Google's Chief Culture Officier

Meet Google's culture czar | Newsmakers | CNET News.com: "Meet Google's culture czar"

interesting!

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What do you do as chief culture officer?
Sullivan: I work with employees around the world to figure out ways to maintain and enhance and develop our culture and how to keep the core values we had in the very beginning--a flat organization, a lack of hierarchy, a collaborative environment--to keep these as we continue to grow and spread them and filtrate them into our new offices around the world.

We want all of our employees to play a part in being involved in keeping our culture the way it is today but also growing and developing it. So some of it is coming up with different programs or processes, and just being there to talk with people when they have issues, setting up Web sites where people can report bugs in their culture and ideas on how to improve it, and those types of thing.

It's hard to imagine how you can keep a flat organization with 12,000 employees. But what are the characteristics of the Google culture in general?

Sullivan: I would characterize the culture as one that is team-oriented, very collaborative and encouraging people to think nontraditionally, different from where they ever worked before--working with integrity and for the good of the company and for the good of the world, which is tied to our overall mission of making information accessible to the world.

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

this is an example of a good way to pitch your gadgets!
next week we'll be in either B559 or C131 for the videoconference....

I pitch therefore I am. Making pitches is a way of life for an entrepreneur, and Guy prov his tips for ensuring each pitch is better than the last. His 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint slides is essential.

Sample Business Letters - Modified Block Components

Sample Business Letters - Modified Block Components: "Modified Block Style Business Letter Components

This is the second, more traditional style for writing letters in English.

This sample includes the formal components of modified block business letters. Some of these components are optional for typical, employment-related business letters. You may download or copy samples, examples or templates of employment-related business letters, by clicking on the links below.

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Letters in English... formats

Sample Business Letters - Full Block Components: "Sample Business Letters
Full Block Business Letter Components

This sample includes the formal components of full block business letters. Some of these components are optional for typical, employment-related business letters. You may download or copy samples, examples or templates of employment-related business letters, by clicking on the links below."

The French Exodus | TIME

The French Exodus | TIME

an interesting article!

have a good holiday!

james

International Business News : Business News, Technology Industry News

International Business News : Business News, Technology Industry News


is Google too powerful?
read it and listen to it....

DEMO.com 's product presentations

dear students, here are the other products that you presented today!
look at the 6 minute presentations online!
have a good week
james


DEMO.com Panjea.TV - Panjea.com:

"Product Description

Panjea enables individual users to create their very own TV channel for free and to invite friends, fans, and colleagues to watch. It’s fun, easy and users can even make money from advertising! There’s no camera required. Users simply log in, surf their favorite video sites, like YouTube, and select the most interesting clips for their channel. They can also add their own videos and choose to have their channel play directly from their personal Website, blog, or MySpace profile."

DEMO.com SONATA - Boston-Power, Inc.:

"Product Description

Introducing SONATA—the first battery from Boston-Power’s proprietary lithium-ion technology platform. The only battery to match the lifespan of a notebook computer, SONATA solves today’s frustrating battery fade problem and delivers a 50% faster recharge time to laptop users. Leveraging a whole-systems approach, Boston-Power provides OEMs access to an unparalleled innovation team with a novel approach to battery products, rapid prototyping, manufacturing and quality control. Complete assurance of safety underpins our entire product portfolio."

DEMO.com Crickett - Seagate Technology:

"Product Description

Small enough to fit in your pocket or bag, Crickett is an ultra-portable 10 to 40 GB wireless storage solution. Crickett works seamlessly with Bluetooth-, WiFi- and USB-equipped handsets to provide substantial capacity without impacting a phone’s design or cost. Crickett will introduce several new experiences and opportunities to the mobile phone market."

DEMO.com Attendio - Attendio, Inc.

One of the four products you presented today!... Next time Your Gadgets!
have a good week
james

DEMO.com Attendio - Attendio, Inc.

Product Description

Attendio is a free event-discovery service that conveniently delivers events of interest via the Web, mobile phones and calendar programs (e.g., Outlook 2007 or Google Calendar). Attendio continually adds relevant local events, invitations, reviews and recommendations from selected friends and expert “Recommenders.” Music lovers can automatically see when their favorite bands are playing or what concerts their jazz-authority friend recommends. Parents can quickly discover child-friendly activities. Never miss out on what’s going on around you again!

Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic - New York Times

Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic - New York Times:

"Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, preferably shutting out the cacophony of digital devices for a while.

Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking."

Transmaterial

Transmaterial:

I mentioned this site in class....
just like the demo.com products (that you each have several documents about) this website shows real products that are transforming our world (and the marketplace)!

"In the United States there are 46,837 miles of highways with miles of sound barrier walls being erected daily to mitigate the negative impacts of highway systems on urban neighborhoods. At the same time, these transportation systems alone produce 1.4 billion tons of airborne pollution annually. With the increasing prominence of this additional component to our highway infrastructure, the public is beginning to demand a more appealing design solution to highway-generated air, sound, and light pollution.

In addition to mitigating sound and light pollution as present highway barrier systems do, the Superabsorber system also absorbs airborne pollutants. Designed by Douglas Hecker and Martha Skinner of Clemson-based FieldOffice, this innovative system has the potential to significantly reduce airborne pollution in urban areas with the application of photocatalytic cement products that have been demonstrated to reduce air pollution in urban areas by 50% when covering just 15% of urban surfaces. The inclusion of this surface application on future concrete barrier systems represents a significant amount of surface area for absorption of air pollution in urban areas."

CEO Technology Guide: Wikis

CEO Technology Guide: Wikis:
"professional communication"????

No Rest for the Wiki

The online tools for building collective
info banks are making deeper
inroads in corporations and
rewriting the rules of collaboration

Wild About Wikis
Intel, Motorola, Sony—they're among the companies using Web-collaboration tools to promote products and foster teamwork among employees

Tip Sheet: Wiki Etiquette
This short primer may help you through the perils and pleasures of collaboration on intra-company wikis

Tapping Wikis for Web Community-Building
Forget reader comments and message boards. Media outfits are warming to wikis to build a solid meeting ground for their Internet audiences

Corporate Wikis Go Viral
Two European companies show how the collaborative practice spreads from early adopters of wikis at work to become mainstream business tools

HBS Professor Andrew McAfee on Wikis
Corporations are using wikis as collaborative software to handle everything from project management to tech support, R&D, event planning, and customer relationship manag"

Hans Rosling on TED Talks

Hans Rosling on TED Talks:

this is a very interesting way of presenting data! an interesting video that you can download!

"Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, he debunks a few myths about the 'developing' world. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)"

Best Companies - FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For

Best Companies - FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For:

"100 Best Companies to Work For"

see you Monday! remember class is in B559 please come promptly at 1:30 so that you can meet the British inventors and decide on their gadgets!

james

ps...
Guess who is number one??? have a look! You know next Thursday at Telecom is Google Day!

Google: The New No. 1 Shooting straight to the top in its first appearance on our list, the Best Company to Work For in America sets the standard for Silicon Valley and beyond. (more <-- click here to go to the page and to watch the videos...)
Life inside Google Google is famous for its unique company culture. Here's a quick peek at some of the fun. (more) • A day in the life of a 'Googler' Google's gourmet food The cuisine at Google's 11 cafeterias on its Mountain View, Calif., campus is not only fabulous, it's free. Bon appetit! (more) • The perks of being a Googler	Why Google is No. 1 'Yes, you're going to work, but you're also going to have fun as well...' • Google's meteoric rise Can you pass the Google test? How much do you know about the Best Company to Work For in America? (more) • Working in the Googleplex

20x2 : Twenty speakers. One question. Two minutes each.

20x2 : Twenty speakers. One question. Two minutes each.


What's the secret???

the video we looked at is here...
next week in B559

south by southwest festivals conferences

south by southwest festivals conferences: "SXSW Interactive Festival Panels

have a look!

SXSW Interactive The ever-expanding Interactive Festival panels run from the basics of how to best work SXSW to Keynotes from industry leaders to super-geeky sessions like Why XSLT is Sexy. The Carver Center (1165 Angelina Street) hosts a special free panel on creating a video blog on Friday, March 9 from 5:00-6:00pm. Many of the Interactive Festival sessions will be podcast during or after SXSW 2007.

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dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

media 3.0 online video business models!

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

DEMO.com ZINK Digital Imaging Technology - ZINK Imaging, LLC.

DEMO.com ZINK Digital Imaging Technology - ZINK Imaging, LLC.


this is the demo.com that we began watching....

Jimmy Wales on TED Talks

Jimmy Wales on TED Talks


please look at the rest and maybe choose another tedtalk that you like....

have a good vacation!

Super Bowl Commercials 2007 - AOL Sports

Super Bowl Commercials 2007 - AOL Sports

professional communication?

have a look at the poll results for each quarter....

what makes a good ad?

see you next week for our last class of semester one!

(have a good gala)
j

Get a First Life: A One Page Satire of Second Life

Get a First Life: A One Page Satire of Second Life:

"Got First Life Questions?
We've Got Answers
Are five senses enough?

What's this body thing, and what do I do with the dangly bits?

Why can't I build a dirigible with my mind?

Penguins, spoons and you -- what's life like among the flightless?"