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- The big pharma credibility gap
- Whenever I visit my family doctor the candyman is there. The candyman is my nickname for my doctor's drug rep, or "detail man." His candy consists of samples. Sometimes, if my symptoms are right, I get some. Candymen may have more to do with your medical visit than...
- Tags: Business Operations, Candyman, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn, Doctor, Fiction, Generic, Management, Oxfam, Strategy
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Oxfam: Innovating to deliver humanitarian relief
- Oxfam: Innovating to deliver humanitarian reliefAre Large Foreign NGOs Always Best?Although some large aid projects can be delivered only via governments or foreign NGOs like Oxfam; small local organisations which work through groups of local people, respecting local cultures, are often more effective at delivering sustainable development.Several decades of large-scale...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, NGO, local people, foreign NGO, Oxfam
- Discussion threads 2006-12-11
- Oxfam: Innovating to deliver humanitarian relief
- In our most recent CIO Sessions video, I interviewed Simon Jennings, CIO of Oxfam GB. As a non-profit dealing with issues of poverty and suffering around the world, Oxfam has come up with innovative ways to deliver application services and mobile solutions to remote, and often insecure, locations. Jennings also...
- Tags: Oxfam GB
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Oxfam GB CIO: Simon Jennings - Transcript
- Dan Farber: Simon, thanks for joining me. Simon Jennings: It’s a pleasure Dan. Dan Farber: Now, Simon, you’re the CIO of Oxfam Great Britain which is part of Oxfam international. Could you explain the scope of your responsibilities as well as...
- Tags: Innovation, Revenue, Product, Mobility, Satellite, Organization, Office, Oxfam, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Web firms pitch in for tsunami relief
- Web firms pitch in for tsunami reliefCoffecup software has a donation link to Oxfam and others Orgs NOT SPAMhttp://www.coffeecup.com/ or https://secure.ga3.org/02/asia_earthquake04?source=aqt04_ccMost of the money goes to those in need.http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whoweare/faqs/#faq.2004-09-08.1676328986In 2003, nearly 78 percent of funds went directly to our programs. The balance supported fundraising (10.7 percent), member recruitment (5.4...
- Tags: Channel management, Tools & Techniques, Oxfam, tsunami relief, Web
- Discussion threads 2004-12-30
- Oxfam to launch music download site
- Oxfam to launch music download siteYet another Windows Media Music Site?The only thing WMA sites have produced so far are low sales figures.That "fruit company" rakes in 70+% of the online sales, so every new WMA site has to compete against all the rest for a share of the non-iTunes...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Digital music, Sales force management, Digital media, Oxfam, music download site, music download, sales
- Discussion threads 2004-05-24
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- Nonprofit Agencies Respond Faster to Emergencies, Coordinate Activities
- From the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami came the idea for a software solution that would speed relief efforts at the local, regional, or global levels. The Fritz Institute, working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner IrisLogic/BlueStar, chose the Microsoft .NET Framework, over Java and Linux, for HELIOS, which standardizes and...
- Tags: Helios D.d., Agency, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-10-06
- Leading NGO Generates £5 Million in Revenue With e-Commerce Solution
- Oxfam Great Britain is a leading, non-government agency that works with thousands of partner organizations around the world to help people living in poverty and promote social justice. To help strengthen its brand and realize new sources of charitable donations, Oxfam Great Britain wanted to expand its e-commerce capabilities. Oxfam...
- Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Corp., E-business, NGO, Oxfam Great Britain, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Portals, Internet
- Case studies 2009-08-12
- IBM on Corporate Social Responsibility: Collaboration, Integration and NGO Foot Soldiers
- Corporate responsibility at IBM is a class act so high expectations then when the IBM Institute for Business Value this week came out with a piece on CSR: Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Dazzling stuff but one or two clangers as well. IBM...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Collaboration, Revolution, Business, IBM Corp., Integration, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-02-16
- CIO Sessions: 1-800 Flowers blossoms with new technologies
- In a CIO Vision Series interview, Steve Bozzo, CIO of 1-800 Flowers talks with me about what it takes to run the company’s daily IT operations, across a network of more than 9,000 florists. Today, about 75 percent of 1-800 Flowers transactions are...
- Tags: CIO, Environment, 1-800-FLOWERS, Web 2.0, Internet, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Rocco does London Countdown 1 (Windows)
- A countdown to the Flora London Marathon 2006 of the www.roccodoeslondon.com project, which is raising funds for Oxfam's charity by making your design run through the city of London on this 42km journey. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: EP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- US puts China, Russia on copyright watch list
- The Bush Administration put China, Russia and 10 other countries on a "priority watch list" for copyright infringement, a status that makes it more likely the US could bring trade cases against them in the World Trade Organization, the Washington Post reports. "We must defend ideas, inventions and creativity...
- Tags: Government technology, International
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- Oxfam GB CIO: Simon Jennings
- CIO Simon Jennings explains how Oxfam GB runs the fifth largest retail business in the UK to support its humanitarian efforts, and describes the challenges of delivering application services and mobile solutions to remote, and often insecure, locations. Jennings sits down with ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber in a CIO Vision...
- Tags: CIOSessions
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Oxfam GB CIO: Simon Jennings
- CIO Simon Jennings explains how Oxfam GB runs the fifth largest retail business in the UK to support its humanitarian efforts, and describes the challenges of delivering application services and mobile solutions to remote, and often insecure, locations. Jennings sits down with ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber in a CIO Vision...
- Tags: CIO, Mobile, Jennings, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Administrator
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Oxfam GB CIO: Simon Jennings
- CIO Simon Jennings explains how Oxfam GB runs the fifth largest retail business in the UK to support its humanitarian efforts, and describes the challenges of delivering application services and mobile solutions to remote, and often insecure, locations. Jennings sits down with ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber in a CIO Vision...
- Tags: CIO, Jennings, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Simon Jennings
- Videos 2006-10-24
- Oxfam unwrapped
- Simon Jennings explains how IT played a key role in generating revenue forthe relief organization.
- Tags: CIOshorts
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Oxfam unwrapped
- Simon Jennings explains how IT played a key role in generating revenue for the relief organization. by Administrator
- Tags: Simon Jennings, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Innovation in a bucket
- Simon Jennings suggests that not all innovation is high-tech. He tellsZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about an creative product called the "Oxfambucket," which allows people to transport clean water more easily.
- Tags: CIOshorts
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Innovation in a bucket
- Simon Jennings suggests that not all innovation is high-tech. He tells ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about an creative product called the "Oxfam bucket," which allows people to transport clean water more easily. by Administrator
- Tags: Innovation, Simon Jennings, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organized
- IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organizedWeakXara are opensourcing their Xara X product:http://www.xaraxtreme.org/Arguably the best vector drawing programs on the market today. Meanwhile IBM are donating part of a methodology and a naming convention?nobody markets fluff like IBM doesNot even m$ - heck m$ actually has products, even if...
- Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Xara, Xara X, IBM Corp., Eclipse, Inkscape
- Discussion threads 2005-10-12
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