Connected Office posts, articles, and infographics

Do You Really Need a Virtual Assistant?

January 30, 2012 by Tushar Mathur with 87 views

A lot of business owners eventually come to the decision that they could benefit from employing a part time virtual assistant to help manage some of the clerical or administrative work that goes along with business management. Other business owners reach the conclusion that there is really no need to do this since, after all, noboby... [read more]

Connectivity Does Not Mean Availability

January 4, 2012 by Jacob Morgan with 29 views

Not too long ago your workday started when you arrived at work and ended when you left work. Then, overtime, as new forms of communication were introduced and implemented in the workplace work started to play a more central role in our lives. Work was no longer about when you got to work and left work it became about when you... [read more]

Guide to Renting Desk Space for Small Business

December 8, 2011 by Small Biz Bee with 28 views

When you’re starting out in business, or even if you’re already up and running, then the cost of office space is often one of the biggest headaches facing any venture. Little wonder then that so many people simply decide to work from home, because this can be a great way to cut costs and keep overheads to an absolute minimum. [read more]

Our Shrinking Degrees of Separation: Heading Down from 6 to 3

November 22, 2011 by Ross Dawson with 96 views

From six degrees, we are moving closer to four degrees of separation from anyone on in the world, with the possible exception of a few isolated tribespeople. We live embedded in an intensely connected world. [read more]

The Future of Emergent Collaboration, 'Smart' Platforms

November 11, 2011 by Jacob Morgan with 45 views

I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about how collaborative platforms are going to evolve or the next few years. After starting my vendor review series I was really able to get much more insight into what vendors are thinking and where they are going. [read more]

Google+ Launches Pages for Brands – Let the Chaos Begin

November 8, 2011 by EricWilliamson with 79 views

Unless you were asleep for the past 12 hours, you are well aware that Google+ opened things up for Brands today. There is no shortage of articles and blog posts that covered this in depth today. The best of them from an agency or brand consultancy standpoint are the following IMHO: [read more]

#Cloud Computing for Businesses – The Place to Be.

October 30, 2011 by Andrew Wright with 134 views

The cloud is no longer just a buzz word, it’s a part of our daily lives. [read more]

What If 9/11 Had Been Today?

September 11, 2011 by Brett Duncan with 134 views

A lot has happened in 10 years. A lot has changed. As we Americans fill our heads with remembering September 11, 2001 – where we were, how we first found out about the crashes, how it changed our lives – it’s too easy to see it infiltrate our every thought on this 10th anniversary. [read more]

How to Use Decision Management to Improve Cross-Channel Experience

August 30, 2011 by JamesTaylor with 192 views

Retailing Today had an interesting article – “Best Buy, Sears, Target tops in cross-channel performance” – about the importance and challenges of becoming a cross-channel retailer. I was struck by the potential of Decision Management Systems to improve cross-channel experiences in a couple of key areas: [read more]

The Filter Hierarchy and Managing Information

August 14, 2011 by Seth Godin with 41 views

There's more information, provocations, riffs, causes, meetings, opportunities, viral videos, technologies and policies coming at you than ever. So, how do you rank the incoming? How do you decide what to expose yourself to next? Email from your boss Personal note from a good friend Three or four recommendations from trusted colleagues... [read more]

Legal Definitions of Partnership Not Enough

July 5, 2011 by Jeff Cornwall with 33 views

It is very common for entrepreneurs to take on partners.They may be co-founders of the company, key personnel who are given an ownership stake as part of compensation, family and friends who offer some startup support or outside investors.In any of these circumstances, these people become owners of the business.And the foundation of... [read more]

Is There A Gorilla In Your Market?

June 28, 2011 by Holly Green with 76 views

Is there a gorilla in your market? I’m not talking about the proverbial “800-lb. gorilla” that dominates a market. Almost every industry has one of those. I’m talking about the gorilla we don’t see. There’s a well-known experiment in which a researcher shows a videotape of six college students standing on a basketball court. Three... [read more]

Building Your Enterprise Collaboration A-Team

June 19, 2011 by Jacob Morgan with 56 views

In doing research for my book on enterprise collaboration I’ve been spending some time interviewing and speaking with various organizations. I’ll be sharing in-depth insights and ideas when the book comes out but I will discuss some of the high-level learnings on this blog. One of the things I’ve been exploring recently is... [read more]

Synchronicity, intimacy and productivity

June 10, 2011 by Seth Godin with 42 views

A shortcut to customer and co-worker intimacy is to respond in real time. A phone call is more human than an email, a personal meeting has more impact than a letter. On the other hand, when you do your work on someone else's schedule, your productivity plummets, because you are responding to the urgent, not the important, and your rhythm... [read more]

Do you have a crisis communications plan?

June 6, 2011 by Drew McLellan with 91 views

…You need a crisis communications plan If you own your business, you probably have all kinds of insurance. You’ve protected your building, your equipment and depending on your field, you might have errors and omissions, liability or other insurances as well. But 95% of you are missing one of the most vital insurances of all.... [read more]

How To Get Your Emails Read By A VC

March 2, 2011 by Fred Wilson with 260 views

Last night I did my annual "fireside chat" with the InSITE Fellows followed by beers at a local bar. This has become a tradition and one that I enjoy very much. We ended up at Amity Hall where we drank beer, hung out, watched the Knicks do a late game fade against Orlando, and talked a bit of shop. Nishta asked me how to get to her email... [read more]

Cloud Computing Trends

February 16, 2011 by Jim Estill with 534 views

I thought the following press release was of interest. I invested in Hatsize and sit on the board.Hatsize releases first annual Cloud Automation Trends Survey results. Landmark survey identifies 2011 cloud automation trends and indicates cloud automation will spur sales growth. Hatsize conducted anonymous survey of 181 North American... [read more]

Meet your company’s spokesperson

February 11, 2011 by Drew McLellan with 321 views

Is he your new spokesperson? Take a few minutes and walk through your place of business today. Really look at the people who work for you. Your goal — identify the employees who are just there to get the paycheck. Maybe it’s the 16 year old part-timer who calls in sick about as often as she shows up. Or the employee who has been there... [read more]

Applying Social Leverage

February 8, 2011 by Jay Deragon with 248 views

Leverage is a factor by which a lever multiplies a force – in business leverage is therefore related to a strategic advantage that achieves greater returns on efforts. The useful work done by individuals and businesses is the energy applied, which is force times distance towards a a strategic objective. Therefore a small... [read more]

Super Bowl Ads Skipped The Web and Went Straight To the Social Web

February 7, 2011 by Tac Anderson with 284 views

But do they get it right? I’m not a huge football fan unless it’s college football. However, like every good red-blooded, American, consumer I watch the Super Bowl almost every year. As a person who, for better or worse, who makes his living as a Marketer, I pay very close attention to the Super Bowl ads. But I am not an “ad guy,”... [read more]