As a working woman, learning how to present yourself with confidence can help you earn respect and esteem in the workplace, and can ultimately lead to the promotions and career advancements you deserve.
Designing with Purpose—Differentiating Through Authenticity and TrustCake and Arrow
Gaining consumer trust is integral to creating a compelling experience, especially with the evolving needs and expectations of today’s shopper. This presentation provides and overview of tactics and strategies for how to create authentic connections with shoppers and develop trust in a market where loyalty is hard to come by.
For women in the workplace, managing up can be one of the most effective ways of advancing your career, staying satisfied in your job, and earning respect.
As unfair as it may be, women who stay silent in the workplace tend to go unnoticed and underpaid. Women who advocate for able to effectively themselves will be more likely to get what they deserve.
Content Marketing 101 (and how to write a kick ass blog post)Cake and Arrow
In recent years, content marketing has come to replace traditional marketing as the most effective method of achieving business objectives and driving sales. This presentation defines content marketing, describes how it works, and explores interesting examples of successful content marketing that push the boundaries of traditional marketing. The final section also includes some tips and strategies for writing compelling content.
Designing with Purpose—Differentiating Through Authenticity and TrustCake and Arrow
Gaining consumer trust is integral to creating a compelling experience, especially with the evolving needs and expectations of today’s shopper. This presentation provides and overview of tactics and strategies for how to create authentic connections with shoppers and develop trust in a market where loyalty is hard to come by.
For women in the workplace, managing up can be one of the most effective ways of advancing your career, staying satisfied in your job, and earning respect.
As unfair as it may be, women who stay silent in the workplace tend to go unnoticed and underpaid. Women who advocate for able to effectively themselves will be more likely to get what they deserve.
Content Marketing 101 (and how to write a kick ass blog post)Cake and Arrow
In recent years, content marketing has come to replace traditional marketing as the most effective method of achieving business objectives and driving sales. This presentation defines content marketing, describes how it works, and explores interesting examples of successful content marketing that push the boundaries of traditional marketing. The final section also includes some tips and strategies for writing compelling content.
20 Tips to Improve Sales on Your Ecommerce SiteCake and Arrow
Whether you’re an ecommerce newbie or been in the game for years, your site must evolve in order to meet customers’ rising demands. Josh Levine, ecommerce design expert and frequent speaker throughout the retail industry, will pull from his 15 years in the trenches with brands like Saks Fifth Avenue, Lowes, and Schwinn, to show you how your site can rise above the competition and convert browsers into buyers.
He shares tactics to improve sales, focusing on high impact areas of your site– navigation, homepage, product page, cart, and checkout. Learn how to make it easy for customers to discover, research and ultimately buy the products they need. You’ll also learn techniques to strike a balance between lifestyle content and commerce in order to maximize engagement and inspire customers to act. So bring the notepad to this one and be prepared to walk away with actionable tips to boost that bottom line.
Transformation & Tradition: Reimagining the Customer-Agent Experience in Insu...Cake and Arrow
With the digitization of the insurance industry now fast underway, insurance companies are faced with the unique opportunity to leverage advances in technology to reclaim something of the bygone simplicity of the once trusted agent-customer experience, free from the mounds of paperwork, clunky technology, and complicated underwriting processes that have come to characterize buying insurance.
In this webinar, we will discuss how the insurance industry can re-imagine its own tradition of the agent-customer experience to usher in a new era of digital transformation built on trust, transparency and customer needs.
2016 Ecommerce Content Strategy: 7 Keys to Improving Conversion and SalesCake and Arrow
Alex Schmelkin, CEO and co-founder of Cake & Arrow (formerly Alexander Interactive), the award-winning customer experience agency, spoke at Internet Retailer Conference and Expo (IRCE) Chicago on Thursday, June 9th with Joshua Nafman, Senior Director of Brand & Digital Marketing at KIND Snacks, where he is responsible for telling stories that encourage people to do the kind thing for their bodies, their tastebuds and their world.
Ai has been a featured speaker at IRCE for several years. This past Thursday, Alex partnered with Joshua Nafman, Senior Director of Brand & Digital at KIND, to deliver a comprehensive presentation on content strategy. Designed to help retailers better reach and more deeply engage with their customers, their presentation explained:
the fundamentals of content strategy plans
how to uncover holes in those plans
how to establish successful ways for content will work across your site.
In this session, attendees were also able to hear recent case studies about content challenges that retailers faced, discover how they created content strategies that worked for their businesses, and learn how they measured ROI.
Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
Enriching engagement with ethical review processesstrikingabalance
New ethics review processes at the University of Bath. Presented at the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity by Filipa Vance, Head of Research Governance and Compliance at the University of Bath. June 2024, Athens
Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile SystemsRob Healy
Copy of the presentation given at XP2024 based on a research paper.
In this paper we explain wat overwork is and the physical and mental health risks associated with it.
We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
Employment PracticesRegulation and Multinational CorporationsRoopaTemkar
Employment PracticesRegulation and Multinational Corporations
Strategic decision making within MNCs constrained or determined by the implementation of laws and codes of practice and by pressure from political actors. Managers in MNCs have to make choices that are shaped by gvmt. intervention and the local economy.
Specific ServPoints should be tailored for restaurants in all food service segments. Your ServPoints should be the centerpiece of brand delivery training (guest service) and align with your brand position and marketing initiatives, especially in high-labor-cost conditions.
408-784-7371
Foodservice Consulting + Design
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
Integrity in leadership builds trust by ensuring consistency between words an...Ram V Chary
Integrity in leadership builds trust by ensuring consistency between words and actions, making leaders reliable and credible. It also ensures ethical decision-making, which fosters a positive organizational culture and promotes long-term success. #RamVChary
Org Design is a core skill to be mastered by management for any successful org change.
Org Topologies™ in its essence is a two-dimensional space with 16 distinctive boxes - atomic organizational archetypes. That space helps you to plot your current operating model by positioning individuals, departments, and teams on the map. This will give a profound understanding of the performance of your value-creating organizational ecosystem.
20 Tips to Improve Sales on Your Ecommerce SiteCake and Arrow
Whether you’re an ecommerce newbie or been in the game for years, your site must evolve in order to meet customers’ rising demands. Josh Levine, ecommerce design expert and frequent speaker throughout the retail industry, will pull from his 15 years in the trenches with brands like Saks Fifth Avenue, Lowes, and Schwinn, to show you how your site can rise above the competition and convert browsers into buyers.
He shares tactics to improve sales, focusing on high impact areas of your site– navigation, homepage, product page, cart, and checkout. Learn how to make it easy for customers to discover, research and ultimately buy the products they need. You’ll also learn techniques to strike a balance between lifestyle content and commerce in order to maximize engagement and inspire customers to act. So bring the notepad to this one and be prepared to walk away with actionable tips to boost that bottom line.
Transformation & Tradition: Reimagining the Customer-Agent Experience in Insu...Cake and Arrow
With the digitization of the insurance industry now fast underway, insurance companies are faced with the unique opportunity to leverage advances in technology to reclaim something of the bygone simplicity of the once trusted agent-customer experience, free from the mounds of paperwork, clunky technology, and complicated underwriting processes that have come to characterize buying insurance.
In this webinar, we will discuss how the insurance industry can re-imagine its own tradition of the agent-customer experience to usher in a new era of digital transformation built on trust, transparency and customer needs.
2016 Ecommerce Content Strategy: 7 Keys to Improving Conversion and SalesCake and Arrow
Alex Schmelkin, CEO and co-founder of Cake & Arrow (formerly Alexander Interactive), the award-winning customer experience agency, spoke at Internet Retailer Conference and Expo (IRCE) Chicago on Thursday, June 9th with Joshua Nafman, Senior Director of Brand & Digital Marketing at KIND Snacks, where he is responsible for telling stories that encourage people to do the kind thing for their bodies, their tastebuds and their world.
Ai has been a featured speaker at IRCE for several years. This past Thursday, Alex partnered with Joshua Nafman, Senior Director of Brand & Digital at KIND, to deliver a comprehensive presentation on content strategy. Designed to help retailers better reach and more deeply engage with their customers, their presentation explained:
the fundamentals of content strategy plans
how to uncover holes in those plans
how to establish successful ways for content will work across your site.
In this session, attendees were also able to hear recent case studies about content challenges that retailers faced, discover how they created content strategies that worked for their businesses, and learn how they measured ROI.
Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
Over 15 years of experience managing and developing cost improvement projects with key Stakeholders, site Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance, and facility support personnel to optimize pro-duction operations, safety, EHS, and new product development. (BioLab, Deutz, Caire)
Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
Enriching engagement with ethical review processesstrikingabalance
New ethics review processes at the University of Bath. Presented at the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity by Filipa Vance, Head of Research Governance and Compliance at the University of Bath. June 2024, Athens
Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile SystemsRob Healy
Copy of the presentation given at XP2024 based on a research paper.
In this paper we explain wat overwork is and the physical and mental health risks associated with it.
We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
Employment PracticesRegulation and Multinational CorporationsRoopaTemkar
Employment PracticesRegulation and Multinational Corporations
Strategic decision making within MNCs constrained or determined by the implementation of laws and codes of practice and by pressure from political actors. Managers in MNCs have to make choices that are shaped by gvmt. intervention and the local economy.
Specific ServPoints should be tailored for restaurants in all food service segments. Your ServPoints should be the centerpiece of brand delivery training (guest service) and align with your brand position and marketing initiatives, especially in high-labor-cost conditions.
408-784-7371
Foodservice Consulting + Design
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
Integrity in leadership builds trust by ensuring consistency between words an...Ram V Chary
Integrity in leadership builds trust by ensuring consistency between words and actions, making leaders reliable and credible. It also ensures ethical decision-making, which fosters a positive organizational culture and promotes long-term success. #RamVChary
Org Design is a core skill to be mastered by management for any successful org change.
Org Topologies™ in its essence is a two-dimensional space with 16 distinctive boxes - atomic organizational archetypes. That space helps you to plot your current operating model by positioning individuals, departments, and teams on the map. This will give a profound understanding of the performance of your value-creating organizational ecosystem.
A presentation on mastering key management concepts across projects, products, programs, and portfolios. Whether you're an aspiring manager or looking to enhance your skills, this session will provide you with the knowledge and tools to succeed in various management roles. Learn about the distinct lifecycles, methodologies, and essential skillsets needed to thrive in today's dynamic business environment.
Public Speaking Tips to Help You Be A Strong Leader.pdfPinta Partners
In the realm of effective leadership, a multitude of skills come into play, but one stands out as both crucial and challenging: public speaking.
Public speaking transcends mere eloquence; it serves as the medium through which leaders articulate their vision, inspire action, and foster engagement. For leaders, refining public speaking skills is essential, elevating their ability to influence, persuade, and lead with resolute conviction. Here are some key tips to consider: https://joellandau.com/the-public-speaking-tips-to-help-you-be-a-stronger-leader/
7. Steps to Give Off the Best First Impression
1. Do your homework
2. Make your grand entrance
3. Own your content
4. Practice active listening
8. Appendix
• Amy Cuddy’s research:
• Business Insider
• Entrepreneur
• Research-Backed Ways to Impress Anyone in 2
Seconds
• How to Master the Art of the First Impression
• Julian Baggini: Is There a Real You?