Meg Whitman's Shadow Campaign?

I am a blogger. I am not a consultant. I have railed on consultants for a long time (just ask JCA or MTA for example...) One thing I know about consultants - they can certainly help a client navigate the mess of campaign rules. I think Meg Whitman has a consultant already... I personally have had a different [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:40:08

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Understanding the Difference Between a Commerical Arborist and a Consulting Arborist

Guest Blogger Katy Krokower offers us a better understanding of various kinds of tree care professionals: ... witness testimony, problem diagnosis, management plan recommendations, and other consulting tasks ... you to pay for the services. While some consultants [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 20:55:38

Technical Security Consultant - OMAN

Job Details Job Title: Technical Security Consultant Location: Muscat, Oman Salary: £ Competitive, + Accom & Vehicle Start Date: T.B.A ... in Muscat, they will deliver bespoke consulting services to a diverse range of clients, with a focus ... of all the latest technological advances in the security market. • To contribute to business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 11:44:50

The Dell Shakeup: Everyone Becomes a Consultant; Few Seem Impressed With Latest Re-org

Today closes a chapter in the Dell (DELL) recovery story: Founder and CEO Michael Dell hired Mike Cannon, ... to leave Dell with lots of consultants: Cannon’s to be replaced by Jeff Clarke, who has been head of business client products, but Cannon will remain on as a consultant. At the same time, the company’s head [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:05:00

The Dell Shakeup: Everyone Becomes a Consultant; Few Seem Impressed With Latest Re-org

Today closes a chapter in the Dell (DELL) recovery story: Founder and CEO Michael Dell hired Mike Cannon, ... to leave Dell with lots of consultants: Cannon’s to be replaced by Jeff Clarke, who has been head of business client products, but Cannon will remain on as a consultant. At the same time, the company’s head [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:48:27

How to sell your product or service in China

I belong to a great consulting network - Midatlantic Consultants Network (MACN). James Chan is a long time member of MACN and runs a consulting practice called “Asia Marketing and Management“. He gave a talk on December 9, 2008 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:00:12

Publishing: Saved!

Over the past few years, the publishing industry has entered a kind of recession as it struggles to cope with the demands of new technology and an ever-evolving readership. However, we’re pleased to announce that, through a consulting ... of this productive relationship. Rum and Monkey’s experts are available for consulting in a wide range [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 06:49:38

January 22, 2009: Back to Warren Today

I was really exhausted this morning when I pulled myself out of bed.  Alternating shifts are hard to handle ... I am not an employee but a consultant.  It’s times like this that being a consultant is so much less stressful ... because it gives me an opportunity to work with the equities business in addition to fixed income [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:57:33

One of My Big Announcements for January

First, to everyone who looked at the picture in the last entry and said to yourself, “why, John Scalzi is in Vancouver, Canada, of course, ... , can now be revealed: I have a new gig as Creative Consultant for the upcoming Stargate: Universe ... me onboard. To answer questions that immediately come to mind: What “creative consultant” means [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:28:38

Veteran Consultant Chris Wysocki Joining Mimi Walter's Staff

Veteran GOP consultant and (new father) Chris Wysocki is taking a leave-of-absence from Gilliard, Blanning, Wysocki & Associates to serve as a policy consultant to newly-minted Sen. Mimi Walters.GBWA have run Mimi's campaigns since her first Assembly race, including her walloping victory over Anaheim Councilman [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:01:41

How do you tell if your social media consultant is the real deal?

Guinea 1. Image via Wikipedia Awhile I ago I suggested that it might not be a brilliant plan to hire a consultant or agency to help you with your ... or male pattern baldness. Bottom line....you want an agency or consultant who is bullish on social [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 06:47:36

OLIVIA - SCOTT VENTRELLA - Dec 03,2008

A dynamic and popular lecturer, respected educator, business consultant, life coach, and published author, Scott W ... . Ventrella is the founder of Positive Dynamics, a consulting and coaching company devoted ... and professional services for Fortune 500 markets, including a performance consultancy based [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 10:58:42

My 2009 Action Plan

Ben at Money Smart Life doesn’t like me. I can tell. He tagged me to make a New Year’s Action Plan. Crud. I’ve been avoiding this ... peripheral as well.I want to focus on my job. In the last year, since I started work as a consultant, I don’ ... by the Feds. It’s weird. It’s creepy. I’ll stick to what I’m doing as a consultant, but I want to strive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:55:21

Prayer Request

For all of you who know and maybe not know the family, here is something FOR SURE pray about! ... we or the doctors originally thought. A genetic consultant met with us this morning after ... consultant noted and this indicated to her that he may have an extra chromosome, which is a serious situation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 03:35:00

Maternity Nurse Sussex

Experienced maternity nurse required for 1st baby due June in West Sussex - Horsted Keynes. Usual maternity duties ... about yourself. If you have already attended a registration interview with a Harmony At Home consultant please ... posting will be reviewed by a consultant, only successful candidates who have forwarded an up to date [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:05:49

Sure glad I got that MBA

I graduated from business school in 2001, straight into the teeth of the last recession. This article sure brings back some painful memories. If you're a newly minted MBA, I offer the following, not very helpful advice: Cast a wide net. I did both journalism and technology consulting after my management consulting firm blew [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 20:31:51

Private Equity: It?s Not a Downturn, It?s a Decimation

Private-equity mavens like to describe the credit crisis as a “perfect storm” or “financial tsunami, ... . Boston Consulting recommends that firms groom their portfolio companies to make them recession proof ... Consulting Group, devoted meteorologists of the financial industry, joined with University of Navarra [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 12:03:00

Edwards Lifesciences To Disclose Ties To Doctors

The maker of replacement heart valves plans in the second half of 2009 to post on its web site ties with docs who are paid more than $5,000 a year in consulting fees, royalties and honoraria, but will begin targeted tracking ... of a deal with federal prosecutors last year that resolved allegations of payoffs for consulting deals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 20:43:52

Why you need an Image Consultant

By ErikaAn Image Consultant is the best accessory you can have in your life! A personal stylist is no longer a luxury reserved for the Rich and Famous. As life happens, sometimes you loose track of yourself. Being overwhelmed with work, family, kids, school, or anything else that requires a lot of your time keeps you frazzeled and very busy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:25:00

Steve Jobs and Apple, Indispensability, and Corporate Longevity

There has been much discussion of leadership at Apple recently. Is Steve Jobs indispensable? Short answer: “yes” In fact: “absolutely ... innovation  consultant” to the effect that this is not so, that Jobs has solid people in place ... and innovation consultant to corporations and governments. ‘The “great man” theory does hold water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 09:47:55

How to kill off grandma - who needs Shipman?

Who is going to clean this up? In Eric and Rhoda update : from bad to worse, I said: Eric is still distressed ... ..." So read this from a Consultant Psychiatrist: When I saw her on the ward, she was lying in urine ... had no idea that her patient was demented, or what that meant... On The Wards - by a consultant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 19:01:16

Fox News Politics Headlines: 22 January 2009

Report: Cheney Says Bush Should’ve Pardoned LibbyThe former vice president told The Weekly Standard that his former chief of staff is an upstanding public servant who was caught in a vortex of political grandstanding. Top Democratic Consultant Named as ‘Adviser B’ on Blagojevich tapesProminent Washington consultant Frederick Yang was secretly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 04:20:39

Can US Natural Gas Production Be Ramped Up?

Navigant Consulting Inc (NCI) recently prepared a report called North American Natural Gas Supply Assessment on behalf of a natural gas organization ... , based on Navigant Consulting estimates of shale gas and tight gas production. break My analysis ... natural gas resources in the United States, and recent improvements in technology point to the [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 14:35:33

Obama's Visit to Pakistan: Why?

During the Obama campaign press secretary Bill Burton released information about Obama's visit to Pakistan for “about three weeks” in 1981 ... . Now a financial consultant in Armonk, N.Y., and an Obama fundraiser, Chandoo has declined to comment ... Waqt, reported that Dunham worked as a consultant for a Pakistan Agricultural Development Bank program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:23:00

How to Jump-Start Your Coaching Business with Your Blog

If you want to run a real business online and make money, coaching or consulting is one of the best business models there is. I should know. :) ... no-where. Reading several of the most recommended blog business reports helped very little,  simply ... that fit the unique challenges of my business. After the consulting call with Michael, I can now see [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 03:15:11

India will run super-fast bullet trains

Enthused by an exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train last week during his visit to Japan, ... routes and that his ministry would start scouting for global consultants. “The day is not far off ... ministry will be appointing global consultants for introducing the high-speed trains in India,” he said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:48:16

IT Bell-weather Microsoft Cuts Back - What Does This Mean for IT Services?

Weighing down the stock market (besides the other various bad news) was Microsoft's announcement of its first ever job cuts, in total 5,000 employees ... . So what does this mean for IT services? Well, all of the sudden, I think a business segment ... not), and as it was shown even in Microsoft's results (its consulting business grew by 16%), consulting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 15:48:00

Norm Coleman Takes A Job?

The Minnesota recount saga still hasn’t ended, but Coleman is already moving on? ... to be seated in the Senate, has taken a paid job as a consultant to the Republican Jewish Coalition ... the group as a “consultant and strategic advisor,” and will also travel the country fundraising [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 15:59:35

Breaking News From 2012: Stocks Recover From Financial Crisis

Elizabeth Pfeuti, of Financial News, files this dispatch on the optimism of fund managers ... the technology bubble burst in 2000. Managers responsible for $10 trillion responded to the consultant’ ... and competitive marketplace,” said Carl Hess, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:45:00

Paul Dunay: People Don’t Buy 'Run of the Mill' Anything Anymore!

I work in a professional services firm and in order for firms like ours to differentiate themselves, ... understands its business, the needs of its customers, and the broader marketplace in which it operates.” ... in the field? Same applies in consulting because people just don’t buy run of the mill consultants [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:37:18

Urban Land Arizona conference...

Yesterday I was following along Arizona Republic writer, Catherine Reagor, as she was twittering from the Urban Land Arizona conference ... , D.C.-based real-estate consulting firm Robert Charles Lesser and Co. Zelman said only 2,000 new homes ... creation on a list of the nation's top 25 metro areas, Rosen Consulting said."Phoenix [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:36:00

How to Twitter away a good gig in Memphis

How to Twitter away a good gig in Memphis Category: Digital culture "'I would die if I had to live here." - Tweet from a PR consultant landing in Memphis to give a presentation. "A hazard of social networking is people will read what you write." - Email sent soon afterward to PR consultant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 03:55:51

Read This If You Want to Make Money Blogging

I’m not a "problogger". I don’t do the whole "how to make money online by blogging" thing. My focus is business blogging in order to attract clients to my blog consulting services ... to my success. I have since shifted my focus to consulting and to running a business, but when I first decided [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 08:53:16

Next Salesforce User Group Learning Session: 11 Feb

Hi All, I hope this finds you well and revelling in self satisfaction, having stuck to your new year's resolutions for nearly a month now ... and Technology Consultants salesforce.com Consulting Partner Suite 505, Level 5, 22 Market Street, Sydney [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 04:29:06

Two Excellent Resources from Consulting Colleagues

I wanted to point you to two great resources from some consulting colleagues of mine. First, Wes Trochlil is publishing a series of podcast interviews with the CEOs of association management system vendors. Second, Jeff Cobb is publishing a series of reports on survey results [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:26:22

Choosing the Best SEO Solution

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is increasingly important to the success of your business, it’s vital to get and stay ahead of your competition ... . Consultancy An SEO consultant is an expert that provides professional advice and services including [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 10:50:55

Norm Coleman Unofficially Conceding MN Senate Race?

It appears Norm Coleman may finally be giving up his long shot battle to retain his MN Senate seat ... Franken to be seated in the Senate, has taken a paid job as a consultant to the Republican Jewish ... will join the group as a "consultant and strategic advisor," and will also travel the country [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 20:09:43

Ranbaxy shares gain as US government withdraws motion

Share prices of India's largest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories gained 9.08 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ... consultancy firm Parexel were not disclosing. DoJ had said in its submission to the Maryland Court Sep 29 that the legal consultancy firm hired by Ranbaxy has produced nearly 500,000 documents so far [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 04:51:50

FDA Tapped Pharma Consultant For DTC Web Site

The agency hired a non-profit that is run by Michael Shaw, an advertising consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, to help design a new consumer campaign about direct-to-consumer advertising, Integrity in Science Watch reports. (Here is the press release) [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 13:37:37

How to run a creative business

ReCourses, Inc. is a management consulting firm that specializes in working with advertising agencies, design studios, PR firms, ... Pains Promoting Timekeeping Compliance ReCourses management consulting creative The collection [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:28:18

Tube Bits for 01/15/2008

The big news of the day (well, yesterday): John Scalzi is now a creative consultant for Stargate Universe. Excellent, a real life SF author actually working on a SF series! Joe Mallozzi has more on what a 'creative consultant' actually does. Sci Fi Wire has an exclusive clip of Sci Fi's new series [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:06:34

S-L-O-W D-O-W-N, S-T-E-V-E!

Steve does everything fast . . . he runs five miles most days . . . he zips through his check-list every weekend . . ... ! Our consultant came up with a perfect analogy: our consultant is NOT a runner and, if Steve wanted to take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 02:47:00

Frederick Yang, Top Democratic Consultant, Caught On FBI's Blagojevich Tapes

CHICAGO — A partner in a prominent, Washington-based political consulting firm is among those secretly recorded discussing ways Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can cash in on President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. Frederick S. Yang, a top executive at Peter D [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 02:35:15

UAW Floating ‘Phantom Employees’ and Avoiding Property Taxes At Luxury Golf Course?

-By Warner Todd Huston Some new tough questions are being asked about Black Lake Golf Club, ... to. Research by Laborpains.org and Zarko Research and Consulting is raising several vexing ... to Chet Zarko of Zarko Research and Consulting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:57:01

What does a social media consultant do?

This morning, my Kiwi compatriot, Simon Young (@audaciousgloop on Twitter) ... , change management, cultural change, mentoring, teaching, consulting. The technology part [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:26:31

Head hunting firm Randstad starts integrating Indian subsidiaries

Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) The Netherlands-based 9.19-billion euro ($13.9-billion or Rs.586-billion) ... , Team HR Services (popularly known as Team4U), Ma Foi Consulting Solutions, Ma Foi Global Search Services and Ma Foi Management Consultants. While BBT, EmmayHR and Team4U were part of Randstad, the Ma [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 07:27:37

How Small a Part SEO Plays In Getting a New Site to Dominate SERPs

> I’d say one of the biggest problems SEOs struggle with is that it is all about rankings and traffic, rather than conversions ... Sullivan Internet Consulting firm Calafia An excerpt from http://sharkseo.com/whitehat/whats ... . ***************************************************************************************************************** [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 04:35:36

Should You Have Kids?

My friend Naomi, a successful consultant in the Bay Area, told me that an invitation arrived in her office mailbox one day ... at it from different angles. Here’s something to remember. When it comes to making life decisions, there’ ... answer here. The pressure to have kids is definitely present in any woman’s life.  Actually, I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 04:03:02

Paterson's Campaign Keeps Spending

Paterson’s Campaign Keeps Spending By Danny Hakim Gov. David A. Paterson took in nearly $3 ... to Global Strategy Group, the political consulting and polling firm that has been the go-to consultancy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:11:30

7 ways I’ve almost killed FreshBooks

I’ve often said, “were it not for Joe and Levi, I would have run this company into the ground long ago”. The fact is, truer words were seldom spoken ... there are. 4. Placing my faith in consultants Nobody cares about your business as much as you do, and frankly ... Rocking a spreadsheet is important in my books - it gets you thinking about your busin [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 16:02:38

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