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Website copyright © 2002-2025 by Dennis D. McDonald. From Alexandria, Virginia I support proposal writing & management, content and business development, market research, and strategic planning. I also practice and support cursive handwriting. My email: ddmcd@ddmcd.com. My bio: here.

How To Avoid Common Strategic Planning Mistakes

Jun 17

Jun 17 How To Avoid Common Strategic Planning Mistakes

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, Governance, Project Management, , , Strategic Planning, Strategy

For the past few months one of the most popular posts on this blog has been A Short Definition of “Strategic Planning.” I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because the term “short definition” is in the title. Why read a “long definition” if a “short definition” is available?

How Can Collaboration Systems and Social Media Complement Agile Project Management?

Jun 13

Jun 13 How Can Collaboration Systems and Social Media Complement Agile Project Management?

Dennis D. McDonald

Agile, Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, ,

I recently met with Thad Scheer, President of Sphere of Influence, Inc. Thad’s company specializes in agile and lean project management methods. During our meeting Thad and I discussed some of the changes occurring in project management methods and practices.

In Health Emergencies, One Knowledge Management System Cannot Rule Them All

Jun 4

Jun 4 In Health Emergencies, One Knowledge Management System Cannot Rule Them All

Dennis D. McDonald

Associations, DataPortability, Disaster Response, Emergency, Expertise Management, Google, Homeland Security, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Peer Review, , , , Standards, Tagging, eGovernment

Social Networking and Elsevier's "Grand Challenge" for Knowledge Enhancement in the Life Sciences

Jun 3

Jun 3 Social Networking and Elsevier's "Grand Challenge" for Knowledge Enhancement in the Life Sciences

Dennis D. McDonald

Content Management, DataPortability, Emergency, Expertise Management, Governance, Homeland Security, Internet, Journals, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Libraries, MySpace, Peer Review, Publishing, R&D Management, ,

Netherlands-based mega-publisher (and former employer) Elsevier BV has issued a grand challenge:

How Important Are Tags to You?

Jun 1

Jun 1 How Important Are Tags to You?

Dennis D. McDonald

Bookmarks, Faviki, Tagging, del.icio.us

May 29
May 29 Rich Maltzman, PMP, Needs Your Help

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Project Management, R&D Management

In New Kids on the Blog, professional project manager Rich Maltzman asks the following:

May 27
May 27 It's Not MY Strategy It's YOUR Strategy

Dennis D. McDonald

Consulting, Project Management, Strategic Planning

I was talking the other day with a friend about what consultants do. One of the topics raised was “strategic planning.” We talked about what that meant and then he said, “Oh, so you create business strategies for clients?”

May 23
May 23 When Will Electronic Textbooks Take Over?

Dennis D. McDonald

E-book, Media, Publishing, Textbooks

All it will take is one high-quality rebel to jump into digital textbook distribution. I studied the economics of that business last year for a client and saw the raw numbers of what you say. Someone’s going to come along and convince a large state to go with digital distribution, bundled with something like this new e-book. Talk about a saving in gasoline for shipping!

May 21
May 21 Negroponte: Next OLPC Machine Will Be a Book

Dennis D. McDonald

E-book, Kindle, OLPC, Publishing, Textbooks

According to Wade Roush in Negroponte Unveils 2nd Generation OLPC Laptop: It’s an E-Book, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte said recently that “… The next generation laptop should be a book.” With two screens, Negroponte says, the device he revealed at a recent conference will cost $75 each.

What Comes After Web Sites and Online Social Networks?

May 19

May 19 What Comes After Web Sites and Online Social Networks?

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, DataPortability, Facebook, Google, Identity, Internet, OpenSocial, Personal Data Ownership, Semantic Web, , , Standards, Tagging, Twitter, Web 2.0

Today we use the web in many ways. Traditional web sites — “places we go” on the web to do things — still exist. But increasingly, web based transactions also depend on the nature of our online relationships with other people.

May 7
May 7 How Corporate RSS Supports Collaboration and Innovation

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Collaboration, Cost Analysis, Email, Innovation, Knowledge Transfer, Metrics, PowerPoint, Project Management, RSS, Tagging

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out corporate IT manager Jim MacLennan’s RSS: Underappreciated Web 2.0 in the Enterprise blog post.

May 5
May 5 Sometimes No Links are a Good Idea

Dennis D. McDonald

Books, Internet, Science Education

My 5-year-old neighbor uncupped his hands to reveal the contents and asked, “Can you tell me what this is?”

May 1
May 1 One Thing I Don't Like About Twitter

Dennis D. McDonald

Conferences, Curmudgeon, Twitter

I’ve already written positively about my use of Twitter. Here I write about a pet peeve: the popular practice of reporting on conference sessions via Twitter.

Apr 29

Apr 29 What Happens When 20-Somethings Settle Down?

Dennis D. McDonald

Avatar, Cell Phones, Curmudgeon, DataPortability, Demographics, Email, Facebook, Google, Internet, Privacy, , , , Twitter, Video, Wikipedia, Wireless, YouTube, communications

Is "My Dow Network" a "Social Network"?

Apr 24

Apr 24 Is "My Dow Network" a "Social Network"?

Dennis D. McDonald

Demographics, Industry Analysis, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Retirement,

I recently spoke with Trish Bharwada of The Dow Chemical Company. Trish manages My Dow Network, a web-based online membership service launched in 2007 that targets retirees and former employees of Dow.

Apr 17
Apr 17 Howlett Makes Some Good Points About Enterprise Web 2.0 Adoption

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Enterprise 2.0, Governance, Management Tools, Project Management, , , Web 2.0

Dennis Howlett’s The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media, once you get past the hyperbole of the title and ZDNet’s antiquated requirement to register in order to leave comments, makes some good points.