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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. When a client comes to me and asks for a service outside my area of focus, I refer them to one of my partners, with whom I have a pre-negotiated referral fee. In 2012 I passed along between 35 and 40% of the work that came my way.

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Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012

Small Business Labs

Gosh, is it already time for 2012 top 10 prediction lists?    I guess so since Gartner recently released their list of the top 10 technologies and trends they think will be strategic for most organizations in 2012.   Local search is an example.  Gartner's top 10 are: 1. 

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The prospect is now a patient and has referred dozens of friends. These examples have one thing in common: From start to finish, these business people and their teams thrilled their customers. Here’s an example: “Hi, I’m Jenny. According to the Echo 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer , only 7 percent of U.S.

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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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Breazeal later co-founded Jibo , a company that developed personal assistant robots in 2012. Using the examples of recent advances like Alexa and ChatGPT , Breazeal describes these technologies as social interfaces, or personified AI systems, that don’t present themselves as a tool.

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What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?

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In 2012, Forever.com was launched to offer online storage to its users and a digital archive of their photos, potentially sowing the first seeds of what has over the years flourished into the business of managing one’s digital legacy. * * *. In the U.S.,

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How Workplace Design Can Help Attract Gen Z

Allwork

Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z currently makes up 30 percent of the world’s population and is expected to make up 27% of the workforce by 2025. Moreover, Flexibility can refer to more than just being able to work from home. This article was written by Salma Siddiqi and was originally published on Work Design Magazine.

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The Internet and a pile of turtles that goes all the way down

Workplace Insight

A good example of this is offered by the example of Alan Turing (above), the face on the £50 note as we Brits try to make some sort of amends for his maltreatment and the subject of a biopic given added lustre by the presence of Benedict Cumberbatch in the starring role.

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