This document is an expression of interest form for the ACFE ementor project 2010. It collects information from organizations about their interest and experience with e-learning and technology-enabled learning. It asks for contact details of participating staff, whether e-learning is part of the organization's strategic plan, and what opportunities and experiences they have with various e-learning tools. The benefits of participation are seen as valuable experience for participants, opportunities for the organization, and improved learning for communities.
Centre4 Testing Market Watch Spring 2010ryanhannigan
The document provides an overview of the current state of the software testing market based on a survey conducted in January/February 2010. A few key points:
1) Confidence in the software testing market has greatly increased, with 88% feeling more optimistic about 2010 compared to 2009 and only 2% feeling less confident.
2) Day rates for test analysts have slightly increased to £306 on average, with test managers seeing stable rates of £420.
3) Over the past decade, the software testing industry has evolved from being project-based to a growing preference for managed service providers that blend consulting and contract resources.
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58% of cell owners used their phones for recommendations, reviews, or price comparisons in a physical store this holiday shopping season. Young adults and smartphone owners lead the way.
The document discusses strategies for marketing new technologies to help them gain adoption. It outlines a model called the "Bright Blue Day Model of Technology Adoption" which maps a technology's potential for disruption against audience confidence in its success. To achieve broad adoption, a "Siren Song" technology must first "cross the trust gap" by proving its viability to gain audience confidence. The document provides four key strategies to help technologies cross this trust gap: 1) Prove success through references, demonstrations and case studies, 2) Encourage free trials to breed confidence, 3) Lead industry debates to position the technology as a thought leader, and 4) Provide safe environments for audiences to experiment with the technology.
Kirk Stapleton: How performance data can influence clinical behaviourNuffield Trust
1) There is significant unexplained variation in Medicare costs per enrollee between different geographic markets, with costs in some markets nearly 300% higher than others.
2) UnitedHealthGroup reviews various programs aimed at influencing clinical behavior through the use of performance data, including organ transplant networks, cardiac data sharing initiatives, and gainsharing programs between providers and hospitals.
3) The organ transplant Centers of Excellence program designates certain medical centers as specialized transplant providers based on meeting quality criteria and economic criteria. This program has led to a 22% reduction in hospital length of stay and a 21% reduction in unnecessary transplants.
1) A case study describes a marketing campaign that handshake Marketing conducted for a cable operator and programmer. handshake guaranteed higher response rates than what was typically achieved.
2) The campaign targeted consumers in 7 US regions based on their behaviors. This led to response rates that were 2x the historical averages and significantly higher than the guarantees.
3) Across all regions, the campaign achieved a much higher overall response than what was typically seen for such campaigns, demonstrating the effectiveness of behavioral targeting.
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor and futurist. He was raised in Queens, New York and showed early talent for computers and technology. As a teenager, he wrote computer programs and had a song written by his computer performed on television. He went on to create successful companies developing technologies like optical character recognition and speech recognition software. Kurzweil is known for his predictions about technological singularity and how artificial intelligence may outpace biological intelligence. He co-founded Singularity University to bring together leaders in exponentially advancing technologies.
Centre4 Testing Market Watch Spring 2010ryanhannigan
The document provides an overview of the current state of the software testing market based on a survey conducted in January/February 2010. A few key points:
1) Confidence in the software testing market has greatly increased, with 88% feeling more optimistic about 2010 compared to 2009 and only 2% feeling less confident.
2) Day rates for test analysts have slightly increased to £306 on average, with test managers seeing stable rates of £420.
3) Over the past decade, the software testing industry has evolved from being project-based to a growing preference for managed service providers that blend consulting and contract resources.
In-store Mobile Commerce During the 2012 Holiday Shopping SeasonDigitaluxe
58% of cell owners used their phones for recommendations, reviews, or price comparisons in a physical store this holiday shopping season. Young adults and smartphone owners lead the way.
The document discusses strategies for marketing new technologies to help them gain adoption. It outlines a model called the "Bright Blue Day Model of Technology Adoption" which maps a technology's potential for disruption against audience confidence in its success. To achieve broad adoption, a "Siren Song" technology must first "cross the trust gap" by proving its viability to gain audience confidence. The document provides four key strategies to help technologies cross this trust gap: 1) Prove success through references, demonstrations and case studies, 2) Encourage free trials to breed confidence, 3) Lead industry debates to position the technology as a thought leader, and 4) Provide safe environments for audiences to experiment with the technology.
Kirk Stapleton: How performance data can influence clinical behaviourNuffield Trust
1) There is significant unexplained variation in Medicare costs per enrollee between different geographic markets, with costs in some markets nearly 300% higher than others.
2) UnitedHealthGroup reviews various programs aimed at influencing clinical behavior through the use of performance data, including organ transplant networks, cardiac data sharing initiatives, and gainsharing programs between providers and hospitals.
3) The organ transplant Centers of Excellence program designates certain medical centers as specialized transplant providers based on meeting quality criteria and economic criteria. This program has led to a 22% reduction in hospital length of stay and a 21% reduction in unnecessary transplants.
1) A case study describes a marketing campaign that handshake Marketing conducted for a cable operator and programmer. handshake guaranteed higher response rates than what was typically achieved.
2) The campaign targeted consumers in 7 US regions based on their behaviors. This led to response rates that were 2x the historical averages and significantly higher than the guarantees.
3) Across all regions, the campaign achieved a much higher overall response than what was typically seen for such campaigns, demonstrating the effectiveness of behavioral targeting.
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor and futurist. He was raised in Queens, New York and showed early talent for computers and technology. As a teenager, he wrote computer programs and had a song written by his computer performed on television. He went on to create successful companies developing technologies like optical character recognition and speech recognition software. Kurzweil is known for his predictions about technological singularity and how artificial intelligence may outpace biological intelligence. He co-founded Singularity University to bring together leaders in exponentially advancing technologies.
This document discusses unit testing LocalServiceImpl classes. It recommends using EasyMock and PowerMock to mock dependencies and test complex scenarios like static methods and workflows. Sample code is provided to test simple cases like entity CRUD. More complex cases discussed include mocking services, setting expectations, and verifying mocks. Challenges mentioned include lack of documentation and verbosity of some mocking frameworks.
The document provides instructions for creating a blog in 6 steps:
1. Get internet access and go to the blogger.com website.
2. Create a blogger account by providing an email, password, and display name.
3. Name the blog and choose a web address.
4. Select a template for the blog layout.
5. Start blogging by adding titles and information to blog posts.
6. The homepage allows viewing, editing, and customizing blog pages and layout.
O documento descreve o Floggy, um framework JavaME para persistência de dados que permite ao desenvolvedor trabalhar com persistência em alto nível, poupando centenas de linhas de código. O Floggy usa a API RMS para armazenar dados em dispositivos móveis de forma orientada a objetos, suportando tipos primitivos, wrappers e classes como String, Date e arrays.
Tim Miles Survey: Your Brain on Marketing Melissa Kunde
Tim Miles presented to a group of business leaders. Most attendees said they would recommend Tim's events to others and would like to meet with him again during his next visit. They were also interested in learning more about using radio and digital/social media to help grow their businesses. The majority felt their perceptions of how radio could aid business growth had changed after hearing Tim speak and that they could apply what they learned to their own companies. Many also expressed interest in a specialized workshop to help craft effective marketing messages.
Tim Miles Seminar Survey - Your Brain on Marketing Melissa Kunde
This is a survey from 42 small business owners out of 111 who attended the Portland Area Radio Council's sponsored event featuring Tim Miles, Wizard of Ads.
This is Your Brain on Marketing.
An NGO survey collected information from 64 respondents. It gathered basic organization details, contact information, sectors of work, budgets, staffing levels, and technology usage. Respondents indicated their levels of experience and satisfaction with various tools. The majority were satisfied with internet search, social networking, and contact management tools. Over half had limited experience with print publishing and project tracking software.
This document summarizes the results of a survey of 41 zoos and aquariums about their development departments and fundraising practices. Some key findings include:
- The majority (90.2%) of respondents were zoos.
- Most institutions (41.5%) had over 3000 donors, though 22% had under 500 donors.
- Annual fundraising revenues increased for 32.4% of respondents in the most recent year.
- The top sources of institutional support were individual giving (51-75% for 29.7% of respondents) and foundations (34.3% from 11-25%).
Survey Social Media @ Law Firm Librariescreynolds2009
The survey asked librarians and information professionals about their use of social media both personally and professionally.
Key findings include:
- Over 75% of respondents do not use social media to deliver library services, though 23.5% do.
- Twitter is used mostly as a source of current awareness (33.3%) and for trends in librarianship (34.6%).
- 90.1% of respondents do not think social media is a passing fad.
- While 43.2% see little use for social media in their library, 56.8% disagree.
- Most check social media once or twice a day, with 28.4% checking less than once a day
Hr Global Interviewing Study Results For Participantsjameshartmannzrg
1. The document discusses improving interviewing and feedback processes. Most companies involve 2-7 people on average in an interview process.
2. Obtaining consistent interview feedback and reporting remains a challenge for many companies, with only 10% having automated solutions.
3. The top areas identified for improvement were how companies source talent and conduct interviews. Providing hiring teams with interview guides and questions and gathering interview feedback were also identified as important areas to prioritize.
This survey of 134 meeting planners found the following:
1) Most respondents were from associations (34%) or government/non-profits (14%).
2) On average, planners were responsible for 30 meetings in 2011, hosting over 10,000 room nights.
3) The majority saw their number of meetings (55%) and attendance (43%) stay about the same from 2010 to 2011.
4) In 2012, most planners expect their number of meetings (62%) and attendance counts (43%) to remain steady.
This document is an appendix from a survey on teachers' use of information and communication technologies (ICT). It contains the raw data collected from 106 respondents on their demographics, ICT skills and tools used, and approaches to professional development. The appendix includes 14 multiple choice questions on topics such as the teachers' gender, age, experience level, frequency of tool use, and how they learn about new technologies. It provides the response percentages and counts for each answer option selected.
The document appears to be a survey containing questions about media usage. Some key details:
- The survey was completed by 12 respondents, most of whom were 17-year-old females living in Burgess Hill.
- Respondents came from households with 4-5 people, owning various media devices and 2-4 TVs.
- Mobile phones, films, and popular music were among the most important media.
- Respondents watched movies weekly and preferred comedies. Streaming and renting movies was also common.
- Most respondents felt downloading media illegally was wrong but understandable.
This survey asked parents about their experiences accessing healthcare for their children through CHIP over the last 6 months. The key findings were:
- Nearly all (99%) respondents confirmed their child was insured by CHIP
- Most respondents (74%) reported no problems finding a provider they were happy with
- Wait times to see providers for routine care were typically less than a week
- Urgent and emergency care was usually received as soon as wanted (75-78% same day)
The majority of respondents believe that the Kiowa Constitution needs to be changed. Some key reasons cited include:
- The constitution is outdated and was designed for a different era. It needs to be updated to reflect modern laws and governance.
- Certain provisions are outdated or no longer applicable, such as blood quantum requirements.
- The constitution gives too much power to certain bodies like the hearing board and lacks sufficient checks and balances.
- A total revision may not be needed, but amendments are warranted to strengthen protections, close loopholes, and reflect the tribe's sovereignty.
However, some respondents said the constitution should not be easily revised or that they did not have enough information to determine if changes were
This document discusses unit testing LocalServiceImpl classes. It recommends using EasyMock and PowerMock to mock dependencies and test complex scenarios like static methods and workflows. Sample code is provided to test simple cases like entity CRUD. More complex cases discussed include mocking services, setting expectations, and verifying mocks. Challenges mentioned include lack of documentation and verbosity of some mocking frameworks.
The document provides instructions for creating a blog in 6 steps:
1. Get internet access and go to the blogger.com website.
2. Create a blogger account by providing an email, password, and display name.
3. Name the blog and choose a web address.
4. Select a template for the blog layout.
5. Start blogging by adding titles and information to blog posts.
6. The homepage allows viewing, editing, and customizing blog pages and layout.
O documento descreve o Floggy, um framework JavaME para persistência de dados que permite ao desenvolvedor trabalhar com persistência em alto nível, poupando centenas de linhas de código. O Floggy usa a API RMS para armazenar dados em dispositivos móveis de forma orientada a objetos, suportando tipos primitivos, wrappers e classes como String, Date e arrays.
Tim Miles Survey: Your Brain on Marketing Melissa Kunde
Tim Miles presented to a group of business leaders. Most attendees said they would recommend Tim's events to others and would like to meet with him again during his next visit. They were also interested in learning more about using radio and digital/social media to help grow their businesses. The majority felt their perceptions of how radio could aid business growth had changed after hearing Tim speak and that they could apply what they learned to their own companies. Many also expressed interest in a specialized workshop to help craft effective marketing messages.
Tim Miles Seminar Survey - Your Brain on Marketing Melissa Kunde
This is a survey from 42 small business owners out of 111 who attended the Portland Area Radio Council's sponsored event featuring Tim Miles, Wizard of Ads.
This is Your Brain on Marketing.
An NGO survey collected information from 64 respondents. It gathered basic organization details, contact information, sectors of work, budgets, staffing levels, and technology usage. Respondents indicated their levels of experience and satisfaction with various tools. The majority were satisfied with internet search, social networking, and contact management tools. Over half had limited experience with print publishing and project tracking software.
This document summarizes the results of a survey of 41 zoos and aquariums about their development departments and fundraising practices. Some key findings include:
- The majority (90.2%) of respondents were zoos.
- Most institutions (41.5%) had over 3000 donors, though 22% had under 500 donors.
- Annual fundraising revenues increased for 32.4% of respondents in the most recent year.
- The top sources of institutional support were individual giving (51-75% for 29.7% of respondents) and foundations (34.3% from 11-25%).
Survey Social Media @ Law Firm Librariescreynolds2009
The survey asked librarians and information professionals about their use of social media both personally and professionally.
Key findings include:
- Over 75% of respondents do not use social media to deliver library services, though 23.5% do.
- Twitter is used mostly as a source of current awareness (33.3%) and for trends in librarianship (34.6%).
- 90.1% of respondents do not think social media is a passing fad.
- While 43.2% see little use for social media in their library, 56.8% disagree.
- Most check social media once or twice a day, with 28.4% checking less than once a day
Hr Global Interviewing Study Results For Participantsjameshartmannzrg
1. The document discusses improving interviewing and feedback processes. Most companies involve 2-7 people on average in an interview process.
2. Obtaining consistent interview feedback and reporting remains a challenge for many companies, with only 10% having automated solutions.
3. The top areas identified for improvement were how companies source talent and conduct interviews. Providing hiring teams with interview guides and questions and gathering interview feedback were also identified as important areas to prioritize.
This survey of 134 meeting planners found the following:
1) Most respondents were from associations (34%) or government/non-profits (14%).
2) On average, planners were responsible for 30 meetings in 2011, hosting over 10,000 room nights.
3) The majority saw their number of meetings (55%) and attendance (43%) stay about the same from 2010 to 2011.
4) In 2012, most planners expect their number of meetings (62%) and attendance counts (43%) to remain steady.
This document is an appendix from a survey on teachers' use of information and communication technologies (ICT). It contains the raw data collected from 106 respondents on their demographics, ICT skills and tools used, and approaches to professional development. The appendix includes 14 multiple choice questions on topics such as the teachers' gender, age, experience level, frequency of tool use, and how they learn about new technologies. It provides the response percentages and counts for each answer option selected.
The document appears to be a survey containing questions about media usage. Some key details:
- The survey was completed by 12 respondents, most of whom were 17-year-old females living in Burgess Hill.
- Respondents came from households with 4-5 people, owning various media devices and 2-4 TVs.
- Mobile phones, films, and popular music were among the most important media.
- Respondents watched movies weekly and preferred comedies. Streaming and renting movies was also common.
- Most respondents felt downloading media illegally was wrong but understandable.
This survey asked parents about their experiences accessing healthcare for their children through CHIP over the last 6 months. The key findings were:
- Nearly all (99%) respondents confirmed their child was insured by CHIP
- Most respondents (74%) reported no problems finding a provider they were happy with
- Wait times to see providers for routine care were typically less than a week
- Urgent and emergency care was usually received as soon as wanted (75-78% same day)
The majority of respondents believe that the Kiowa Constitution needs to be changed. Some key reasons cited include:
- The constitution is outdated and was designed for a different era. It needs to be updated to reflect modern laws and governance.
- Certain provisions are outdated or no longer applicable, such as blood quantum requirements.
- The constitution gives too much power to certain bodies like the hearing board and lacks sufficient checks and balances.
- A total revision may not be needed, but amendments are warranted to strengthen protections, close loopholes, and reflect the tribe's sovereignty.
However, some respondents said the constitution should not be easily revised or that they did not have enough information to determine if changes were
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1. ACFE ementor project 2010: expression of interest
1. Please choose your ACFE region
Response
My region
Count
Barwon SW 100.0% (3) 3
Eastern 100.0% (2) 2
Gippsland 100.0% (3) 3
Grampians 100.0% (3) 3
Hume 100.0% (4) 4
Loddon Mallee 100.0% (6) 6
North Western 100.0% (8) 8
Southern Metropolitan 100.0% (9) 9
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skipped question 2
2. Details about your organisation
Response Response
Percent Count
Organisation: 100.0% 38
Name of contact person: 100.0% 38
Your position in the
100.0% 38
organisation:
Phone: 97.4% 37
Email: 100.0% 38
Fax: 94.7% 36
answered question 38
skipped question 2
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2. 3. Who will be participating in the project? You can nominate as many staff members as you like. Please
provide: * Name * Position in the organisation and * email address of each participant.
Response
Count
37
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skipped question 3
4. Is e-learning and/or e-business currently part of your strategic plan?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 63.2% 24
No 36.8% 14
If yes, please tell us more about your objectives for 2010 22
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skipped question 2
5. Does your organisation currently receive any other e-learning funding from State or National e-learning
grants?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 5.3% 2
No 94.7% 36
If yes, please tell us more about the funding source 2
answered question 38
skipped question 2
6. What opportunities are there for e-learning at your centre?
Response
Count
35
answered question 35
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3. 7. Describe your organisation's experience with e-learning/ technology enabled learning or e-business.
Response
Count
34
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8. Describe your participant(s) experience with e-learning/ technology enabled learning or e-business.
Response
Count
32
answered question 32
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4. 9. Your project is likely to focus on either e-learning design or e-business. Do you think any of the following
e-learning tools/technologies will help you in your e-learning project?
Dont know what Response
Definitely Maybe
this is Count
Blogs 45.5% (15) 45.5% (15) 9.1% (3) 33
Wikis 54.3% (19) 31.4% (11) 14.3% (5) 35
Ellumimnate (synchronous online
52.8% (19) 41.7% (15) 5.6% (2) 36
conferencing)
iGoogle (personalised webpages) 36.7% (11) 56.7% (17) 6.7% (2) 30
Moodle (a learner management
44.4% (16) 36.1% (13) 19.4% (7) 36
system)
Blackboard / WebCT (a learner
25.7% (9) 51.4% (18) 22.9% (8) 35
management system)
Social networking tools (eg Ning) 29.0% (9) 48.4% (15) 22.6% (7) 31
Social bookmarking tools(eg
9.7% (3) 35.5% (11) 54.8% (17) 31
Delicious)
E-portfolios (eg Mahara) 24.2% (8) 27.3% (9) 48.5% (16) 33
Voice technologes(Skype etc) 58.8% (20) 35.3% (12) 5.9% (2) 34
Video online (eg FLiP cameras) 33.3% (10) 46.7% (14) 20.0% (6) 30
E-business systems: eg online
57.6% (19) 21.2% (7) 21.2% (7) 33
enrolments, authentication software
Authoring software (iSpring etc...) 28.1% (9) 21.9% (7) 50.0% (16) 32
E-assessment tools: eg online
61.1% (22) 30.6% (11) 8.3% (3) 36
quizzes
Web based productivity tools:
32.3% (10) 38.7% (12) 29.0% (9) 31
Googledocs)
Other (please specify) 3
answered question 38
skipped question 2
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5. 10. In participating in this project, what do you think the benefits will be for:
Response Response
Percent Count
The participants 97.2% 35
Your organisation 100.0% 36
Your learners/community 100.0% 36
answered question 36
skipped question 4
11. Please tick the box to indicate that you have read and agree to the commitment as outlined above.
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes, I have read the above and
94.4% 34
agree to make this commitment.
NO, I need more information. 5.6% 2
answered question 36
skipped question 4
12. I am authorised to make this commitment on behalf of my organisation.
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 94.4% 34
No 5.6% 2
answered question 36
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6. 13. Please provide us with your contact details if different to question 2:
Response Response
Percent Count
Name 100.0% 9
Surname 100.0% 9
Position in Organisation 100.0% 9
Phone 100.0% 9
Email 100.0% 9
answered question 9
skipped question 31
14. Please date you application
Response Response
Percent Count
Date 100.0% 35
answered question 35
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