We were recently asked to gather perceptions around the issue of going green. Companies want to better understand how important this issue is to their current and prospective customers, the best ways to deliver “greener” services and solutions, and how to effectively communicate the ripple effect of those green benefits to their customer organizations. This
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Who’s Your Champion?
There are many successful companies out there that don’t yet have a structured approach to research. In this scenario, a critical factor is having a motivated and empowered internal champion that can rally and integrate the stakeholders and drive strategic success. This person must be skilled at facilitating a continuous, cross-functional communications loop internally –
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Marine Corps Blocks Access to Social Networking Sites
This week it was announced via this message that access to social networking sites (such as Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Twitter) was officially banned on NIPRNET, the Marine Corps enterprise network. While use of these sites had not been banned across the Marine Corps prior to this announcement, there were already many facilities for which
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OPM Seeks Public Input for their Strategic Plan
Last week Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced that OPM is taking a giant step forward in transparency,?? becoming the first government agency to put its proposed 5-year strategic plan online, open for both the public and employees to comment. Further, they will make comments immediately available for the public to read. What
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