Walking around with a Palm Pilot is not only unglamorous, but it is irrelevant. Sure, you can manage tasks, check you calendar and take some notes. However, it is an outdated tool. Reality has shifted. If it’s not connected, it’s a toy. Email, calendaring and documents work similarly. You can check on these and manageContinue reading “Collaboration Or Individualism”
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Canned Responses
Canned responses are a Google Apps Lab feature which allows you to save and use templated email responses from within your email client. Here is how to use it: In the Settings menu, enable canned responses and save. Compose a new message. Type in the content of your canned response. When creating a new email,Continue reading “Canned Responses”
Salesforce.com For Speed And Management
As speed and complexity continue to increase in the modern economy, managing the sales cycle effectively requires an execution and collaboration which needs to be managed. Older sales systems were centered around contact management. Getting the person’s address information provided enough value to the sales rep to manage a relationship. Today, people are changing moreContinue reading “Salesforce.com For Speed And Management”
Star = Action
Every day you will be inundated with email. This creates work for you because you have to apply attention and do something. An email requires one of two things: Action Decision You typically have to do something or decide on something. It is a game of hot potato as a knowledge worker. You moveContinue reading “Star = Action”
Changing Fonts In Google Apps Permanently
To change the default text styling fonts in Google Apps permanently, you can manage this from your Gmail Settings as follows: Make sure Default Text Styling is enabled (see below). Follow the Settings link in Gmail. Go to the General tab. Use the Bold, Italic, Font, Size and Text Color buttons under Default text styletoContinue reading “Changing Fonts In Google Apps Permanently”
Why Google Apps Instead Of Microsoft Outlook
The knowledge worker must operate beyond the traditional desktop software tools which enable individual productivity. In today’s economy, there is an immense increase in the amount of information flow between customers, vendors, management and team members. Managing and leveraging this information flow requires tools which are agile, collaborative and accessible. This document outlines how GoogleContinue reading “Why Google Apps Instead Of Microsoft Outlook”
Collaboration Power With Google Apps
In today’s business environment, a resultant proposal, legal document or any numerous pieces of information produced through knowledge work is a product of collaboration. Today, more than ever, knowledge work requires inputs and approvals from internal stakeholders and external customers and vendors. As documents, appointments and emails are passed between a complex matrix of relationships,Continue reading “Collaboration Power With Google Apps”
Knowledge Is The Value Of Your Business
Our economy is overwhelmingly a service economy. The last statistic from 2006 showed 84% of Americans are in the service business. This was a 4% increase from 2000. In layman’s terms, this means that 1 out of 6 people you shake hands with actually make a physical object. Everyone else deals in knowledge. They areContinue reading “Knowledge Is The Value Of Your Business”
Special Comments for the PMI Fort Worth Chapter
We appreciated the opportunity to be with the PMI Fort Worth Chapter last night. Thank you for your comments regarding Don’s speech. It is our desire to help you achieve greater levels of success. If your company is interested in how we can help increase sales demand, shorten sales cycles, strengthen customer relationships,and build higherContinue reading “Special Comments for the PMI Fort Worth Chapter”
Cluttered Minds
I was speaking with a client recently who was dismayed at the erosion of etiquette in business. He remembered when people returned voicemails and were more approachable. Today is a different time. Our ability to create information so much faster changed the rules. We have to change with those rules or we become irrelevant. HowContinue reading “Cluttered Minds”
