Sep 21

Free – Collection of Leadership Workshop Icebreakers

Leadership Workshop Icebreakers

John T. Molloy wrote the famous book, Dress for Success, which outlines rules for appropriate business dress. He once stated, “there are only three appropriate colors for men in a business setting – dull, dark and drab.”

In your organization, what are the only appropriate colors for leadership? Explain your choice of colors.

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Apr 21

Openx Hosted Ad Serving – Cautionary Alert

I’ve been a user of openx software for a long time, and gone through several name changes of their’s while hosting the ad serving software on my own servers. For a long time I’ve had a desire to unify all of our ad serving on one server, and unfortunately, to do so would have required me to invest in a relatively expensive dedicated server to handle the needs of our ten websites.

When openx let me in to their free hosted service, I was excited to find a solution from a familiar organization that had a familiar interface. Sadly the initial excitement faded. There are definitely things you should be aware of before you commit the time to move to Openx hosted.

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Jan 25

Free-Bacal & Associates Management & Executive Development Toolbar

Thought I would pass this on. We’ve created a toolbar that fits in to your IE or Firefox browser and gives you easy, free access to some incredible articles, audio, and video for managers, supervisors and executives. Here’s the overview:


Addresses manager, supervisor and executive need for professional development and updating. Free, easy to use toolbar brings educational audio, video and articles so they are available at the fingertips of any manager or executive using Firefox or IE. Features include free access to selected Harvard Business videos, access to business, leadership, management podcasts and audio programs, plus easy access to selected high quality articles.

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Jul 14

Revresponse – A Resource for Learners, Trainers, Website Owners

Rarely is there a reputable company that can add value to learners, trainers and website owners in a professional way. Revresponse is just such a company.

Many major companies, like IBM and Microsoft produce publications designed to educate their customers, and prospective customers, and to inform about their products. Other lesser known companies do this also, and there are also publishers who produce niche trade magazines for very specific professions. The former wants exposure, and the latter wants targeted subscribers since their revenue comes from advertisers.

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