Using the New Web to Land your Next Opportunity

Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by admin.

We’d like to thank everyone who participated in the recent networking event on Thursday, December 11th. We had a great time meeting you all. Hopefully you walked out armed with at least one or two takeaways that will help you capture your next fresh opportunity.
The slides from the presentation and the video recording of the [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 Technology delivers more Efficiency (4 of 10)

Posted on 09. 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Our approach to efficiency is outdated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 on 09. 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 on 08. 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 on 14. 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 on 03. 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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Working with the Net Gen

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by kate@freshconsulting.com.

I knew that our company was founded by a younger team.  I knew they insisted it was part of the company’s strength for delivering fresh thinking. And over the past few years every so often I would come across articles on Generation Y, so I had a vague idea that there were some new technologies [...]

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So Is This The Apple Store…Or The Apple Spa?

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by kate@freshconsulting.com.

About a week after starting at Fresh Consulting, I’m in the conference room for one of my first team meetings. Everything is going well and I’m getting to know the different personalities of the team (more on that later). From what I can see everybody here is smart and intense, but they also like to [...]

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5 Incredible Viral Videos About The New Web

Posted on 13. 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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A Tale of Two Offices

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by kate@freshconsulting.com.

Our office space is small, and quickly I’m seeing that the divide is not only just a physical one, but a difference in work philosophy and atmosphere.
 
 
The War Room
 
In one room are two strategy consultants and one lead computer scientist, Jeff, Brent and Steve, accompanied by several hired employees or contractors.  In there, the light [...]

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