Monday, August 25, 2008

Giving


Kind of off the topic, but important. I've been doing my best to tell everyone I know about Heifer International. We are approaching the holiday season, file this away as the perfect gift.

posted by Christopher @ 10:19 PM

Thursday, August 14, 2008

LinkedIn - Competitive Intelligence

Law.com makes a good point regarding the thought process that should go into a lawyer's use of linked in. I'm sure there will be information leaks at major firms in the near future and a series of legal confrontations shortly thereafter.

I would offer up that the participation of linked in ought to be addressed in firm policy. Security and business development ought to be seriously considered.

posted by Christopher @ 1:54 PM

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Collaboration presentation

James Robertson was kind enough to post a recent presentation he did entitled Ten tips for succeeding at collaboration. I really appreciate his emphasis on the necessity to define a clear purpose for a collaboration to succeed.

I often explain this as 'the loop', the phenomena one experiences where you see the results of your input returning greater than the effort required. For example, a user agrees to share his/her contacts with a centralized CRM system and as a result is able to see who else in the firm has a relationship with that person.

posted by Christopher @ 11:53 AM