Desire to Lead for Change
Change, for better or for worse, is a constant. Everything is constantly changing or evolving and most changes are an attempt to improve something. Technology changes and evolves and improves our productivity, systems can change the way we do business, politicians create laws to change our behavior, and citizen often band together to change and improve our societies. What does change always need? Desire and leadership are two of the most important characteristics of those seeking to affect change.
There are many examples of women taking charge and striving to lead societal improvement. You too may want to change something for the good of your family, your local town, or for those with big aspirations, the world.
As women in technology and of the web, the world is at our fingertips. We are no longer bound by proximity and we can affect change around the globe. We can post and have our words translated to numerous languages online and be read by people from all different countries, cultures and all walks of life. Our business connections can literally span the globe without ever leaving your country and you can touch others’ lives even though you never meet those people whose live you touch.
What’s holding you back? Do you think you need a fancy title to lead change? Or have to be a “manager” to have others follow you to do good?
To help you find your next mission to lead, be it at work, at home, or somewhere in the world, here are some tips in focusing on your desire to make a difference: Continue Reading “Desire to Lead for Change”
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Do It Yourself Search Engine Optimization Tips
Search engine optimization (SEO) is extremely important to any website or blog. The higher the search engines rank your website the more website traffic gets directed to your web site, which you will hopefully be able to convert into loyal users.
Although SEO can get quite complex, there are simple things you can do yourself to ensure that your business website ranks higher in search engines for specific keywords. The first thing you need to do is to define the keywords and phrases you want to optimize for.
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Get Inspired by the 2008 International Design Excellence Winners
| Need some inspiration? Then check out the winners of the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards, or IDEA. | |
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As an interaction designer, I went straight to the category on Interactive Product Experiences. There was no gold winner in this category—just three silvers and one bronze. A winner making high claims is the Hamilton Medical G5 GUI, a new medical device that boasts it eliminates “many of the chances of human error in the process of delivering respiratory care”. |
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I was happy to see a nod to the Sugar User Interface from the nonprofit group One Laptop per Child, the which aims to provide every kid in developing countries with a personal laptop. |
But we’re not just talking online design. Winning designs range from print to apparel. There’s a category for just about everything. Here are just a few:
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| Even if most of us work in a virtual space, we can still draw inspiration from our fellow designers who have approached problems in other media in new and interesting ways. Just browsing this list has reminded me to not just go after something no one else is doing but to also rethink and challenge traditional designs that we’re taking for granted. Here are some of my favorites: | |
| The Greencard: An eco-friendly business card |  |
| Eva Solo Bin: A trash bin that boasts it “solves every problem found with most current designs” |  |
| Tribord CR900: A lifejacket designed specifically for women |  |
| SENZ XL Storm Umbrella: The first aerodynamic golf umbrella |  |
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Lifestreaming to promote your brand: a new social media trend
Lifestreaming is an online record of a person’s daily activities compiled together by an application into one blog-like “stream”. Through a lifestreaming application, you can specify which accounts you want to add (i.e. your Blog posts, Flickr photos, del.icio.us bookmarks, Facebook posts, Twitter posts, etc) and the lifestreaming application will combine all of your content into one stream.
Richard MacManus from ReadWriteWeb.com wrote a great post on how companies are trying to find a way to leverage lifestreaming to promote their brands.
To back up its case for brands using lifestreaming tools, Pheedo points to a recent Universal McCann report stating that content consumption outside of websites has increased 153% in the last 9 months. Overall, 53% of online users are consuming content outside of a publisher’s site - through the use of widgets, RSS readers, social networks and mobile devices.
These statistics indicate that as a company doing business online, if you are not engaging with your users outside your website, you are loosing out.
So, if you are not familiar with Lifestreaming and are not leveraging it for your business, here are some resources that will help you get started:
- Microblogging And Lifestreaming: A Beginner’s Guide
- FriendFeed and 8 Other Lifestreaming Services
- Lifestreaming: a ReadWriteWeb Primer
- 35 Ways to Stream Your Life
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Event: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
On July 30th, Ziff Davis Enterprise will be hosting a FREE Virtual Tradeshow on Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity that will focus on how to keep your business going when the unexpected happens.
Here is what you can expect once you register for the event:
- Live, interactive webcast discussions on how you can ensure the safety of your business’s valuable data.
- Informative disaster recovery resources and solutions from exhibitors.
- State-of-the-art chat, networking, and blog capabilities.
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