Management

If I were to speak at STC 2011 Summit…

August 20, 2010 techcommdood

Image via Wikipedia Despite not knowing what 2011 will look like for me, I’m trying to plan conference engagements for 2011. The first open call for proposals I’m entertaining is for the STC 2011 Summit. I know there will be plenty of tools and tech writing sessions, so I wanted to focus on something different [...]

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Beginnings of an idea: How I think STC should approach initiatives

June 22, 2010 techcommdood

All this RFP talk on Twitter and on the SIG Leaders mailing list has got me to thinking: How can STC efficiently plan, track, and implement initiatives? The RFP process is old-school. It’s slow. It’s tedious. STC Board doesn’t have time; they need to be attending to Board matters. STC Office doesn’t have time; they need [...]

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Reviewing Performance Beyond Project Metrics

May 15, 2009 techcommdood

When people think about performance reviews, especially in these days of running lean and mean, thoughts turn to quantitative project metrics. Was the deadline met? By what margin? How productive were you? But many times I’ve seen and heard that the qualitative inspection is ignored. Let’s face it, evaluating the quantitative aspects of an employee’s [...]

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