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Wallstrip Chat: Ted Rheingold talks Dogster, Catster
Julie Alexandria continues her visit to Menlo Park, and has a conversation with Ted Rheingold, founder of Dogster and Catster. Rheingold discusses why he created the online communities for dog and cat lovers, and their monetization strategy.
Tags: investing, stocks, stock stock exchange, wallstrip, julie alexandria, howard lindzon, analysts, start-up, menlo park, community, pets, critterster, animals, catster, dogster, ted rheingold, Julie, nyse, nasdaq, invest
Videos 2008-06-18
Demetrios Mavromichalis : Revitalizing Community Through Business
Demetrios Mavromichalis is the owner of Venice Grind, a coffee shop he opened for the purpose of supporting the neighborhood where he grew up. Mavromichalis talks about the ways Venice Grind has helped revitalize the community and the many benefits of his coffee.
Tags: revitalize, coffee, Grind, Venice, Demetrios Mavromichalis, Community, Demetrios Mavromichalis, Benefits, neighborhood, Human Resources
Videos 2008-04-04
Getting Closer To Customers with a “Collegial Atmosphere”
The lines between companies and their customers are increasingly blurred, with businesses aiming to build a “collegial environment” that allows customers to interact easily and participate in product development and other processes. Conferences, workshops, collaborative working, and joint development projects, as well as interactive online services all help to contribute...
Tags: Delegate, Environment, Industry, Conference, Community, Product Development, Strategy, Team Management, Business Structures, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-12-13
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Innovation is critical for companies that want to remain competitive in the long term. It’s a key discipline within product development and it underpins quality customer service. Although many companies recognize its importance, it can be difficult to identify the sources of innovation and create an innovative culture. A good...
Tags: Innovation, Team, Community, Idea, Goal, Invention, Specialist Team, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Employee, Foundation, Team Management, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-11-15
Improving Customer Loyalty
Retaining customer loyalty is vital to the long-term success and profitability of your business. With industry consolidation, increasing competition, and changes in the marketplace, you need to work harder than ever to maintain a strong customer base. Improving customer loyalty is an essential element in customer retention. What You...
Tags: customer retention, customer relationship, industry, auditing, decision-making, benefit, market research, consulting, supply chain, supplier, team, survey, performance, Service, BNET Editorial, Management, Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Industry Experience, Community, Internet, Marketing Research, Web Site Development, Product, Cost Reduction, Newsletter, Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Sales Strategy, Customer Loyalty, Information, Business, Customer
Articles 2007-10-10
Social Networking Insiders Build Your Brand for Free
Web 2.0 has transformed word-of-mouth marketing; advocates can now share their opinions and experiences through blogs and other online forums, including fan, rating, and social networking sites. (This means you need to monitor your online reputation closely to avoid viral attacks from disgruntled customers.) So how can you take a proactive role in building a buzz about...
Tags: Community, Lori Deschene, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Online Communications, Social Networking, Network, Brand, Web 2.0
Blog posts 2007-10-09
The Construction Of 'Communities Of Practice' In The Management Of Innovation
The notion of 'Community of practice' has achieved prominence in the context of wider debates on knowledge, learning and innovation in organizations. It has played a crucial role in highlighting the extent to which knowledge and learning is situated in collaborative work practices and has provided an important counterpoint to...
Tags: Innovation, Community, Knowledge, University Of Warwick, Leadership, Strategy, Management
White papers 2003-03-27
Understanding The Nature Of Participation & Coordination In Open And Gated Source Software Development Communities
Voluntary product development communities have no paid staff or management and may even be geographically dispersed, yet they provide participants with a social context and the resources to create useful products that have, on occasion, displaced or significantly improved-upon commercially-produced products. Such communities represent a very different type of organizational...
Tags: Software, Community, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Software Development, Product Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Marketing
White papers 2003-06-09
Automated Identification Of Web Communities For Business Intelligence Analysis
Analysts often search the Web for business intelligence using traditional search engines which provide keyword-based search. Nowadays, it has been suggested that the incoming links, or backlinks, of a company's Web site can provide useful information about the company's "Web communities". Analysis of these communities can provide useful signals for...
Tags: Web, Community, University Of Hong Kong, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
White papers 2006-10-17
Confronting the Challenges of an Ethical Supply Chain
Pure philanthropy, as a way of engaging with local communities, is on the way out. The future is in "Strategic social investment" - targeted programs that benefit the business and the community at the same time. Shell Australia's head of external affairs describes how the company has used strategic social...
Tags: Supply Chain, Community, Melcrum Publishing, Investment, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Finance, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2004-12-01
Gated Communities May Be Underexposed
A person may not find his dream home in a gated community because developers often don't fully expose such homes to the demographic group that has revealed a growing penchant for the properties. Seventy-nine percent of the home sales in upscale golf course communities, for example, are sold by developers'...
Tags: Community, Realty Times, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2004-10-15
Crisis Communication Tips
When a syphilis outbreak takes place in the community, most often the state or local health department will execute a communication plan to inform key segments of the community about the issue. But as an organization supporting the Syphilis Elimination Effort SEE, what should one do or how can one...
Tags: Community, Health Care, Crisis Communication, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-03-07
Linking Ecological Monitoring to Decision-Making at Community and Landscape Scales
Gathering information at the community level helps ensure that Community Based Monitoring CBM is relevant to each individual community. The CBM process allows decision-makers to describe their information needs and strengthen relationships with stakeholders. When information needs are identified, monitoring becomes demand-driven, informing the development of effective tools and solutions...
Tags: Government Of Canada, Community, Monitoring, Decision-making, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2005-02-01
Analysis of Trust in the E-commerce Adoption
Understanding user acceptance of the Internet, especially the usage intention of virtual communities, is important in explaining the fact that virtual communities have been growing at an exponential rate in recent years. This paper studies the trust of virtual communities to better understand and manage the activities of E-commerce. A...
Tags: Community, Analysis, E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
White papers 2005-12-22
Intelligent Community Lifecycle Support
Knowledge sharing in communities has attracted much attention in the field of knowledge management in research and practice. This paper outlines a view where the community lifecycle is supported at different stages. The central component of framework is the community ontology SWRC+COIN that describes the typical structure of communities. This...
Tags: Community, Knowledge, University Of Karlsruhe, Strategy, Knowledge Management, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-06-29
Twelve Lessons to Develop and Sustain Online Knowledge Communities
The development of online communities is rapidly becoming one of the important tools in Knowledge Management. Online communities have been emerging steadily and rapidly since the early nineties. Initially these online communities were being developed outside the corporate world. More recently, however, they have also become an organization reality. The...
Tags: Community, Knowledge, University Of Sao Paulo, Strategy, Knowledge Management, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2003-03-05
Community Meeting Agenda
This template is for community meeting agenda.
Tags: Community, Microsoft Corp., Agenda
Tools & templates
Interpersonal Communication Of A Particular Group Of Thai Consumers As Interpretive Community
The objectives of this paper are: To advance the interpretive community theory in the Thai context; and to demonstrate the relevance of interpretive community and interpersonal communication to the practice of advertising under a conceptual perspective of persuasion. This study discovers the perspectives of a particular group of Thai consumers...
Tags: Credibility, Community, Advertisement, Interpersonal Communication, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2007-02-22
Poor Job Hunting Results May Be "Packaging" Issue
The economy is clearly on the rebound and businesses are indicating that they will hire more employees in the new year. Use your connections to the business community (your boss, the VP of Business Administration must have lots of meetings with people in the community). If there are a few...
Tags: Job, Community, JobDig, Professional Development, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2008-01-01
Does Your Company Feel Like a Community?
The Bambara are the main farming tribe in Mali. They have great respect for words, which are like gods to them. Words, like gods, can make anything happen. So a wise elder will not speak much. So when the elder decided to speak,...
Tags: Community, Organization, Bambara, Performance Management, Professional Development, Microsoft Word, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Jo Owen
Blog posts 2008-10-17
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