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  • CFO Alex Sink Speaking to FL Realtors During Great American Realtor Days

    Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    CFO Sink joined Florida Realtors and Sadowski Workforce Coalition Members on Wednesday in the Capitol Courtyard to talk about the importance of growing Floridas economy and turning around the housing market. Realtors from around the state traveled to Tallahassee for Great American Realtor Days, and in her remarks to the group, CFO Sink stressed the need to support Floridas small businesses and reform the state economy to support stable, smart growth.

    Duration : 0:3:10

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    James McManemon – How to collect actionable customer feedback

    Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    James McManemon, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, speaks with Smart Business executive editor Dustin Klein about ways to collect actionable feedback from your customers.

    This video was filmed at The DiJulius Group Service Summit in November 2009. The DiJulius Group Service Summit is a national customer service conference hosted by John DiJulius and his team.

    Duration : 0:1:25

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    Dynamic Infrastructure: Building a Smarter Planet

    Posted by admin on April 30th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/governance/servicemanagement/?cm_mmc=agus_itmbitivv_20090810-usitv021-_-n-_-po1-_-y

    IBM employees speak about how current infrastructure constrains change whereas a dynamic infrastructure enables companies to respond quickly to change. In this video, IBM’ers discuss solutions they’re working on to face today’s challenges, in an era when trillions of things are going to be connected to the internet, and how dynamic infrastructure can be used to build smart utility grids, smart traffic systems, smart medicine — ultimately the building blocks of a smarter planet.

    Transcript: [IBMer 1]
    Well right now what I am working on is finding ways to deal with all of the trillions of things that are going to be connected to the internet.

    [IBMer 2]
    We are looking to change the way information is processed, stored, delivered, and transmitted.

    [IBMer 3]
    You could use this virtual environment to save more energy and manage large systems.

    [IBMer 4]
    By making this smarter, we are allowing the electric grid to work with your home to better manage your electricity.

    [IBMer 5]
    This RFID chip can track shipments in real time, and to retailers that is everything.

    [IBMer 6]
    Heres an equation that can help prevent traffic jams.

    [IBMer 7]
    Information systems that are smarter about security and privacy are helping the world work better.

    [IBMer 5]
    A smart world is built with smart people.

    [Rotating IBMers]
    Smarter infrastructure
    Smarter water systems
    Smart utility girds
    Smart traffic systems
    Smarter medicine
    Smarter supply chains

    And that is what I am working on
    That is what I do
    Thats what we are working on
    Im an IBMer
    I am an IBMer

    Lets build a smarter planet.

    Duration : 0:1:50

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    Michelle M. Mills of St. Stephen’s Community House at the 2010 Columbus Pillar Awards

    Posted by admin on April 27th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    Michelle M. Mills, president and CEO of St. Stephen’s Community House (www.saintstephensch.org), speaks to Smart Business project manager, online operations, Mike Cottrill about philanthropy and what it means to her and her organization.

    This video was filmed at the 2010 Columbus Pillar Awards. The Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service program recognizes the tie between the nonprofit and for-profit worlds. Its goal is to honor individuals and organizations for their commitment to corporate philanthropy and community services as well as share best practices.

    Duration : 0:2:16

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    Smart Growth, Floods

    Posted by admin on April 24th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    http://jacobyforhouse.com/ In this installment of a multi-part interview conducted by Katie Roche for CoralVision, Rep. Dave Jacoby talks about flood assistance as well as watershed and flood plain management. For more information, please visit http://jacobyforhouse.com/
    http://www.coralville.org/index.aspx?NID=73

    Duration : 0:7:35

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    Risk Money Vs. Safe Money discussed on AM 560 WIND radio show

    Posted by admin on April 21st, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    Matthew discusses the 4 pillars of investment choices and where people can place their money for future growth and financil security. For past shows, media requests and ways to contact the co-hosts of the “Living the American Dream” radio show, go to
    http://www.livingtheamericandreamonline.com

    Duration : 0:6:32

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    James McManemon – How to find and hire the right talent

    Posted by admin on April 15th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    James McManemon, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, speaks with Smart Business executive editor Dustin Klein about ways to find and hire quality employees.

    This video was filmed at The DiJulius Group Service Summit in November 2009. The DiJulius Group Service Summit is a national customer service conference hosted by John DiJulius and his team.

    Duration : 0:1:43

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    Mervin Dunn of Commercial Vehicle Group at the 2010 Columbus Pillar Awards

    Posted by admin on April 12th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | 1 Comment »

    Mervin Dunn, president and CEO of Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. (www.cvgrp.com), speaks to Smart Business project manager, online operations, Mike Cottrill about philanthropy and what it means to him and his organization.

    This video was filmed at the 2010 Columbus Pillar Awards. The Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service program recognizes the tie between the nonprofit and for-profit worlds. Its goal is to honor individuals and organizations for their commitment to corporate philanthropy and community services as well as share best practices.

    Duration : 0:4:26

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    www.mobileprotected.com Track&Protect Demonstration Video

    Posted by admin on April 10th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    MobileProtected is fully focussed on delivery of applications and platforms to secure mobile communications. Data loss – and theft prevention are our initial focus areas, with identity management and authentication solutions soon to follow.

    Theft – and data loss prevention are important issues with smart phones. As we depend more on our smart phones today then ever before, we also keep more valuable data and transact more with our handhelds. A major shift of commerce to – and corporate use of smart phones also seen staggering growth of theft as well as other security concerns. Now you can protect your smart-phone and the data it holds, and stand a better chance of recovery by deploying Track&Protect (TnP).

    Besides TnP, MobileProtect is working on delivery of identity management solutions for various smart phone platforms. We expect to be launching our first applications in this area in the second quarter of 2010.

    Duration : 0:2:26

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    Verne Harnish – How to get feedback from employees

    Posted by admin on April 6th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    Verne Harnish speaks with Smart Business project manager, online operations, Mike Cottrill about ways to get feedback from your employees.

    Harnish is the founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO) and the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs (ACE). He is presently founder and CEO of Gazelles, Inc., which serves as an outsourced corporate university for mid-size firms and hosts a faculty of well-known business experts. He is also the Growth Guy columnist for several publications and the author of “Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Fast-Growth Firm”

    This video was filmed at The DiJulius Group Service Summit in November 2009. The DiJulius Group Service Summit is a national customer service conference hosted by John DiJulius and his team.

    Duration : 0:2:35

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