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Common Craft - NOT a Viral Video Company
The truth is, we make high quality educational videos - videos that help organizations and individuals accomplish goals. The best we can do is make a quality product and attract people and organizations that want to buy it. But the value of our videos is not so much in blog posts or viral distribution, it's in solving problems for people and organizations whose job is to inform and educate others, on and off the web. I've been really excited to see the feedback about the new Web License . Asking people to pay to embed a video has raised questions and responding to
Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English -
- Monday, March 15, 2010
H&M Clears Up Status as Green Villain With Sustainable Textile Collection
First the fast fashion brand got in trouble for destroying unused clothes, and then the company was accused of selling fake organic cotton. So it's no surprise that the company is trying to redeem itself with the "Garden Collection," a line of clothes made with tencel, recycled polyester, organic linen, and organic cotton. Of course, there's still a chance that the new organic cotton clothes are contaminated with GMO cotton, H&M has been hurting on the green front lately. Not to mention those Madonna tracksuits on the world).
Fast Company
- Monday, March 15, 2010
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Organize Your Workspace for Maximum Productivity
Luckily some simple organizing techniques can make your desk, cubicle, or office more conducive to higher levels of productivity.
This is the most obvious piece of organizing advice in the world — until you've got a letter to mail and can't find the stamps.
As you pilot your way through the business day, your workspace is your cockpit. If you can't see the gauges or reach the controls quickly and efficiently, you're in trouble.
HarvardBusiness.org
- Monday, June 1, 2009
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Why We Need Big Organizations
"Bye, bye, organization guy." That compels big institutions to re-conceive their operations, organization, and strategy through the talent lens , especially as competitive pressures continue to intensify and performance deteriorates--long-term trends documented in our recently released Shift Index.
Those words start the first chapter in the estimable Daniel Pink's Free Agent Nation , published in 2007. In that book, Pink observed how increasing numbers of people in the US are choosing to work as independent contractors, temps, and on a project-to-project basis.
HarvardBusiness.org
- Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Ultra-Efficient Organic LEDs
OLEDs could soon give fluorescent lighting a run for its money.
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Decrease Clutter with a Permanent Station for Transient Items [Organization]
Organizing things that have a permanent home isn't that difficult. At design and organization blog The Red Chair, they advocate creating a permanent station for your transient items. Tags: Organization Clutter Organizers Organizin Assign a space and be disciplined about returning the item. What about transient, outgoing items like library books, loaners from friends, and so on?
Lifehacker
- Sunday, October 4, 2009
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The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010
Think about your organization and ask yourself these two questions:
If you answered yes, then your organization is one of the majority of firms with over 100 employees that have yet to embrace the use of social media in the workplace for the average worker. In a study conducted by Robert Half Technology entitled " Whistle But Don't Tweet At Work ," many organizations are struggling with how to integrate social media into the workplace.
Are external social media sites restricted or blocked while at work?
Is the use of social media in the workplace inhibited or frowned
HarvardBusiness.org
- Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Should Your Organization "Go Google"?
They call the transition "going Google" and even offer a convincing calculator which shows you how much money your organization can save by outsourcing your IT needs to Google.
Plug in the numbers that match your organization here (click on the "Save Money" tab).
This is the hidden cost of "going Google" that your organization needs to include in its calculations. This month Google's running a billboard ad campaign (the only kind they do) in Boston, Chicago, New York and San Francisco encouraging businesses to switch to Google Apps from Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange.
HarvardBusiness.org
- Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Organize All Your Paper with a Central Home Binder [Organizers]
Tags: Paperwork Paper Contacts Health Organizers Household Organize No matter how digital your life, your doctors, sports clubs, and children's teachers won't be at the same level. A "Central Home Binder" is a convenient, centralized way to keep all your life's paper together. Sue at the Unclutterer blog uses a simple 1-inch binder with a plastic cover to keep her family's paperwork
Lifehacker
- Thursday, February 12, 2009
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Take 18 Minutes to Keep Your Days on Track [Organization]
According to the Harvard Business blog, you can organize an eight-hour work day and keep it on track by creating a ritual that'll only take a total of 18 minutes each day. Photo by koyochi Harvard Business blog's Peter Bregman outlines three steps on how to avoid those days when you can barely remember what you intended to accomplish by the time you reach for your keyboard: STEP 1 (5 Minutes) Set Plan for Day. Check out the full details on this time management ritual on the Harvard Business blog and tell us about how you organize your days and prevent slumps in productivity.
Lifehacker
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
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The New Organization Model: Learning at Scale
By freeing people to interact and collaborate with others outside of traditional hierarchical organizations, by reducing information asymmetries between producers of goods and services and those who buy them, by democratizing control over communications and media--in these and other ways our digital infrastructure is granting new autonomy and freedom to individuals, both as consumers and as employees. (For In recent posts we've described a massive institutional transformation that will occur as part of the big shift: the move from institutions designed for scalable efficiency to institutions designed for scalable learning.
HarvardBusiness.org
- Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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WarrantyElephant Organizes and Tracks Your Warranties [Organization]
While not something you usually jump out of your chair with excitement over, saving the full cost of a replacement makes a warranty something you'll pump your fist in victory over when your organization pays off. WarrantyElephant [via MakeUseOf ]
...Tags: Tags: Organization Consumer Protection Saving Money Warrantie Warranties aren't fun or Bluetooth-capable, but they are crucial when you need them. Keep proper track of your product warranties with the WarrantyElephant web site.
Lifehacker
- Saturday, June 27, 2009
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