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Projects The Changing American Diet See what we ate on an average day, for the past several decades. Who is Older and Younger than You Here's a chart to show you how long you have until you start to feel your age. The Guide To Search: Why Social & Mobile Are The Future Search is currently in a transition period right now. As algorithms become more complex and the major search engines introduce new features, it's clear that our expectations about how search should work and what it can do for us has risen with every new development. It's not enough that it just suggests relevant information. Now we demand that it comes faster, becomes more accurate and matches our tastes and interests. Throw Siri and Google Now (or at least, the potential of Siri and Google Now) into the mix and the idea that the very concept of search will be radically different in three to five years time is a distinct possibility. Social search was seen as the next step in this process.

Porter's Five Forces - Problem Solving Techniques from MindTools Assessing the Balance of Power in a Business Situation Assess the balance of power in a business situation, with James Manktelow & Amy Carlson. The Porter's Five Forces tool is a simple but powerful tool for understanding where power lies in a business situation. This is useful, because it helps you understand both the strength of your current competitive position, and the strength of a position you're considering moving into. With a clear understanding of where power lies, you can take fair advantage of a situation of strength, improve a situation of weakness, and avoid taking wrong steps. Why social media strategy should not start with a drive for Facebook fans Why does every social media strategy seemingly start with a company cajoling people to come “like” their Facebook page? This post will explain why that is usually a bad strategy if you are aiming at creating long-term, loyal customers. I’ve been honored to be selected to help judge a global company’s internal social media competition. Entries were submitted from all over the country as their locations put forward their best shots at social media gold. There were some interesting entries, even some very good ones, but they all had one thing in common.

The growth of tertiary sector is pulling African economies up The tertiary activities in Africa have been on the rise since they evolved faster in 2010 than in 2009. In fact, the service sector increased by 4.4% in comparison with 3.9% in 2009. Africa is catching up This is, apparently, due to the improvement of the activity of market services by 4.5% against 3.2% in 2009 and the progression of non-market services, especially provided by the government, estimated at 4% in 2010. Thus, changes in indicators of tourism activity are higher than the trend worldwide, and particularly that of North Africa (+5.8%) thanks to the tourism sector.

How agencies are reinventing the creative team in the social era Agencies Published on September 24th, 2012 | by Steve Hall Over the years, the integration versus unbundling debate has raged on within the advertising industry. One side would argue it’s best to have all necessary expertise under one roof. Meet The Team ‹ Pride Magazine Telephone Number: 0207 471 1815 Entertainment Editor Gloria Ogunbambo gloria@pridemagazine.com Features Editor Afua Adom afua@pridemagazine.com Unesco. 50th anniversary of Nubia Campaign UNESCO, Egypt and Sudan have started commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nubia Campaign, a defining example of international solidarity when countries understood the universal nature of heritage and the universal importance of its conservation. The Egyptian and Sudanese governments' request - in April and October 1959 respectively - for UNESCO's help to save the 3,000-year-old monuments and temples of ancient Nubia from an area that was to be flooded by the Aswan Dam marked the start of unprecedented campaign. "A moving demonstration of the miracles that can be achieved by international cooperation," in the words of the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura who sent a message to the participants of a meeting held in Egypt to commemorate the Nubia Campaign.

How to Use Foursquare to Market Your Business & Reach a New Audience 23 December '12, 05:00pm Follow When we think of social media and business, the first few things to come to mind are Facebook and Twitter. A picture speaks a thousand words: FrontlineSMS photo competition! FrontlineSMS being used in Malawi health project. Photo credit: Josh Nesbit, Medic Mobile By Nsonje Siame, Community Project Assistant

7 Predictions For The Future Of Work Everything you thought you knew about the workplace is already outdated. Gone are the days when decisions were made from the top down and when all anyone was expected to do was simply “their job.” As a Corporate Anthropologist, I study the cultures of organizations—how they evolve and intersect with what’s happening right now, and how the people in them influence and shape their communities. The talent pool will grow As the use of robotics and automation technology increase, humans will no longer be asked to perform rote tasks. That means the nature of jobs will change.

Meet the man who makes six figures a quarter just from using Twitter For anyone who is semi-active on Twitter, the chances are they have been followed, retweeted or received a direct message from someone who calls him or herself a ‘social media guru’. The characteristics are always the same: countless thousands of followers, which almost exactly mirror the number of people the person follows, with plenty of self-promoting keywords and hashtags filling out their profile. Social media gurus (mavens, ninjas, masters) are everywhere you look on Twitter. According to FollowerWonk (via Adage), there are now 181,000 people who use one of these four terms in their Twitter profile. The worrying thing is that the number of self-titled social media specialists has rocketed from a modest 16,000 in 2009, a 1031 percent increase in a little over three years. Many so-called experts funnel their clients into made-to-measure tools, without a methodical strategy for how to use them or how to engage with the people that they want to be engaging with.

Productivity Demonstration Manage Your Life Use tags to organize all your notes for: your inboxnext actionsprojects you're working onreference materials Keep Track of TasksCheck boxes can be used to keep track of: inbox tasks that require attentionwhat's left to do todayunfinished projects 10 People Share The Mistakes That Cost Them A Job Offer When it comes to fear-inducing situations, job interviews are right up there with public speaking and first dates. In fact, a recent survey of 1,000 job seekers found that 92% of people feel interview anxiety, citing doubt over their qualifications, whether they’d be able to answer questions correctly—and even if they’d make it to the meeting on time. Frankly, this stat should come as no surprise. After all, you’re trying to build rapport with strangers in an unfamiliar place, you’re being put on the spot—and there’s a lot at stake from this one encounter.