Perspectives By Category
Advertising
- When does copying copy cross the line?
- Opinion: Why Digital-Only Companies Aren't Ready to Lead
- Advertising's Place in Today's Marketing Environment
- Where's The Beef?
- State of The News Media Report: What Advertisers Need to Know
- How Transparent is Your Brand?
- Customer Relationship Marketing
- Can you #&^@%$ see it?
- Marketing is a Lot Like Dieting
- Where Does Creativity Come From?
- Graphic Design Through Older Eyes
- The Ever Changing Role of Social Networks and Mobile Technology
- Advertising and Social Media
- Learning From Janet
- No Longer Either/or Decisions
- What Good is an Ad Agency?
- Look In The Mirror
- The Search is on for the Best Way to Target Search Engine Advertising
- Don’t Be So Sensitive
- The Value of Advertising During an Economic Downturn
- Law Firm Advertising: Why Lawyers Have no Sense of Humor
- Avoiding The Four Media Buying Pitfalls
- Consumer Generated Ads: Friend or Foe?
Agriculture
- Indiana's Agricultural Competitiveness Built and Dependent on Quality Education
- Agribusinesses Need to Use “Horse” Sense to Avoid an IRS Audit
- How Does Exporting Hardwood Lumber and Products Help Indiana?
- A Rural Biofuels Perspective
- Ethanol – Beyond the Hype and Hysteria
- Why Should I Care About Conservation?
- International Trade, a Key to Growing Indiana’s Agricultural Economy
- A Dynamic Time For Indiana Agriculture
- Scarcity Amid Abundance
- The Truth About Indiana’s Livestock Farms
Arts and Culture
- Mural Marketing: Art For Business Branding
- STEM + Arts = Innovation
- The Boardroom Case For Music Education
- OPINION: Falling Short of International Savoir Faire
- The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: Innovative Urban Design, Transportation and Economic Catalyst
Benefits
- Start Planning Now For New Benefit Plan Disclosures
- Life-event Focus Makes Health Benefits More Valuable, Cost-effective
- Five Keys to Becoming a Better Benefits Buyer
Blogging
Brain Drain
- Companies Benefit From Student Interns Too
- Building a Mature Talent Acquisition Strategy: Best Practices from Central Indiana HR Professionals
- Spring is coming: Time to Plant Seeds for New Crop of Hoosier Business Leaders
- Giving Hoosiers Hope For Indiana’s Future
- Growing Our Own
- College Graduates Desire Cultural Vibrancy in Hoosier State
Business Certification
Business Ethics
- Ethical Fading: Why Ethics Are Important to Your Bottom Line
- OPINION: This Back Story is Spelled G-R-E-E-D
- Ball State University Hosts First Campus Wide Ethics Week
Business Growth
- Ten Great Morning Habits
- Five Benefits of Enterprise Risk Management
- 2012 Brings Tempered Optimism
- Tough Business Ideas for Tough Times
- Learn to 'Putt' Your Way to Success
- Making Indiana Business Connections: Don’t Overlook Hoosier Partners in Our Global Environment
- Life on an Aircraft Carrier: Lessons For Business Owners
- Business Research: You Have to do The Homework to Help Grow Your Business
- Improve Your Business Operation With Key Performance Indicators
- Organizational Culture Matters in Your Business
- Are You a Visionary or Tactician?
- Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket
- Rising from the Ashes of Recession: Building a Thriving Business during Turbulent Times
- Family Ties: Handling Nepotism Within Your Business
- Capital is Bigger Than Dollars – Makes Sense?
- Waste Not, Want Not
- Businesses Could Learn From Military Contingency Planning
- Employee Empowerment is Key to Success with Lean
- CPR and First Aid Training Reaps Benefits For Employers and Job Applicants
- Post-Recession Retailing: Work Harder for Your Customers
- Small Companies Can Benefit From Strategic Planning
- Unpack Records Savings
- Hello?! The Operation is Talking to You!
- Minimize Risk and Maximize Savings
- A Dozen Ways to Start Cutting Business Costs and Improve Profits
- Are You Consorting with Bulls or Bears?
- Increasing Profits by Eliminating Leaks
- The Seven Secrets to Highly Scalable Companies
- Learning to Share Pays Dividends
- Seal The Deal at Your Next Business Meal
- Driving Strategic Change Before It Drives You
- How to Fail at Implementing a Business System
- The Value of an Advisory Board
- Git-r-Dun to Make Change Successful
- Lean Applies to the Office Environment
- Millennials: The Great Hope For American Business
- Want Decreased Health Care Costs and More Productive Employees? Send Them on Vacation.
- Russert's Legacy Includes Vital Lessons For Indiana Business
- Visionaries Needed: Big Thinking Optimists Make Great Things Happen
- Seven Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing
- Boomerspeak Versus Xer-Y-Speak: Managers Need to be Fluent in Both!
- Authenticity – Be Real, Be Yourself. No Posture, No Position
- Succeeding in a Customer Savvy World
- Creating a Philosophy of Serving the Internal Client
- Helping Companies Grow From Mid-Market to Major Players
- Understanding What It Takes to Accelerate Business Growth
- Survey Findings Answer "What's Going On Out There?"
- Effective Training Boosts Employee Retention and Bottom-line Success
- Organizational Culture as a Competitive Edge
- The Best Way to Deal With Tight Timelines And Big Challenges
- Thabyu Perchopping Wibbis Income Ginsu
- Lessons From The Racetrack: Teamwork Powering The Engines of Success
- When Mistakes Are OK
- Letters Still Work, if They’re Personal
- Business-to-Business Mentoring: When It’s Time to Extend a Friendly Hand
- Do You Have a Case?
- Lessons From The Racetrack: Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail
- The Power of Gratitude
- Happy 2007 For Corporate America
- Working With Passion
- The Sport of Business: Applying The Lessons of The Playing Field to The Boardroom
- Due Diligence: The Management Team Aspect -- Who is Driving Your Company?
- Water Stops on Death Valley’s Path
- Shhh….How About a Little Quiet Time?
- Safety and Risk Management in the Workplace
- Creating Something New – Getting Past the Fear of Failure
- Why It’s Okay For English Teachers to Despise Your Ads And Brochures
- Protecting Your Assets- The Value of Managing Performance
- Should You Take Your Public Company Private?
- The Business Case for Re-Igniting Engagement in Longtime Employees
- Indiana Enhances Tools for Entrepreneurial Companies
- The Most Misused Tool in Meetings
- The Unexpected Project Manager
- Using Mediation Instead of Litigation to Solve Business Disputes
- The Value of an MBA
- Students at Art Institute of Indianapolis Inspire School Leaders
- Mind Your Grammar and Increase Your Media Placement Opportunities
- Boomers to Transfer Millions of Companies: How to Build Your Company’s Value Before You Sell
Business Law
- Considerations When Your Business Receives a Non-Party Subpoena Requesting Documents
- Tools For Responding to a Newly Armed Work Force
- Patent Reform Finally Becomes A Reality
- Navigating Handbook Hot Spots
- Two Recent and Important Court Decisions Favor Patent Owners
- FORE! How to Save Your Boss’s Life (and Your Career)
- 12 Ways OSHA Violations Can Occur: Part 2
- 12 Ways OSHA Violations Can Occur: Part 1
- The Final Paycheck
- Where's The Beef?
- Final ADAAA Regulations Expand Coverage, Address Some Employer Concerns
- Effective Workplace Investigations Drive Corporate Culture
- Inside the Pleadings: NFL Lawsuit A Primer In Antitrust Concepts
- Part 3: Are You or Your Company at Risk For Violating Antitrust Laws?
- Part 2: Are You or Your Company at Risk For Violating Antitrust Laws?
- A High Price to Pay: Are You or Your Company at Risk For Violating Antitrust Laws?
- Playing With Cats Has Become More Risky
- Evaluating Employee Performance Without Creating Legal Liability
- Recent Tax Law Changes Require Many to Take Another Look
- Priming The Pipeline to Diversity in The Legal Profession
- The Final GINA Regulations and Requests For Medical Information
- Workplace Violence: A Real Threat to Companies and Employees
- Why Your Company Needs a Corporate Code of Conduct
- Your Management Trainees - Do You Owe Them Overtime?
- Not The End of The Story? Inflexible Leave Policies and The ADA
- To the NLRB: What the #%&*? Profane Outburst Directed at Boss Deemed Protected Activity
- Director Liability: How Indiana's Business Judgment Rule Protects Directors From Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits
- Are You Calling, E-mailing or Texting Employees While They Drive?
- Supreme Court Rules That Business Methods May Be Patentable
- Don't Manage Like Your Lawyer
- So You Thought You Didn't Have to Pay the Summer Intern? Think Again.
- Efforts to Root Out Worker Misclassification Expand
- Lesser Known Provision in Health Care Reform: Federal Requirement to Provide Unpaid Breaks to Nursing Mothers
- Courts Continue to Outpace Congress on Patent Reform
- U.S. Investors Could Help Secure Green Cards for Foreign Entrepreneurs
- Bring Your Gun to Work Day? We've All Heard of "Bring Your Child to Work Day." But What About Your Gun?
- Anticipating Employment Law Challenges in 2010
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Announces Program for Accelerated Review of Green Technology Patent Applications
- Recent Decision Helps Trademark Owners
- Courts Take The Lead on Patent Damages Reform
- Patent Reform Once Again on The Congressional Agenda
- Businesses Could Learn From Military Contingency Planning
- The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Risks of Non-Exempt Employees Computing Remotely
- Patent Office Reform Suffers Setback
- Implementing a Patent Program
- Is it Time to Give Your Organization An Electronic "Tune-Up?"
- Employers Suffering Business Hardships May Suspend or Reduce "Safe Harbor" 401(k) Nonelective Contributions
- Recent Supreme Court Decision Holds Out Hope for Reducing Litigation Costs
- Health Information Technology: Resources and Incentives under the HITECH Act
- Recent Biotech Patent Cases Show Importance of Factual Context and Claim Drafting
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Stimulating Innovation and Creating Intellectual Property
- 7 Tips for Employers Before They Face Complaints of Employment Discrimination
- FTC's Identity Theft "Red Flag" Obligations: Is Your Organization Ready?
- Patent Office Takes Baby Step Towards Reform
- New Compliance Deadline For The Identity Theft "Red Flag" Rule Approaches
- Government, Industry Pursue Research and Education to Counter Mega-fears of Nanotech
- Copyright and The Internet
- Recovery Audit Contractors: CMS's Modern Day Bounty Hunters
- Driving Along the Patent Prosecution Highway
- Decisions About Pay in the Past May Now Cost Employers in the Future
- Law and DNA Order: DNA Sequence Patents at Risk
- What Should You do if You Have an Invention?
- New FMLA Regulations Require More Work for Employers, Yet Provide Some Relief
- Immigration: Mandated E-Verify for Federal Contractors
- The Future of Union Organizing and Why Every Company May Need an Action Plan
- Survival of the Fiscally Fittest
- Holding Up the Sky
- Public Company Information Delivery: Companies, Investors and the SEC strive to keep up
- The Dot-Dinero Era: Indulging in New Vanity Domains Comes at a High Price
- Bridging Social-Capital Collaborations: How to Find Answers Regarding Copyright Issues in the Digital Age
- Socially Responsible Investing: The New Black
- Green Ache(rs): Insuring Your Sustainable Construction Project
- Supreme Court Makes Collecting Royalties From Downstream Customers More Difficult
- Are You Sure You Want to be a Director?
- It’s No Fable: ESOPs Can Protect Indiana Jobs
- The Private Offering Amendments: A Tale of Two Policies
- Patent Reform Stalls in Senate, Leaving Glass Half Full
- Long Live M&A
- Indiana Supreme Court Weighs In On Workplace "Bullying"
- Applicant Quality Submissions: Will This Section of the Patent Reform Act Affect You and Your Business?
- Court Strikes Down Patent Office Reform Effort
- Patent Reform: Courts Are Moving Faster Than Congress
- "Backdating" – What You are Tempted To Do In January When You Forgot To Do It In December
- Wishing You A Litigation-Free Holiday Season
- The Business Divorce: Disputes Between Business Owners
- New Law Requires Employers to Provide Military Leave to Employees
- What Do You Owe Your Business Partners?
- Non-Competes Are Not Worth The Paper They Are Written On ... And Other Myths
- Employer Alert: New Regulations For Handling SSA No-Match Letters And DHS Notices
- Should the Last One Standing Win? An Executive Briefing on Buy-Sell Agreements
- New Law in Indiana Enables CPAs to Cross State Lines
- New Law Requires Indiana Employers To Provide Leave
- Who Is The Top Dog: the Chief Executive Officer, the President or Chief Yahoo?
- Choice of Business Entity: LLCs – I Don't Know Why, But I Want One!
- H-1B Visa Program Puts Foreign Workers, Employers’ Fate in Hands of a Lottery
- Avoiding Costs of Intellectual Property Litigation: Think "Mediation"
- Et tu, YouTube?
- Employers Need To Speak Out Regarding FMLA Regulations
- Making Defensible Employment Decisions
- An Overview of Alternatives to Bankruptcy
- New Indiana Law Protects Consumers Against Electronic Data Theft
- The Pension Protection Act of 2006: What Do Individuals Need to Know About The Complex Provisions of This Act?
Business Philosophy
Career Advancement
- Ten Great Morning Habits
- Younger Employees Can Benefit From ‘Executive Coaching’ Too
- Sweat The 'Small Stuff' to Get The Job Offer
- Cover Letters That Connect
- Focusing on What You Can Control
- Seven Ways to Build Believability
- Seven Ways to Stop Interrupting
- Seven Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint
- Putting Out Fires – Stop, Drop And Role
- Seven Reasons People Don't Set Goals And How to Overcome Each of Them
- Heard What’s Wrong With Your Phone Messages And Scripts?
- I Just Wish They'd. . . Seven Keys to Helping Mediocre Performers
- Friends Don’t Let Friends Abuse Power Point
- Speak Like You Speak
- Did You Know September 28th is Ask a Stupid Question Day?
- Body Language and Business Practices
- Opinion: The Smartest Guy in The Room
- Conversations That Count!
- A New Way to Look at Your Career
Certified Technology Parks
- Perspectives: The Importance and Growth of Angel Investors in Indiana
- Perspective: Certified Technology Parks, Universities Combine to Produce Tremendous Opportunities
Community and Volunteering
- Why Indianapolis Needs Indiana
- How Not to Support Your Local Sheriff, Schools and Charities
- Preservation Revitalizes Communities
- Volunteerism -- For Such a Time As Now
Consumer
- Fly High by Recognizing Frequent Engagements
- Contractor License Process Too Complicated For Consumers
Crisis Management
- Plan Now For Tomorrow's Crisis
- When Disaster Strikes...
- In a Crisis, Communication is Critical
- The Crisis Revolution and Your Bottom Line
- Prepare For The Unknown
- When Bad Things Happen to Good Organizations: Four Keys to Communicating in a Crisis
- The Breakdown of a Brand (aka, What Price Hubris?)
- Businesses Could Learn From Military Contingency Planning
- Communicating During Times of Crisis
- Preparing Your Business to Weather the Storm
- Preparing Your Business For Natural And Man-Made Disasters
- Contingency Planning For The Avian Flu Pandemic
- From Disaster Recovery to Business Continuity
- Is Your Business Prepared To Survive Your Death Or Incapacity?
- Electronic Document Management Can Help Manage Document Disaster
- Opinion: Beware The "Second Storm"
Customer Service
- Outrageous Customer Service
- Not all customers are good customers: Know when to let go
- Putting People First Builds Customer Loyalty, Impacts Bottom Line
Cybersecurity
Daylight Saving Time
Diversity
- Increasing Your Share of a Culturally Diverse Audience
- Diversity Improves Corporate Performance
- Diversity Recruiting: What Hurts and What Helps
- Diversity Will Be a Pressing Element in Our Business Environment
- Good Business: Making Your Supplier Diversity Program Work
Economic Development
- Forbes Magazine's Rankings of Best States For Business and Careers
- Fiber Gigabit Broadband: The Quiet Energizer for Indiana Economic Development and Recovery
- Air Cargo Connectivity Can Help Indiana Become 'Crossroads of The World'
- Forbes Magazine’s Rankings of Best Countries for Business
- Area Development Magazine’s Rankings of Top States for Doing Business
- Key Lessons Learned From Site Selection Projects
- Lessons Learned From The Land Of The Rising Sun
- Best Ways to Ensure a Smooth Consolidation Project
- Key Supply Chain Issues Impacting Businesses
- 2011 Best & Worst States for Business
- The Meaning of Population Changes in U.S. Metro Areas With Over 1 Million People
- Per Capita Income Growth in United States During 2009-2010
- Site Selection Magazine's 2010 Top Metros And Micros
- May You Live In Interesting Times...
- How to Select an Economic Development Incentive & Site Selection Partner
- Ranking of Top Countries to Start a New Business: United States Ranks Fourth Worldwide
- Ranking of Top States For Site Selection and Economic Development Project
- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: It's All About Jobs
- Mad Moderates and Innovation
- Cash For Clunkers: A Needed Economic Tune-Up or Another Policy Misfire?
- Why Work Force Development Programs Are Growing in Importance
- Trends Equal Opportunity For Airport and City
- Part 4: Economic Lessons Learned From China
- Part 3: Economic Lessons Learned From China
- Economic Lessons Learned From China
- Building Indiana's Brand For Growth
- Planning a Sustainable Future For Central Indiana’s Airports
- Celebrate Your Geeks: Kiplinger Magazine’s 10 Best Cities for the Next Decade
- Leading Technology CEOs Discuss The Role of Innovation and Its Future in The U.S. EConomy
- Advantage Indiana: Building Public-Private Partnerships in The 21st Century
- Renewable Electricity Generation Capacity Rankings
- Putting The ‘IN’ in Branding Indiana
- Indy Chamber's Visit to Charlotte
- 2010 State Business Tax Climate Index Results
- Innovation Everywhere: The Answer for Continuing Prosperity
- Partnering For Growth in Indiana
- Key Economic Development Issues For The Indiana General Assembly to Consider During The 2010 Legislative Session
- Focus On The New Jobs, Not The Losses
- Consider a Community a Partner
- North American Cities Poised for Economic Growth
- Can Change in Washington Bring Opportunity to the Heartland?
- Opportunities Abound for Companies Considering Facility Consolidation Projects
- The 2009 Economic Outlook Ranking of States
- Visionary Economic Development: Lessons from Lincoln
- Economic Development Organizations Adapt to the Current Economic Environment
- The 2009 Index of Economic Freedom
- The Importance of The Indiana Innovation Alliance
- Innovation is the Way Out
- The Milken Institute's State Technology and Science Index
- A Knowledge Agenda for Economic Growth
- How Non-Hoosiers View Indiana
- Anticipating the Wave of the Future – Chinese Foreign Investment
- Growing Indiana’s Multi-Billion Dollar Defense Industry
- Numbers Don’t Lie – Education Drives Employment, Economic Growth
- National Rankings Reflect Indiana’s Improved Economic Development Performance
- Right-to-work Law Would Lead to More Jobs and Higher Pay
- Key Factors Influencing Site Selection Decisions for Data Center Facilities
- Super Bowl Win a Touchdown For Economic Development
- Qualitative & Quantitative Factors Evaluated During The Site Selection Process
- Investing in Chaos: Recognizing Risk Takers Who Will Fuel Fast Growth
- Differences Between Right to Work and Non-Right to Work States
- Why Energy and Water Are Quickly Becoming Two of the Most Critical Factors for Businesses and Communities
- 2008 Index of Economic Freedom Ranks Countries to Predict Long-term Economic Success
- Southern Indiana and I-69: Sizing Up an Unseen Opportunity
- Bringing a million Hoosiers into the 21st century economy
- State Business Climate Rankings Reflect Dominance of South
- New Year’s Resolutions for Economic Development
- Five Key Economic Development Issues for the Indiana General Assembly to Address in 2008
- The Flattening of the World’s Economy and Its Ramifications for Us
- A Life Sciences Revolution
- Labor: Key Driver of Site Selection Decisions
- Site Selection: Why, Who, What, When & Where
- Indiana: On The Right Track
- Survey Findings Answer "What's Going On Out There?"
- Leading Community Change in The New Economy
- Indiana’s Property Tax Crisis
- Building Our Knowledge Economy – Student by Student
- Governor Daniels and Legislature Collaborate During 2007 Session to Continue Economic Progress
- Small Business Survival Index Rankings
- Manufacturing Diversity Can Weather Automotive Losses
- Promotion: The Economic Development Conundrum
- Site Selection Magazine Ranks Top U.S. States for New and Expanded Facilities
- Invest in South Shore For Future of Northwest Indiana
- Perspective Missing From Recent Jobs Numbers
- Paying Attention to Retention And Growth
- Development Report Card For The States
- Dead or Alive? The Truth About Indiana Manufacturing
- Indiana Supports Entrepreneurial Economy
- The Importance of Cluster-Based Economic Development Strategies
- Red Light Placed on Economic Progress
- Energize Community Growth by Using Your ABCDs
- Accountability in The Economic Development Incentive Process
- Opinion: Why The Commerce Connector is so Important
- Modern Business Laws Needed to Support Continued Economic Development
- Indiana is on The Right Road to Progress
- Developing an Effective Community Development Strategy
- Indiana’s Economy Poised For Growth
- Opinion: General Assembly And State Cannot Afford to Rest on Laurels
- Indiana is a Good Place to Launch and Grow a Business
- Venture Capital Tax Credit is Spurring Economic Growth
- South Dominates New State Business Climate Rankings; Indiana Moves Up Again on List
- Don’t Forget The Basics in The Site Selection Process
- Putting Manufacturing And Logistics on Indiana’s High-Tech Agenda
- Energy Use Isn’t Just a Global Concern: What Indiana Businesses Can Do
- What Represents Indiana’s Most Dangerous Idea?
- Ensuring The Ability of State Governmental Agencies to Use Economic Development Incentives
- Global Biomedical Growth Hits Home
- Thinking of Agriculture as a Key Component of Indiana’s Economy
- Decision on EPA Standard Looms Large For Hoosier Industry
- Indiana Enjoying Series of Economic Milestones
- Creating the “Hoosier Tiger” – Lessons from the Irish Economic Miracle
- Indiana Positions Itself at the Forefront of Alternative Energy
- The South Dominates America’s Hottest Cities List
- Indiana Poised to Make Economic Mark
- U.S. Supreme Court Affirms the Right of States to Use Economic Development Incentives
- Slow Is Fast and Fast Is Slow
- What Factors Are Important When Evaluating the Business Climate of an Area?
- Indiana Gains Economic Development Momentum by Adopting New Legislation
- Indiana Jumps Ahead to 6th in Annual Top Business Climate Ranking
Economy
- Indiana Vision 2025: A Plan For Hoosier Prosperity
- 2012 Brings Tempered Optimism
- Who Owns the Jobs, Anyway?
It's a Simple Trade Relationship - Are You Ready For The Post-Recession Economy?
- Tough Business Ideas for Tough Times
- S&P Downgrade a Non-Event Except it Contributes to a Wild Week
- How to Spend Armageddon
- Making Indiana Business Connections: Don’t Overlook Hoosier Partners in Our Global Environment
- ‘Dumb Money’ Shows The Peril of Chasing The Stock Market
- Three Reasons Why the Stock Market Rises While the Economy Still Slumps
- Indiana CEO Survey
- Expect Movement in The Real Estate Market in 2011
- DOL Has a Strategic Plan for 2011 and Beyond: Does Your Company?
- Coping With High Gas Prices at Your Business
- May You Live In Interesting Times...
- Which States Are Weathering The Economic Storm The Best?
- Local Foods for Local Economy
- Tough Business Ideas For Tough Times
- Indiana Holding Its Own Despite Challenges
- Inflated Opinions and Actual Evidence in Economic Analysis
- What Are Indiana Business Leaders Thinking?
- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: It's All About Jobs
- Green Sustainability—The Business Way
- “If You Build It . . .”
- Are You Going Out of Business? Or, Are You Going Out For Business?
- Economic Lessons Learned From China
- What’s it Going to Take to Jump Start the Economy?
- Tips for Job-Seeking in This Economy
- Expanding Your Business Outside Indiana
- CEO Survey: Some Good News, But….
- Advantage Indiana: Building Public-Private Partnerships in The 21st Century
- Staying Happy and Motivated in Your Job
- Drop The Charade and Get to Work
- Extension of Home Buyer’s Tax Credit Designed to Spur Sales
- Count Me Out!
- Rising from the Ashes of Recession: Building a Thriving Business during Turbulent Times
- New Ruling May Allow You to Deduct Getting Your MBA
- Opportunities and Considerations of Conducting Clinical Research In Unsettled Economic Times
- Are Jobs Really The Answer?
- Small Business Growth: Indiana's Engine For Job Creation
- Anticipating Employment Law Challenges in 2010
- Will The Grinch Steal Christmas Once Again This Year?
- Watching For Signs The Recession is Over
- 2010: Sticky Ideas, Innovation and Cash
- A Useful Exchange
- Holiday Retailing: Watch Your Inventory … of Loyal Customers
- Township Budgets and Expenditures Receive Local Scrutiny
- Business And The Economy: Perceptions Through A Recessionary Year
- A Guide to Nonprofit Survival in Tough Times
- Fostering Indiana's Innovation Future
- Igniting a $2.5 Billion Digital Revolution in Indiana
- Make Opportunity Knock by Re-Thinking Your Customer Relationship
- The Economic Recovery Cometh, But It Will Be Slow
- A Little Secret About Our Tax System
- Strategic HR Moves in Difficult Economic Times
- CPR and First Aid Training Reaps Benefits For Employers and Job Applicants
- First Consideration for Weathering the Storm: Your Mindset
- Post-Recession Retailing: Work Harder for Your Customers
- Employers Suffering Business Hardships May Suspend or Reduce "Safe Harbor" 401(k) Nonelective Contributions
- Hello?! The Operation is Talking to You!
- Today’s Environment Requires New Leadership Skills
- Sold! To The Highest Bidder
- Small Business Lending – Loans Available
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Stimulating Innovation and Creating Intellectual Property
- A Dozen Ways to Start Cutting Business Costs and Improve Profits
- Are You Consorting with Bulls or Bears?
- Are You Going After Any of The Stimulus Package Funds?
- More Good News!
- Good News Is All Around Us: Just look around. It’s not hard to find.
- Spring is coming: Time to Plant Seeds for New Crop of Hoosier Business Leaders
- Create Value: Protect your Talent, Reputation, and Stakeholders in Tough Times
- Tax Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Provide Relief to Taxpayers and Promote Clean Technology and Renewable Energy
- Stimulus Package Likely to Have Major Impact on Businesses
- It's Time to Face The Music
- Growing Through the Financial Crises
- The Perils of Business as Usual: Survival Planning to Weather the Storm
- U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program Boosts Confidence, Credit
- Focus on Big Picture Despite Sharp Volatility
- The Value of an Advisory Board
- When The Going Gets Tough- The Tough Start Outsourcing
- Survival of the Fiscally Fittest
- A Knowledge Agenda for Economic Growth
- How’s Business?
- Lean Times Require a Highly-Targeted Approach
- A Sinking Feeling
- Breaking Loose from the Herd and the Madness of Crowds
- Global Financial Integration
- If you must Downsize – Do it Right: A perspective on how to face the daunting task of adjusting your workforce in lean economic times
- Public Company Information Delivery: Companies, Investors and the SEC strive to keep up
- Avoiding that One Bad Apple: The Importance of Corporate Reputation and Some Helpful Hints and Strategies
- Indiana Economy: A Work in Progress
- A Quarter of a Second Difference: Thriving in Tough Economic Times
- What to do With the Bear in the Room
- Generating Growth Leads in Tough Times
- Numbers Don’t Lie – Education Drives Employment, Economic Growth
- Competitive Tax Climate a Must to Drive Economic Development
- Upgrading Skills of Workforce Needs Major Funding Boost
- The Rising Price of Oil: The Factors Beyond Our Control
- "It's Unanimous!"
- I Am Outraged By The Price Of Gas
- First 100 Days
- Customer Relationships are Recession Busters
- Angst about the Economy
- Bad Times Are The Best!
- Blunting the Psychology of Recession
- Are You Stimulated Yet?
Education
- Class Sports: Putting Fairness First
- An Open Letter to Parents of High School Students
- Community Colleges Must Lead the Way in Reshaping Higher Education in America
- Indiana's School Voucher Program is The Envy of America
- Making The Most of Your Internship Program
- Younger Employees Can Benefit From ‘Executive Coaching’ Too
- Ivy Tech Corporate College Designed to Meet Indiana’s Need for Corporate Education and Training
- Focus Shifts to Implementation of 2011 Education Reforms; Businesses Can Assist
- 529 College Savings Plans: Understanding Your Options
- Dual Credit: Making College More Affordable For Indiana Families
- Companies Benefit From Student Interns Too
- Investing in Early Childhood Education
- Use the Tax Code to Help You Lower The Cost of Higher Education
- Advanced Education is Critical to Ensuring Personal and Community Prosperity
- Can Public Education Possibly Learn From Manufacturing?
- Priming The Pipeline to Diversity in The Legal Profession
- Green Sustainability—The Business Way
- The Power to Change Lives
- Putting Higher Education Within Reach
- Hoosier Students Must Graduate High School Ready to Succeed
- Everyone Wins With University Construction Projects
- Give The Gift of Reading
- New Ruling May Allow You to Deduct Getting Your MBA
- Continued Success of Ivy Tech Community College Key to Indiana’s Economic Growth
- Why The State of Our Education is so Important
- Tuition Reimbursement is a Powerful Investment Vehicle
- The Importance of Early Research Experiences in Science
- The Community College: “Essential” to America’s Future
- YouTube 101: University Professors in The Tube
- Educating for the Next Economic Era
- Numbers Don’t Lie – Education Drives Employment, Economic Growth
- State Needs to Create Better Cooperation Among Education Sectors and Address Dropout Rate
- Mentoring: An Investment in Kids and the Community
- Kids As A Common Goal
- Chamber Study Identifies Adult Education/Workforce Skills Needs
- Investing in Education Makes Business Sense
- New Bowen Center at Ball State Will Transform State by Developing New Leaders
- Even One High School Dropout is Too Many
- Internship Program Expands to Benefit Hoosier Businesses
- OPINION: Full-Day Kindergarten
- OPINION: Full-Day Kindergarten
- First Amendment Public Policy Alliance
- Opinion: Winning The Brain Game
- Ready Indiana Program Launched to Aid Workforce Development
- Digging In: Archaeology Program Helps High School Students Establish Lasting Roots
Energy
- Energy Should be on Top of Municipal Leaders’ Lists
- EPA Timetable - Indiana Utility Ratepayers Should be Very Concerned
- Coping With High Gas Prices at Your Business
- I-69 – Indiana's New $6 Billion Commercial Defense and Energy Corridor
- Keeping Our Work Force Edge is Critical to Green Manufacturing Success
- Innovation Heritage and Collaborative Spirit Set Indiana Apart in Energy
- Tax Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Provide Relief to Taxpayers and Promote Clean Technology and Renewable Energy
- State Needs Long-term Energy Plan Before It’s Too Late
- Fuel Mileage Increases Must be Reasonable, Feasible
Entrepreneurship
- Much Needed Capital For Entrepreneurs—Would This Help?
- Being a Business Owner Never Looked So Good
- Boost VC Tax Credit, Restore 21st Century Fund to Accelerate Recovery
- Saluting Small Businesses and the Entrepreneurs Who Run Them
- U.S. Investors Could Help Secure Green Cards for Foreign Entrepreneurs
- Innovation is the Way Out
- The Role of Strategic Intuition In Entrepreneurship
- Innovation and Creativity: The Sources of Entrepreneurial Ideas
- We Need More Good Failures!
- Travels Abroad Bring Optimism About Indiana Entrepreneurship
Environment
- EPA Timetable - Indiana Utility Ratepayers Should be Very Concerned
- 12 Ways OSHA Violations Can Occur: Part 2
- 12 Ways OSHA Violations Can Occur: Part 1
- The ROI Realization Related to LEED and Green Building
- Common Sense Green -- Finding The Business Case For Sustainable Building
- Do Your Customers Know You’re Green?
- Green Sustainability—The Business Way
- Recycling is Beneficial For Indiana
- Waste Not, Want Not
- Investing in Green Buildings Reap Future Rewards
- Tax Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Provide Relief to Taxpayers and Promote Clean Technology and Renewable Energy
- Environmental Findings Offer Economic Hope
Family
- An Open Letter to Parents of High School Students
- Compensation For The Next Generation
- Helping Kids in Need Around The World
- Losing The Ghost of Credit Past
- Becoming Educated on Paying Your Child's College Costs
- Organizing Your Important Papers
- School’s Out! School’s Out! Do you Know Where Your Young Teenagers Are?
Financial
- Compensation For The Next Generation
- The Evolving Role of Internal Audit in Risk Management
- Tax Breaks to Consider For 2011
- Maximize Your Mortgage Opportunity
- In a Business Relationship It's All About Communication
- ‘Dumb Money’ Shows The Peril of Chasing The Stock Market
- Some Thoughts on 'Soft' Savings
- Before Breaking Ground
- Thoughts of Golf … and Investing
- DOL Has a Strategic Plan for 2011 and Beyond: Does Your Company?
- Leverage Your Telecommunications Expense
- Managing Your Credit Score
- Coping With High Gas Prices at Your Business
- From Shirt Sleeves to Shirt Sleeves
- Analyze Profitability by Product and Customer to Avoid Cost Creep
- Making Cents Out of Merchant Card Fees
- Recent Tax Law Changes Require Many to Take Another Look
- Equity is Nice, But Cash is Better
- The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
- Top Four End-of-Year Financial Planning Tasks
- Marriage is a Profitable Investment Strategy
- QE2: Quantitative Easing, The Second Round Begins
- Is This a Good Time to Refinance?
- Exit Planning Myths
- The Many Faces of Fraud
- Financial Reforms Sound Good, May Look Different in Practice
- Regulation E: Making The Right Choice
- Low Interest Rates and Value Housing Prices is an Opportunity for Homebuyers
- Selecting the Right Exit Path: Transferring Ownership to Children
- Alternative Sources Of Private Financing
- Using Multiple Entities To Save Tax Dollars
- Trimming The Fat Permanently Can Help You During Your Job Search
- Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket
- Using A Valuation Specialist In The Sale Or Transfer Of Your Business
- The Time to Invest is NOW!
- Strategies to Help Keep Overhead Expenses in Check
- Get Ahead of The Tax Season
- Are You Listening to The Warning Signs of Fraud?
- Having Your Employees Cash You Out of Your Business: Time is Money
- New Research Questions Conventional Investing Strategy
- Can the IRS Seize and Sell Your Company's Stock Options?
- Smart Savings Skills Return to Today’s Lifestyle
- Small Business Lending – Loans Available
- Is Overtime a Thing of The Past?
- Business Owners, Don’t Neglect Your Relationship With Your Bank
- The Importance of Asset Allocation in Your 401(k) or IRA
- Comfortably Numb
- Growing Through the Financial Crises
- FDIC Insurance Provides Shelter From Storm
- U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program Boosts Confidence, Credit
- Survival of the Fiscally Fittest
- Holding Up the Sky
- Global Financial Integration
- Looking for Red Flags: Financial Management by Exception
- What Should You Expect From Your CFO?
- Protect Wealth through Fraud Prevention
- International Travelers Take Note
- Celebrate Money Smart Week
- The Subprime Market: What Happened? And What Happens Now?
- Is It Time for a Financial Makeover?
- Tax Record Storage: Record Retention Policy a Helpful Tool
- Unplanned Events Shouldn’t White Out Business Operations
- Company-Issued Credit Cards: Misuse & You Lose
- Losing The Ghost of Credit Past
- Growth and Banks: Expanding Your Business in 2007
- The Hurricane Housing Crisis
- Do The Math on Student Loans Before The July 1 Deadline
- Financial Literacy And The American Dream
- Succession Planning and the Family Owned Business
- Expectations
- Fair Share
- The Role of Life Insurance
Financial Planning
- An Open Letter to Parents of High School Students
- 529 College Savings Plans: Understanding Your Options
- Tax Breaks to Consider For 2011
- From Shirt Sleeves to Shirt Sleeves
- Spring Forward, Fall Back Into Tax Planning
- Estate Planning With GRATs in Uncertain Economic and Low Interest Rate Times
- The Value of a Dollar
- Second Generation Vacation Homes
- Becoming Educated on Paying Your Child's College Costs
- Organizing Your Important Papers
- Planning For Children With Disabilities
- Helping Teens With Personal Financial Management
- Investing 101
Globalization
- China’s Emerging Middle Class: Tapping The Asian Marketplace With Your Exported Goods
- Making Indiana Business Connections: Don’t Overlook Hoosier Partners in Our Global Environment
- Part 4: Economic Lessons Learned From China
- Part 3: Economic Lessons Learned From China
- Managing Risk When Doing Business Abroad
- Global Financial Integration
- In a Changing Global Marketplace, Good Business is Still About Good People
- Practice Careful Engagement
- Provide Full Disclosure
- Work With Trusted Partners
- It's About Their Market And Their Rules
- Introducing High-Technology Products Into The Chinese Marketplace
- Discovering Why India Fits Well Within Indiana's Global Economy
Government
- Inheritance Tax Warning: Don’t Be Caught Dead in Indiana
- How to Effectively Connect With Your Legislators
Health
- Waistlines and Bottom Lines: Wellness During The Holidays
- Burnout: The Main Causes and Some of The Cures
- Creating and Growing an Effective Workplace Wellness Program
- We Can’t Afford to Ignore Diabetes
- Run (Don’t Walk!) Away from Missed Work Days Due to Back Pain
- Staying Productive and Profitable By Avoiding On-the-Job Injuries
- CPR and First Aid Training Reaps Benefits For Employers and Job Applicants
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Don't Let Pain Derail Your Summer Travel Plans
- Emerging Safety Issues a Threat to Employees and Businesses
- Is Pain Keeping You Up at Night, Making You Sleepy at Work?
- Physician, Patient, Employer, Insurer and Hospital, Heal Thyselves
- For Happier Holidays, Take Control and Take Care
- Good People Taking Care of Good People Means Good Business
- Get on Track: Win The Race Against Pain
- Good Ergonomics Make For Good Economics
- Curbing Our Holiday Appetite Means Healthier Lives Year-Round
- Women of Indiana Senate Unite Against Deceptive Cigarette Ad Campaign
- Camel No. 9
- Smoking Free Air Laws Not Eating Into Restaurants’ Profitability
- Energize! Learn How to Incorporate Good Nutrition and Exercise into Your Workday
- Eliminating Tobacco Use “On the Job” Impacts Bottom Line
- Food Service Workers Severely Impacted by Secondhand Smoke
Healthcare
- Risky Business: Are Your Workers Covered When Traveling Overseas?
- Filling The Physician Pipeline
- For Biotech Companies, Teamwork Drives Success
- No-Walls Approach to Health Care
- Health Care Reform Needs Clarity
- Health Care Reform: The Debate Continues
- Recommitting to Health Care in The Community That Gave us Birth
- Remembering The 'Richness' of Bill Cook
- Health Care Policies From a Municipal Employer Perspective
- To Form a More Perfect Health Care System
- Changes in Health Care
- Saving Lives by Bringing High Quality Healthcare to All Hoosiers
- 5 Steps to Taking Charge of Your Healthcare Costs
- Decision Time For Company Health Care Plans: To Grandfather or Not to Grandfather?
- Tax Credit Helps Small Businesses Pay for Health Care
- Six Things To Know About The Health Care Reform Act’s Effect On Employers In 2010
- Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Make Sense in This Economy
- Lesser Known Provision in Health Care Reform: Federal Requirement to Provide Unpaid Breaks to Nursing Mothers
- A First Look at The Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
- Opportunities and Considerations of Conducting Clinical Research In Unsettled Economic Times
- Caring For Aging Parents Affects Worker Absenteeism and Productivity
- Don't Wait For Reform; Prepare For The Future Now
- Life-event Focus Makes Health Benefits More Valuable, Cost-effective
- Emerging Safety Issues a Threat to Employees and Businesses
- Health Information Technology: Resources and Incentives under the HITECH Act
- Be “Healthy, Wealthy and Wise” When it Comes to Health Care
- Addressing Health Care Costs Needs to Be High Priority
- A Call to Change
- Will 21st Century Telemedicine Come to Indiana?
- Hospital Mission: Quality And Efficiency or Cost Shifting?
- New Law Requires Health Care Providers to Offer Employee Education About Health Care Fraud
- Opinion: The Governor’s Plan For a Healthier Indiana: Where Health Care and Personal Responsibility Meet
- Healthcare Consumerism: More Than Keeping Employees Healthy And Happy
- Transforming Indiana Healthcare With Telemedicine
- Caregivers For Adults Require Care Too
- Are You Properly Storing Medical Information About Your Employees?
- The Five Big Ideas That Will Change Your Approach to Employee Benefits
- Healthcare Consumerism and Compliance
- Where is Your Health Plan on The Cost Containment Continuum?
- HRA's Make Health Care More Affordable For Small Businesses
- Ten Intelligent Health Measures Smart Companies Should Employ
Holiday
- Heartfelt and Memorable Holiday Toasts
- Holiday Retailing: Watch Your Inventory … of Loyal Customers
- For Happier Holidays, Take Control and Take Care
- Christmas Decorating Goes Green
- How Not to Add Risk to Your Holiday List - 10 Tips to Prevent ID Theft
- Santa’s Project Management Secrets
Human Resources
- Creating a Work Space That Promotes Your Productivity
- Winter Weather Advisory: Prepare For Weather-Related Absences
- The HIRE Act Retention Bonus
- Building Employee Engagement Through Challenging Work
- Tools For Responding to a Newly Armed Work Force
- Turning a Work Force Challenge Into an Opportunity
- Burnout: The Main Causes and Some of The Cures
- Making Sure You Have The Right Stuff in The Workplace
- Building a Mature Talent Acquisition Strategy: Best Practices from Central Indiana HR Professionals
- Evaluating Employee Performance Without Creating Legal Liability
- Indiana CEO's on Human Resource Issues
- A Sound Strategy For Selecting The Right Supplier
- Strategic HR Moves in Difficult Economic Times
- But Are They The Right People?
- 7 Tips for Employers Before They Face Complaints of Employment Discrimination
- Want Decreased Health Care Costs and More Productive Employees? Send Them on Vacation.
- The Halo Effect
- Hire Great People, Pay Them Well, and Get Out of Their Way!
- PART TWO: Tired of “Job Candidate Roulette”? Build a Talent Pipeline!
- PART ONE: Tired of “Job Candidate Roulette?” Build a Talent Pipeline!
- The Mystery of The One-Issue Newsletter
- Four Generations - One Workplace -- Can We All Work Together?
- The Importance of Workplace Training
- Using Stories to Inform And Influence
- Listen More, Speak Less - 5 Steps to Better Listening
- Seven Secrets to Great Handshakes
- Seven Reasons Organizational Culture Matters
- Seven Ways to Enhance Organizational Culture
- To Team or Not to Team?
- Capitalize on Social Opportunities!
- The Power of Pen
- Career Priorities: Money Isn't Everything
Indiana CEO Survey
- Investing in Early Childhood Education
- Health Care Reform: The Debate Continues
- Three Reasons Why the Stock Market Rises While the Economy Still Slumps
- Indiana CEO Survey
- Indiana Regaining Mojo in a Ho-Hum Economy
- Alternative Sources Of Private Financing
- CEO Survey: Internet, Technology and Social Media Rising Concern
- Indiana CEO's on Human Resource Issues
- Expanding Your Business Outside Indiana
- CEO Survey: Some Good News, But….
- Indiana's Agricultural Competitiveness Built and Dependent on Quality Education
- But Are They The Right People?
- Business Succession Planning
- First Consideration for Weathering the Storm: Your Mindset
- A View From Indiana CEOs
- Educating for the Next Economic Era
- Mass Transit Might Not Be the Answer
- Avoiding that One Bad Apple: The Importance of Corporate Reputation and Some Helpful Hints and Strategies
Intellectual Property
- Patent Reform Finally Becomes A Reality
- Supreme Court Rules That Business Methods May Be Patentable
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Announces Program for Accelerated Review of Green Technology Patent Applications
- Recent Decision Helps Trademark Owners
- United States Patent and Trademark Office Settles Litigation over Controversial Patent Rules but Backlog Remains an Issue
- Prospect of New Top-Level Domains Raises Trademark Infringement Concerns
- Patent Reform Once Again on The Congressional Agenda
- Use Of Trademarks As Search Engine Keywords
- Patent Office Reform Suffers Setback
- Implementing a Patent Program
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Stimulating Innovation and Creating Intellectual Property
- Driving Along the Patent Prosecution Highway
- What Should You do if You Have an Invention?
Internships
- Making The Most of Your Internship Program
- Companies Benefit From Student Interns Too
- Internships Prove More Valuable Than Ever for Companies and Students
- So You Thought You Didn't Have to Pay the Summer Intern? Think Again.
- Internships Put a Ray of Sunshine in ‘Perfect Storm’ of Workforce Challenges
- Intern Injustice – The Truth about Internships
- Launching a High School Internship Program
- Working With Schools to Obtain Top Student Interns
- Enhancing Your Internship Program
- Finding The Right Intern
- Internship Projects: Meeting Company and Student Needs
Investment
- Thoughts of Golf … and Investing
- Equity is Nice, But Cash is Better
- The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
- Marriage is a Profitable Investment Strategy
- A Useful Exchange
- New Research Questions Conventional Investing Strategy
- Financial Institutions Can Do A Better Job Of Protecting Consumers From Investment Fraud
- Anticipating the Wave of the Future – Chinese Foreign Investment
- Diversification: Putting All Your Eggs In One Basket
- Socially Responsible Investing: The New Black
- Managing Your Risk: It’s a Key to Meeting Your Expectations
- Is Gold a Hedge Against Inflation?
Leadership
- The Value of 360-Degree Feedback Assessments
- Keep Your Guarantees Simple
- Are You a Manager or a Leader?
- Keep Your Guarantees Simple
- Steve P. Jobs
- Invest in Your Company’s Future with Leadership Training
- Burnout: The Main Causes and Some of The Cures
- Five Reasons Companies Can Benefit From a Consultant
- What Are Indiana Business Leaders Thinking?
- How to Deal With a Complacent Person
- Why Your Company Needs a Corporate Code of Conduct
- Helping Teams at Work Get The Most Out of Electronic Communication
- How Do You Lead?
- Linking Learning and Development to Organizational Strategies
- Selecting the Right Exit Path: Sale to Other Owners or Employees
- Selecting the Right Exit Path: Transferring Ownership to Children
- Real Creativity Happens Inside The Box
- Prepare For The Unknown
- How to Write a Statement of Leadership … and Why
- Seven Leadership Lessons from Great Basketball Coaches
- Focusing on What You Can Control
- Why Should You Exit Plan When You Have No Plans To Exit?
- The Battier Effect: Facilitative Leadership at Its Best
- Today’s Environment Requires New Leadership Skills
- Attitude Matters! It’s time to put on your happy face
- The Manic Middle
- Having Goals Isn't Enough
- Four Forgotten Productivity Enhancers
- Get Connected!
- 6 Ways to Get Better Feedback
- Endings, Neutral Zones and New Beginnings
- What You Can Learn From Curious George
- How to Deny Distractions and be More Productive
- Five Overlooked Keys to Successful Project Management
- What is Leadership?
- Lean Applies to the Office Environment
- Striving to Instigate
- The Pursuit of . . .
- Seek the Bipartisan Path; Good Advice for Those Governing
- The Three Types of Team Commitment
- Five Reasons We Aren't More Innovative
- The Storm Before the Light: Leading With Brave Trust
- Six Steps to Innovative Action
- Seven Ways to Thrive as a Leader in a 24/7 World
- Gripped by Indecision, Procrastinators Do Nothing
- Project Management Strategy and Plinko
- What Business Leaders Can Learn from Danica
- Implementation and a Black Thumb
- No News is Bad News: Sharing Difficult Information with Staff
- Picking the Right Tool
- Healthy Teams, Healthy Profit
- A Starter Collection of Questions
- The Top 5 Scary Delegating Sins
- Business Lessons From Presidential Politics
- Leading the Day After: Leadership Opportunities After the Project is Over
- Communicating Decisions - Seven Things to Share
- A Fool With a Tool is Still a Fool
- Engaging Your Company’s Next Generation of Leaders
- Teaching Nerds to Be Leaders
- Five Truths About Blame and How it Impacts Our Performance
- Time to Celebrate?
- How You Impact Your Organization's Culture
- Spare The Rod, Grow The Team
- How Leaders Can Achieve More by Doing Less
- Helping Others Take Ownership
- Andragogy Offers Insight Into Effective Leadership
- Women Leaders - Are They a Unique Commodity?
- Striving to Instigate
Life Sciences
- For Biotech Companies, Teamwork Drives Success
- What Does Science Have to do With a Sports Drink?
- Recent Biotech Patent Cases Show Importance of Factual Context and Claim Drafting
- Congressional leaders can look to Indiana for innovative approach to health IT in economic stimulus package
- Indiana's Life Sciences Industry Accelerates, Shows Promise for Future
- Creating Life Science Intra- and Entrepreneurial Rock Stars
- Innovative Fundraising Brings Art to a Hospital
Logistics
- Cargo by Ocean in 2012: It's Gonna be a Wild Rate Ride
- Air Cargo Connectivity Can Help Indiana Become 'Crossroads of The World'
Management
- Five Benefits of Enterprise Risk Management
- Final ADAAA Regulations Expand Coverage, Address Some Employer Concerns
- Evaluating Employee Performance Without Creating Legal Liability
- Developing Employees Through Coaching and Mentoring
- Exit Planning Myths
- Your Management Trainees - Do You Owe Them Overtime?
- Avoiding Inbox Insanity: 3 Tips to Cut The Electronic Clutter and Communicate More Clearly
- Don't Manage Like Your Lawyer
- Why Should You Exit Plan When You Have No Plans To Exit?
- Employee Empowerment is Key to Success with Lean
- Using ERP to Achieve Best-in-Class
- Lean Applies to the Office Environment
- When You Anger the King (or Queen) – What Next?
Manufacturing
- Air Cargo Connectivity Can Help Indiana Become 'Crossroads of The World'
- Can Public Education Possibly Learn From Manufacturing?
- Mad Moderates and Innovation
- Increase in graduation rates highlights bigger workforce challenges
- Indiana's Momentum in Building Our Defense Industry
- GE Announcement Highlights Workforce Challenges, Opportunities For Future
- Reports of Manufacturing's Death Greatly Exaggerated
- Boosting Manufacturing Profits: Keys for Record Growth
- Status of Manufacturing in Indiana
Marketing and Brand Development
- Five Ways to Make Your Trade Shows Pay
- 12 Trends For 2012
- Your Website is Incomplete
- Guidelines For Brands in Social Media
- When does copying copy cross the line?
- Your Website is Incomplete
- Mural Marketing: Art For Business Branding
- Repeating Repetition Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing
- Has The Web Made us Too Metrics Minded?
- It’s Not Just The Facts, Ma’am
- How to Start a Strategic Content Marketing Approach
- QR Codes: Another Marketing Gimmick or a Keeper?
- Stop Commoditizing Communication – Capture the Strategic Creative Advantage
- Stop Wasting Your Most Powerful, Cost-Effective Marketing Tool
- Attention! Getting Your Message Across
- Don't Toss Your Trusted Tools
- Talking About Talking Points
- Engage Customers as Your Biggest Marketers
- It’s an App, App World
- State of The News Media Report: What Advertisers Need to Know
- Using Yesterday's Words to Communicate With Today's Consumers?
- You May Fool Search Engines, But Not People
- How Transparent is Your Brand?
- Customer Relationship Marketing
- Just Do It? Uh, Maybe Not.
- Changing Lanes on The Marketing Autobahn: Drive Carefully in 2011
- Be Relevant Or Be Gone
- Geo Targeting: The New Marketing Frontier
- Gawker to Become News Magazine
- Brand-Aid: Discover The 7 Most-Overlooked Brand Touchpoints
- Put Your Tools to Work
- Boo-st Traffic, Scare up Sales With 8 Web Usability Tips
- A Man’s View of Marketing to Women
- Can you #&^@%$ see it?
- Has New Technology Helped or Hurt Marketers?
- What is Measured Marketing?
- Has The Web Made us Too Metrics Minded?
- Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should
- Twitter is a Great Way to Discipline Your Brand
- Tend Your Brand Garden: Powerful brands require planning, care and nurturing
- Marketing is a Lot Like Dieting
- Building Indiana's Brand For Growth
- Wrapped a Little Too Tight about Brands and Social Media?
- Is There a Translator in The House?
- Women Control Marketing Dollars
- Don’t Do It If You Can’t Measure It
- The Breakdown of a Brand (aka, What Price Hubris?)
- The Point Of Social Media Is Not To Sell Anything. Huh?
- A Sound Strategy For Selecting The Right Supplier
- Brand Equity is a Business Asset: The Strength of a Company’s Brand Can Increase Business Valuation
- Sorry Miss Manners: Eavesdropping isn’t an Etiquette Violation Anymore (as long as it’s online)
- Why a Recession May Be the Ideal Time to Become an Independent Consultant
- Are You a Visionary or Tactician?
- Mission, Core Values, and Brand
- What’s important to you really isn’t important
- Where Does Creativity Come From?
- Drop The Charade and Get to Work
- Graphic Design Through Older Eyes
- Do you Really Know What Your Company Sells?
- Encourage Failure! Or settle for mediocrity
- The Future of Business
- The Ever Changing Role of Social Networks and Mobile Technology
- Things You Say Without Realizing It
- Your Website is Like a Store Window
- Putting The ‘IN’ in Branding Indiana
- A Menu For Marketing Communications Success in the New Year
- Explode Your Box!
- No Marketing Budget, Then Why Are You Still Spending Money?
- Learning From Janet
- Don’t Blame Marketing For The Lack of Sales
- Recovery is Near (or perhaps here) What Are You Doing to Boost Your Marketing?
- Marketing Strategies in a New Economy
- No Longer Either/or Decisions
- Make Opportunity Knock by Re-Thinking Your Customer Relationship
- Do People Know How Smart You Really Are?
- Don't Squander Opportunities by Dismissing Communication
- Seven Good Ways to Deliver Bad News
- Marketing in an Economic Downturn
- Exorcising Your Grammar Demons
- Yes, You Can Do Social Marketing
- Software Won't Make You a Graphic Designer
- Advertising The Obama Way
- Are You a Fighter or Are You Heading Home?
- Does Brand and Design Matter in an SEO World?
- Mommy Bloggers: Today’s Biggest Brand Influencers
- “Dirty Boots” Marketing: It may be time to get out into the field
- The Humble (But Powerful) Press Release
- Reach Out to Connect More Effectively
- Tactical Planning for the New Economy
- Determining the Best Dynamic Elements for Your Web Site
- Accelerate Your Marketing Efforts During The Recession to Multiply Your Results
- Talk to a Writer Before You Start Writing
- Crotch Ads and Creative Content: Amateurs Rule
- Grants Aren’t Research Papers
- Communicating versus Announcing
- Be More Effective by Being Yourself
- A Venture Idol Experience
- Are Questions Inherently Bad?
- Mission: Unintelligible
- Managing Up: How your personal brand enables or disables your career
- Beautiful Design is Nice but Message Matters Most
- Grants Demand Both Sides of the Brain
- Experience and Nonsense
- This is not the Time to Turn off the Promotional Engine
- Live Your Brand! Good or bad, every person on your team shapes your brand
- Indiana Not-For-Profits Must Not Let Fear Dictate Their Use of Social Media
- Word Of Mouth Is Not Enough: Don’t Be Afraid To Tell Your Story To The World
- If You Don’t Believe It, Don’t Say It
- Make e-Mail Marketing & Blog Software Work for You, Not Against You
- What’s Your Marketing Flavor Today?
- Reach a National or Global Audience by Dominating the Internet
- The Logo Decision: What to Consider When Creating Your Image
- Your Web Site Could Be Your Best Sales Person
- Electronic Marketing: A Cost-Efficient and Green Strategy for Building Business
- Developing a Marketing Communications Budget: Are You Adequately Funding Your Promotional Machine?
- NASCAR Bad Boys Get a Longer Leash
- The Ups and Downs of Marketing
- Living Brands Must Be Fed
- The Human on The Other End
- Maybe You Need A Ghost
- Community Branding: Creating Buzz and Breathing Life into your Town or County
- What’s in a Marketing Firm Name?
- The Long and Short of Marketing
- Multi-Cultural Marketing In Our Changing World
- How important is Lifestyle Marketing?
- Creating a Powerful Brand: Part Three of a Three-Part Series
- Branding: A “Cultural” Investment in Your Company
- Creating a Powerful Brand: Part Two of a Three-Part Series
- Creating a Powerful Brand: Part One of a Three-Part Series
- Your New Boss is 18. Meet The Millennials
- Listening to Your Marketing Materials
- What Makes a Web Site Work?
- People Hate to be Sold, But Love to Buy: What This Means to Your Marketing Effort
- Ignoring Blogs: A Recipe For Reputation Disaster
- When People Don’t Read, You Really Need a Writer
- How Much is Enough?
- Meaningful is More Powerful Than Powerful
- Owning a Hammer Doesn’t Make Me a Carpenter: My Perspective on Desktop Design
- Keep Your Marketing Out of The ER
- Investing in Brand: It Really Does Matter
- What Makes Great Copy--Great? And, How Much Copy is Enough?
- Turning Customers From Passive to Passionate
- The Big Recycling Brand: Arrows Under Construction
- Brilliant Marketing Insight Lurks Inside Stupid Questions
- Lessons from the Racetrack: Your Personal Brand
- Advertising And Design Firms Are Facing Age of Accountability!
- Mentoring to Build an Employment Brand And Meet Strategic Goals
- Kidney Thieves, Toilet Spiders and Short Copy
- Lessons From The Racetrack: Do You Have Secret Sauce?
- Branding as an Employer of Choice (EOC)
- Are You Talking to Yourself?
- A Thought Before You Launch a New Product or Service
- Is Advertising & Marketing Draining Your Budget?
- The Case For Branding
Media
- Political Endorsements by Media: Anyone Care?
- State of The News Media Report: What Advertisers Need to Know
- Media Low Light: Do Readers Really Believe?
- Advertising The Obama Way
- Ashton vs. Larry: What Does 1 M Really Mean on Twitter?
- Twitterviews Lead to Twitterprops: A Moment in The Twitter Timeline
- The February Sweep: Matching Eyeballs to Dollars
- Unethical Newsroom Practices
mergers & acquisitions
- Emerging Sensibilities: Bring out the Best in a Merger
- Some Tips on Buying or Selling a Business
- Art of the Deal: Mergers and Acquisitions 2009
Misc.
Nonprofits
- Family Giving: Enabling Your Family to Make Meaningful Donations
- Your Giving, Your Legacy
- ‘You Know What They Say When You Assume Things’ – Assumptions in Fundraising
- Should You Participate in an Online Contest to Raise Money?
- Rallying The Troops
- The Path of Least Resistance
- Capital is Bigger Than Dollars – Makes Sense?
- A Guide to Nonprofit Survival in Tough Times
- Avoiding the Highly Contagious Special Events Bug
- Consultant or Not? Deciding to hire a consultant and finding the right one
- Making Gifts Possible
- Today’s Environment Requires New Leadership Skills
- Are You Consorting with Bulls or Bears?
- Confusing Activity With Achievement in Nonprofit Organizations
- Grants Demand Both Sides of the Brain
- Matching The Charitable Gift With The Needs of The Donor
- For Executives in Search of Nonprofits
Patents
- Patent Reform Finally Becomes A Reality
- Two Recent and Important Court Decisions Favor Patent Owners
- Patent Reform: Much Ado About Nothing or Will 2011 Be The Year?
- Courts Continue to Outpace Congress on Patent Reform
- Courts Take The Lead on Patent Damages Reform
- Patent Office Takes Baby Step Towards Reform
- Sigma Communications Reverse 911 System
Personal
- To Avoid Inbox Insanity, Start Treating Email More Like Postal Mail
- Valuable Life and Work Lessons From a Haitian Mountain Village
- Vacations Are Good For Business
- Research Shows Cosmetic Surgery Can Boost Your Income Potential and Career
- Tips to Turn Year end Whirlwinds Into a Wonderful Time of Year
- Is Pain Keeping You Up at Night, Making You Sleepy at Work?
- Take a Close Look at Your Insurance Coverage
- Don’t Let Pain Keep You Out of the Race
- What Would a Potential Employer See if They Checked out Your Facebook Account?
- 10 Great Reasons to be Thankful
- Traveling to China for the Olympics? Protect Yourself With International Travel Insurance
- Protect Your Graduate From the Dangers of International Travel for $1.50 Per Day
- The Power of Belonging
- Ten Ways to Harness The Power of Questions
- Preparing For Your “BlackBurial:” Online Information Puts a New Twist on Estate Planning
- Domestic Violence Is Everybody’s Business
- Six Keys to Really Enjoying Your Vacation
- Be Present! Seven Ways to Be More Productive and Enjoy Life More
- GAME Your Way to Greater Productivity
- Just 30 Minutes a Day – The Value of a Half Hour
- What Employers Should Expect When She's Expecting
Personal Finance
- No Guarantees For Retirees
- Pay Off The Mortgage or Invest?
- Gov't Savings Bonds Have Gone Paperless
- National Make Your Dream Come True Day
- Start Your 2012 Tax Planning Now
- Holiday Gift Cards – Beware!
- More Year-End Tax Tips
- Retirement Plan Tax Saving Strategies
- Your Money Mindset
- Beware: Black Friday is Upon Us
- You Don’t Need Cash to get a Charitable Deduction
- Housing Options For Seniors
- It's Halloween and The Stock Market is Scary Good!
- Disability: It Could Happen to You
- Changes Coming For Municipal Bonds
- 1035 Exchange For LTC
- Beware the Wolves
- Why The Market Volatility?
- Anticipate The Unexpected. Prepare For The Unknown.
- Corporate Bankruptcy = Worthless Stock
- Key to Happiness: A Lifestyle That Fits
- Wealth Creation in a Shaky Market
- Fear was in the Driver’s Seat
- Here We Go…Again?
- Debt Ceiling Debate: Impact on Investors
- Financial Issues Facing College Students
- Rewards For Summer Earnings
- Don't Gift Too Early
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Reporting After-Tax IRA Contributions
- Paper Documents: Toss or Keep?
- Investment Diversification Pays Off
- The Impact of Speculators on Oil Prices
- Advice For Your Graduate
- Start Your 2011 Tax Planning Now
- Voting Your Proxy
- What is a 1099-Q?
- Seller Beware: New Cost Basis Rules for 2011
- Houston Goes to The DAWGS!
- Good Debt Versus Bad Debt
- Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster
- Money Issues Can Zap a Marriage
- IRS Has an App For That!
- What's Your Retirement Number?
- Avoiding "Investor Regret"
- The Valentine Checklist
- Am I Reading It Correctly?
- View of a Young Investor
- Short on Cash to Fund HSA?
- Contingency Planning: How Much Life Insurance?
- Important Info From The IRS
- What do Investment Advisors do?
- Laying a Strong Financial Foundation For 2011
- Congress Finally Passes The Tax Bill
- Marriage is a Profitable Investment Strategy
- Where's The Money?
- Maximize Your Charitable Benefit
- 60,000 Jobs For Indiana
- Can You Squeeze in a Family Meeting?
- Free Financial Advice…No Strings Attached
- Money Sense For Children
- No Cost of Living Increase
- When Parents Depend on You
- Your FSA is Changing
- Interested in Gold? Investor Beware
- Turning Fifty is Pretty Nifty
- Dividend Reinvestment – Wise or Not?
- Financial Planning – No Longer an Option
- What's an ETF?
- New Credit Card Rules
- Found Money
- Are Your Bank Accounts Fully Insured?
- Indiana Incentive For Long Term Care Coverage
- Long-Term Care Insurance Provisions
- Health Care Decisions: Who Decides When You Can't?
- Goldman Sachs Betrayed Their Own Investors
- The Writing is on The Wall!
- Insurance is Your Contingency Plan
- Fiduciary Standard and Financial Reform
- British Petroleum - An Investment Opportunity or Sinking Ship?
- Pre-Planning a Funeral
- Earning Nothing on Your Savings?
- The Flash Crash & Stop Loss Orders
- Changes to Pre-tax Medical Spending Plans
- Graduation = Entering the Real World
- What is an Endowment?
- Health Care Legislation: What is The Impact on You?
- Act Now to Reduce 2010 Income Taxes
- Bulldog Discipline
- Still Time to Make an IRA Contribution
- The Price of Procrastination!
- Organizing Your Parents' Affairs
- Tax Credits…Yikes!
- The Power of Compounding Interest
- New Credit Card Law Effective Today
- Is Your 401(k) Working For You?
- Saving is The Key to Building Wealth
- Will a Roth Conversion Benefit You?
- Homebuyer Credit Deadline Approaching
- Premiums For Medicare Based on Income
- Getting Ready to File
- New Year Resolutions
- Family Meeting During The Holidays
- Cost of Twelve Days of Christmas
- Bartering Your Services
- More Year-End Tax Tips
- Tax Reducing Strategies With Retirement Accounts
- What Should I Do Now?
- Thinking About a Second Home?
- Homebuyer Credit Expanded and Extended
- Higher Education Tax Credit
- What to Expect From a Financial Planner
- Option to Re-Do a 2009 IRA Distribution
- Purchasing a Hybrid Car
- Avoid Being a Fraud Victim
- Federal Reserve Decisions Impact Your Portfolio
- Identity Theft and Children
- Death of Spouse or Partner – What to Do?
- Opting-Out of Interest Rate Change
- Privacy Policy – A "Must" Read!
- Long-Term Care: Group Versus Private Coverage
- Go Green at Home
- Thinking About Divorce?
- Valued Employee With Credit Trouble
- Funding Your Health Savings Account
- Lending to a Family Member
- Choosing The Right Guardian
- "Cash For Clunkers"
- Should I Pay for Advice?
- Auto Worker Benefits
- GM Goes Bankrupt
- Where to Start When You're Starting Over
- Take a Close Look at Your Insurance Coverage
- Can Gift Annuities Stop Giving?
- Financial Advice For Newlyweds
- Is it Wise to Spend Money on Car Repairs?
- Buy a New Car…Deduct The Sales Tax
- Decisions Regarding Unexpected Money
- Investing in Gold
- IRA Opportunities For 2009
- Mortgage Assistance Available
- Abandon my 401(k)?
- Impact of Emotions on Investing
- Reducing Your Personal Inventory
- Starting a Business
- Is "Hold Tight" Still The Best Advice?
- Credit For First-Time Homebuyers
- 529 Plan Underwater?
- Medicare Part B Costs More For Some Seniors
- Gathering Tax Forms
- Excess Social Security Tax
- Time to Get Organized
- No Minimum Distribution Required in 2009
- Take Control in 2009
- Security Fraud
- Giving to Charity When Cash is Scarce
- Reduction in The Workforce
- Shaky Retirement Plans?
- Holiday Shopping on The Internet
- Is it Time to Buy a House?
- IRA Value Down…Convert to Roth IRA
- Credit Card Debt…Next Financial Crisis?
- How to Prepare For Job Loss
- FDIC Bank Deposit Insurance Temporarily Increased
- What's an Investor to do?
- Charitable IRA Rollover Extended
- What an Incredible Time!
- Is my Investment Account Safe?
- Building Your Personal Wealth
- Paying For Nursing Home Care
- What is a Health Savings Account?
- Leaving Behind Your Advice
- Is my Money Safe in The Bank?
- Credit Cards Are Not The Answer
- Should I pay off my Mortgage?
- Assisting Mom and Dad
- What is Planned Giving?
- Caught in the Headlines
- How to Work with your Investment Manager
- How to Choose a Financial Planner
- Consumer Choices with Gas at $4.00?
- When Mother Nature Isn’t Nice
- Financial Security Provides Choices
- Tax Impact of Required Distribution
- Making the Most of Your Stimulus Rebate
- Independent 529 Plan
- Getting Started Financially
- Are You Paying Too Much Tax?
- The Zero Tax Rate
- Time-Share Purchase or "Pay as You Go"
- My Parents’ Affairs
- Tax Rebate for Low Income
- Do I Need a Will?
- Tax Benefits for Business
- The Valentine Checklist
- Ouch! That Really Hurts!
- Honey, We Need To Talk…
- What Lifestyle Can You Afford?
- The Unexpected 1099
- Doing Better in 2008
- Gift Cards Are Convenient, But Expensive!
- Still Time to Save Taxes
- Excuses, Excuses
- IRA: Avoid The 50 Percent Penalty
- Savers’ Credit
- Be a Wise Entrepreneur
- Top Ten Financial “Aha’s”
- Don’t Give Away The Farm Too Early
- Lock Down Your Credit Reports
- Health Care Decisions: Who Decides When You Can’t?
- The Health of Your Personal Finances
- Automaker To Offer Early-Out
- Sharing Information With Your Family
- Simplify: Combine Your Retirement Accounts
- Financial Planning & Divorce Negotiations
- Act Now Before Two Tax Reducing Strategies Are Eliminated
- How Risky is Your Portfolio?
- Financial Decisions Have Long-Term Impact
- Should You be Worried About The Stock Market?
- Using a Reverse Mortgage to Pay Property Tax
- Do You Need a Trust in Your Estate Plan?
- Debit Cards Can be Tricky!
- How to Pay Your Increased Property Tax
- Pay Attention to your 401(k)
- Tax Advantages Only Available in 2007
- Design Your Portfolio to Fit You
- Vacation Home in Wrong Place?
- Options For Handling Company Stock in Your 401(k)
- College Student’s Taxes May Increase
- Your Worst Travel Nightmare: Medical Need
- You Too Can Be a Millionaire
- Multi-Generations Living Together
- The Pros And Cons of DRIPs
- Too Much of One Stock
- Tax Saving Strategies For 2007
- When Buying a Home; Look Beyond The Mortgage
- Life Planning Based on Values
- Car Dilemma: Repair or Purchase New
- Avoid Mistakes With IRA Money
- Time to Contribute to Your IRA
- Did You Get a Knot in Your Stomach?
- Planning For Your Retirement…Do You Keep The Mortgage?
- “I Owe How Much in Taxes?!?”
- The Valentine Checklist
- Y Should I Balance My Checkbook?
- Colts Win Super Bowl!
- Losing The Ghost of Credit Past
- What to Do With a Financial Windfall?
- Purge Your Files And Go Paperless
- Don’t Miss Your Tax Credit for Telephone Use
- One More Tax Law Change For 2006
- The Window is Still Open, But Fast Action is Required!
- Investment Portfolio Year-End Review
- 401(k) Roth Contributions
- 16 Ways to Reduce Your Taxes
- Next Vehicle - Lease or Buy?
- The Best Method to Gift to Charity
- Diversifying Your Portfolio with International Stocks
- Benefits and Costs Changing in 2007
- Tax Credit For Hybrid Vehicles
- 15 Ways to Reduce Your Taxes
- Life Insurance No Longer Needed?
- Health Savings Accounts: An Alternative to Traditional Medical Plans
- Changes in Interest Rates Impact Your Portfolio
- New Provisions For Retirement Plans
- Becoming Educated on Paying Your Child's College Costs
- Social Security Retirement Benefits
- Importance of a Clean Credit Report
- Make a Donation to Charity From Your IRA
- Organizing Your Important Papers
- Pay For College by Gifting Appreciated Assets
- Some Seniors Will Pay More For Medicare Part B
- The Effect of Rising Interest Rates on Your Mortgage
- Owning Out-of-State Property
- Tired of Paying Bills?
- Where's The Money?
- Establishing Your Financial Foundation
- Death of Spouse or Partner - What to Do?
- Incentives For Early-Out
- Tax on Earnings of Children
- The Graduation Season
- Consider Your Personal Financial Plan When Starting a Business
- Choosing a Financial Planner
- Postpone Capital Gain Tax with Property Swap
- Income Tax Return Due Today!
- Do You Have a Will?
- Keeping Debt Under Control
- They'll Thank You in Thirty Years
- Pressure Rising
- Learn From Your Tax Return
- Teach Kids to $ave, $pend, and $hare
- The Role of Life Insurance
Philanthropy
Policy
- May You Live In Interesting Times...
- The Road to 2012: How Indiana Factors Into Our National Debt Debate
- The Cell Phone Crowd: Motivated Voters
- Mad Moderates and Innovation
- Cash For Clunkers: A Needed Economic Tune-Up or Another Policy Misfire?
- Caught in The Middle in The Global Economy
- RESPONSE: Limiting Excessive Property Taxes is a Bad Thing?
- Limiting Excessive Property Taxes is a Bad Thing?
- State Needs Comprehensive Energy Policy
Project Management
- For Biotech Companies, Teamwork Drives Success
- The Holy Grail of Full Team Engagement
- The Never Ending To-Do List
Property Tax
- A Winning Plan for Property Tax Relief
- Vote Center Concept Offers Property Tax Savings and Convenience
- Appeal of an Unfavorable Property Assessment
- Property Taxes - The $210M Per Year Solution
Public Relations
- Plan Now For Tomorrow's Crisis
- Attention! Getting Your Message Across
- Is There a Translator in The House?
- Rallying The Troops
- What's NOT New About New Media
- Where Does Creativity Come From?
- Lessons Our Clients Have Taught Us
- Public Relations Plays a Necessary Role in the Courtroom
- The Value of Social Media AND Public Relations
- Leave A Trail Of Accomplishments, It's Job Security You Can Carry With You
- Musings of a Maniacal CEO
- Don't Squander Opportunities by Dismissing Communication
- The Humble (But Powerful) Press Release
- The Chelsea Dilemma: How to successfully answer those touchy personal questions
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Public Relations
- 2007 PR Winners and Losers
- Six Steps to Creating a PR Plan
- What Business Are You In Again?
- Product Recall PR: Making the Right Moves Fast
- OPINION: Edward Scissorhands And The Story of One School Board
- What To Do When PR Isn’t Working
- OPINION: Indy's Decision Soaks Little Lizton
- Opinion: When "No Comment" Says All The Wrong Things
- What Citizen Journalists Can do to CEOs
- What Business Are You In?
- Beyond Tricks – How to Practice For Effective Speeches
- The High Price of Rudeness
- When Business Feuds Go Public
- Mastering The Public Apology
- Crafting a Powerful Press Release
- Opinion: Auto Dealer Ad-Nauseum
Public Speaking
- Five Tips to Position Your Event's Speaker for Success
- Favorite Panels of All Time
- Viewpoints on Viral Video
- Preparing a More Powerful Presentation
- It’s Easy to Catch The Ball; The Hard Part is The Post-Game Interview
- Public Speaking: Taking Care of Your Voice
Public Speaking
Real Estate
- Maximize Your Mortgage Opportunity
- Expect Movement in The Real Estate Market in 2011
- Low Interest Rates and Value Housing Prices is an Opportunity for Homebuyers
- Seller Financing: Another Option for Commercial Real Estate
- Extension of Home Buyer’s Tax Credit Designed to Spur Sales
- Review Real Estate Leases for Possible Savings
- Silver Lining for Homeowners?
- Confronting the Mortgage Crisis
- How to Turn a Profit in a Flat Market: Getting Top Dollar For Your Home
- Supply-And-Demand Economics Apply to Residential Real Estate, Too
- Generation X Takes The Homeownership Baton And Runs With it
- Playing The Renewal Game to Win
- Fixed-Rate Mortgages a Bright Spot in Buyer’s Market
Safety
Sales and Marketing
- Keep Your Guarantees Simple
- In a Business Relationship It's All About Communication
- The Four Steps to Getting More Business From Your Prospect List
- Recommit to a Successful 2010
- The Truth Behind The Misconceptions of Sales People
- Turning Your Website Into a Lead Generating Machine
- White Papers: A Powerful Sales Tool
- Don’t Blame Marketing For The Lack of Sales
- Ideas Are Exponential: Even Sales People Have Them
- Cultivating An Abundant Prospect Pipeline
- Keeping Score: A Free & Easy Way to Drive Sales Results
- Why Proving Doesn’t Work — In Politics or Sales
- Generating Growth Leads in Tough Times
- How Are You Going to Fill Your Sales Pipeline?
- Generate Sales? – Start During a Recession
- Using an Effective Sales Strategy Even When You Are Not Selling
- Your Mother Was Right
- PR & Marketing Finally Get a Seat at the Executive Table
- Viral Marketers Under Siege
- Take The Stage
Small Business
- Organizational Culture Matters in Your Business
- Finally … Something for Small Businesses: Small Business Jobs Act’s Impact on the R&D Tax Credit and Depreciation
- Tax Credit Helps Small Businesses Pay for Health Care
- Saluting Small Businesses and the Entrepreneurs Who Run Them
- Small Business Growth: Indiana's Engine For Job Creation
- Consultant or Not? Deciding to hire a consultant and finding the right one
- Small Business Lending – Loans Available
- I’m a Small Business and I Need Help
- Workforce Planning – Not Just for Big Business
- Marketing for Every Small Business
- Small Businesses Need IT Security, Too!
- Buckle Up and Get Ready to Start Your Business
- Talent is a Key Piece of The Entrepreneurial Equation
- While People Wait, Use Some Psychology
- Cashing Out…Or Coming of Age?
- Legislative Session Brings About Small Business Opportunities
- Getting Service Operations Right: A Must For Small Business
Social Media
Social Media/Networking
- Guidelines For Brands in Social Media
- Mobile Apps Retailing: Bringing the Best of Bricks and Clicks Together
- The Social Media Success Secret
- New Facebook Changes a Good Thing for Business
- Social Business: What it is, and Why Indiana Needs More of it
- QR Codes: Another Marketing Gimmick or a Keeper?
- Stop Commoditizing Communication – Capture the Strategic Creative Advantage
- Social Media Whiners: How to Cope
- New Year's Revolution: Putting Social Media to Work in 2011
- The Cell Phone Crowd: Motivated Voters
- The Tech Rush in Indiana
- Geo Targeting: The New Marketing Frontier
- Gawker to Become News Magazine
- Facebook's Best Idea Since Facebook
- Helping Teams at Work Get The Most Out of Electronic Communication
- What is Measured Marketing?
- Selling on The Internet: Nine Truths of SEO
- Social Media and the Hatch Act
- Twitter is a Great Way to Discipline Your Brand
- Make a Social Media Plan; Better Late Than Never
- Social Media and ROI: Real Numbers in Real Time
- Facebook Forever: 500 Million Users Strong
- Wrapped a Little Too Tight about Brands and Social Media?
- The Point Of Social Media Is Not To Sell Anything. Huh?
- Turning Your Website Into a Lead Generating Machine
- What's NOT New About New Media
- Social Media is Part of the Marketing Mix
- The Value of Social Media AND Public Relations
- Social Media Marketing: Useful tool or passing fad?
- The Ever Changing Role of Social Networks and Mobile Technology
- Central Indiana: New Media Marketing Mecca?
- Friend, Tweet, Link...Why Not Just Shake Hands?
Social Responsibility
Statehouse
- How to Effectively Connect With Your Legislators
- Bring Your Gun to Work Day? We've All Heard of "Bring Your Child to Work Day." But What About Your Gun?
- Key Economic Development Issues For The Indiana General Assembly to Consider During The 2010 Legislative Session
- A New Year’s Resolution to Reform Local Government
- Election Shows Voter Appetite For Government Reform
- A Look Back at ’08 Legislature…What Is the Real Impact?
- Local Government Reform High on Legislative To-do List
- OPINION: Unions Pushing Legislation Pressuring Employees to Join
Stocks
- S&P Downgrade a Non-Event Except it Contributes to a Wild Week
- ‘Dumb Money’ Shows The Peril of Chasing The Stock Market
- Three Reasons Why the Stock Market Rises While the Economy Still Slumps
- Can the IRS Seize and Sell Your Company's Stock Options?
- What to do With the Bear in the Room
- What Happened to the Stock Market in 2007?!
- Company Stock: How Much is Too Much?
Technology
- Reach For The Sky With Cloud Computing
- Fiber Gigabit Broadband: The Quiet Energizer for Indiana Economic Development and Recovery
- Mobile Apps Retailing: Bringing the Best of Bricks and Clicks Together
- To Avoid Inbox Insanity, Start Treating Email More Like Postal Mail
- New Facebook Changes a Good Thing for Business
- Opinion: Why Digital-Only Companies Aren't Ready to Lead
- Streamlining Business Communications With Technology Services
- Social Business: What it is, and Why Indiana Needs More of it
- QR Codes: Another Marketing Gimmick or a Keeper?
- Stop Wasting Your Most Powerful, Cost-Effective Marketing Tool
- Google, Indiana and Super-Fast Broadband
- Leverage Your Telecommunications Expense
- It’s an App, App World
- You May Fool Search Engines, But Not People
- New Year's Revolution: Putting Social Media to Work in 2011
- The Cell Phone Crowd: Motivated Voters
- The Tech Rush in Indiana
- Geo Targeting: The New Marketing Frontier
- Managing Technology in Your Business
- Boo-st Traffic, Scare up Sales With 8 Web Usability Tips
- Has New Technology Helped or Hurt Marketers?
- What is Measured Marketing?
- Boost VC Tax Credit, Restore 21st Century Fund to Accelerate Recovery
- Selling on The Internet: Nine Truths of SEO
- Social Media and ROI: Real Numbers in Real Time
- A Space Race for Transportation Tech
- Facebook Forever: 500 Million Users Strong
- Bullet Proof Your Business with a Disaster Recovery Plan
- CEO Survey: Internet, Technology and Social Media Rising Concern
- Impact of Virtualization on Cloud Computing Standardization (Part 3 of 3)
- Movement of Co-location Facilities to The IaaS Cloud Services Business (Part 2 of 3)
- Cloud Computing: A Decade of Natural Evolution (Part 1 of 3)
- Turning Your Website Into a Lead Generating Machine
- What's NOT New About New Media
- Is Cloud Computing (AKA Virtualization) Right for Your Company?
- Advertising and Social Media
- Small Business Growth: Indiana's Engine For Job Creation
- Igniting a $2.5 Billion Digital Revolution in Indiana
- Central Indiana: New Media Marketing Mecca?
- The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Risks of Non-Exempt Employees Computing Remotely
- Friend, Tweet, Link...Why Not Just Shake Hands?
- Yes, You Can Do Social Marketing
- Buying a Business? Don’t Forget I.T.
- Disappointment Over 21 Fund Cuts Doesn’t Cloud Bright Tech Future
- Twitter Hijacking
- Creating a Culture of New Ideas For Indiana
- Health Information Technology: Resources and Incentives under the HITECH Act
- Recent Biotech Patent Cases Show Importance of Factual Context and Claim Drafting
- Ashton vs. Larry: What Does 1 M Really Mean on Twitter?
- Determining the Best Dynamic Elements for Your Web Site
- YouTube 101: University Professors in The Tube
- Government, Industry Pursue Research and Education to Counter Mega-fears of Nanotech
- Twitterviews Lead to Twitterprops: A Moment in The Twitter Timeline
- Copyright and The Internet
- Data Security Breaches a Growing Concern Among Businesses
- A Knowledge Agenda for Economic Growth
- The Dot-Dinero Era: Indulging in New Vanity Domains Comes at a High Price
- Bridging Social-Capital Collaborations: How to Find Answers Regarding Copyright Issues in the Digital Age
- "Buy Indiana" When it Comes to Data Center Services
- Indiana's Nanotechnology Revolution - A World Leader?
- Social Media: Are you there yet?
- Mother Nature is Unpredictable. Is Access to Your Data?
- CyberStates 2008: Indiana Tech Jobs on the Rise
- It's Simply the Best Bang for Your Buck
- Unlimited Voice: Big Deal or No Deal?
- Indiana in the Fast Lane of Broadband Growth
- Technology Outsourcing Can Harness the Spiraling Cost of Manpower
- A New Internet?
- Buy or Train: Meeting the Indiana High-Tech Predicament Head On
- Why Outsource? Demand for Power Increases While Budgets Weaken
- Exploding IT Industry Needs Senior Indiana Professionals Today
- Perspective: Incubator Sponsorship Key to Success
- Employees Blog The Hands That Feed Them in The "World’s Largest Public Elevator"
- How to Revive "Orphaned" Software
- Saving Money on Wireless
- The Evolving Mobile Workforce
- The Magic of Technology
- Indiana’s Technology Economy: A Transformation in Progress
- “Mouse Rage” And The Three-Click Rule
- Wireless Business Tools: Better Than Bond
- Indiana Telecom Reform in Jeopardy Unless U.S. Senate Acts
- Cities Don’t Transform Themselves; People Transform Cities
- Creating an IT Service Organization
- Whois Database: Critical Access to Web Domains
- IT Succession Planning: Bridging The Gap
- When Bloggers Defame
- Know Thy Links – Search Engine Optimization Guidelines
- Computer Security is a Year-Round Concern
Tourism/Hospitality
Transportation
- Air Cargo Connectivity Can Help Indiana Become 'Crossroads of The World'
- Keep Transit Funding Whole
- I-69 – Indiana's New $6 Billion Commercial Defense and Energy Corridor
- Let's Go to SFO
- Trends Equal Opportunity For Airport and City
- A Space Race for Transportation Tech
- Planning a Sustainable Future For Central Indiana’s Airports
- Mass Transit Might Not Be the Answer
- Mass Transit is Gaining Momentum in Central Indiana
- Let’s Take Transportation Seriously!
- Transportation And Logistics – A Road Indiana Needs to Follow
- Indiana at a Crossroads in Transportation
Women in business
- Advanced Education is Critical to Ensuring Personal and Community Prosperity
- Putting Women on The Path to Success
- Why Women in Business Do Well in the New Economic Environment
Workforce
