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Cassaundra Rowe

Personal Characteristics & Skills of a Probation Officer | eHow.com - 2 views

www.ehow.com/-skills-probation-officer.html

shared by Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10 - No Cached
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      The toolbar makes it easy to navigate the website
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      The search box will make looking up certian keywords easier for any user
  • References Bureau of Labor Statistics: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      Allows for users to look at referances
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    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      The list of Characteristics and Skills allows it to be read easily.
  • Top 5 To Try How to Become a Probation Officer in Canada Juvenile Probation Officer Qualifications The Training Required for a Probation Officer in Pennsylvania Definition of a Juvenile Probation Officer Probation Officer Rights
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      Top 5 links related to the subject helps to further the research aspect.
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    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      This clutters the web page. It is too close to the body of text.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      The colour scheme is easy on the eyes. It is a nice contrast.
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    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      I don't like the flashing of this picture. It draws the attention away.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      I do not like pictures on a web page that I am trying to read.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      This one really does not communicate anything about Probation Officers.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      I like how these are at the bottom of the page. Some websites have them on the side or on top.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      I am refering to the other unrelated articles at the very bottom
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    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 01 Dec 10
       
      I feel this should be put somewhere else not right below the text of the article. For a few moments I thought it was a part of it.
  • Law-Abiding
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      The large font of the characteristics allows the reader to know what the characteristics are, as they stand out.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      The font on thsi website is a perfect reading font. The background also is perfect for this type of website.
  • be & Mail - Leadershipwww.theglobeandmail.com/Gets tips and advice from prominent figures on how to effectively lead.Ask A Lawyer Online NowLaw.JustAnswer.com12 Lawyers Are Online! Ask a Question, Get an Answer ASAPLeadership Classes Onlinewww.VillanovaU.com/CertificateLearn to Influence, Persuade and Be a More Responsive, Proactive LeaderSales Management TrainingTopLineLeadership.com/train-manager
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      This looks as if it is a part of the text.
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    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      This is another repeat of the Top 5 to try and the related articles.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      I am unsure if th comment box is really needed. But I like how it is at the end. It might be a basic thing ont he website, however some articles don't really need it.
  • Read Next Article UserAction.add(function() { $.getScript("http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=dmseo", function(){ addthis.init(); }); });
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      This is another navigation key that is helpful for users. It just needs to be moved closer to the actualy text.
    • Cassaundra Rowe
      Cassaundra Rowe on 04 Dec 10
       
      I also find it nice that the next article is related to this topic
anonymous

Starbucks Coffee Company - 1 views

www.starbucks.com

shared by anonymous on 01 Dec 10 - Cached
Khalid Alomar

Willis eTech Web Sites | Web Site SEO | Social Media | Photography | Video - 1 views

www.willisetech.ca/index.php

shared by Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11 - No Cached
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      Their logo is good, simple, and uses only two colors which is a good example of logo practice. However, the way it presents this logo in the website made it as a new logo because of the big line behind it and the clip-arts a long with it. 
  • Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 (0 votes)
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      there is no point of having rate this item in the home page of the website that presenting the company objectives. 
  • "Your Partner in Promotion"
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      Liked their slogan. 
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  • Social Media Twitter Sign UpFaceBook Sign UpYou Tube Sign UpLinkedIn Sign UpTwellow Sign UpDownload TweetdeckMashableSocial Media ExaminerSendible Tweet Scheduler
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      A bad way of presenting the social website with the "Sign Up" along with it! and why they referee to these social website if they well known website?
  • Let's Talk About... content management facebook Internet Marketing Media social social media social media circle social media training tool kit Training training Tweetdeck tweetdeck Tweetdeck Training twellow twitter web design web sites youtube
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      A good way of using the trends that's shows the most using words in Willis eTech website pages.
  • Main Menu HOMECONTACT USLATEST NEWSSite MapPrivacy Statement
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      should be up in the page not in the middle. 
  • Read 7505 times | Like this? Tweet it to your followers! Social sharing Add to Google Buzz Add to Facebook Add to Delicious Digg this Add to Reddit Add to StumbleUpon Add to MySpace Add to Technorati
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      uses the social networks tools is indeed a good way of communicating and distributing their website. 
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      use social networks icons and pictures is more effective than text and it gets the attention of the person faster than usual. Willis eTech website did a good job on it here. 
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      The feedback button one of the good practice to do in website that want to interactive with the visitors. 
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      the quality of the image is not that good which needs some improvements. 
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      The usability buttons presented here in well shape. 
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 17 Jul 11
       
      The website has used this picture (the handshake) to welcome their visitors to their website, though I wanted it to be larger than now.
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 18 Jul 11
       
      the background white color of this home page should be separate with a different color than the middle thread or the main topic we could call it. 
    • Khalid Alomar
      Khalid Alomar on 18 Jul 11
       
      Having a twitter block streaming into the website will increase the followers in twitter as well as having a connection between Wills eTech website and twitter. 
azizkhaled

Personal and Business Banking | Moving to Canada: HSBC Bank Canada - 1 views

www.hsbc.ca/home

shared by azizkhaled on 17 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Personal Banking - For you
  • Business Banking
    • azizkhaled
      azizkhaled on 17 Jul 11
       
      The Bank Understands the importance of both types of costumers and put both sides in the home page to value all costumers and ensure the clarity easiness to get what they need online.
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    • azizkhaled
      azizkhaled on 17 Jul 11
       
      The background is very simple that it gets boring looking at a white with some gray colors. perhaps the bank wants to transfer this image to its costumer, that this site is professional and only for business and acquiring information.
    • azizkhaled
      azizkhaled on 17 Jul 11
       
      Now we have to remember that this site in only for Canada and Canadian costumers. After my visits to multiple sites from different countries I noticed the differences in the layout of the home page. Maybe its a strategy that the bank takes to make whats proper for users in different countries and have the services available for each country presented differently in each website for them.
  • azizkhaled on 17 Jul 11
     
    One of the leading banks in the world, it has many branches world wide centered in London, U.K. I believe this bank has given time and effort in creating this website and took care of all details to meet with the high standard this bank claims.
Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo

What's Wrong with Abortion - the case against abortion - 3 views

www.davidmacd.com/...abortion_general.htm

shared by Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12 - Cached
  • ul II writes:
  • The common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights -- for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture -- is false and illusory if the right to life is not defended with maximum determination.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      This is an appeal to religion (since the authors quote a religious authority figure) as well as to morality. Without providing any kind of evidence, the authors attempt to convince people by telling them that it is their duty to oppose abortion.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Ethos
  •  Abortion ruined my life and the woman I was involved with. We chose abortion to "save our careers" but it ended up costing everything.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      This is a personal argument based on the author's own personal experience. Although it shows what can happen, the author makes it seem as though it is an inevitable result of abortion. However, it cannot be generalized as other people may have had different experiences and feel differently about the issue.
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    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      These pictures try to persuade people by making them believe that God does not condone abortion. It is also a reference to our 'playing God', which happens to be a common religious argument against scientific advancements. Furthermore, the depiction of children serves to demonstrate that children are an essential part of 'God's plan' and must, therefore, be protected. They also look weak and defenseless, which elicits an emotional response also known as the mother's / father's instinct.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Ethos & pathos
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      This is a picture of a 14-week old fetus. It, too, is supposed to elicit an emotional response, or a protective instinct. Since the 'baby' is fully recognizable as a 'human being' (due to the fact that it certainly looks like one), it serves to reinforce the argument that abortion is murder.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The aborted fetus is supposed to make one feel disgusted and devastated as well as angry and sad. However, this is an 11-week old fetus (as opposed to the 14-week old fetus). It may be the case that there is a fundamental difference between an 11-week old and a 14-week old fetus in terms of their development into an actual human being.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos & attempt at logos
  • I'll call this girl "Sara."
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      By giving the fetus a name and referring to it as "girl", the authors emphasize that it is (in their opinion, that is) a human being.
  • Sara could not protect herself while the "doctor" cut her head off with fore snips. This is what abortion looks like.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      This brutal description of what happened to the fetus in the picture once again elicits a strong emotional response. In addition to that, the author also fails to mention that there may be more to abortion than the 'killing' of 'human beings'.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos
  • Sara will never learn how skip or play hopscotch. She will never experience her first date or the prom.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      This is an appeal to emotion. The authors make the readers recall certain significant past events such as their prom or their first date. By doing so, the reader is forced to think about what it would have been like if it had been him or her and the authors successfully make it a very personal issue.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos
  • Sara has been denied the right to vote, the right to freedom of speech, the right to work. All these things that women have worked so hard to achieve have been denied to Sara.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The authors then go on to argue that abortion is not only morally wrong but also politically wrong as it takes away several rights from a 'human being'. Furthermore, they compare it to feminist issues (which is also why they chose to call the fetus "Sara" and refer to it as a "girl"), thereby appealing to women and especially to feminists (whether they be male or female).
  • This first question we must ask ourselves when considering our opinion on abortion is this: "Is something being killed?" Everyone familiar with biology will answer yes. The next question is "What is being killed?" A simple way to answer this is to ask "Does it have DNA? The answer is yes. What kind is it? Human. The DNA at 5 minutes after conception is identical to the DNA 85 years after conception.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The authors try to argue deductively. However, they assume that everything they say is based on nothing but facts even though they never prove that everything that 'has human DNA' is in fact a fully developed human being.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Attempt at logos
  • Every major abortion rights organization and doctor admits it is a human being.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The authors present this as a fact even though it is still a very controversial issue.
  • "Jane Roe" in the case has since said it was the worse mistake she ever made. How come you never hear that in the main stream media? She was a puppet for an abortion agenda, another example of the abortion industry's abuse of young women.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The authors try to persuade the readers that the women who decide to get an abortion are actually victims. Surely, some of them regret it but there are also women who do not regret it. By taking one example and presenting it as a general rule of thumb, the authors redirect the reader's anger toward the authorities and the institutions that support abortion.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Ethos
  • Abortion is not the first time this word game of personhood vs. humanity has been played with human life. During the slave trade, it was acknowledged that black people were human beings, but not "persons". During the Holocaust, Hitler acknowledged that Jews were human beings. That's why he performed horrible experiments on them, but he did not acknowledge their "personhood."
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      By comparing abortion to slavery and to the Holocaust, the authors once again elicit a strong emotional and moral response that leads to the readers thinking about the wrongness of the act. Abortion is thereby inevitably depicted as a crime (or even genocide), which is an attempt to make people want to oppose it.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      It seems like the authors are trying to make it look like an appeal to logos rather than pathos.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Once again, this picture's purpose is to convince people that fetuses are fully developed human beings and that nothing really distinguishes them from any of us.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      However, just because the fetus is comprised of 46 chromosomes does not necessarily mean that a fetus is the same as a newborn baby.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Attempt at logos
  • A newborn is not as well developed as a toddler. I am more developed than toddler.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      This comparison is invalid since the real question is whether a fetus is "alive" yet. Toddlers and the authors are without a doubt alive. Yet, the authors' use of an analogy is quite interesting as it seems to be an attempt to appeal to logic.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Attempt at logs
  • Yes the unborn baby lives in a unique environment. But I do not cease becoming a human when I travel to work, or home. Environment does not determine personhood.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Once again, this analogy is invalid. One's workplace and one's home are both situated in a world outside of the womb whereas a fetus is not a part of 'our' world yet.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Attempt at logos
  • In the last 30 years approximately 21,500,000 women have died violent deaths in the United States. They have had their arms ripped off, they have had their legs ripped off, they have had their heads cut off. These women were defenceless, they could not speak out to defend themselves. They remained silent as they were brutally murdered. These women were not fully grown. They were waiting to be born. These women died from abortion. Most abortionists are men who say that they are in favour of women's rights and they say they shun violence against women. Obviously, they are not in favour of the rights of women in the womb.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Once again, the authors appeal to feminism and claim (without any evidence) that abortion is, indeed, murder. They are thereby taking the peripheral route rather than the central route to persuasion as they focus on the emotional rather than the factual / logical aspects of the matter.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos
  • Half of women carrying babies have a little boy inside them with a penis. Is that penis a part of her body? That would be a first.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The authors' use of sarcasm is quite effective in this case as it helps make a point regarding the difference between a woman's body and the fetus's body.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Logos
  • The abortion industry is a multi billion dollar industry and Planned Parenthood is now exporting this industry to countries around the world like a McDonald's franchise.  I just attended a summit on "Population Control" in Ottawa. It is scary to think that we are now trying to export abortion to countries around the world the way we export wheat. Much of this is being paid by our governments.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Making it seem as though abortion is but a business distracts from other aspects of it such as 'abortion as a result of rape' etc. and redirects anger toward the institutions that support it. Hence, people's desire to put an end to abortion grows (if they do not critically reflect on it, that is). 
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos
  • I believe that as Christians we are obligated to step in. The Bible makes it clear that it is wrong to stand by as innocent blood is shed. (Deut 21:5, 7-9; Ezk 22:3-4, Is 1:15-16, Lev 18:21. ) Ruben rescued Joseph (Gn 37:21-22), Hebrew midwives rescued baby boys from the infanticide of Pharaoh (Ex 1:17) The solders of Saul rescued Jonathan from murder (1 Sam 14:45), Obadiah rescued 100 prophets from Jezebel. Esther risked her life to save her people from genocide.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Once again, this is an approach to religion and morality and abortion is depicted as murder and genocide. This also elicits an emotional response.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Ethos
  • 23,000 couples in Canada and 230,000 couples in the US want to adopt children. Many go overseas to find babies because North Americans abort the majority of our unwanted babies.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The authors distract from the real issue at hand and even blame women who decide to have an abortion for the hardship of couples who wish to adopt a child. This might actually help win them over, too.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Logos
  • "Oh Lord give us the strength to not only experience our horror at this holocaust but the courageously stand up and be counted and to follow the heroes who brought down the slave trade and those who saved Jews from the Holocaust."
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The repetition of a previously mentioned idea only re-emphasizes its importance and elicits the same emotional response again (and perhaps even a stronger one than before).
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos
  • after the Genome project
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Mentioning the Human Genome Project makes the authors' claim seem more factual and believable.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Ethos
  • Fertilization is the miracle moment, and all 46 chromosomes are coming together. It's when life begins. It is new human life.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      The description of the process ('a miracle') once again adds a religious or a spiritual aspect to it. Claiming that it is in fact a 'new human life' ignores the actual controversy around the issue and effectively introduces the next and final argument.
  • It is the killing of an innocent human. Lord Jesus, let Your prayer of unity for Christians become a reality, in Your way we have absolute confidence that you can bring your people together we give you absolute permission to move Amen
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 28 Feb 12
       
      Repeating the main statement (it is murder) and ending the discussion with a 'prayer' emphasizes the wrongness of the act as well as the religious aspect of it. We should not play God because 'in Your way [God's way] we have absolute confidence', meaning that if God wanted it to happen it would happen naturally (by itself). Furthermore, ending the discussion the same it started is also very effective as it demonstrates that it is now 'complete' (like a 'vicious' cycle that one cannot escape).
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      Pathos & ethos
  • I do not come to the Pro-life movement for some altruistic reason, I come through my own experience and suffering.
    • Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo
      Marcus Ramirez-Santoyo on 04 Mar 12
       
      The authors are trying to establish credibility (ethos).
trehbein

Peace River Coal | Peace River Coal Home Page - 0 views

peacerivercoal.com

shared by trehbein on 07 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Peace River Coal Inc., a producer of high-quality metallurgical coal for export, from Canada is jointly owned by Anglo American plc, Hillsborough Resources Ltd., and NEMI Northern Energy and Mining Inc. Anglo American holds a 74% interest in Peace River Coal. Peace River Coal owns substantial coal properties in the Peace River region of northeast British Columbia.
    • trehbein
      trehbein on 07 Mar 11
       
      It appears one of the main goals through this website is to explain and demonstrate who Peace River Coal's business afilliates are. The names are mentioned a number of times through the website and showing the reader that these names are present seems to be a large part of the website's focus.
  • with the help of local and other partners
    • trehbein
      trehbein on 07 Mar 11
       
      Credibility could be improved by re-wording to avoid saying 'and other partners', because it almost sounds like something is being hidden from the reader with that language, even if nothing is. It takes away slightly from Ethos.
J.Randolph Radney

When Working From Home Doesn't Work - The Atlantic - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...540660

communication

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 07 Oct 17 - No Cached
  • the research starts to make a little more sense if you ask what type of productivity we are talking about.
  • If it’s personal productivity—how many sales you close or customer complaints you handle—then the research, on balance, suggests that it’s probably better to let people work where and when they want.
  • But other types of work hinge on what might be called “collaborative efficiency”—the speed at which a group successfully solves a problem. And distance seems to drag collaborative efficiency down. Why? The short answer is that collaboration requires communication. And the communications technology offering the fastest, cheapest, and highest-bandwidth connection is—for the moment, anyway—still the office.
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  • For jobs that mainly require interactions with clients (consultant, insurance salesman) or don’t require much interaction at all (columnist), the office has little to offer besides interruption.
  • The power of presence has no simple explanation. It might be a manifestation of the “mere-exposure effect”: We tend to gravitate toward what’s familiar; we like people whose faces we see, even just in passing. Or maybe it’s the specific geometry of such encounters. The cost of getting someone’s attention at the coffee machine is low—you know they’re available, because they’re getting coffee—and if, mid-conversation, you see that the other person has no idea what you’re talking about, you automatically adjust.
  • But IBM has clearly absorbed some of these lessons in planning its new workspaces, which many of its approximately 5,000 no-longer-remote workers will inhabit. “It used to be we’d create a shared understanding by sending documents back and forth. It takes forever. They could be hundreds of pages long,” says Rob Purdie, who trains fellow IBMers in Agile, an approach to software development that the company has adopted and is applying to other business functions, like marketing. “Now we ask: ‘How do we use our physical space to get on and stay on the same page?’ ”
  • The answer, of course, depends on the nature of the project at hand. But it usually involves a central table, a team of no more than nine people, an outer rim of whiteboards, and an insistence on lightweight forms of communication. If something must be written down, a Post‑it Note is ideal. It can be stuck on a whiteboard and arranged to form a “BVC”—big, visual chart—that lets everyone see the team’s present situation, much like the 727’s instrument panels. Communication is both minimized and maximized.
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