This document provides tips and strategies for tradespeople to increase their business and profits. It discusses identifying a target customer and differentiating your business. Key points include developing a clear value proposition, building trust quickly, and following a process of connecting with customers, gathering intelligence, presenting solutions, asking for business, and following up. A case study shows how implementing these strategies, such as creating a website and using a customer relationship management system, increased one business' conversion rate from 27% to 73% and average job profits from 6% to over 17%. The document emphasizes taking action and not getting stuck overcoming life's obstacles to implementing changes.
How to Hire Quality Staff in a Shrinking Talent PoolPROTRADE United
This document provides tips for hiring quality staff in a tight talent market. It discusses how the talent pool is shrinking as baby boomers retire and top talent becomes scarcer. To adapt, companies must embrace change, Millennials, and create a loyal workplace. The overall hiring process discussed includes attracting candidates, induction/training, performance management, and departure. Specific tips for successful hiring include having a clear vision; creating an attractive environment; considering internal and network candidates; selling the opportunity; thorough qualifying like skills tests; and conducting a multi-step interview process to find the best fit. The goal is to hire candidates that match the company's values and skills to build a strong team for the future.
Personal Agility: From Personal Satisfaction to Professional ImpactPeter Stevens
Personal Agility is a simple, easy-to-use framework to help you figure out and do more of what really matters. Personal Agility connects what you do with who you are and who you want to be. Personal Agility is also a simple leadership framework to help you build alignment throughout your organization.
Do you have too much to do and not enough time to do it? This talk give answers, shares case studies, and shows how you can use this simple framework to do more that matters and less that doesn't!
As presented at Torino Agile Conference, February 3, 2018
The document provides information about virtual personal assistants (PAs) and how to work with one. It discusses how virtual PAs can take on administrative tasks to free up time for business owners. Virtual PAs are equipped to handle anything an in-house assistant can do through communication tools like email, text, phone and Skype. They are a fraction of the cost of an in-house assistant. The document outlines steps for getting started with a virtual PA such as having an initial conversation, sharing task lists and contact information, and determining regular check-ins. It also provides tips for fostering a good working relationship and using productivity tools.
How to win business on Zillow with Andrew Adams Mortgage Coach
The webinar discusses how Andrew Adams generates most of his business from Zillow by actively participating in forums and threads, delivering obvious value to readers. He closes around 20 loans per month using this strategy, more than double his usual amount. The webinar promotes Mortgage Coach tools including EDGE reports that help loan officers analyze home loan options and win more business from realtors by helping them sell homes faster. Attendees are offered access to the tools and training for $695, a savings of $1,100 from the normal value.
The document describes a proposed virtual reality product called World of Leaders that aims to help develop leadership skills. It would prepare users for opportunities like job interviews, promotions, and typical workdays by simulating leadership scenarios without real-world consequences for failure. The product would allow users to upgrade their leadership abilities and feel more prepared for their careers and lives. Logos were proposed and the red "Leaders of the World" font was selected for its eye-catching qualities and resemblance to handwriting to create comfort.
The Art of Rapid Prototyping - Specific Techniques for How to Design Faster w...UXPA International
UXPA2013 Annual Conference - Thursday July 11, 2013 1:30pm - 2:30pm by Ben Salinas
With today's highly interactive software, designing on paper is not enough. Without being able to play with the interface, you can't really know how it will work. Rather than putting this off to the development phase or an explicit prototyping phase, start prototyping while designing. Learn how to build quick prototypes to answer specific design questions.
We built it, but why won't they come? Practical advice to overcome common use...Susan Hanley
One of biggest struggles with the introduction of new technologies – especially collaboration technologies – is getting people to use them. It doesn’t matter whether you are on prem or in the cloud, you don’t get any value until people use your solution! This presentation is designed to showcase proven examples and strategies to unlock the secrets of user adoption success for SharePoint. Learn what works, what doesn’t work, and how you can build up your toolkit of approaches to address and overcome common adoption challenges.
This document provides tips and strategies for tradespeople to increase their business and profits. It discusses identifying a target customer and differentiating your business. Key points include developing a clear value proposition, building trust quickly, and following a process of connecting with customers, gathering intelligence, presenting solutions, asking for business, and following up. A case study shows how implementing these strategies, such as creating a website and using a customer relationship management system, increased one business' conversion rate from 27% to 73% and average job profits from 6% to over 17%. The document emphasizes taking action and not getting stuck overcoming life's obstacles to implementing changes.
How to Hire Quality Staff in a Shrinking Talent PoolPROTRADE United
This document provides tips for hiring quality staff in a tight talent market. It discusses how the talent pool is shrinking as baby boomers retire and top talent becomes scarcer. To adapt, companies must embrace change, Millennials, and create a loyal workplace. The overall hiring process discussed includes attracting candidates, induction/training, performance management, and departure. Specific tips for successful hiring include having a clear vision; creating an attractive environment; considering internal and network candidates; selling the opportunity; thorough qualifying like skills tests; and conducting a multi-step interview process to find the best fit. The goal is to hire candidates that match the company's values and skills to build a strong team for the future.
Personal Agility: From Personal Satisfaction to Professional ImpactPeter Stevens
Personal Agility is a simple, easy-to-use framework to help you figure out and do more of what really matters. Personal Agility connects what you do with who you are and who you want to be. Personal Agility is also a simple leadership framework to help you build alignment throughout your organization.
Do you have too much to do and not enough time to do it? This talk give answers, shares case studies, and shows how you can use this simple framework to do more that matters and less that doesn't!
As presented at Torino Agile Conference, February 3, 2018
The document provides information about virtual personal assistants (PAs) and how to work with one. It discusses how virtual PAs can take on administrative tasks to free up time for business owners. Virtual PAs are equipped to handle anything an in-house assistant can do through communication tools like email, text, phone and Skype. They are a fraction of the cost of an in-house assistant. The document outlines steps for getting started with a virtual PA such as having an initial conversation, sharing task lists and contact information, and determining regular check-ins. It also provides tips for fostering a good working relationship and using productivity tools.
How to win business on Zillow with Andrew Adams Mortgage Coach
The webinar discusses how Andrew Adams generates most of his business from Zillow by actively participating in forums and threads, delivering obvious value to readers. He closes around 20 loans per month using this strategy, more than double his usual amount. The webinar promotes Mortgage Coach tools including EDGE reports that help loan officers analyze home loan options and win more business from realtors by helping them sell homes faster. Attendees are offered access to the tools and training for $695, a savings of $1,100 from the normal value.
The document describes a proposed virtual reality product called World of Leaders that aims to help develop leadership skills. It would prepare users for opportunities like job interviews, promotions, and typical workdays by simulating leadership scenarios without real-world consequences for failure. The product would allow users to upgrade their leadership abilities and feel more prepared for their careers and lives. Logos were proposed and the red "Leaders of the World" font was selected for its eye-catching qualities and resemblance to handwriting to create comfort.
The Art of Rapid Prototyping - Specific Techniques for How to Design Faster w...UXPA International
UXPA2013 Annual Conference - Thursday July 11, 2013 1:30pm - 2:30pm by Ben Salinas
With today's highly interactive software, designing on paper is not enough. Without being able to play with the interface, you can't really know how it will work. Rather than putting this off to the development phase or an explicit prototyping phase, start prototyping while designing. Learn how to build quick prototypes to answer specific design questions.
We built it, but why won't they come? Practical advice to overcome common use...Susan Hanley
One of biggest struggles with the introduction of new technologies – especially collaboration technologies – is getting people to use them. It doesn’t matter whether you are on prem or in the cloud, you don’t get any value until people use your solution! This presentation is designed to showcase proven examples and strategies to unlock the secrets of user adoption success for SharePoint. Learn what works, what doesn’t work, and how you can build up your toolkit of approaches to address and overcome common adoption challenges.
Facebook never needed adoption why does Office 365?Sasja Beerendonk
The document discusses adoption of Office 365 and compares it to Facebook, which never needed adoption. It focuses on Sasja Beerendonk, a change consultant at Silverside who helps organizations become more collaborative using the PACE methodology. PACE sequences change activities into four stages: Prepare, Activate, Capitalize, and Enhance. The document provides details on each stage and how the methodology can be applied.
How to Become a Key Person of Influence in Your IndustryMike Reid
The document is a transcript from a webinar promoting the Key Person of Influence Brand Accelerator program offered by Dent Global. Dent Global is introduced as a business accelerator company that helps entrepreneurs become recognized experts in their niche in under 12 months. The webinar discusses trends affecting entrepreneurs today and how developing a strong personal brand can help businesses scale. It provides several case studies of entrepreneurs who went through the accelerator program and saw significant revenue increases by developing their expertise and influence in their field. The webinar promotes the 5-step framework the accelerator teaches to help entrepreneurs position themselves as a visible expert and build valuable partnerships and assets for their business.
Matthew Koster has transitioned from being a teacher from 2010 to 2012 to founding an edtech startup in 2013. The document provides advice for others considering moving from being a teacher to becoming a "teacherpreneur" and launching an education technology business. It recommends researching customer needs, building prototypes, and getting customer feedback. It also stresses the importance of writing a detailed business plan that includes financial forecasts, protecting intellectual property, understanding the business model from the bottom up, and launching the business despite inevitable mistakes.
The document discusses several techniques for estimating the size and complexity of features in agile development projects, including planning poker, decomposition, and using ideal time vs elapsed time. It emphasizes that estimation in agile focuses on relative sizing rather than durations, and that estimates are intentionally vague at first and improve over time based on measuring team velocity. Key goals of iteration planning meetings are to set commitments and arrive at a prioritized backlog for the upcoming sprint.
Become an Independent Product Management ConsultantSue Raisty
Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be an employee to do some of the most interesting product work in Silicon Valley.
So, if you LOVE product management and product marketing work, but...
* you want to see your family more
* you want to learn more in one year than you have in the past five
* you want to have a bigger impact on the industry, and work with several interesting companies in a year
* you're inherently entrepreneurial and want to control your own destiny
* BUT you want to do all this without sacrificing your pay
... then come learn how to become an independent product management consultant. Someone who's done it, a been-there-done-that PM consultant, will guide you step-by-step through what you need to do to strike out on your own within 2 months.
We'l cover a 12 step process of exactly what you need to do to set up shop, land your first client, do an incredible job for your clients, and manage your business going forward.
For All Summit 2022: Great Place To Work Focus SessionJustinBoo1
How much better are great workplaces than the average U.S. company? Why and how does Great Place to Work® assess Trust, Maximizing Human Potential, Values, Leadership Effectiveness, Innovation By All, and Values to determine Certification and Best Workplaces™ list rankings? What makes a workplace stand out as one of the best in 2022? My survey scores seem really high, why didn’t I make a list? What areas should I be focusing on to improve my Certification score?
In this session, we’ll answer these questions and more based on insights gathered from 1.2 million employees participating in Certification in the last 12 months in the U.S. alone.
The document discusses common mistakes in sales and marketing alignment and collaboration. It identifies 7 common mistakes: 1) doing nothing; 2) relying on quick fixes; 3) having no intermediator; 4) neglecting the human element; 5) relying too heavily on technology; 6) lacking executive support; 7) expecting immediate results. The document advocates for a collaborative approach called "Smarketing" to integrate sales and marketing, achieve benefits like increased sales and profits, and provide examples of companies that improved performance through Smarketing.
Developing Talent To Increase Business PerformanceMonster
TALENT is the engine of business growth and long-term competitiveness. When the right capabilities are built and leveraged within an organization, results follow. Savvy managers know how to build the capabilities needed to perform today and deliver talent results needed for tomorrow’s business needs.
Talent needs to KNOW what to do, be able to do (CAN do), and WANT to do to in order to achieve organization results.
This Slideshare contains information on:
- How to build talent (the CAN do)
- How to Engage talent (the WANT to do)
- How to deliver an increase in their organization’s business performance
This document summarizes the services offered by the marketing company Marketing Sweet. In 3 sentences:
Marketing Sweet is an Australian marketing company that offers a range of services including web design, graphic design, and increasing website traffic. They have over 150 client reviews and emphasize their outstanding customer service and creative solutions. The document provides details on their team, client testimonials, portfolio of work, and encourages contacting them for advice.
This document provides descriptions of various services offered by a digital content and video production company including video production starting at $9, PowerPoint makeover services starting at $1, and holiday videos starting at $5. It also describes a PowerPoint makeover service February 2012 special promotion and includes contact information for those services. The document contains multiple sections with descriptions of products, services, pricing and contact information for a digital media and video production company.
This document announces an upcoming event for the BayCHI organization. It will feature two speakers, Kate Rutter and Steve Portigal, who will discuss techniques for moving from research to design. Attendees are asked to take notes on office supply tools and collaboration spaces to provide data for Steve Portigal's session. The document also lists membership benefits and opportunities to get involved with BayCHI through volunteering or suggesting future program topics.
TAG | Sage Authorized Partner | Team TAG is Southern California's Premier Sage Certified Partner with Sage Certified Consultants for Sage 300 CRE (Timberline), Sage 100 Contractor (Master Builder) and Sage 100 ERP (MAS 90).
TAG attends Sage Summit in Vegas. See pictures and highlights.
if you are interested in Big Data and its related field, Then it's a good start for you to read this presentation and figure out how big data affects you every day and how you can make use of it.
This document provides an overview of offseason member engagement strategies for a youth sports organization. It discusses developing a yearly calendar to supplement communication and activities each month, including ideas like awards banquets, non-sports events, and seasonal programs. It also covers testing and optimizing engagement methods through tools like Google Analytics and emphasizing benefits in communications. The document promotes Demosphere's registration and communication products and services to help organizations implement these strategies through features like an online registration system and recommendations from their experience in the youth sports industry.
The document provides advice for startups, including focusing on solving one problem at a time, using agile development practices, understanding customer needs, executing effectively, collaborating with others, marketing through blogs and videos, seeking mentors, and potentially joining incubators for resources and support. It also cautions startups to build less features than competitors initially and discusses fundraising and investors.
The document provides tips for business development (BD) professionals. It emphasizes building relationships through generosity and making time for BD activities. Tips include joining industry groups, attending conferences, inviting clients to social events, maintaining client relationships through good communication and service, and planning BD activities like making client calls. The goal is to strengthen connections, identify new opportunities, and gain referrals through a balanced focus on BD, marketing, and public relations.
Eugene kohne joins the acuity team! #humansofacuityIconicdigitalUK
This document discusses blog posts from Acuity Solutions, a Sage business partner. It provides an introduction to Eugene Kohne, who recently joined Acuity's team as a Sage X3 Developer. Kohne discusses his experience with Sage products, reasons for joining Acuity including the team culture, and goals for his first month focusing on an integration project. The blog also provides information about staying updated with Acuity's blog and a call to join their team.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Facebook never needed adoption why does Office 365?Sasja Beerendonk
The document discusses adoption of Office 365 and compares it to Facebook, which never needed adoption. It focuses on Sasja Beerendonk, a change consultant at Silverside who helps organizations become more collaborative using the PACE methodology. PACE sequences change activities into four stages: Prepare, Activate, Capitalize, and Enhance. The document provides details on each stage and how the methodology can be applied.
How to Become a Key Person of Influence in Your IndustryMike Reid
The document is a transcript from a webinar promoting the Key Person of Influence Brand Accelerator program offered by Dent Global. Dent Global is introduced as a business accelerator company that helps entrepreneurs become recognized experts in their niche in under 12 months. The webinar discusses trends affecting entrepreneurs today and how developing a strong personal brand can help businesses scale. It provides several case studies of entrepreneurs who went through the accelerator program and saw significant revenue increases by developing their expertise and influence in their field. The webinar promotes the 5-step framework the accelerator teaches to help entrepreneurs position themselves as a visible expert and build valuable partnerships and assets for their business.
Matthew Koster has transitioned from being a teacher from 2010 to 2012 to founding an edtech startup in 2013. The document provides advice for others considering moving from being a teacher to becoming a "teacherpreneur" and launching an education technology business. It recommends researching customer needs, building prototypes, and getting customer feedback. It also stresses the importance of writing a detailed business plan that includes financial forecasts, protecting intellectual property, understanding the business model from the bottom up, and launching the business despite inevitable mistakes.
The document discusses several techniques for estimating the size and complexity of features in agile development projects, including planning poker, decomposition, and using ideal time vs elapsed time. It emphasizes that estimation in agile focuses on relative sizing rather than durations, and that estimates are intentionally vague at first and improve over time based on measuring team velocity. Key goals of iteration planning meetings are to set commitments and arrive at a prioritized backlog for the upcoming sprint.
Become an Independent Product Management ConsultantSue Raisty
Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be an employee to do some of the most interesting product work in Silicon Valley.
So, if you LOVE product management and product marketing work, but...
* you want to see your family more
* you want to learn more in one year than you have in the past five
* you want to have a bigger impact on the industry, and work with several interesting companies in a year
* you're inherently entrepreneurial and want to control your own destiny
* BUT you want to do all this without sacrificing your pay
... then come learn how to become an independent product management consultant. Someone who's done it, a been-there-done-that PM consultant, will guide you step-by-step through what you need to do to strike out on your own within 2 months.
We'l cover a 12 step process of exactly what you need to do to set up shop, land your first client, do an incredible job for your clients, and manage your business going forward.
For All Summit 2022: Great Place To Work Focus SessionJustinBoo1
How much better are great workplaces than the average U.S. company? Why and how does Great Place to Work® assess Trust, Maximizing Human Potential, Values, Leadership Effectiveness, Innovation By All, and Values to determine Certification and Best Workplaces™ list rankings? What makes a workplace stand out as one of the best in 2022? My survey scores seem really high, why didn’t I make a list? What areas should I be focusing on to improve my Certification score?
In this session, we’ll answer these questions and more based on insights gathered from 1.2 million employees participating in Certification in the last 12 months in the U.S. alone.
The document discusses common mistakes in sales and marketing alignment and collaboration. It identifies 7 common mistakes: 1) doing nothing; 2) relying on quick fixes; 3) having no intermediator; 4) neglecting the human element; 5) relying too heavily on technology; 6) lacking executive support; 7) expecting immediate results. The document advocates for a collaborative approach called "Smarketing" to integrate sales and marketing, achieve benefits like increased sales and profits, and provide examples of companies that improved performance through Smarketing.
Developing Talent To Increase Business PerformanceMonster
TALENT is the engine of business growth and long-term competitiveness. When the right capabilities are built and leveraged within an organization, results follow. Savvy managers know how to build the capabilities needed to perform today and deliver talent results needed for tomorrow’s business needs.
Talent needs to KNOW what to do, be able to do (CAN do), and WANT to do to in order to achieve organization results.
This Slideshare contains information on:
- How to build talent (the CAN do)
- How to Engage talent (the WANT to do)
- How to deliver an increase in their organization’s business performance
This document summarizes the services offered by the marketing company Marketing Sweet. In 3 sentences:
Marketing Sweet is an Australian marketing company that offers a range of services including web design, graphic design, and increasing website traffic. They have over 150 client reviews and emphasize their outstanding customer service and creative solutions. The document provides details on their team, client testimonials, portfolio of work, and encourages contacting them for advice.
This document provides descriptions of various services offered by a digital content and video production company including video production starting at $9, PowerPoint makeover services starting at $1, and holiday videos starting at $5. It also describes a PowerPoint makeover service February 2012 special promotion and includes contact information for those services. The document contains multiple sections with descriptions of products, services, pricing and contact information for a digital media and video production company.
This document announces an upcoming event for the BayCHI organization. It will feature two speakers, Kate Rutter and Steve Portigal, who will discuss techniques for moving from research to design. Attendees are asked to take notes on office supply tools and collaboration spaces to provide data for Steve Portigal's session. The document also lists membership benefits and opportunities to get involved with BayCHI through volunteering or suggesting future program topics.
TAG | Sage Authorized Partner | Team TAG is Southern California's Premier Sage Certified Partner with Sage Certified Consultants for Sage 300 CRE (Timberline), Sage 100 Contractor (Master Builder) and Sage 100 ERP (MAS 90).
TAG attends Sage Summit in Vegas. See pictures and highlights.
if you are interested in Big Data and its related field, Then it's a good start for you to read this presentation and figure out how big data affects you every day and how you can make use of it.
This document provides an overview of offseason member engagement strategies for a youth sports organization. It discusses developing a yearly calendar to supplement communication and activities each month, including ideas like awards banquets, non-sports events, and seasonal programs. It also covers testing and optimizing engagement methods through tools like Google Analytics and emphasizing benefits in communications. The document promotes Demosphere's registration and communication products and services to help organizations implement these strategies through features like an online registration system and recommendations from their experience in the youth sports industry.
The document provides advice for startups, including focusing on solving one problem at a time, using agile development practices, understanding customer needs, executing effectively, collaborating with others, marketing through blogs and videos, seeking mentors, and potentially joining incubators for resources and support. It also cautions startups to build less features than competitors initially and discusses fundraising and investors.
The document provides tips for business development (BD) professionals. It emphasizes building relationships through generosity and making time for BD activities. Tips include joining industry groups, attending conferences, inviting clients to social events, maintaining client relationships through good communication and service, and planning BD activities like making client calls. The goal is to strengthen connections, identify new opportunities, and gain referrals through a balanced focus on BD, marketing, and public relations.
Eugene kohne joins the acuity team! #humansofacuityIconicdigitalUK
This document discusses blog posts from Acuity Solutions, a Sage business partner. It provides an introduction to Eugene Kohne, who recently joined Acuity's team as a Sage X3 Developer. Kohne discusses his experience with Sage products, reasons for joining Acuity including the team culture, and goals for his first month focusing on an integration project. The blog also provides information about staying updated with Acuity's blog and a call to join their team.
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Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
In 2024, we are witnessing an explosion of new DeFi projects and protocols, each pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in finance.
In summary, DeFi in 2024 is not just a trend; it’s a revolution that democratizes finance, enhances security and transparency, and fosters continuous innovation. As we proceed through this presentation, we'll explore the various components and services of DeFi in detail, shedding light on how they are transforming the financial landscape.
At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
Ready to take your DeFi project to the next level? Partner with Intelisync for expert DeFi development services today!
Salesforce Integration for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions A...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on integration of Salesforce with Bonterra Impact Management.
Interested in deploying an integration with Salesforce for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
1. The Art of Continuous Education for Teams Utilizing the PechaKucha 20x20 to Continually Improve Team Education and Knowledge Peter Saddington, CSM CSP Executive Editor AgileScout.com @agilescout
What if your parents or teachers told you that after you graduate HS or college that you never had to learn every again? What would you say?
What if your parents or teachers told you that after you graduate HS or college that you never had to learn every again? What would you say?
Do we stop learning after college?
So what is the value of personal growth? Do you get personal growth through…
Are there any other ways to self educate or grow your craft? [Ask audience] How about being mentored? How about asking those around you for advice? How about creating what I call a Personal Board of Directors?
So we’ve pretty much established that personal growth is important. It’s something that we innately value as people.
We’ve verified that growth is part of life. We expect it to happen to ourselves, and in turn, we expect it to happen to others. We live in a world where growth is EXPECTED, ASSUMED.
If we expect growth to be a natural part of life, wouldn’t we expect it from our teams as well?
If we expect growth to be a natural part of life, wouldn’t we expect it from our teams as well?
So how can your teams continually improve themselves? Leadership and a useful tool from Japan.
A tool for visual learning and team self-education
IT IS A PRESENTATION! Started by Astrid Lein and Mark Dytham --- February 2003 Architects!
Billboard – visualize workflow
Grandfather of the Toyota production system which became LEAN manufacturing in the USA later
Scheduling systems are complicated. There is a better way to visualize work based on a pull system of demand.
This is all of the work you need to do, prioritized by importance at the top.
This is the work you are doing now with a WIP or work in progress limit
This is simply the stuff you’ve gotten done.
As you complete a task to DONE you can move a new task to the in progress section.
Visualizing my workflow makes me happy. I can win every day and see my progress as it is moved across the board
As you can see I have many things to do. Remember, these items are sorted by priority
I have one task up on the board. My work in progress limit is 2. I’m not a multi-tasker, but I can get one thing done with excellence!
For the current week, I’ve completed a lot of things that I needed to do.
WIFE IS HAPPY
Kanban is great for new ideas or new initiatives in your life, or new projects. I was a n00b in my marriage to my wife. We needed a way to visualize our work and get those prioritized completed!
Kanban is great for personal overall time management
Kanban is great for work
Kanban is great for teams, especially working on software development
All you need is a wall, some tape, some sticky notes, a pen, and an idea or project that you want to manage
Hopefully Kanban can make your life easier and happier. Why? Because you can visualize your workflow and manage it simply and effectively