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- 10 ways to handle disagreements effectively
- Disagreements at work come with the territory -- but they aren't necessarily a bad thing. Handled properly, disagreements often can lead to productive gains and unexpected solutions. Calvin Sun offers some tips to make sure disagreements stay under control.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things...
- Tags: Territory, Calvin Sun, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2008-04-14
- 10 ways to explain things more effectively
- In the course of your work, you may sometimes need to explain technical concepts to your customers. Having them understand you is important not only for technical reasons, but also to ensure customer satisfaction. Communications coach Calvin Sun offers some tips to help make your explanations more understandable and useful....
- Tags: Calvin Sun, Product Marketing, Blogging, Marketing, Internet
- Download resources 2008-04-01
- 10+ things you should do when you resign
- Although it might be tempting to deliver a few choice remarks or leave things in a mess when you quit a job, that bridge-burning is likely to come back to haunt you. It's far better to depart in a professional manner. Calvin Sun offers some suggestions for handling the resignation...
- Tags: Resignation, Calvin Sun, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2008-03-17
- 10 career lessons from country music
- When you think of developing skills and advancing your career, country music might not be the first resource that pops into your head. However, communications guru Calvin Sun has derived several key lessons from some of his favorite country lyrics. See how he's mapped critical aspects of career success to...
- Tags: Music, Calvin Sun, Professional Development, Career
- Download resources 2008-03-11
- 10 things you should know about creating an effective RFP
- The clearer and more comprehensive your RFP is, the greater your chances of getting higher quality responses. Calvin Sun offers 10 tips that will help you put together an RFP that minimizes headaches and produces a successful outcome.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: RFP, Calvin Sun
- Download resources 2008-02-25
- 10 things you should do if you make a big mistake
- We may mess up sometimes in our work, and the mistake we make could be a major one. But even a big blunder can be rectified, with damage brought under control and the lessons learned prompting improved processes and safeguards. Calvin Sun offers a list of measures to take when...
- Tags: Mistake, Calvin Sun, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2007-11-16
- 10 ways to make meetings more effective
- We've all had to sit through meetings that were unnecessary, poorly conducted, unproductive, and/or excessively long -- but it doesn't have to be that way. Calvin Sun offers a list of pointers to help ensure that meetings are more efficient and worthwhile.This download is also available as an entry in...
- Tags: Blog, Entry, List, Calvin Sun, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2007-11-06
- 10 ways to communicate more effectively with customers and co-workers
- Communications plays a key role in your career success. When asked to name the top three skills they believe their subordinates need, 70 percent of the readers of CIO magazine cited communications as one of them. Calvin Sun offers a list of practical tips on how you can communicate...
- Tags: Communication, Blog, Calvin Sun, Professional Development, Blogging, Career, Internet
- Download resources 2007-08-08
- 10 e-mail habits that waste time and cause problems
- Few communications tools give you as much exposure as e-mail. Unfortunately, mistakes in your e-mail will receive that same exposure. Calvin Sun cites 10 common e-mail habits and missteps that annoy him (and maybe you as well) and explains what you can do differently. This download is also available...
- Tags: Calvin Sun, E-mail, Online Communications
- Download resources 2007-06-29
- Successful negotiating requires perspective and flexible thinking
- When you run into opposition that threatens to derail a task or project, how do you work through it? Calvin Sun suggests that you can negotiate your way around obstacles and conflicting objectives by understanding who you're dealing with, looking clearly at what you need to achieve, and exploring creative...
- Tags: Calvin Sun
- Download resources 2007-05-03
- Negative language leads to confusion and a poor image
- When we express ourselves in a negative way, listeners may misconstrue our message. Even worse, they may come away with the impression that we're being obstructive rather than supportive and helpful. Calvin Sun offers some thoughts on achieving better clarity and a more positive impact with just a small shift...
- Tags: Calvin Sun
- Download resources 2007-03-21
- Interrupting others can sink your communications
- We've all experienced the annoyance of having someone cut us off in conversation--but the downside of such interruptions goes beyond the irritation factor. As communications expert Calvin Sun points out, this is poor listening in the extreme, and the consequences can range from a misguided response to missing critical information....
- Tags: Calvin Sun
- Download resources 2007-02-16
Additional Resources
- JavaOne '08: Sun demos JavaFX platform
- JavaOne '08: Sun demos JavaFX platformCool!This is cool stuff from Sun... but AIR and Silverlight? - hold on to your guns...-Deshttp://techwatch.reviewk.com/
- Tags: Digital security, JavaFX, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-10
- Exploring Mars with Java
- At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco Friday, James Gosling, Sun Microsystems vice president and fellow, talks to Arizona State University geological sciences professor Phil Christensen about the school's geospatial software, JMARS. The open-source project is available to the public and used by NASA to find and gather scientific data...
- Tags: Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mars, NASA, JMARS
- Videos 2008-05-09
- A brief summary
- This is not an excerpt from Brief - those ended last week, and next week we'll start the long and boring slog through the second volume in the series: Business Information Technology: Foundations and Culture. Its purpose, where Brief is addressed to top level executives and Defen is intended for...
- Tags: Information Technology, MySQL, Jonathan Schwartz, Open Source, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- A brief summary
- A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also (essentially) the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?RE: How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?The biggest thing would be that OpenSolaris has is the name "Sun" behind it. When some people (IT departments included) see "Linux" they see just a community of programmers and hackers, corporate and basement dwelling. Sun is...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Nexenta
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo
- In this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan and I talk SAP Sapphire, JavaOne; AMD and Microsoft and whether it'll come back around to its Yahoo bid. As for Sapphire this week, the big question was what was happening with Business ByDesign, SAP's software as a service rollout....
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- JavaOne: The week in video
- JavaOne: The week in videoThat is "Pushing Java FX to its limit?" and other stuffEnterprise 2.0 is pretty boring . . .If that is "Pushing Java FX to its limit," then they have a very, very long ways to go before they can even begin to compete with any other...
- Tags: Programming languages, Web browsers, video, Java, Microsoft Silverlight, Web browser, graphics
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
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