New Star Theatre Chief Debuts With Broadway Revue
- May
- 11
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“A Salute to Broadway” is an event with multiple purposes. First of all, it is a concert fundraiser for the Star Theater Co. Second, it’s a retrospective of last season’s musicals. Third, it’s a preview of musicals planned for the next season.
But the fourth purpose may be the most critical one of all —- it [...]
Avaya’s Jim Smith on the Advantages of SIP in the Call Center
- April
- 25
Question: You’ve positioned the announcement as allowing companies to offer “faster service with a personal touch.” Can you explain what you mean by “personal touch”?
Jim Smith: Customers interact with businesses for a variety of reasons. They could be seeking information, shopping for a new service, trying to solve a problem, seeking an update, exploring additional [...]
OPINIONWishing Apple Into the Enterprise Won’t Get It There
- March
- 18
Teamwork in the Workforce
The most important thing to know about companies, in the context of this discussion, is that they are an organism. They have a birth date and a date with death — although some companies have more longevity than others. They consume resources and generate byproducts, notably waste and products.
The role of a [...]
OPINIONWishing Apple Into the Enterprise Won’t Get It There
- March
- 14
Teamwork in the Workforce
The most important thing to know about companies, in the context of this discussion, is that they are an organism. They have a birth date and a date with death — although some companies have more longevity than others. They consume resources and generate byproducts, notably waste and products.
The role of a [...]
Church Growth Is Legacy of Mormon Leader
- January
- 29
Claudio Zivic, who oversees the church’s affairs in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, recalled a Hinckley address to a crowd of 50,000 in Buenos Aires in 1996. “We know that all the prophets are very special for us. But he touched our lives in every possible way,” Zivic said in an interview from Buenos [...]
Whitman’s Rumored eBay Exit: A Win-Win Proposition?
- January
- 23
Who Takes the Torch?
Whitman is grooming 47-year-old John Donahoe, president of eBay’s revenue-rich auction business division, to succeed her as CEO, The Journal said. Whitman brought Donahoe to eBay in 2005 from Bain %26 Co., where he was managing director of that firm’s worldwide network of offices.
Whether it’s Donahoe or someone else who takes over, [...]
Fisher ready for media to notice someone other than Shaun White
- January
- 23
ASPEN, Colo.Consider Steve Fisher the Phil Mickelson of snowboarding. Fisher has proven himself one of the best snowboarders in the world, a nearly flawless technician and winner of Winter X Games gold two of the past four years, including a resounding victory in the superpipe a year ago. [...]
High-altitude ambitions for Slipstream
- January
- 21
SILVER CITY, N.M. Down here in the forests of southwestern New Mexico, where Geronimo and his fellow Apaches once roamed, not much is stirring these days. Drive up narrow, windy Highway 15 up into the Gila National Forest and about the only signs of life on the road are whitetail does, turkeys and the [...]
Retire healthy
- January
- 13
“Health and finances go together hand in hand,” says Nassif, 57, who maintains a healthful diet, works out in his home gym and walks daily around his subdivision. He also avoids junk food and fast food and gets annual checkups. “Stop smoking, and eat healthy food, exercise, meditate, pray, keep [...]
INSIGHTSResolutions for 2008
- January
- 11
Blog On
First, start a blog. This is especially aimed at people who have “chief” in their titles — like chief executives. It’s not that chiefs don’t have enough on the old plate already, they do, but I am not advocating simple busy work either. CEOs personify their companies, and they are, or at [...]
