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BlogInformation technology training for IT managers and systems analysts may seem superfluous – these folks are usually well-learned in their areas of expertise. But, do they understand how a company’s technology fits into the bigger picture from a business perspective? That’s where management training becomes […]
TechnologyInformation technology training for IT managers and systems analysts may seem superfluous – these folks are usually well-learned in their areas of expertise. But, do they understand how a company’s technology fits into the bigger picture from a business perspective? That’s where management training becomes important. Every manager who plays a role in researching, selecting or implementing enterprise technology needs to have a firm grasp on the basics of emerging technologies, as well as how they serve a larger business purpose, to ensure that technology is being used to the company’s best strategic advantage.
Stay Current on Revolutionary, Emerging Technology Applications
A program of continual information technology training is crucial to the success of any IT team. Technology is constantly evolving, and it seems that there is a new application released every day that is meant to simplify doing business. This can be overwhelming if you do not stay current on the high-level trends of technology and their corresponding impact on business. With the Web 2.0 revolution in full swing, management training is a useful tool for managers to become familiar with the online trends such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds, as well as how the trends are going to change the ways we view the Internet and communicate with each other. It is estimated that these technologies will have significant business impact in the coming years, and companies everywhere have to consider directly how it affects their business strategies.
Information technology training can help managers determine the impact of new technologies and how to adapt their business processes. Trying to envision how Web 2.0 changes traditional business models is difficult when you have no knowledge of how these new technical applications are being used from a business perspective. First and foremost, managers must take it upon themselves to become proactive by keeping abreast of emerging trends and understanding them not only from a technical standpoint, but evaluating them from a higher-level, strategic standpoint. Management training courses on technology focus specifically on the ways that emerging technologies affect businesses on a high level. This is the type of knowledge needed to make conscious and informed decisions on what aspects of new technologies will affect your organization in the next few years and transition your thoughts into strategic action and implementation.
Collaboration and information sharing, within and outside of enterprises, are two areas that have made huge strides that management training can help your organization harness to improve business strategies. The advent of user-created content sharing has transformed the way that enterprises communicate. Enterprise-class blogs and wikis boost productivity and innovation by enabling ad hoc teams to participate in complex, collaborative problem solving, and then make the results available to the rest of the organization with ease. Information technology training gives managers the high-level information about these technologies that they need to bring them effectively into your organization.
Large companies will often struggle the most with adopting new business strategies based on emerging technologies due to organizational inertia and the lag that comes from changing any integrated system. Not only do the right people need to be convinced of the value of a new application, but the proper infrastructure often needs to be developed or tweaked to implement the technology. This is where the importance of management information technology training to understand the potential impact of technology from a business perspective comes into play.
Management Training for Appropriate Technology Selection and Recommendation
Management training courses typically deal with logistics and personnel management but fail to guide managers when it comes to making decisions about technology. As a manager in today’s world, what really matters isn’t just your ability to lead and maintain technology infrastructure – it’s your ability to deliver positive business outcomes. Cutting IT costs and managing infrastructure are only part of the equation. Technology must also reduce business risk and generate new opportunities and growth. Information technology training can help managers transition their views of technology as an isolated island off the coast of a business and look at it as one working part of the whole machine that is the organization.
Finding a cool application that has all the shiny bells and whistles you dreamed of and recommending implementation based on the technology’s sheer innovation is no longer enough to make a good business case. Before presenting a recommendation, you must understand every step involved with the successful implementation of the technology. A thorough study will need to be conducted to determine what departments, processes and functions will need to be modified in order to benefit from the new technology. Management training courses focusing on information technology gives managers the tools they need to make that determination.
If you are going to make an impact on the decision makers of a business, you have to get on their level. When it comes down to making a decision, for many business people it is all about the numbers. That is why it is essential to participate in information technology training courses that help you perform your due diligence and gather the data you need to compile hard numbers around your recommendation. What is the true return on investment that the company can expect to achieve by implementing the technology? It is much easier to convince an associate of the merits of your idea if you can show a real increase in profit based on proven research instead of attempting to sway them based on opinion only.
National Service (NS) is one of the key foundations, together with multiculturalism and religious harmony, in Singapore’s unique social fabric. Every male of the modern generation has gone through the rites of NS, including our very best athletes. These athletes leave their schools as future […]
SportsNational Service (NS) is one of the key foundations, together with multiculturalism and religious harmony, in Singapore’s unique social fabric. Every male of the modern generation has gone through the rites of NS, including our very best athletes. These athletes leave their schools as future sports champions of our nation, but very few of them actually fulfill their potential to do Singapore proud in international competitions. What happened to these potential sports stars? Did NS hinder their passion and motivation to excel in their sports? Why do so few carry on in their sports after school and NS? In our national quest for more sporting excellence and glories, perhaps it is time to re-look at our NS policy and see how we can truly support and encourage the journeys of these potential sports stars without necessarily compromising the security of the nation.
The argument that NS is detrimental to the development and continuous journey of our budding athletes from school is not new. Athletes who are affected have been fighting for years to get the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) to make special concessions and arrangements for them to continue with their training programs with their sports coaches. In most cases, MINDEF has adopted a general guide line that athletes can still continue with their sports career as long as their obligations with their respective NS units are not compromised. This basically means that athletes will have to count on the good graces of their commanding officers to make special arrangements for them to continue training, and at the same time fulfill their training and duties with their units. A most difficult task at best. Any top class athlete will tell you that in order to be successful and be competitive with the rest of the other world class athletes, training twice a day, seven day a week, with full nutritional and physiological support is common practice. NS training by itself is already tough, and asking our athletes to spend time in NS and train at the same time is just not possible. When faced with this situation, most of our athletes have no choice but to drop out. Only a handful, with good fortunate and determination will be able to find the time to balance the NS commitments and training to the effect that some measure of success is possible. Even these athletes do not compare well when competing against other sportsmen from around the world. How do sportsmen in countries without compulsory NS fair? Let us investigate a bit further.
In the Olympic Games, the usual powerhouses that garner the most medals include countries like China, USA, Russia, Australia, Britain, Germany, and to a certain extend South Korea and Japan. Do these countries have compulsory military service? The answer is no. A logical conclusion here is that their athletes have unimpeded paths towards their sporting ambitions and peak performance in sports. Of course some might argue that these countries are large in terms of their population size. China has a population of 1.3 billion. Surely, from these mass of people, champions for various sports can be found. That is true. Let us now examine countries with similar population as Singapore and compare their sport achievements.
A search on the internet will reveal that the following countries have comparable population size as Singapore (5m); Norway (4.8m), Ireland (4.5m), Croatia (4.4m), New Zealand (4.3m), Finland (5.3m) and Denmark (5.5m). What strikes you as you view this list? These are all countries with well known sports achievements despite their limited population size. The three Scandinavian Countries listed above have won in access of 350 Gold Medals in all Olympics Games, and they are also well represented in World Sports Events. Norway and Denmark has featured in many football World Cups. Finland is consistent in producing NHL professional ice-hockey players. As for Ireland and Croatia, they have won 8 and 3 Olympic Gold medals respectively in their history. But let us not forget these two countries are also power houses in other sports. Ireland features highly in World Cup Football, Rugby and even golf. Croatia produces the best water-polo and handball teams regularly on the World Stage. Need we say more about New Zealand? Apart from the All Blacks, New Zealand has also produced 36 Olympic Gold in their history. These countries did not have huge population bases like China and Russia, but yet they have been consistently successful in peak performance in sports. By the way, did I mention that these countries have no compulsory military service for their citizens?
If we change our perspective and look at a country that Singapore is modeled after, maybe the effect of NS on sports become clearer. Israel has a population of 7.5m, a fraction greater than Singapore’s. They also have compulsory military service because of their security concerns. How many Olympic Gold Medals have they won? One. Are they prominent in other international sports? Not quite yet. Israel like Singapore has also been actively sending contingents for major competitions, but successes are far and few. The question is ‘has compulsory military service somehow affected their sporting achievements?’ If we look at the evidence presented here, we cannot deny the fact that NS does have a part to play in limiting peak performance in sports.
NS takes away the prime period of an athlete’s development. At 17-20 years of age, our body is reaching their full sporting potential. This is the time whereby, sports talents need to be continuously nurtured. The disruption caused by NS will break this important cycle and de-motivate our athletes to stop sports development in their lives. How many of our national school record breakers continue on to run and swim beyond their school and NS years? Hardly. Imagine how much achievement is possible if these athletes are supported and encouraged to continue on training in their sports. The sporting achievement for Singapore can be so much more than what we have achieved so far.
With the economy struggling to get by people are trying to figure out just what to invest in. Should you gamble on stocks or bonds? Maybe invest in the government. No matter where you put your money there is always a chance that it could […]
EducationWith the economy struggling to get by people are trying to figure out just what to invest in. Should you gamble on stocks or bonds? Maybe invest in the government. No matter where you put your money there is always a chance that it could be lost. But there is one thing that can not be taken from you. Your knowledge. That means you should be investing in yourself.
So if you are wondering how to invest in yourself well first you need to learn as much as possible. It doesn’t matter where that education comes from. It could be your years of experience you had ad you current job or the time you spent enjoying your hobby. There is always someone out there looking to learn a little something about anything. There is a good chance that your knowledge could be worth a fortune to people wanting to know what you know.
All you need to do now is learn how to invest in getting your information out to the masses. You can simply create a membership website. Find all those people who love what you are doing and let them join up. By having members who are all interested in the same thing your chances for success will only grow. They will be happy to have members who are passionate about their topic and thank you for setting it all up.
See, your knowledge is the one thing, whether the economy goes up or down, that can’t be foreclosed on or go into bankruptcy. Plus, as times get tough having a community that shares your hobby to talk to can be a comforting thing. Your members also get to trade their knowledge with each other building up every persons educational pool. You never know what you can learn from others.
So if you have lost a lot in this economy and you are looking for something else to invest in then look inside yourself. Learn how to invest in your knowledge. There will always be a market for information.
Why Article Writing Is Important for Your Long-Term Business Success Today we are operating our business in a world of relationship marketing and content marketing. Gone are the days of “push” marketing where big advertising campaigns were an effective way to get the word out […]
BlogWhy Article Writing Is Important for Your Long-Term Business Success
Today we are operating our business in a world of relationship marketing and content marketing. Gone are the days of “push” marketing where big advertising campaigns were an effective way to get the word out about your products and services.
Now it’s all about “pull” marketing where we want to pull our potential clients into our world and allow them the opportunity to get to know, like and trust us before they do business with us.
One of the best ways to develop the benefits of relationship marketing is through blogging. This is nothing new; many marketers have been saying this for a few years now.
So why are so many entrepreneurs and business owners not bothering with blogging?
I encourage every client I work with to blog but only a few actually do. Instead of fully embracing the business benefits of blogging, I get a lot of excuses like:
While some of these reasons can be quite legit in their minds, when it comes down to it, the biggest source of resistance is the unwillingness to make a commitment towards this very effective marketing strategy.
What they don’t realize is once that commitment is made, it’s amazing how the HOW appears and suddenly there IS time and knowing what to write about DOES materialize. It happened to me and it can for you too.
With that in mind, here are 10 reasons why blogging should be at the top of your marketing to-do list:
Keywords pertinent to your industry will bring qualified traffic back to website who are looking for solutions in those areas. This is what search engine optimization is all about – getting picked up in the search engines so people who are looking for your type of product or service actually find you.
You want to ensure you use pertinent keywords and phrases that your potential clients are using when typing in their search query. So putting yourself in your prospect’s mind is necessary when creating topics, categories and keywords for each article you write.
In order for people to find you in the search engines, your blog post needs to be seen as high up in the search results as possible. If you’re showing up on page 5, then the odds are very slim anyone will find you.
The goods news is that fresh content tells the search engines your website is still alive and well and you will be rewarded as such. So the more often you blog the more likely the search engines will boost you higher up in the results.
Aside from frequency, popular content also tells the search engines your website is worthy of higher positioning. The more people that get engaged in your blog posts, the more you benefit from this popularity.
Another search engine benefit to blogging is the ability to create inbound links within the content of your post. These links can click to other pages within your website that you want the readers to reference.
Inbound links signal to search engines that other pages on your website must be popular since they are being linked to; therefore, your website will be rewarded with higher standings.
Each time you write a blog post that shares your knowledge and expertise, you are positioning yourself as a thought leader in your industry and gaining more credibility as someone that can be trusted by your readers.
It also provides you with an opportunity to share your ideas, personality, values and beliefs – all of which help build your credibility through the eyes of your ideal target market.
The more you write about topics that relate to your target market, the more they will feel like they are a part of your community… your inner circle, where you have a prime opportunity to develop the “know, like and trust” factor with them.
The more this happens, the more they will trust you to do business with. So when writing, you want to share stories that people relate to and feel like you understand them to keep building that trust.
With every post you write, you can share it to your social media channels such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ etc. This can be done automatically if you use WordPress but I don’t recommend that. Instead, ensure you have the social sharing plugin installed and manually share your articles. This way you can add in a personal note and intentionally share the post at an optimal time.
And of course, your readers can also share your blog posts to THEIR followers, which expands your brand reach considerably. So go ahead and use the controls on the left and share this post to your social media peeps, it would be greatly appreciated!
As mentioned earlier, your blogging efforts are closely intertwined with your newsletter. When I send out our weekly newsletters, they include a “feature article” which, you guessed it, is the blog article I wrote that week!
So all you need to do is write your blog article and then in your newsletter, write a quick introduction and then a brief teaser to the article so that your subscribers will then click on the “Read more” link and are sent back to your blog to read the whole article.
By writing on a consistent basis and sending those articles to your list of existing clients and customers, they will feel like you didn’t abandon them.
Your articles will help them feel you continue to support them and their needs, that you continue to be a source of information for them to turn to and receive guidance from. All of which builds a stronger and ongoing relationship with them.
Lastly, writing articles allows your customers to get to know you on a more personal level. Don’t be afraid to share past struggles and how you overcame them or current stories that relate to a teaching lesson. These all help solidify the feeling that you are all in it together.
Never write an article that has no purpose.
Before writing and aside from wanting to share your knowledge, think about the purpose of your article. What do you want people to do after reading it?
If they continually enjoy what you are writing in your blog posts, it will be a natural progression for them to want to get notified by email via your newsletter each time you write and add a new post to your blog.
Once an article is written for your blog, that doesn’t mean that’s the only place you can post it! There are several websites that are literally a directory of articles. These article repositories take submissions from anyone and if approved, will display your article in their site.
Some example directory sites include many great directories. You can also repost your article in LinkedIn Pulse and Medium for more exposure.
Lastly, because of the above factors, your brand visibility increases a huge amount when you blog on a consistent basis.
This means more people will get to know of you, which opens up a lot of potential opportunity to create JV partnerships with those that complement your business, being a guest author on other blogs, being invited to expert interviews and more.