Internet Intelligence
Workshop
Presented By
David Vine, MBA
David Vine Associates, LLC
Aiken, SC

Workshop Learning Objective
Understand how to use the
PROACtive ™ Process
to obtain larger amounts of
relevant information faster ,
and manage it more effectively.

PROACtive Process
TM
Plan
Retrieve
Organize
Analyze
Communicate

MODELS
Government
PROACtive
DISCUSSION POINT
Are these percent of
Plan (10%) time numbers realistic
Retrieve (50%) for your operation? If
so, could you benefit
Organize (20%) from increased
Analyze (10%) effectiveness in
Retrieve/Organize?
Communicate (10%)

S F DISCUSSION
OU POINT
Are you using any
F N
of these? How do
they benefit your
operation?
T C
WT
A I
R O
E N
S

BENEFIT
Avoid false starts, achieve
focus, orderly process but
leaves room for ad hoc paths.
method for achieving an end
an often customary method of doing
something : procedure
a detailed formulation of a program of action
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Why Plan?
Avoid Surprises/Minimize Impact
Decision Support to Management
Discovery
Reduce Risks In Known Situations
ADDR

BENEFIT
Area of high leverage for
time savings and efficiency.
to get and bring back
to recover (as information) from storage
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BENEFIT
Area of high leverage as
above. Saves frustration and
potential duplication of effort.
to form into a coherent unity
or functioning whole
to set up an administrative structure for
to arrange by systematic planning and
united effort
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Organizing Is “The Bridge”
It Is Central To The PROACtive Process
Plan Outline
Retrieve Search Alert & RSS
Engines Clipping Feeds
Services
Organize Folders & Email Filters Linked HTML Personal
Mind
Find Files Documents Information
Maps
Managers
Analyze Table Sort Spread- GeoPlot Ranking Special
in Word sheets Matrix Software
Communicate Email Reports Slides Conference
Distributed (Online?) In-Person
on CD-ROM or Internet
BASIC ADVANCED

BENEFIT
Gain deeper insight into
meaning of information
retrieved. Adds value.
assuming the result and
deducing a valid statement by a series of
reversible steps
an examination of a complex, its elements,
and their relations
resolving complex expressions into
simpler or more basic ones
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● Analysis - an examination of a complex, its elements,
and their relations - Example
● Assessment - to determine the importance, size, or
value of - Example
● Evaluation - to determine the significance, worth, or
condition of usually by careful appraisal and study -
Example
● Forecasting - to calculate or predict (some future
event or condition) usually as a result of study and
analysis of available pertinent data - Example

BENEFIT
Avoid false starts, achieve
focus, orderly process but
leaves room for ad hoc paths.
to convey knowledge of or information
about
to reveal by clear signs
to transmit information, thought, or feeling
so that it is satisfactorily received or
understood
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