Educational Testing Service (ETS), the leading provider of education assessments and psychometric research, has awarded Accenture /quotes/comstock/13*!acn/quotes/nls/acn (ACN 36.70, -0.20, -0.54%) a seven-year, $160M contract extension to continue managing its end-to-end supply chain, under a business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement.
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Accenture’s Contract Extended By ETS
This week, I am doing some cross-training with my sister, Christine, so that she can handle the accounting while I’m gone. If you’ll remember, I did a post about how my father has set things up so that I can work remotely from Israel, connect to my own computer, and be pretty available, even while being out of the country. However , just because I can get to my computer and access my work, doesn’t mean I’ll have time – or, let’s face it, the desire – to actually accomplish much.
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Let There Be No Sinking Ships
We recently released our schedule of webinars for the next few months and it seems to be hitting the right note for many of you. If you’re looking to compare your e-invoicing activities against those of your peers, struggling to manage your balance sheet and bank reconciliations, or due to launch a purchasing card programme, there’s a session coming up just for you. Benchmarking special – How to best solve the freight invoice problem 22 September 2010 e-Invoicing benchmarking special – Compare your performance to world class projects 28 September 2010 Trouble managing balance sheet and bank recs
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Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio New media analyst and Editor-in-chief of ibm.com , and co-author of the practical and results oriented book Audience, Relevance, and Search: Targeting Web Audiences with Relevant Content , James Mathewson shares his insights into writing engaging web copy that achieves top search results. James describes how to use long tail phrases and keywords that are searched by real people.
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James Mathewson: Audience, Relevance, and Search – Blog Business Success Radio
Audience, Relevance, and Search Targeting Web Audiences with Relevant Content By: James Mathewson , Frank Donatone, Cynthia Fishel Published: April 26, 2010 Format: Paperback, 208 pages ISBN-10: 0-13-700420-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-700420-1 Publisher: IBM Press “Writing for the web is fundamentally different than writing for other media, such as print”. write internet writing and marketing experts James Mathewson, Frank Donatone, and Cynthia Fishel in their practical and results oriented book Audience, Relevance, and Search: Targeting Web Audiences with Relevant Content
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Audience, Relevance, and Search by James Mathewson, Frank Donatone & Cynthia Fishel – Book review
Delivering Happiness A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose By: Tony Hsieh Published: June 7, 2010 Format: Hardcover, 272 pages ISBN: 9780446563048 Publisher: Business Plus “At Zappos, we had collectively come up with our own set of ten core values. Those values bonded us together, and were an important part of the path that led us to this moment”, writes entrepreneur and Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh, in his revolutionary and business transforming book Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose . The author takes the reader on a journey through the success story of Zappos, from its inception to billion dollar sale to Amazon.com.
CEO and “Chief Old Person” of DoSomething.org , and experienced non-profit organization leader Nancy Lublin , was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions about her very timely and practical book Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business . Nancy Lublin turns the previously accepted idea that the corporate for profit model was the ideal to emulate for every organization, including not-for-profits.
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Zilch The Power of Zero in Business By: Nancy Lublin Published: June 24, 2010 Format: Hardcover, 256 pages ISBN: 9781591843146 Publisher: Penguin/Portfolio “Simply put, really great not-for-profits are brilliant at doing more with less. We understand the power of zero”, writes CEO and “Chief Old Person” of DoSomething.org Nancy Lublin in her very timely and practical book Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business .
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Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business by Nancy Lublin – Book review
Superconnect Harnessing the Power of Networks and the Strength of Weak Links By: Richard Koch , Greg Lockwood Published: August 24, 2010 Format: Hardcover, 304 pages ISBN: 978-0-7710-9592-4 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart “If you ever look back at a turning-point, you’ll uncover a chain of human contacts – as we did – who played a crucial role in what happened to you”, write entrepreneurs Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood in their brilliant and insightful book Superconnect: Harnessing the Power of Networks and the Strength of Weak Links . The authors describe how these often very casual contacts operate, and how to utilize their connecting power to enhance your own life and success. Richard Koch (photo left) and Greg Lockwood point out the importance of the interpersonal links that now connect literally everyone on the planet
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Entrepreneur, employee training and performance consultant, and human resources expert Sharon Armstrong was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions about her valuable and thought provoking book The Essential Performance Review Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource For Any Manager or HR Professional . Sharon Armstrong tackles the often misunderstood subject of employee performance reviews with a team based approach that transforms the process into a powerful management tool. Thanks to Sharon Armstrong for her time, and for her comprehensive and informative responses to the questions
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Sharon Armstrong: The Essential Performance Review Handbook – Author interview
