Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 18, 2008	Proudfoot Consulting: Caribbean Banks Growing, But Face A New Set Of Challenges
Firm: Caribbean Banks Growing, But Face New Challenges - Bahama Journal - Nassau, Bahamas: Although banks in the Caribbean are thriving, financial firms are facing a new set of challenges, according to Proudfoot Consulting, a global management consulting firm based in the United States. ...... [view]

Posted By:  manpo2k Posted On:  Jul 14, 2008	Immigration: A death-trap?
I replied a bloq the other day about immigration jobs in Nigeria. I would want to believe now, that I was correct about my views. Imagine the number of young people that lost their lives during the just concluded Immigration recruitment excercise. I will keep on advising young Nigerians to sit...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Jul 9, 2008	Sometimes Low-Tech Trumps High-Tech
Amazingly, the biggest hit of EduBloggerCon's “Web 2.0 Smackdown” session was Kevin Honeycutt as he displayed the most non-tech tool of the lot. Highly ironic. And educational. And "Wow. Can he get away with that?"! Paraphrasing Kevin: On each of these laminated cards - we...... [view]

Posted By:  mydemand Posted On:  Jun 3, 2008	EduPunk - Tech or Mindset?
So recently in the education blog scene there’s been a hubbub over the term EduPunk . It was first coined by Jim Groom in his blog Bava Tuesdays , and from what I can understand, EduPunk basically covers two things: The use of Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, podcasts,...... [view]

Posted By:  manpo2k Posted On:  Mar 19, 2008	Nigerian Youth Stakeholders Forum (Abuja 2008)
Its quite a nice experience coming to this forum to have a say concerning critical issues in Nigeria. I'm really happy to be a participate. Abuja's a nice place and we're talking about stuffs like Understanding the concept of active youth participation in governance as emerging leaders, policy...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Feb 29, 2008	Florida Planning Toolbox Benchmark Tools
CUES (the Catanese Center for Urban & Environmental Solutions at Florida Atlantic University )just sent me an announcement of their Florida Planning Toolbox . I went immediately to the section on benchmarking tools to see what they had to say. Here's their announcement: CUES, in...... [view]

Posted By:  sunflowerluv Posted On:  Jan 15, 2008	new findings
I always find good stuff on the web randomly :) My fave so far are: wordchamp, esnips, slideshare, wordreference... The presentation below found on slideshare is quite good! ^_^ Let me know if you find smart websites.... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Dec 5, 2007	Dashboards and Community Indicators
I've had a couple of requests recently for a discussion of community dashboards. We tend to use the term in two different ways. The first is to talk about community indicators projects in general, where the indicators themselves serve as gauges of progress in the community, and the set of...... [view]

Posted By:  autoxloo Posted On:  Nov 14, 2007	Autoxloo dealer management system
Autoxloo is the latest in online automotive marketing. It features the latest in internet marketing software and has the latest online marketing tools you need to make your dealership successful. Autoxloo provides you with a choice of many automotive dealer website designs to help attract...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Nov 7, 2007	Obesity Statistics
I saw this chart, found at WellingtonGrey.net , to be a powerful way to display data in ways guaranteed to spark conversation. (Click on the picture to enlarge.) The execution is brilliant in its simplicity. Once again, the challenge for our community indicators projects is to display...... [view]

Posted By:  acarvin Posted On:  Oct 30, 2007	Using Flickr Photos to Make a 3D Model of the World
New Scientist magazine published a fascinating article yesterday about a group of scientists who are using photos from Flickr to create 3D models of objects like Notre Dame cathedral or the duomo in Pisa, Italy. Normally, 3D modeling is an arduous process that involves setting up cameras at...... [view]

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