Glimpses into the future of Search, Computing, and Technology

Posted on25. Jul, 2010 by Jeff Dance.

As we prepare for the future, we look to emergent innovation, not just continuous innovation.  To help understand what’s coming, we hypothesize on the near term, mid term, and long term timing of a few concepts worth watching a video about (below).  While emergent vs. continuous could be argued for the concepts below, all are [...]

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10 questions to evaluate your Enterprise 2.0 adoption strategy

Posted on27. Feb, 2010 by Jeff Dance.

Just because Enterprise 2.0 tools are often easier to use and social in nature doesn’t mean everyone is going to adopt them. After all, there is always inertia to change no matter what it is, especially with how busy we all are.
Whether you are a small business or a large enterprise, a little planning [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 Technology delivers more Efficiency (4 of 10)

Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

More Efficiency (part 4 of 10-part Enterprise 2.0 series introduced here)
Our approach to efficiency is outdated
The scientific management movement developed distinct processes to decouple management and labor and break down skills into discrete automated tasks with the goal of removing inefficiencies and implementing measurement and control. It worked. The more efficient you were, [...]

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What’s in it for business? a conversation about Twitter in 140 characters or less

Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

A Conversation about Twitter is a 5-part educational series that rolls through a dialogue between Twitter Tina (Twitter fan) and Tom (Twitter skeptic) in blurbs of 140 characters or less. The third part “What’s in it for business?” focuses on the benefits of a business Twitter account.
Part Three – A Conversation About Twitter
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Why Should I Join Twitter? in a conversation of 140 characters or less

Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

Why Should I Join? is the second part of our 5-part educational series that rolls through a dialogue between Twitter Tina (Twitter fan) and Tom (Twitter skeptic) in blurbs of 140 characters or less. This second part focuses on the benefits of a personal Twitter account.
You can view the first part here.
Part Two – A [...]

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What is Twitter? in a conversation of 140 Characters or Less

Posted on14. Nov, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

Twitter is silly, yet powerful– simple, yet sophisticated–focused, but broad–local, but worldwide.  Love it or hate it, the fact is it’s often misunderstood.  Hence, the interest in writing a short series that educates the basic to advanced user with greater levels of understanding.

There are dozens of books written on Twitter, but we believed it could [...]

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Sneak Peak of “The Rise of Collaborative Networks” (video is still in draft)

Posted on03. Nov, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

In the last 40 years, the world has changed at an exponential rate. With exponential computing power, the advent of the Internet and millions of connected devices, information moves faster and cheaper to more people. The knowledge economy is growing and a new collaboration age has emerged, led by a new generation of web-based technology [...]

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5 Incredible Viral Videos About The New Web

Posted on13. Oct, 2009 by Brent Dance.

For a video crash course on how the social and information rich web has changed, is changing, and will change us all, check out our quick and simple compilation of YouTube videos.
We scoured Web 2.0-related videos and storyboarded what we thought to be the key concepts. Interestingly enough, the sequence of the compilation seems to [...]

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Three years of analysis later, McKinsey says YES, Web 2.0 technology brings business results

Posted on25. Sep, 2009 by Brent Dance.

Call it a culture shift, call it new technologies, call it a consumer fad, call it what you will, Web 2.0 is worth it for business.

Web 2.0 is worth it for business

McKinsey Quarterly’s “Global Survey” analyzed responses from 1,700 executives to derive the business benefits gained from using Web 2.0 tools across three areas: internal [...]

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The Fresh Consulting Logo unveils its simple yet sophisticated story

Posted on28. Aug, 2009 by Jeff Dance.

Our ideal for the Fresh Consulting logo was for it to be simple, yet sophisticated.  In fact, long before we settled on the name Fresh Consulting, we were thinking of naming our group the “Occams Razor Group.” In summary, “Occams Razor” means “simple yet sophisticated.” A beautiful principle and a lofty goal [...]

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