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There are few things more annoying than calling a company for a needed answer and being met with an automated messaging service. Because of the popularity for companies to use this type of service, most people have become familiar with the ritual of repeating the word “operator” over and over until an actual human being is reached. But many times, if the call is after the company’s normal business hours, a live person is not available leaving the customer frustrated and without answers.

Most people fail in business because they make pivotal mistakes. Learning how to avoid making these mistakes is the focus of FREE LIVE WEBINARS from Training for Entrepreneurs.com.

RedEye today announces the next in its series of concise, free digital marketing webinars, ranging from basic advice up to advanced practices. ‘Behavioural Email Made Easy’ takes place on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM.

A recent analysis of the results of the Referral Increase Training and Implementation Program as delivered by Survival Strategies, Inc. to Private Practices, revealed dramatic increases in New Patients and Clinic Productivity.

Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC, a local technology consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer services, has announced that the firm has partnered with Knowledge Investors, a company headquartered in Vigo, Spain, to provide joint consulting and training services to the company’s clients in Europe. Knowledge Investors collaborates with universities, companies and investors to generate and develop business opportunities within the fields of science and technology, with the goal of increasing the return on investment in research and development (R&D) through technology transfer. Fuentek will begin by providing a series of webinars to Knowledge Investors’ clients on various tech transfer topics, including technology screening/triage, open innovation, and proactive IP management.

Joy Stroud Ruhmann, president of Level Up Leadership, a Raleigh-based management consulting firm that positions companies for success through values assessments, strategic execution management, and the strengthening of executive and organizational culture, has announced the release of a podcast on the topic of cultural tools. In the podcast, Ruhmann discusses how cultural values assessments can help leadership teams create employee development programs to increase morale, decrease negative cultural influences and promote positive organizational values. These values surveys also give management direction in building a strong culture while increasing productivity and profitability.

LAN Systems, a leading Atlanta IT Consulting firm, announced that its CEO Mary Hester is a WIT Women of the Year honoree.

Aspiring CEOs from more than 280 universities on five continents competed in the Capsim Challenge in November, with 12 teams qualifying for the 48 hour, high pressure business simulation playoffs last weekend.

A mere 10% of Brazilian consumers feel most people can be trusted, yet the economic outlook and optimism among natives of this country is so high, compared with both emerging and developed nations, that it signals an important shift in attitudes and unprecedented opportunities for loyalty marketers.

Strategic Marketing Consulting Firm, eTelligent Strategies, launched its Socialize Your Biz video campaign this month. The campaign features three video series that will showcase and highlight small businesses and entrepreneurs in the DC metro area as well as marketing tips and tricks aimed to help small business owners “Socialize” their small business.

Capsim Management Simulations has introduced the first interactive business simulation with ‘plug-in’ case studies to provide students with ethical decision-making experience in a competitive business context.

Any Information Technology (IT) professional knows how difficult it can be to manage the myriad of passwords for the different systems that their clients have. PASSPORTAL is about to change all that.

The July-September quarter has brought with it unpleasant news for the global outsourcing industry, with a drop of nearly six percent in terms of number of deals signed.

Assistus Corporation will be at the center of activity at the BUILDEX Calgary Trade Show and Conference beginning on November 8 with their very own exhibitor booth.

Every day, someone is injured on the job or while they are “on the clock.” Whether they are a construction worker who had an accident at a work site or an employee in an office building who slipped on a recently waxed floor, workplace injuries often cause workers to lose their much needed wages while they heal. Worse yet, an injury could potentially be severe enough to render a person permanently disabled and unable to ever work again.

As Managed Service Providers (MSPs) attain more clients, it becomes necessary to examine their staff force to ensure they have the right number of people to provide superior customer service and the right ratio of customers to staff. Sydney Technology Solutions can attest to this first hand and made the move to add two new staff to their organisation.

Discover how your firm is just a few planning steps away from utilizing strategic technologies to join geographically separated resources together for the benefit of project collaboration, culture unification, enhanced communication, and efficiency gains. Jonathan Smith, President and Aaron Scicluna, Vice President of Strategy for Chicago-based technology services company, VerityThree, will be discussing how this type of game-changing technology can be economically and strategically adopted by A/E organization’s from 20 to 5000 employees.

COLLOQUY’s 2011 Cross-Cultural Loyalty Study Uncovers Global Perceptions on Loyalty and Implications for Spending

Crystal Suazo, partner at Vaco Raleigh, LLC, an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Brent Coles has joined the firm as an accounting and finance recruiter who will be responsible for identifying and assessing qualified candidates for accounting and finance job opportunities. With Coles’ previous experience as an audit and tax specialist for a multimillion-dollar company and a public accounting firm, as well as an executive recruiter in Troy, Mich., he is able to bring firsthand understanding and knowledge of the industry to Vaco Raleigh’s clients and candidates.

Facebook is the main issue in nearly one in five petitions for divorce in the UK, British lawyers say. This social site that connects old friends and allows users to make new friends online is responsible to the growing number of marital separation.

From handling a pandemic to recovering from a 9.0 magnitude earthquake – industry leaders and top business continuity practitioners took stage at the recently held 9th Asia Business Continuity Conference to discuss, deliberate and provide framework on how businesses can survive in today’s high-risk environment.

Stuart Crawford of Ulistic becomes a member of the Treble Victor Group with aspirations of helping them to become the largest formal business network in Canada by 2015.

BNOW Consulting is hosting a networking luncheon on Thursday November 3rd, 2011 from 11.00am to 1:30pm at the Foreign Correspondent Club of Thailand, www.fccthai.com, Maneeya Building, BTS Chidlom.

Crystal Suazo, partner at Vaco Raleigh, LLC, an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Joe Medina has joined the firm as senior financial recruiter.

Britec Computer Systems was able to glean a wealth of information at CGA-BC’s annual five-day member summit featuring the Association’s annual general meeting, in excess of 20 professional development seminars, the longest-running accounting trade show in the west, and the Chair’s Banquet and Awards Gala.