Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work | Video on TED.com

Image via CrunchBase

Very good video to watch!

The description:

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest (Oct 2010), he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work.

About Jason Fried

Jason Fried thinks deeply about collaboration, productivity and the nature of work. He's the co-founder of 37signals, makers of Basecamp and other web-based collaboration tools...

Link to talk:

Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work | Video on TED.com

David

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Work Doesn't Happen At Work (onemann.blogspot.com)


• Got Any Questions for Jason Fried of 37signals? (technologizer.com)


• "Twitter is the modern day smoke break" says Jason Fried [TNW United States] (thenextweb.com)


• WATCH: Why The Office Is Not An Ideal Place To Work (psychworld.com)


• HP Hosts Live Webcast with Entrepreneur and Author Jason Fried (eon.businesswire.com)


• Subliminal Negativity Theory (37signals.com)


• Things Left Unsaid (heehawmarketing.typepad.com)


• Don't miss your chance to grill Jason Fried, founder and CEO of Web software company 37 Signals (venturebeat.com)


• Jason Fried's setup (jason.fried.usesthis.com)

Top Ten Management on Corporate Culture: An Overview of Why Businesses Do What They Do | Bizcovering

This overview of Corporate Culture was prepared by Felicia Bergeron while a General Studies major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Top Ten Management on Corporate Culture: An Overview of Why Businesses Do What They Do | Bizcovering

David

Related articles

• Turning College Students Into Published Authors: The Process and The Benefits of Turning Project Work Into Articles That Can Pay Big Dividends for Students in Their Careers (socyberty.com)


• Top Ten Management on Organizational Culture: An Overview of Why We Act The Way We Do at Work (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Intrapreneurship: An Overview of How Organizational Culture Influences Innovation (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Mergers and Acquisitions: An Overview of How Corporations Merge in Order to Make Themselves Better Than They Were Before - Better, Stronger, Faster (bizcovering.com)


• Social Media Can Change The Corporate Culture (twistimage.com)


• Stress Questions in Interview: How to Answer Them? (socyberty.com)


• Corporate Culture and Responsibility (blogs.forbes.com)


• Gaming Principles and Corporate Cultur (compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com)


• Transcript: Edgar Schein talks to Karl Moore (theglobeandmail.com)


• Hseieh: Corporate culture should be a top priority (venturebeat.com)

Turning College Students Into Published Authors: The Process and The Benefits of Turning Project Work Into Articles That Can Pay Big Dividends for Students in Their Careers | Socyberty

Image via Wikipedia

A little tooting of our own horn for all of the students in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University that are becoming published authors - and how this is paying dividends for them. Read:

Turning College Students Into Published Authors: The Process and The Benefits of Turning Project Work Into Articles That Can Pay Big Dividends for Students in Their Careers | Socyberty

David

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Turning College Students Into Published Authors: The Process and The Benefits of Turning Project Work Into Articles That Can Pay Big Dividends for Students in Their Careers (socyberty.com)


• Wave of The Future, International Student Exchange (socyberty.com)


• Surviving College and Tax Season: 7 Tips for Students (turbotax.intuit.com)


• Cheating Still Cheating; Bastards Still Bastards (bigthink.com)


• Kno Announces Pricing and Pre-Order Availability for Tablet Textbook; Pays for Itself in 3 Semesters (eon.businesswire.com)


• PeopleRight Careers Introduces New Initiative to Help Students Launch Successful and Meaningful Careers - In Spite of a Deck That is Stacked Against Them (prweb.com)


• Jonathan R. Cole: A Question of Fairness: College and University Admissions, Part II (huffingtonpost.com)


• "Broken Promises: For-Profit Colleges Fail Our Students" and related posts (web.docuticker.com)


• Subprime Opportunity: High Dividends, Low Baccalaureates at For Profit Colleges (yubanet.com)


• College Finance: Why Student Loans Should Be Pay as You Go (dailyfinance.com)

Why to Stay Home on Black Friday and Watch Auburn-Alabama

These videos will make you want to be smart and do your shopping online this season. Why leave the comforts of you own home, with good football on the big screen, leftovers for munching, and yes, the same or better deals online!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

OK, let's get our laptops and credit cards out and save the economy from our couches!

David


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Share |

Related articles

• "TODAY" Covers Black Eyed Peas' "I Got A Feeling" [VIDEO] (popcrunch.com)


• Taiwanese Animators Take On Black Friday Shopping Frenzies (VIDEO) (huffingtonpost.com)


• Germany Bomb Plot Foiled; Suspected Suitcase Bomb Intercepted (huffingtonpost.com)


• Olbermann Slams "Harassed" Jets Reporter, Says She "Undermines Every Female Sports Reporter Who Knows The Game" (businessinsider.com)


• WATCH: Sgt. Sal Giunta on the 'Today' show (thegazette.com)


• TLC "Sister Wives" Docu-Series Steps Inside Plural Relationships (popcrunch.com)


• Police Don't Appreciate Trans Woman Going Around Giving Ladies Breast Exams In Bars (queerty.com)


• Bill Fleckenstein on job wars, China (investmentpostcards.com)


• Watch Keith Olbermann Write A Special Comment (And More From "Lean Forward") (mediaite.com)


• "Shirley Sherrod - set up by the right wing and fired unjustly" and related posts (mirroronamerica.blogspot.com)

Online Auctions Help Retailers Deal with the Aftermath of Black Friday

Interesting article about how retail chains handle the "Black Friday" surge, and then the surge of returns - and restocking - that comes in its wake from our friends at The Strategic Sourceror (http://ping.fm/Dq7Pg). You can read the article - which focuses on one of the innovative leaders in this marketspace, Liquidation.com (http://ping.fm/tbHs8) - by clicking on the link below:

The Strategic Sourceror: Online auction marketplace streamlines supply chain to fill orders quickly

David

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Zurich HelpPoint for the Holidays Helps Retailers, Supply Chain Professionals Prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Risks (eon.businesswire.com)


• Inmar Adopts LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru Technology for Reverse Logistics Analysis (prweb.com)


• Truecount Corporation Joins Motorola Solutions Channel Program (eon.businesswire.com)


• Supply Chain Digital and Agentrics Announce Partnership for Agentrics World 2010 - International Retail, Manufacturing and Supplier Conference (pr.com)


• Canadian retailers counter Black Friday deals (cbc.ca)


• iPads at TJ Maxx were bought at retail (tuaw.com)


• "An average of 700 people will line up outside each best buy store on black friday... (DotGizmo via TechNews AM)" and related posts (technews.am)


• Fred Meyer Selling $50 Blu-ray Player on Black Friday (shoppingblog.com)


• Black Friday - FatWallet, Inc. (itunes.apple.com)

A Good Overview of The History of Reverse Auctions in the Federal Government from govWin

This is a very good historical and legal overview of reverse auctioning in the federal sector from the Editor at GovWin. It is entitled, "Reverse Auctions Bring Marketing Tools to Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contracts," and you can read it by clicking on the link below:

Reverse Auctions Bring Marketing Tools to - Learn More at govWin

Good background on how auctions work within the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) framework and multiple award contracts (MACs).

David

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• How to Revolutionize Governmental Buying: The Customs and Border Protection Service Blazes The Way in The Federal Sector with Reverse Auction Buying (bizcovering.com)


• Millions Today, Billions Tomorrow: A Report on Reverse Auction Implementation at The Department of Health and Human Services (socyberty.com)

Summary and Review of The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky

This book summary and review of The Art of Profitability was prepared by Matthew T. Miceli while a marketing major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Summary and Review of Adrian Slywotzky’s The Art of Profitability | Bookstove

David

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Summary and Review of Gary Hamel and C.k. Prahalad's Competing for The Future (bookstove.com)


• Summary and Review of Daniel Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (bookstove.com)


• Summary and Review of Jonathan Fields' Career Renegade (socyberty.com)


• Summary and Review of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Translated by Thomas Cleary (bookstove.com)

Happy Thanksgiving - The Classic Adam Sandler-SNL Song Will Put You in the Mood

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeWatch this and get ready for Turkey Day!



Happy Thanksgiving!

David




+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Share |

Related articles

• Adam Sandler Thanksgiving Song [Video & Lyrics] (realestateradiousa.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving (hvwinegoddess.blogspot.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving to all. (bobzeller.wordpress.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving! (seattletimes.nwsource.com)


• How to Say Happy Thanksgiving in 7 Asian Languages (panasianbiz.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving to My Fabulous Readers (somebodyhealme.dianalee.net)


• To My Faithful Readers - "Happy Thanksgiving" (joetroiano.wordpress.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving Eve (bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving (edistojoe.com)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Image via Wikipedia

With a classic from WKRP in Cincinnati - watch:


WKRP Turkey Drop from Mitch Cohen on Vimeo.

Happy Thanksgiving!

David

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Happy Thanksgiving (pvponline.com)


• Support Hours - Thanksgiving 2010 (aweber.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving (hvwinegoddess.blogspot.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving Eve (bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com)


• To My Faithful Readers - "Happy Thanksgiving" (joetroiano.wordpress.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving to all. (bobzeller.wordpress.com)


• How to Say Happy Thanksgiving in 7 Asian Languages (panasianbiz.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving to My Fabulous Readers (somebodyhealme.dianalee.net)


• The Real Thanksgiving (socyberty.com)


• Happy Thanksgiving! (faithkeith.wordpress.com)

Summary and Review of Drive by Daniel Pink

This book summary and review of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us was prepared by Jamie Crochet while a Finance student in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Summary and Review of Drive by Daniel Pink | Bookstove

David

++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Summary and Review of Daniel Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (bookstove.com)


• Daniel Pink on Why Tying Teacher Pay to Test Scores Won't Work (freetech4teachers.com)


• Daniel Pink Hightlights Flip Thinking (newtrierlibrary.blogspot.com)


• Take the Dan Pink Challenge: Make Time for Non-commissioned Work (speedofcreativity.org)


• Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink and David Pogue the Creativity World Forum cwf2010 (speedofcreativity.org)


• Creative Icons from Daniel Pink to Tony Hawk Speak Up in Global Design Discussion (prweb.com)


• Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts (freetech4teachers.com)


• Think Tank: Flip-thinking - the new buzz word sweeping the US (downes.ca)


• Motivation by Daniel H. Pink: What Makes You Perform Better at Work? (becomeabetteruin365days.wordpress.com)


• Interview With Daniel Pink In Business And Performance Marketing (revenews.com)

Saving Money on Electricity Purchases through Reverse Auctions Down Under

Here at the Reverse Auction Research Center, we've been chronicling how governments at all levels have been saving on their energy outlays by using reverse auctions for their electricity purchases. Communities all across the United States have been adopting this best practice, saving dollars that can be directed to preserving other necessary programs and services in these challenging times for municipal governments.

Now comes word from Australia of how the Camden (Camden, New South Wales) Council has saved big money - over 15% - on their municipal electrical contracts. You can read the details here:

Reverse auction saves power dollars for Camden Council - Council - News - Macarthur Chronicle Camden Edition

As Camden Mayor Chris Patterson observed: “We have been trying to save costs so money can be spent on more community based things. Paying electricity bills is a necessary evil, but one that we want to minimise." Well said - kudos from us here at the Reverse Auction Research Center to these innovative Australian leaders! And if you would like to learn more about how your municipal government - wherever in the world you are located - can easily save similar amounts on all forms of energy purchases, please contact us today!

David

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Reverse Auctions: The New Use of Auctions as a Policy Mechanism to Best Allocate Taxpayer Dollars (bizcovering.com)


• How to Revolutionize Governmental Buying: The Customs and Border Protection Service Blazes The Way in The Federal Sector with Reverse Auction Buying (bizcovering.com)


• Millions Today, Billions Tomorrow: A Report on Reverse Auction Implementation at The Department of Health and Human Services (socyberty.com)


• Virtual Reverse Auctions: How They Could Revolutionize World of Warcraft and Other Virtual Worlds (And Maybe Even The Real One, Too!) (bizcovering.com)


• Bid4Spots.com Launches Marketplace for Last Minute Online Display Media (eon.businesswire.com)


• Trading Partners: Does Restructuring Portend Changes in the Reverse Auction Market? (Part 1) (enterpriseirregulars.com)


• U.S. Navy, Department of Interior, and U.S. Marshals Service Select FedBid for Reverse Auction Services (eon.businesswire.com)

Summary and Review of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

This book summary and review of Drive was prepared by Yvette Schubert while a Finance student in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Summary and Review of The Book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink | Bookstove

David

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Summary and Review of Daniel Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (bookstove.com)


• Daniel Pink on Why Tying Teacher Pay to Test Scores Won't Work (freetech4teachers.com)


• Daniel Pink Hightlights Flip Thinking (newtrierlibrary.blogspot.com)


• Take the Dan Pink Challenge: Make Time for Non-commissioned Work (speedofcreativity.org)


• Motivation by Daniel H. Pink: What Makes You Perform Better at Work? (becomeabetteruin365days.wordpress.com)


• The surprising truth about what motivates us (guardian.co.uk)


• Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink and David Pogue the Creativity World Forum cwf2010 (speedofcreativity.org)


• Interview With Daniel Pink In Business And Performance Marketing (revenews.com)


• Creative Icons from Daniel Pink to Tony Hawk Speak Up in Global Design Discussion (prweb.com)


• TOMS Shoes' giveaways helps it stamp towards profit (telegraph.co.uk)

Top Ten Management on Multipoint Competition: An Overview of Enterprises Competing in The Multiple Markets | Bizcovering

This overview of Multipoint Competition was prepared by Seth Bourgeois while an Accounting major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Top Ten Management on Multipoint Competition: An Overview of Enterprises Competing in The Multiple Markets | Bizcovering

David

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Top Ten Management on Multinational Diversification: An Overview of How to Bring a Diversity of Businesses and a Diversity of National Markets Together (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Competing in Emerging Markets: An Overview of Today's Most Popular Techniques for Staying in The Game (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Global Competition: An Overview of How to Successfully Keep Up with China in an Increasingly Global Marketplace (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Centralization Versus Decentralization: An Overview of The Benefits and Downfalls of Each Aspect of Organizational Structure and Design (bookstove.com)


• Top Ten Management on Global Competition: An Overview of Globalization's Effect on Big Business (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Multicountry Competition: An Overview of Cross Country Variation in Market Conditions (bizcovering.com)


• Stress Questions in Interview: How to Answer Them? (socyberty.com)

Top Ten Management on Strategies for Entering New Businesses: Should We Make an Acquisition, Create an Internal Start-up, or Pursue a Joint Venture? | Bizcovering

This overview of strategies for entering new businesses was prepared by Matthew Saucier while a General Business major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Top Ten Management on Strategies for Entering New Businesses: Should We Make an Acquisition, Create an Internal Start-up, or Pursue a Joint Venture? | Bizcovering

David
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Top Ten Management on Diversification: An Overview of The Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Strategic Alliances: An Overview of The Quickest Way to Grow Your Company During Times of Rapid Change (bizcovering.com)


• Summary and Review of Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profit and Drives Tomorrow's Growth by Inder Sidhu (bookstove.com)


• AGCO to Form Joint Venture to Grow Air Seeding and Tillage Product Offering (eon.businesswire.com)


• Stress Questions in Interview: How to Answer Them? (socyberty.com)


• China to drop joint venture rule for foreign automakers? (autoblog.com)

Top Ten Management on Economies of Scale: An Overview of Internal and External Economies of Scale | Bizcovering

This overview of the concept of Economies of Scale was prepared by Alexandra Dudley while a Accounting major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Top Ten Management on Economies of Scale: An Overview of Internal and External Economies of Scale | Bizcovering

David
++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Top Ten Management on Pursuing Multinational Diversification: An Overview of How to Capture Markets in Countries That Never Appeared on The Radar (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Unethical Business Behavior: An Overview of Why It is Important to Think Before You Do (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Competitive Advantage in Foreign Markets: An Overview of How to Take Your Business to a Whole New Level Abroad (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Strategic Alliances: An Overview of What Companies Really Go Through to Form Them (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Economies of Scale: An Overview of Internal and External Economies of Scale (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Exchange Rates: An Overview of The Value of Money Around The World (socyberty.com)


• Top Ten Management on Inappropriate Policies: An Overview of How The International Monetary Fund Fails on Nearly Every Conceivable Level (socyberty.com)


• Stress Questions in Interview: How to Answer Them? (socyberty.com)

Summary and Review of Bad Apples: How to Manage Difficult Employees, Encourage Good Ones to Stay, and Boost Productivity by Brette Mcwhorter Sember and Terrence J. Sember | Bookstove

This book summary and review of Bad Apples: How to Manage Difficult Employees, Encourage Good Ones to Stay, and Boost Productivity was prepared by Tana Compton while a Finance student in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Summary and Review of Bad Apples: How to Manage Difficult Employees, Encourage Good Ones to Stay, and Boost Productivity by Brette Mcwhorter Sember and Terrence J. Sember | Bookstove

David

Top Ten Management on Just in Time: An Overview of Inventory Strategy Implementation Using Kanban Between Various Points in The Production Process | Bizcovering

This overview of the Just in Time concept was prepared by Vy Vu, who majors in Accounting in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Top Ten Management on Just in Time: An Overview of Inventory Strategy Implementation Using Kanban Between Various Points in The Production Process | Bizcovering

David

Top Ten Management on Stakeholders: An Overview of All The Parties Connected with a Firm | Bizcovering

This overview of Stakeholders was prepared by Raymond Anthony Tucker Jr. while a Business Tech major in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Read more:

Top Ten Management on Stakeholders: An Overview of All The Parties Connected with a Firm | Bizcovering

David
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Related articles

• Top Ten Management on Ethical Integrity: An Overview of Stakeholders' Driving Force to Put Their Money in The Passenger Seat of a Particular Company (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Earnings Targets: An Overview of What Companies Do to Meet The Numbers (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on The Value Chain: An Overview of Product Development and Customer Relations (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Multicountry Competition: An Overview of Cross Country Variation in Market Conditions (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Global Competition: An Overview of How to Successfully Keep Up with China in an Increasingly Global Marketplace (bizcovering.com)


• Top Ten Management on Centralization Versus Decentralization: An Overview of The Benefits and Downfalls of Each Aspect of Organizational Structure and Design (bookstove.com)


• Stress Questions in Interview: How to Answer Them? (socyberty.com)