This document introduces a managerial marketing course and discusses the concept of "flatteners" as described by Thomas Friedman. It provides an overview of 10 flatteners that have contributed to the flattening of the global playing field since around 2000, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the internet, workflow software, open sourcing, outsourcing, offshoring, supply chaining, insourcing, informing individuals, and new technologies that empower constant connectivity.
The document discusses the "Flat Classroom Project" which aims to make communication and interaction easier using web 2.0 tools by allowing students to communicate globally. It then defines a "flat classroom" as one where it is easy to share and communicate with others worldwide. Finally, it lists 10 "flatteners" or technological developments that have made communication and collaboration more accessible, including the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Netscape browser, workflow software, open source projects, outsourcing, offshoring, and mobile devices.
The Grange School - Tried and Tested Internet Tools for TeachersJosé Picardo
This document provides a list of internet tools and resources that can be used by teachers, including websites for creating animations, visual presentations, collaborative notes, and organizing bookmarks. It emphasizes that the internet allows for new ways of communicating, sharing, and being creative, and encourages teachers to explore the many tools available online. The list includes links to sites for voice recordings, image sharing, video hosting, and graphic storytelling.
The document discusses innovative and creative technologies for education. It begins by introducing José Picardo and his work consulting on the effective use of technology in education. It then asks the reader to consider the technologies they used in school, noting how today's students have constant access to mobile phones, the internet, and web applications. The document defines Web 2.0 and its role in facilitating communication and collaboration online. It then lists José Picardo's top 10 recommended web applications for education, including WordPress, Edmodo, Prezi, Glogster, StoryBird, Voki, word clouds, GoAnimate, Diigo, and Xtranormal. It encourages exploring other tools and provides José Picardo
This document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) can be used to enhance language teaching and learning in the 21st century. It provides examples of various online tools like Voki, Storybird, Glogster, Wordle, Prezi, Diigo, GoAnimate and Flickr that can be used for content creation, sharing, collaboration and multimedia presentations. It also provides a link to an A-Z list of internet resources on the Box of Tricks website that are regularly updated.
Thomas Friedman discusses how ten "flatteners" are making the world more interconnected and globalized. The flatteners include the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of personal computers and the Internet, outsourcing, offshoring, and in-forming. When combined, these flatteners have created a new global platform for collaboration without regard to distance. However, there was a lag between these technological changes and their widespread impact as organizations, processes, and facilities needed to be redesigned. Now a new playing field has emerged for horizontal collaboration on a global scale.
This document provides an overview and notes from Nancy Van Leuven's marketing management class. It discusses current marketing trends like companies reconnecting with core values and crowdsourcing going mainstream. It also outlines assignments like a group marketing plan and individual research project. Students must submit deliverables like a concept statement and situational analysis for the group project by certain dates. The document concludes by listing learning objectives and competencies for the course.
The document discusses concepts related to marketing research and brand management. It provides an overview of conducting marketing research including defining the problem, developing a research plan, collecting information through various methods, analyzing the findings, and presenting the results. It also discusses topics like understanding customer behavior, developing value propositions, customer relationship management, market segmentation, brand positioning, and differentiation.
This 3 sentence summary provides the key details from the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay bulletin:
The bulletin discusses upcoming events including the 2010 Rotary International Convention in Montreal and two fundraising walks in Australia. It also recognizes the Rotary Club of Perth with a Presidential Citation for their service work. Details are provided about Archbishop Desmond Tutu's keynote speech on peace at the 2009 Rotary World Peace Symposium.
The document discusses the "Flat Classroom Project" which aims to make communication and interaction easier using web 2.0 tools by allowing students to communicate globally. It then defines a "flat classroom" as one where it is easy to share and communicate with others worldwide. Finally, it lists 10 "flatteners" or technological developments that have made communication and collaboration more accessible, including the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Netscape browser, workflow software, open source projects, outsourcing, offshoring, and mobile devices.
The Grange School - Tried and Tested Internet Tools for TeachersJosé Picardo
This document provides a list of internet tools and resources that can be used by teachers, including websites for creating animations, visual presentations, collaborative notes, and organizing bookmarks. It emphasizes that the internet allows for new ways of communicating, sharing, and being creative, and encourages teachers to explore the many tools available online. The list includes links to sites for voice recordings, image sharing, video hosting, and graphic storytelling.
The document discusses innovative and creative technologies for education. It begins by introducing José Picardo and his work consulting on the effective use of technology in education. It then asks the reader to consider the technologies they used in school, noting how today's students have constant access to mobile phones, the internet, and web applications. The document defines Web 2.0 and its role in facilitating communication and collaboration online. It then lists José Picardo's top 10 recommended web applications for education, including WordPress, Edmodo, Prezi, Glogster, StoryBird, Voki, word clouds, GoAnimate, Diigo, and Xtranormal. It encourages exploring other tools and provides José Picardo
This document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) can be used to enhance language teaching and learning in the 21st century. It provides examples of various online tools like Voki, Storybird, Glogster, Wordle, Prezi, Diigo, GoAnimate and Flickr that can be used for content creation, sharing, collaboration and multimedia presentations. It also provides a link to an A-Z list of internet resources on the Box of Tricks website that are regularly updated.
Thomas Friedman discusses how ten "flatteners" are making the world more interconnected and globalized. The flatteners include the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of personal computers and the Internet, outsourcing, offshoring, and in-forming. When combined, these flatteners have created a new global platform for collaboration without regard to distance. However, there was a lag between these technological changes and their widespread impact as organizations, processes, and facilities needed to be redesigned. Now a new playing field has emerged for horizontal collaboration on a global scale.
This document provides an overview and notes from Nancy Van Leuven's marketing management class. It discusses current marketing trends like companies reconnecting with core values and crowdsourcing going mainstream. It also outlines assignments like a group marketing plan and individual research project. Students must submit deliverables like a concept statement and situational analysis for the group project by certain dates. The document concludes by listing learning objectives and competencies for the course.
The document discusses concepts related to marketing research and brand management. It provides an overview of conducting marketing research including defining the problem, developing a research plan, collecting information through various methods, analyzing the findings, and presenting the results. It also discusses topics like understanding customer behavior, developing value propositions, customer relationship management, market segmentation, brand positioning, and differentiation.
This 3 sentence summary provides the key details from the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay bulletin:
The bulletin discusses upcoming events including the 2010 Rotary International Convention in Montreal and two fundraising walks in Australia. It also recognizes the Rotary Club of Perth with a Presidential Citation for their service work. Details are provided about Archbishop Desmond Tutu's keynote speech on peace at the 2009 Rotary World Peace Symposium.
The document discusses several factors that have contributed to the creation of a "flat world" and the globalizing economy, including:
1) The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 opened formerly closed political systems and increased global exchange of digital information.
2) The emergence of the Netscape browser in 1995 and Windows 95 made accessing the internet much easier, facilitating global communication and collaboration.
3) Work-flow software allowed computers in different locations to communicate and collaborate through sharing of audio, video and other files.
4) Outsourcing of jobs to countries like India was enabled by India's educational system producing skilled workers, reforms to telecommunications, and the Y2K issue which increased work sent to India
Everyone is talking about Data Mesh architectures already - assuming that there is already a full-fledged self-service data platform in place. A reality check reveals, that most (data) platforms are not really working that well, and fail to deliver value at scale. And in contrast to the business notion of a platform, where network effects make platforms even more valuable, the more users and products are there, this does not hold true for data platforms in particular (at least I haven't seen a proof so far).
So where to start, when data-transforming an organization? One approach, inspired by the Lean framework, is outlined in this talk. It all starts with what is actually working - identify some (data) products that drive value already. These are the ones you can build a platform for. It's a myth that you just need to build a solid platform, and then everyone will come and build amazing data products. They will never come. But starting with what already works is a reasonable first step. Step two is about creating flow, supporting the value stream end-to-end. Co-creation is your main tool here, fostering collaboration and ownership. Then you can think of platformizing what is really, really needed, avoiding the "waste" that modern data systems / platforms / architectures tend to pile up. In the end, the "right" architecture for your organization will emerge, you cannot simply copy-paste "solutions" that are not addressing your specific challenges.
Long story short, there is a path to success, but it's not easy, it's not copying others, it's finding your own way. And as in all good strategies, you can specify the "qualities" you'd like to see in the end. And the concrete solutions need to emerge from the hard work of the motivated people, that are already driving value for your organization now.
This document discusses synchronous professional development provided through web conferencing tools. It provides definitions and discusses the benefits of synchronous interactions compared to asynchronous communications like email. It then describes features of the VIA3 web conferencing platform that allow all meeting participants to see presentations simultaneously including animations, videos, and interactions like chat. The document analyzes web conferencing using McLuhan's tetrad model and discusses the innovation decision process of diffusion and consequences. It provides examples of needs, knowledge stages, research, development, and commercialization perspectives for organizations considering synchronous professional development through web conferencing.
The document discusses ten "flatteners" that have contributed to increased global collaboration:
1) The fall of the Berlin Wall opened up formerly closed political systems and allowed digital information exchange.
2) The Netscape browser emergence in 1995 made accessing the internet much easier.
3) Workflow software allows computers in different locations to communicate and work together.
4) Technologies like uploading, outsourcing, offshoring, and supply chain management have empowered individuals and extended collaboration across borders.
5) Advances in computing capability through technologies like instant messaging, video conferencing and wireless further enabled global collaboration on a massive scale.
ICT deals with using technologies like computers, internet and mobile devices to locate, process and share information. Word processing software allows users to create documents electronically. Microsoft Word is a popular word processing program. Web 2.0 features dynamic content and user participation through social media, user-generated content and software as a service. Trends in ICT include convergence of technologies, rise of social media, mobile devices and cloud computing. The cloud provides on-demand access to shared computing resources via the internet.
This document is a module on introduction to information and communication technologies. It discusses the evolution of the world wide web from static Web 1.0 pages to dynamic Web 2.0 pages that allow user interaction. It also covers trends in ICT like social media, mobile technologies, and assistive media. The document provides tips on online safety, security, ethics and etiquette like using strong passwords, only connecting with known friends online, and not sharing personal information. It outlines various internet risks like cyberbullying, identity theft, and malware threats. Learners are engaged through activities to self-assess online habits and identify features of different websites and types of social media.
The document discusses how the world has become "flattened" due to various technological and economic factors since the late 20th century. It attributes the flattening to three key events in the 1990s - the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the emergence of the internet and World Wide Web in 1995, and the commercialization of web browsers. These events enabled greater global collaboration, outsourcing, and connectivity, allowing individuals and small companies around the world to compete on a more level playing field. The document also discusses how Kern Communications has benefited from and adapted to the flattened world through tools like VPNs, workflow software, uploading/sharing capabilities, and videoconferencing.
This document discusses network computing concepts including the internet, intranets, extranets, and various tools for communication and collaboration over networks. It explains that the internet links computing resources globally using TCP/IP protocols. Intranets and extranets allow internal and partner communications. Discovery tools like search engines, software agents and portals help access information. Communication occurs through email, chat and social networks. Collaboration is supported by workflows, groupware and real-time tools that allow shared editing. Web applications also enable distance learning and telecommuting.
This document discusses key concepts in information and communication technology (ICT), including:
- ICT involves using technologies like phones, internet, and computers to locate, save, send, and edit information.
- The Philippines is considered a hub for ICT in Asia, particularly business process outsourcing jobs.
- Key aspects of ICT include the internet, World Wide Web, web pages, and different generations of the web (Web 1.0, 2.0, 3.0).
- Trends in ICT include convergence of technologies, social media, mobile technologies, assistive media, and cloud computing.
The document discusses careers that can be pursued in open source software like Plone, including working for an open source company, starting a professional services company, or starting an open source community. It outlines some benefits of choosing Plone over other content management systems, such as security, open standards, and lower costs. The document also provides an overview of 11 things you may not know about Plone, including its ease of use, versatility across different use cases, and large developer community.
This document contains self-instructional packets for an Empowerment Technology course. It discusses various topics related to information and communication technology (ICT), including defining ICT and giving examples of its uses. It also covers trends in ICT in the Philippines, different online platforms and websites, and the evolution of the World Wide Web from Web 1.0 to Web 3.0. Additionally, the document addresses important issues like online safety, computer security, threats, computer ethics, and netiquette guidelines for appropriate online behavior. Students are provided with learning activities to help apply and evaluate their understanding of the concepts covered.
The document discusses the benefits of adopting open source software in educational institutions. It outlines the history and development of open source software. Key benefits mentioned include cost savings, ability to modify code, and collaborative nature which allows sharing knowledge. The conclusion recommends the school system adopt open source software for academic and financial reasons.
The document summarizes the top five emerging trends in learning technology:
1. Increased adoption of mobile devices for learning as the number of mobile users grows rapidly worldwide. Mobile learning applications are still immature but demand is driving development.
2. Blended learning environments that combine self-paced and instructor-led learning. Blended approaches can be more effective but integrating different modalities poses challenges.
3. Talent development suites that integrate performance management, learning delivery, communities, content management, and compensation to develop talent holistically. Integration simplifies administration but implementing new suites is challenging.
Online Educa Berlin - MediaMosa: Open Source Media Management Software to Bui...Frans Ward
MediaMosa: Open Source Media Management
Software to Build an Open Video Platform
“Open Video in Education". Presented at Online Educa Berlin, December 3, 2010
1. The project aims to develop an Android application and web application for nutritionists and dietitians to digitalize and streamline their regular workflow processes.
2. The application is designed for both registered dietitians/nutritionists as well as dietetics students.
3. The main motivation is the lack of mobile technology usage in the field of dietetics and nutrition. Currently, dietitians manually calculate patient needs using reference books, which is inefficient. The application aims to automate these calculations.
This document discusses open source software, its history and uses. Open source software has many benefits including being free, allowing for collaboration and modification of code. It can also be used on older hardware, saving schools and individuals money. Examples of popular open source software mentioned are the Linux operating system, Mozilla Firefox web browser, and Apache web server. The document concludes that open source software adoption will likely continue to expand due to its low costs and collaborative nature.
The document discusses how 10 factors have contributed to making the world "flatter" by enabling more collaboration and competition globally. These factors include the rise of creativity/connectivity tools, outsourcing/offshoring of jobs, and technologies like Google that make information more accessible. Together these trends have increased global collaboration and allowed work to be done from anywhere.
The document discusses how 10 factors have contributed to making the world "flatter" by enabling more collaboration and competition globally. These factors include the rise of creativity/connectivity tools, outsourcing/offshoring jobs to places like India/China, and technologies like Google that make information more accessible. Together these trends have increased global collaboration and allowed production to spread worldwide.
The document discusses how 10 factors have contributed to making the world "flatter" by enabling more collaboration and competition globally. These factors include the rise of creativity/connectivity tools, outsourcing/offshoring jobs to places like India/China, and technologies like Google that make information more accessible. Together these trends have increased global collaboration and allowed production to spread worldwide.
Final class presentation for AIS 230 wraps up discussions about the future of tribal gaming (based on student research plus class readings) and also outlines next steps for individual papers and team Ted Talks.
A brief description of the ongoing Idle No More movement as an example of activism, including the use of social media to #upsettle traditional media portrayals of indigenous movements. Also sets up the team 22-minute meetings and general housekeeping for the remainder of the assignments this quarter.
The document discusses several factors that have contributed to the creation of a "flat world" and the globalizing economy, including:
1) The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 opened formerly closed political systems and increased global exchange of digital information.
2) The emergence of the Netscape browser in 1995 and Windows 95 made accessing the internet much easier, facilitating global communication and collaboration.
3) Work-flow software allowed computers in different locations to communicate and collaborate through sharing of audio, video and other files.
4) Outsourcing of jobs to countries like India was enabled by India's educational system producing skilled workers, reforms to telecommunications, and the Y2K issue which increased work sent to India
Everyone is talking about Data Mesh architectures already - assuming that there is already a full-fledged self-service data platform in place. A reality check reveals, that most (data) platforms are not really working that well, and fail to deliver value at scale. And in contrast to the business notion of a platform, where network effects make platforms even more valuable, the more users and products are there, this does not hold true for data platforms in particular (at least I haven't seen a proof so far).
So where to start, when data-transforming an organization? One approach, inspired by the Lean framework, is outlined in this talk. It all starts with what is actually working - identify some (data) products that drive value already. These are the ones you can build a platform for. It's a myth that you just need to build a solid platform, and then everyone will come and build amazing data products. They will never come. But starting with what already works is a reasonable first step. Step two is about creating flow, supporting the value stream end-to-end. Co-creation is your main tool here, fostering collaboration and ownership. Then you can think of platformizing what is really, really needed, avoiding the "waste" that modern data systems / platforms / architectures tend to pile up. In the end, the "right" architecture for your organization will emerge, you cannot simply copy-paste "solutions" that are not addressing your specific challenges.
Long story short, there is a path to success, but it's not easy, it's not copying others, it's finding your own way. And as in all good strategies, you can specify the "qualities" you'd like to see in the end. And the concrete solutions need to emerge from the hard work of the motivated people, that are already driving value for your organization now.
This document discusses synchronous professional development provided through web conferencing tools. It provides definitions and discusses the benefits of synchronous interactions compared to asynchronous communications like email. It then describes features of the VIA3 web conferencing platform that allow all meeting participants to see presentations simultaneously including animations, videos, and interactions like chat. The document analyzes web conferencing using McLuhan's tetrad model and discusses the innovation decision process of diffusion and consequences. It provides examples of needs, knowledge stages, research, development, and commercialization perspectives for organizations considering synchronous professional development through web conferencing.
The document discusses ten "flatteners" that have contributed to increased global collaboration:
1) The fall of the Berlin Wall opened up formerly closed political systems and allowed digital information exchange.
2) The Netscape browser emergence in 1995 made accessing the internet much easier.
3) Workflow software allows computers in different locations to communicate and work together.
4) Technologies like uploading, outsourcing, offshoring, and supply chain management have empowered individuals and extended collaboration across borders.
5) Advances in computing capability through technologies like instant messaging, video conferencing and wireless further enabled global collaboration on a massive scale.
ICT deals with using technologies like computers, internet and mobile devices to locate, process and share information. Word processing software allows users to create documents electronically. Microsoft Word is a popular word processing program. Web 2.0 features dynamic content and user participation through social media, user-generated content and software as a service. Trends in ICT include convergence of technologies, rise of social media, mobile devices and cloud computing. The cloud provides on-demand access to shared computing resources via the internet.
This document is a module on introduction to information and communication technologies. It discusses the evolution of the world wide web from static Web 1.0 pages to dynamic Web 2.0 pages that allow user interaction. It also covers trends in ICT like social media, mobile technologies, and assistive media. The document provides tips on online safety, security, ethics and etiquette like using strong passwords, only connecting with known friends online, and not sharing personal information. It outlines various internet risks like cyberbullying, identity theft, and malware threats. Learners are engaged through activities to self-assess online habits and identify features of different websites and types of social media.
The document discusses how the world has become "flattened" due to various technological and economic factors since the late 20th century. It attributes the flattening to three key events in the 1990s - the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the emergence of the internet and World Wide Web in 1995, and the commercialization of web browsers. These events enabled greater global collaboration, outsourcing, and connectivity, allowing individuals and small companies around the world to compete on a more level playing field. The document also discusses how Kern Communications has benefited from and adapted to the flattened world through tools like VPNs, workflow software, uploading/sharing capabilities, and videoconferencing.
This document discusses network computing concepts including the internet, intranets, extranets, and various tools for communication and collaboration over networks. It explains that the internet links computing resources globally using TCP/IP protocols. Intranets and extranets allow internal and partner communications. Discovery tools like search engines, software agents and portals help access information. Communication occurs through email, chat and social networks. Collaboration is supported by workflows, groupware and real-time tools that allow shared editing. Web applications also enable distance learning and telecommuting.
This document discusses key concepts in information and communication technology (ICT), including:
- ICT involves using technologies like phones, internet, and computers to locate, save, send, and edit information.
- The Philippines is considered a hub for ICT in Asia, particularly business process outsourcing jobs.
- Key aspects of ICT include the internet, World Wide Web, web pages, and different generations of the web (Web 1.0, 2.0, 3.0).
- Trends in ICT include convergence of technologies, social media, mobile technologies, assistive media, and cloud computing.
The document discusses careers that can be pursued in open source software like Plone, including working for an open source company, starting a professional services company, or starting an open source community. It outlines some benefits of choosing Plone over other content management systems, such as security, open standards, and lower costs. The document also provides an overview of 11 things you may not know about Plone, including its ease of use, versatility across different use cases, and large developer community.
This document contains self-instructional packets for an Empowerment Technology course. It discusses various topics related to information and communication technology (ICT), including defining ICT and giving examples of its uses. It also covers trends in ICT in the Philippines, different online platforms and websites, and the evolution of the World Wide Web from Web 1.0 to Web 3.0. Additionally, the document addresses important issues like online safety, computer security, threats, computer ethics, and netiquette guidelines for appropriate online behavior. Students are provided with learning activities to help apply and evaluate their understanding of the concepts covered.
The document discusses the benefits of adopting open source software in educational institutions. It outlines the history and development of open source software. Key benefits mentioned include cost savings, ability to modify code, and collaborative nature which allows sharing knowledge. The conclusion recommends the school system adopt open source software for academic and financial reasons.
The document summarizes the top five emerging trends in learning technology:
1. Increased adoption of mobile devices for learning as the number of mobile users grows rapidly worldwide. Mobile learning applications are still immature but demand is driving development.
2. Blended learning environments that combine self-paced and instructor-led learning. Blended approaches can be more effective but integrating different modalities poses challenges.
3. Talent development suites that integrate performance management, learning delivery, communities, content management, and compensation to develop talent holistically. Integration simplifies administration but implementing new suites is challenging.
Online Educa Berlin - MediaMosa: Open Source Media Management Software to Bui...Frans Ward
MediaMosa: Open Source Media Management
Software to Build an Open Video Platform
“Open Video in Education". Presented at Online Educa Berlin, December 3, 2010
1. The project aims to develop an Android application and web application for nutritionists and dietitians to digitalize and streamline their regular workflow processes.
2. The application is designed for both registered dietitians/nutritionists as well as dietetics students.
3. The main motivation is the lack of mobile technology usage in the field of dietetics and nutrition. Currently, dietitians manually calculate patient needs using reference books, which is inefficient. The application aims to automate these calculations.
This document discusses open source software, its history and uses. Open source software has many benefits including being free, allowing for collaboration and modification of code. It can also be used on older hardware, saving schools and individuals money. Examples of popular open source software mentioned are the Linux operating system, Mozilla Firefox web browser, and Apache web server. The document concludes that open source software adoption will likely continue to expand due to its low costs and collaborative nature.
The document discusses how 10 factors have contributed to making the world "flatter" by enabling more collaboration and competition globally. These factors include the rise of creativity/connectivity tools, outsourcing/offshoring of jobs, and technologies like Google that make information more accessible. Together these trends have increased global collaboration and allowed work to be done from anywhere.
The document discusses how 10 factors have contributed to making the world "flatter" by enabling more collaboration and competition globally. These factors include the rise of creativity/connectivity tools, outsourcing/offshoring jobs to places like India/China, and technologies like Google that make information more accessible. Together these trends have increased global collaboration and allowed production to spread worldwide.
The document discusses how 10 factors have contributed to making the world "flatter" by enabling more collaboration and competition globally. These factors include the rise of creativity/connectivity tools, outsourcing/offshoring jobs to places like India/China, and technologies like Google that make information more accessible. Together these trends have increased global collaboration and allowed production to spread worldwide.
Final class presentation for AIS 230 wraps up discussions about the future of tribal gaming (based on student research plus class readings) and also outlines next steps for individual papers and team Ted Talks.
A brief description of the ongoing Idle No More movement as an example of activism, including the use of social media to #upsettle traditional media portrayals of indigenous movements. Also sets up the team 22-minute meetings and general housekeeping for the remainder of the assignments this quarter.
Rich Indians, New Capitalists (and other good class stuff)Nancy Van Leuven
Presentation for 11.18.13 AIS class with descriptions of: Conference papers accepted; themes in indigenous history, presentation sample (RSA's Animate); guiding discussion questions, and next team steps...
Here's a brief preso from the October 23 AIS 230 class that describes more of the research methods we're using to study tribal casinos in terms of culture, politics, and economics.
More Notes about Tribal Casino Policy and Politics DiscussionsNancy Van Leuven
Here's the Oct. 20 presentation for AIS 230. Knowing that each team will present definitions for each topic, this will add more examples of how politics/policy and regulatory/legal issues are affecting tribes and casinos.
Tribal Gaming: Culture Rising Amidst Policy and PoliticsNancy Van Leuven
This Power Point was presented on October 16 for the AIS 230 class at University of Washington. Coming off a great group of student Ignite presentations about how tribes communicate about culture, we're now taking another look at stereotypes and moving into assigned readings from the class text, Indian Gaming: Who Wins? (Mullis & Kamper, 2000)
Ignite example -- Mount Rushmore in Lakota's Sacred Black HillsNancy Van Leuven
This sample Ignite talk (20 slides, auto-advanced every 15 seconds, 5 minutes long) is part of our class research about culture, American Indian tribes, and tribal casinos.
Sustainability Week at BSU: Students and Faculty in Activist P.R.Nancy Van Leuven
This presentation is for Sustainability Week 2013 at Bridgewater State College. It is a case study of how students in one online class – Writing for Public Relations – researched how other colleges communicate about sustainability before writing public relations deliverables for the BSU Center for Sustainability.
Part two--research findings--of my recent talk during Bridgewater State University's Sustainability Week. For all three parts, please go to nancyvanleuven.com
The document provides notes from a presentation on current marketing trends and nonviolent protests. Some key trends discussed include the response to true crime stories and icons globally, the changing rhetoric of activism and protests, and PR firms doing pro bono work for Occupy Wall Street movements. Specific protests mentioned include the Tar Sands Action and Keystone Pipeline protests. Comparisons are made between current protests and historical protest movements led by Abbie Hoffman in the 1960s. The document concludes by reminding students of the learning objectives for the course which are to apply strategic marketing methods through a sustainable lens.
Development, relief, and emergency efforts are politically and technically linked areas that involve intervention and uncertainty. They can both positively and negatively impact the same vulnerable populations at different stages. After Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed over 9,000 people across Central America, local NGO partnerships helped communities like in El Salvador's lower Lempa region survive through early warning systems, evacuation plans, and post-disaster rebuilding of infrastructure. Integrating disaster risk reduction into development efforts, like adjusting crop cycles, building grain silos, and clearing rivers of debris, helped increase communities' resilience. Managers should avoid "watertight box" thinking and instead consider tradeoffs across relief, development, and complex political issues to find holistic
This document summarizes a presentation on current trends in managerial marketing, including the use of shock value and controversial tactics in public relations. It discusses examples like Abercrombie & Fitch's anti-spokesperson and a J.C. Penney t-shirt that was seen as inappropriate. The document also covers Netflix's failed rebranding and price increase that resulted in major customer backlash. Additional topics included nonviolent protests like Occupy Wall Street and against tar sands pipelines. The presentation aims to help students apply marketing strategies in a way that considers environmental, social and economic sustainability.
The document discusses branding and social media in the context of the Egyptian revolution. It describes how activists like Wael Ghonim and Asmaa Mahfouz used social media to help spark the uprising. It also discusses how Kenneth Cole faced backlash over an insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt and had to issue an apology. Finally, it mentions that CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted in Egypt and talks about the role of social media in spreading awareness of her situation.
This document provides an overview and syllabus for the SUS 7080 course on Information Management, Technology, and Policy. The course will cover topics like information technology applications and ethics, data security, citizen outreach through technology, and related laws and policies. Students will participate in student-led discussions of course texts, complete a scholarship project researching an academic book chapter, conduct a living case study on an information technology decision case, give an individual presentation on their case study, and participate through evaluations, GIS activities, and online forums. The goal is to examine issues around information access, transparency, privacy, and equity as well as the power dynamics around what information is considered thinkable, manageable and calculable by governments and elites
This document compares two projects: the Orangi Pilot Project in Pakistan and the Gal Oya irrigation project in Sri Lanka.
The Orangi project involved local communities in planning and installing basic sanitation infrastructure without government funds. It promoted simple, affordable technologies and built local capacity through social organizers. The Gal Oya project aimed to increase rice production through irrigation but displaced indigenous groups and caused ethnic tensions by favoring Sinhalese settlers over Tamils. Both projects provide lessons about participatory development and whose interests are being served by different approaches.
This document discusses how to incorporate social media into the classroom. It notes that students are immersed in social media environments and explores how tools like sharing, publishing, and networking can be brought into the classroom. Examples are given of how different disciplines like physics, communication studies, and new teacher training could utilize social media platforms. The rise of social media is positioned as an opportunity to engage students through new technologies they are familiar with.
The document summarizes various Earth Day 2010 celebrations and initiatives from non-profits, corporations, and media. It highlights recycling programs from AT&T and Frito Lay, a green credit card from GE, and an Earth Day campaign video starring Oprah. It also advertises an business directory of sustainable companies and collaborative writing roundtables being led by a writer-in-residence.
This document summarizes discussions from 50 MBA students about how Toyota's sticky gas pedal situation will affect its market, demographics, reputation, branding, and competitors. The most popular discussion thread had 26 replies about a law firm investigating Toyota on behalf of shareholders. The second most popular thread focused on maintaining a consistent message to customers and media. Some discussion threads received no replies. Student comments touched on understanding individual relationships, sustainability in discourse, and similarities to problems at Presidio.
This document provides an overview and definitions related to managerial marketing. It discusses key marketing concepts like meeting customer needs profitably and monitoring customers and competitors. It also defines the marketing mix and different types of goods, services, events, experiences and other offerings that can be marketed. The document then discusses the planning process for marketing, including analyzing opportunities, selecting target markets, and developing programs. It provides examples of case studies and outlines the main components and tasks of marketing like communication, distribution, and creating value for customers.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
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LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
6. The Ten Flatteners -- Converged around the year 2000-- A global, web-enabled platform -- Multiple forms of sharing knowledge / work, irrespective of time, distance, geography and language.
7. Flattener #1 – Fall of the Berlin Wall (opened economies) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsdDb7KDkg&feature=channel
8. At same time: Microsoft Windows(floppy disks Internet sharing)
9. Flattener #2 – Netscape (web to the masses) http://www.supportcave.com/images/netscape4.bmp
10. Flattener #3 Workflow Software(Automation to connect entire org from within and without) http://www.reach1to1.com/images/ExampleLogic.png
11. Examples: eBay and PayPal(no checks or money orders to complete transactions)
12. Flattener #4 – Open Sourcing(Free software used, modified, redistributed by anybody) Linux (anyone can add to and modify vs. Microsft Windows (proprietary operating system) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG9uuGwFmvs
14. Flattener #5 – Outsourcing Splitting service and other activities into componetns for subcontracting. Why India? Open, Infrastructure, Motivated workforce 10 workers for 1 http://www.altergroup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/india-outsource.jpg
15. Flattener #6 – OffshoringInternal relocation of manufacturing to foreign land, e.g. China’s entrance in WTO http://www.oneinchpunch.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/china-toy-manufacturing2.jpg
16. Flattener #7 – Supply-Chaining Elimination of middle-men, low inventories, more customer relationship management
17. Flattener #8 – Insourcing(performing services for another company, e.g. UPS and Toshiba)
19. Flattener #10 – The Steroids Old days: Phone and computing only at home Now: Communicate, collaborate, develop content, find info, view/listen to media, etc.
20. What Next? Global communication is less about persuasion and more about COMMUNITY; Micro-blogging and blogging – (The next big thing is already here.) Which is why…(ever so subtle transition) marketing is important
Editor's Notes
The World is Flat is a best-selling book by author Thomas Friedman that looks at globalization in the 21st Century, and how advances in globalization contributed to a leveling, or flattening, of the playing field for individuals throughout the world in regards to creating businesses, personal employment, access to information, communication, collaboration, and more. Thomas Friedman is a foreign affairs journalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner, for the New York Times who has traveled the globe.
Friedman says we’re at a point called Globalization 3.0, which started around 2000. We’ve gone from the globalization of countries being the dynamic (1.0), changing force for the world, to companies globalizing (2.0), to now individuals and small groups globalizing (3.0). Thanks to changes in political landscapes and economic policies, and advances in technology that provide us with instant, affordable access to information and tools for communication and collaboration, we as individuals are now empowered more than ever before, providing a more level, FLAT playing field for more of us than ever before (hence the title).
Friedman came up with what he considered to be 10 flatteners that occurred over the last 20 years that really helped bring us to the point of the Globalization 3.0 era. Friedman said that these flatteners converged around the year 2000 and "created a flat world: a global, web-enabled platform for multiple forms of sharing knowledge and work, irrespective of time, distance, geography and increasingly, language.” So let’s look at those 10 Flatteners now.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall was not just a physical breaking down and fall of the walls that partly separated West Germany from Communist East Germany, but a metaphor for the fall of Communism as well, and a shift of power from the Communist Soviet Empire to the more democratic and capitalist-friendly economic policies of America and Western Europe. Shortly thereafter, countries like India began abandoning their socialist economic policies and opened their economy, and their people as a potential workforce, up to the world.
At the same time, the Windows PC computer rose to prominence, enabling people all over the world to create content in a digital format and making it far easier to edit and share (THINK BACK TO THE OLD TYPEWRITER DAYS). The sharing wasn’t easy at first, though, because we had to use floppy disk drives to share information. It wasn’t until the rise of the internet and the world wide web that things truly changed.
Netscape was the browser that brought the web to the masses when it went public in 1995. There were other browsers before, like Mosaic, which Netscape was actually built upon, but it was Netscape that caught like wildfire at just the right moment with users. It was easy to use, and allowed us access to web pages with information, pictures, audio, and video from all over the world. (DISCUSS MOSAIC AND NETSCAPE USE). Then, with Windows 95, Microsoft was able to stick its Internet Explorer browser on the desktop of every PC owner in the country, so Netscape’s reign was short-lived. But it was the first to really catch fire and excite imagination about the possibilities of this new World Wide Web, which brought us all that much closer together and allowed us to have information literally at our fingertips.
Friedman points out that before the diffusion of computers and the internet, work flow in an organization might consist of your sales department taking an order over the phone and filling it out on paper, then walking that paper over to the shipping department to fill the order, then someone from shipping walking over to billing with another paper form so that Billing could send the customer an invoice. Highly inefficient – it was easy for human errors to occur at any point in this process – and too time consuming. Once the internet and the web took hold, businesses started finding ways to use software to automate these processes for them, to connect their entire organization from within, as well as connect their organizations with other organizations.
Since Globalization 3.0 is about the empowering of individuals, Friedman discusses the example of Ebay and Paypal as workflow software that helped flatten the world. eBay provided everyday computer and internet users with the ability to hold public auctions, and their audience was anyone in the world with an eBay account and an internet connection. But without the ability to manage consumer payments over the internet, eBay’s chances of succeeding were small – until they decided to adopt PayPal as their Consumer-to-Consumer transaction system. Now, anyone could easily deposit money into a PayPal account from their bank account, and securely pay for items they bid for on ebay from anywhere in the world. Customers no longer needed to send checks or money orders in order to complete transactions on their auction bids. Think about some of the ways that work flow software has affected us all as students. Now, thanks to our Banner Information System, we can sign up for classes and access our grades, all online, as opposed to when I was a student, and everything was done by paper. We’ll learn more, later this semester, about how businesses are using information systems to better manage their operations and work with customers and other businesses in their supply chains.
Friedman then discusses the open source movement. Open source software is typically free software that can be used, modified, and redistributed by anyone in the world. The penguin here is the logo for Linux, which is a free open source operating system the global community of computer programmers, geeks, and hackers can add to, modify, and use in any way they want – contrast that with Microsoft Windows, which is a proprietary operating system that only Microsoft can edit, and for which they charge big bucks. (CITE THE RECENT MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 COMMERCIALS).The Apache Web Server software was one of the most infamous early examples of the power of open source. A community of programmers designed a program that would allow you to host web pages on your computer. It was so successful, that businesses and educational institutions and web programmers throughout the world downloaded Apache and used it as the software for hosting their web pages on their web server. If Apache didn’t totally accomplish what the business or user wanted, they could simply build upon it and make it better, and then share what they did with the rest of the open source community.
Today, the open source software movement has blown up big time. Our course management system, Moodle, is open source – we pay a company to provide server support for us, but the software itself is free. We use Audacity for creating podcasts, and many higher ed institutions are now using Drupal as their content management system for allowing faculty, staff, and students to store their files in a location accessible from anywhere they have an internet connection. We have a collaborative encyclopedia built on open source software – Wikipedia, which is using the free open source Mediawiki program. The open source movement has been both a benefit to businesses who don’t want to have to develop systems from scratch – they can now work on existing open source applications and systems and go from there, AND it’s been a great benefit to the individual – the person who wants to make an existing application better or who doesn’t want to pay an arm and a leg for expensive software solutions, like Microsoft Office. (DEMONSTRATE UBUNTU IF TIME)
Friedman argues that outsourcing has allowed companies to split service and manufacturing activities into components which can be subcontracted and performed in the most efficient, cost-effective way. Friedman uses the example of how we’ve outsourced so much business to India. India already had the infrastructure in place – they had fiber optic cables providing cheap, fast internet access, and they had technical schools which were churning out a skilled workforce. Once India opened up its economic borders to other countries, companies quickly discovered that they had a highly skilled and trained, highly motivated workforce that was working for pennies on the dollar compared to workers in Europe and America. Companies still kept their most highly skilled work in-house, but for projects and services that did not require their mid and top-level people, such as digitizing books, or providing technical phone support, they sent that work abroad to companies all over the world that they could trust, and saved a ton of money in the process by paying, say, 10 workers what it would cost them 1 typical worker.
This idea leads into Friedman’s 6th Flattener, Offshoring, which is the internal relocation of a company's manufacturing to a foreign land to take advantage of less costly operations there. China's entrance in the WTO (World Trade Organization) allowed for greater competition in the playing field. Businesses then began contracting with manufacturing companies in countries like China for their manufacturing needs. Once again, they were able to pay a highly motivated workforce pennies on the dollar, saving lots of money in the process. Before I read Friedman’s book, I had my own sudden realization one day about how common a practice this has become (TALK ABOUT VIN’S PLAYROOM). The question many Americans have is, can we get these jobs back. During the recent presidential election, Obama was pressed about this, and said he’d do what he could, although at this point nothing’s been done, and I’m not sure it can. Why would a company that is paying 5 workers what it costs 1 American to do want to stop that doing that? If we put up regulations demanding that these jobs come back, my guess is that these american companies would just relocate outside our borders, which is good for no one. So what does this mean for american jobs, and what are the implications for how we educate our students and train our workforce? How does it change the nature of the jobs that we have available to us? Friedman has his own suggestions, but I won’t mention them right now, for this week’s case study discussion deals with precisely these issues.
Friedman’s next flattener discusses advancements in Supply-Chaining due to some of the previously mentioned advances in the internet and work flow software, and cites specifically how Wal-Mart created one of the most efficient supply chains going, contributing to it being the biggest retail company in the world. Walmart saved by buying directly from manufacturers, rather than dealing with middle-men, and kept its inventories low and easily manageable by learning more about its customers wants and needs (which we’ll discuss in more detail this semester when we get to customer relationship management systems). Walmart maintains central distribution centers from which they receive all of their goods, which they then truck to the actual stores themselves. This proved to be far less expensive than if they’d had manufacturers truck the items themselves to individual stores. In addition, using communication technologies, they are in constant communication with their drivers, and they have can them pick up excess product at one store location and drop it off at another store location before heading back to the central distribution center. In addition, they’re using Radio Frequency Identification Technology, or RFID, tags to monitor their merchandise. Once RFID technology becomes less expensive, you’re going to see it everywhere. Rather than use tedious, inefficient bar code scanning, RFID technology can tell you where all your products are at any given time. (DISCUSS EXAMPLES OF RFID TECHNOLOGY, and how we’ll be discussing it again later this semester).
Friedman uses UPS as a prime example for in-sourcing, in which the company's employees perform services – beyond shipping – for another company. For example, UPS repairs Toshiba computers on behalf of Toshiba. The work is done at the UPS hub, by UPS employees. This saves a ton of money and time. Let’s say here I am living in San Francisco, and my Toshiba laptop is broken. Rather than have UPS ship my Toshiba laptop to Toshiba’s headquarters overseas, which then means Toshiba has to ship it back as well, incurring more costs, UPS decided to handle Toshiba’s business for them right here in America – they have a service team that fixes the laptop for Toshiba, and then ships it back, drastically cutting down on shipping costs and time. Friedman also mentions as an example the collaboration with services like ebay. Say I sell you some rare coins on ebay. You get the PayPal invoice, which has your name and mailing address on it. At the same time, ebay offers me the option of printing out a UPS mailing label on my own printer with a UPS tracking code on it, which you get as well, so you can track the package on your own time using your computer over the internet.
With the explosion of the web, information was available from resources all over the world, but it wasn’t until the search engine that we had the ability to index these web pages and the information they contained so that we could find the most relevant information that we were looking for in seconds. Although search engines have been around for well over a decade, Google was the search engine to rule all search engines. It’s clean and simple and provides the best search results in no time fast.Friedman writes, "Never before in the history of the planet have so many people – on their own – had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people.” This is just another huge example of how technology and access to information and knowledge has further empowered individuals. Later this semester, we’ll discuss the privacy implications of all of this information being available to the world.
During the early days of personal computing, we were tethered to our computing devices. I would have a desktop computer at home and an analog phone, and if I wanted to call someone, I had to be at home, and if I wanted to do my computing, access the web, e-mail, etc., I had to be on my home computer. Wireless networking, cell phones, smart phones, laptops, instant messaging, texting, video-conferencing, and more – these are the technologies that gave personal computing a big steroid boost. Now I can communicate, collaborate, develop content, find information, view and listen to multimedia, and more, from anywhere at anytime. Not only does that further empower us as individuals, but it shrinks what’s known as the digital divide – the division between the technology haves and the technology have nots. People living in third world countries or in lower economic classes who cannot afford a personal computer now have the ability to communicate with anyone in the world, access information from anywhere in the world, and collaborate with people from anywhere in the world, all through a much less expensive cell phone device. These technologies, in conjunction with the other flatteners Friedman discusses, level the playing field considerably more.