from me at crazy times — late at night, early in the morning, all hours of the day and night. This comment prompted a response from one of the partners that I was “connected 24 x 7″.
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