Perspectives By Category

Advertising

• 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

• 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

• Life-event Focus Makes Health Benefits More Valuable, Cost-effective
• Five Keys to Becoming a Better Benefits Buyer

Blogging

• Who is That Masked Blogger?

Brain Drain

• 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 Enterprise Certification Programs

Business Ethics

• OPINION: This Back Story is Spelled G-R-E-E-D
• Ball State University Hosts First Campus Wide Ethics Week

Business Growth

• 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

• 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?

Career Advancement

• 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

• Volunteerism -- For Such a Time As Now

Consumer

• Contractor License Process Too Complicated For Consumers

Crisis Management

• 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

• Not all customers are good customers: Know when to let go
• Putting People First Builds Customer Loyalty, Impacts Bottom Line

Daylight Saving Time

• A Yankees Guide to Springing Forward

Diversity

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Health

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Management

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Some Tips on Buying or Selling a Business
• Art of the Deal: Mergers and Acquisitions 2009

Misc.

• 10 Obscure Reasons to be Thankful

Nonprofits

• 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

• Courts Take The Lead on Patent Damages Reform
• Patent Office Takes Baby Step Towards Reform
• Sigma Communications Reverse 911 System

Personal

• 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

• 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

Policy

• RESPONSE: Limiting Excessive Property Taxes is a Bad Thing?
• Limiting Excessive Property Taxes is a Bad Thing?
• State Needs Comprehensive Energy Policy

Project Management

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Stage Fright – Doesn’t Need to be Scarier Than Death!
• Heartfelt And Memorable Holiday Toasts

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

• Safety Culture: At The Crux of a Great Business

Sales and Marketing

• 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

• 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/Networking

• 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

• The Increasing Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility

Statehouse

• 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

• 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

• 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

Transportation

• 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

• Why Women in Business Do Well in the New Economic Environment