Whether you work in a home office or a giant faceless corporation, nothing beats a whiteboard for sketching ideas, outlining projects, and the like. Web Worker Daily offers eight tips on making the most of a whiteboard, starting with these two: Daily task list. If you prefer...
Vince Casarez, vice president of product management at Oracle, explains how Web 2.0 technologies, such as tags, wikis, and mash-ups, can be applied within an organization.
Ted Smith, a research fellow at CNET Networks, explains how the structure of influence has changed from a pyramid to a diamond shape, as information flows within vast social networks.
Whiteboards are undeniably handy to have on the wall, but they cost a small fortune. Even one that measures just 3x4 feet can run hundreds of dollars. Blogger Chris Metcalf writes about his experience with a dirt-cheap alternative:The same material that they make most commercial whiteboards out of is available...
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PALO ALTO, Calif. & LAS VEGAS -- scanR, Inc. today announced scanR Whiteboards for the new PalmR TreoTM 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless running on Windows MobileR 5.0. The new application from scanR makes it easy to capture notes written on whiteboards and scan them into useful digital files. Using...
Digital whiteboard Interlink will demontrate its new FreeBeam wireless whiteboard conversion system, which it introduced last fall. Using Interlink's RemoteLink wireless technology, FREEBEAM turns standard ink markers and standard whiteboards Digital whiteboard ...
Got a sketchy idea you want to share with others 10 time zones a way? The eBeam, from Electronics for Imaging, Foster City, Calif., captures notes written on whiteboards in color, displays them on a computer monitor, then saves or sends them in a v ...
Nothing spoils a presentation more than yesterday's technology. Dull, blurred, grainy pictures from elderly projectors; poorly typed, twink-splattered overhead transparencies. Not only does it show the presenter in a bad light, it also reflects dimly on the company image.It's time to pension-off the OHP and step into the world of...
Encouragement—it free, it's fast, and it can change the way employees work. But it's more than just a pat on the back. It's the art and science of getting someone to do more of something they're already doing well. Follow the SPIFFI technique—specific, pure, positive, immediate, frequent, and...
Are employees' eyes glazing over at meetings? Do you start to wonder why you're even there? Edward Muzio of Group Harmonics explains how to turbo-charge meeting agendas by adding 'expected outcomes'.
Conflict isn't necessarily a bad thing, in fact, it can create highly performing teams. Bruce Tuckman's theory of team development suggests that all groups progress through various stages of performance: from forming to storming, then norming, and finally performing. By learning to fight about the right things--goals, roles, and strategies—teams...
Ever found yourself on a team where you're solving the same problem over and over again? Edward Muzio, President and CEO of Group Harmonics, says that by using the "hourglass model"--agreeing on the facts first and managing your meetings better, you're more likely to find a solution that sticks.
Team meetings can be tricky. You want everyone to participate, but no one to dominate. So, how do you determine the amount of interaction and how do you shift the balance? Ed Muzio offers up the self-regulating "Hill of Influence" model.
PORTOLA VALLEY -- It's 9 a.m. Wednesday, and Miss D'Angelo's first-grade students are gathered at her feet for a spelling lesson. Only they're not reading the words off a blackboard -- they are creating them. "Who can make new words out of these letters?" asks D'Angelo,...
Interactive setting provides students quick, colorful access to information SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Electronic whiteboards, surround sound systems, digital cameras and other technological advances have elementary students at one Santa Clarita Valley school increasingly engaged in their studies, aiming at higher academic performances, officials announced today during a...
SMART TECHNOLOGIES Unifi 45, Projector Hardware, $2,999 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SMART's new Unifi 45 is a short-throw projector designed for use with interactive whiteboards, particularly SMARTs models, even including the discontinued 500 series. It offers 2,000 lumens of brightness, X6A resolution, and has...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HITACHI CP-A100/FX Duo 77 Bundle Interactive Whiteboard System Hardware, $3,995 Hitachi unveiled this interactive whiteboard package at InfoComm this year. Combining the Hitachi CP-A100 ultra short-throw projector, Hitachi FX Duo 77 interactive whiteboard, and a custom wall mount,...