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All employees should be aware of the standards and how they affect job responsibilities. There are several ways to implement the service standards across the company, including:
One key element to the successful implementation of service standards is to incorporate them into job descriptions. New employees will be aware of service expectations from the beginning if the standards are built into the job duties. Some examples of job descriptions that include service standards are:
As you are creating or revising job descriptions, review the service standards document and incorporate each of the standards into the job description. The standards should also be incorporated into interview questions for use during the hiring process.
Activities during new employee orientation can be structured around the service standards. All new employees should be given a copy of the standards document followed by discussions of the standards and how they will be used to evaluate performance throughout the employee's tenure at the job.
Mentorship programs are good ways to help new employees understand and follow the service standards.
One of the barriers to successful implementation of the service standards is lack of commitment by employees. In order to ensure commitment, it is important to keep the service standards in front of employees at all times, not just in the interview and orientation process.
By implementing an ongoing training process that focuses on the service standards, the company shows the employees that it is committed to the standards. Some possibilities for ongoing training are:
Another way to gain employee commitment to the standards is to incorporate them into annual goals that will be used in the performance review process. Some examples of annual goals that include service standards are:
Performance goals that are tied to the service standards will encourage employees to continually review and monitor the standards. Service standards that are incorporated throughout the company's procedure will help ensure consistent behavior and service throughout the company. Employee expectations will be clearly understood by employees when they are part of every step in the employee hiring and management process:


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The recent tumultuous sell-off on Wall Street that negatively impacted several of the fastest growing enterprise software companies should have no bearing on Tableau Software (DATA) when it reports its first-quarter numbers after the market close on Monday.
That's the assessment of some analysts who expect the data analytics software provider will likely beat Q1 estimates as the company continues to successfully compete against larger rivals including SAP (SAP) and IBM (IBM).
Tableau's shares have taken a beating, down 44% from their all-time high of over 102 on Feb. 26. Shares of the company were down a fraction on the stock market today.
But the company was caught in a massive sell-off that also smacked several other highfliers, says Steven Ashley, an analyst for Robert W. Baird & Co. He has an outperform rating on Tableau.
"If you were to juxtapose them with ServiceNow, Splunk, FireEye and Workday, all of them sold off aggressively and all of them had no change in their fundamentals," he told IBD.
Others agree.
In a report released Friday, Brian White, an analyst for Cantor Fitzgerald, said the sell-off has nothing to do with Tableau's internal operations.
"We believe the strong fundamental trends remain in place at Tableau and we believe the valuation is attractive (Enterprise-Value-to-Revenue multiple has contracted 45% from the peak in late February) for aggressive growth investors that are searching for a high quality leader in an emerging segment (i.e., visual analytics) within the broader Big Data theme," he wrote.
For its Q1, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Tableau to report a loss per share, minus items, of 11 cents vs. a loss of 5 cents a share in the year-earlier period. Revenue is expected to rise 57.5% to $63 million vs. the same quarter last year.
For the current quarter, analysts expect a loss per share, minus items, of 8 cents vs. a per-share profit of 1 cent in the year-earlier period. Revenue is expected to climb 45.4% to $72.5 million.
Tableau is attempting to boost growth through its newly-launched cloud service.
Expectations are high for Tableau with year-over-year quarterly revenue growth rising from 62% to 95% over the last four quarters, says Daniel Ives, an analyst for FBR Capital Markets & Co. He has a market perform rating on the company.
"I continue to think that they have a very low bar to hit relative to the type of growth numbers that they have," he told IBD. "It continues to be a beat-and-raise story probably throughout 2014."
White also believes Tableau's upside should continue through the year.
"For 2014, we are forecasting Tableau to grow sales by nearly 39%, the highest growth rate of any company in our coverage universe," he wrote. "On the last earnings call, Tableau highlighted three themes to focus on this year that included international momentum, Tableau for the Mac and the company's ever expanding Tableau customer conference in September."


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Diana Shannon wrote: > > On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 06:31 PM, Daniel Fagerstrom wrote: > >> Feel free to ask if you need further clarification about my integration >> proposal. > > > What *I'm* most interested in is a statement you made a while ago on > this list about the difficulties students can have learning about > continuations, from your direct experience teaching continuations. Why are continuations difficult? -------------------------------- Continuations are a little bit like "goto on steroids". They are used in the study of denotional semantics which is a subarea of theoretical computer science. The aim of denotional semantics, is to describe (and prove properties of) programming constructs in terms of a very small functional language, (lambda calculus) that includes continuations. Continuations are extremely powerfull; program language constructs like assignement, goto, while, for-loops, throw-catch and coroutines to name a few can be defined in terms of a terse and cryptic, (but elegant, if you happen to like mathematical puzzles ;) functional program. Some functional program langages, Scheme e.g. have continuations. A good use for continuations in such languages is to use them together with macros to define new language constructions. You can also use them for building a more intelectually demanding form of spagetti code ;) Why can continuation based code be difficult to grasp? Even if most of us might not remember it anymore, learning to understand and use even the simplest programming language construct required a considerable effort once, allowing ad hoc introduction of new constructs forces us to repeat this effort often. Continuations forces us to think about the whole state of the program rather than about state changes. Continuations introduces non-local effects in the code, non-local effects are the main reason why gotos and exception handling can be hard to follow. Flowmaps and continuations -------------------------- In Flowmaps, continuations are used for implementing something quite similar to coroutines. > Do you have any suggestions for the doc effort in this regard? Focus on the coroutine aspect of the flowmaps, it is fairly easy to understand, while general use of continuations just isn't. For the flowmap user, the fact that flowmaps are implemented in terms of continuations should be of very limited importance otherwise we have a severe mix of concerns in the design. I strongly sugests that we should _not_ make general use of continuations available in the flowmap language as there is no need for it for what flowmaps are intended to do: describing multipage flow in webapps. > In what > aspects do students have problems: understanding the concept, applying > them to real-world situations, etc.? I've read up on continuations, > generally, but so many existing docs are tied to Scheme implementations > (which could frighten users, as has also been discussed). Can you point > to any existing teaching resources that you use? Care to donate anything > of your own, even a teaching outline? Any tips? I tought denotatinal semantics, and the literature in that area is even more frightening than the Scheme literature;) IMO we would make the effort to use flowmaps to high if we require people to learn continuations. I belive that it should be enough to teach about the coroutine like control structure, that happen to be implemented in terms of continuations. If it's not possible I think that is important feedback on that we have to work more on the basic concepts in the flowmap. I have a long unfinished RT where I compare FSM:s with the basics concepts in the Flowmap proposal and develop the coroutine analog a bit further. I'll check if it is in a comprehensible state and, if so, I'll send it to you. I would also like to remind about some mails I wrote a couple of months ago where I explain why it's IMO is FS or even harmfull to allow local variables in the flowmap language: see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-dev&m=101861458122598&w=2 and some other mails in the "continuation fear" thread. /Daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, email: email@example.com
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Cholera continues to be a major global health problem, at times causing major and prolonged outbreaks in both endemic and nonendemic settings in developing countries. While improved water quality, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) will provide the ultimate solution to prevention of this disease burden, this is a far-off goal for most developing countries. Oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) have been demonstrated to be effective in the control of cholera outbreaks, and constitute useful tools to be used in conjunction with efforts to improve WASH. Two killed OCVs are prequalified by WHO for purchase by UN agencies for international use. Recently, WHO has launched a global stockpile of killed OCVs for use to control outbreaks. Rational deployment of OCV from this stockpile will require consideration of costs, feasibility, disease epidemiology , and the protective characteristics of the vaccine deployed, as well as effective and rapid coordination of processes and logistics used to make decisions on deployment and delivery of the vaccine to the population in need. Despite not having data on all the questions of relevance as to how to use OCVs to control cholera outbreaks in different settings, there is clearly more than enough evidence to initiate their use, as answers to remaining questions and refinement of policies will mainly come with experience.
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How much does one phone call tell you. The number of rings before they pick up, how long til the answer phone kicks in and the line 'The person you are trying to call is on the phone. Please hang up and try again.'. What runs through your mind when these situations occur, and where do you draw the line?
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Marketing communications activities focus on the audience experience. This broad term encompasses customers, shareholders, trade unions, local communities, suppliers and members of the distribution channel. Marketing communications can take a planned or unplanned form such as word of mouth; also communication can be based on the product or the service. All these activities are not isolated but interconnected. So the main questions refers to how are we going to influence our target audience. Traditional tools can be used such as advertising, public relations, direct marketing, sales promotion and personal selling. Another important element is the media which represents a popular communication channel with customers. We also need to be familiar with the messages we transmit to our audiences. People, processes and technology systems also enhance the speed and efficiency of marketing communication activities. All these directly impact on the audience and their understanding of the messages we are trying to communicate and create interaction and dialogue.
One of the roles of marketing communications is creating brand value and provoking behavior changes in order to generate engagement of audiences. Provoking behavior is very important because it can be measured and thus justifies the investments in marketing communications. The blend of these two elements enables audiences to understand the structure of the brand and develop a long term relationship with it.
Marketing communication is used to influence audiences in four main ways. First of all, it should differentiate a certain brand from competitors. We want to position the brand in a distinctive, clear way that represents a value to the target segment. Secondly, it informs audiences about what the brand is, how it should be used, what its benefits are and how their lives can be improved through the engagement with the brand. Marketing communication also reinforces the ideas and beliefs about the brand values and persuades audiences to behave and think in a particular way, emphasizing the strengths of the brand. If the brand is strong and has a high level of awareness we can focus more on differentiation, reinforcement and persuasion.
The traditional view of the marketing communication mix includes five elements such as advertising, direct marketing, personal selling, public relations and sales promotions and although marketing underwent a great transformation, these traditional elements are still in use today. One important element brought by change is the media. We have many more choices now in terms of media fragmentation so we need to use different media channels to communicate with different segments of audience. Content is also an important part of the mix. We originally had informational and emotional content but now this has radically changed because it is no longer produced just by organizations but also by the audience. All the three elements: media, content and tools must be used in an integrated way in order to generate engagement with the brand.
This chapter focuses on a broader description of the five tools of the marketing communication mix. We start with advertising which concerns non personal communication designed by an identified sponsor to endorse ideas, goods or services and which is delivered through paid for media. Sales promotion activities are incentives for buying now rather than later presenting benefits such as reduced prices or free gifts. Usually underestimated, the value of sales promotion can be immense in terms of competitive activity and defending market share. Public relations concern both the image of the organization and the brand and also the development of relationships. Direct marketing seeks to engage individual customers with the intention of delivering personalized messages to build a relationship based on their response. Personal selling concerns interpersonal communication trying to influence individuals or groups to adopt a certain type of behavior and to make favorable decisions regarding a specific organization.
Media can be classified in 6 broad classes and each class can be broke down into types. Therefore printed media contains newspapers and magazines, broadcast media-television and radio, outdoor media- posters and signage on vehicles, digital media-internet and mobile, in store media refers to packaging and other classes include cinema and ambient media. All these types of media have certain types of vehicles like specific newspapers, TV shows or websites.
Media can be bought or used and a lot of activities are focused on buying particular types of media or specific media vehicles in order to reach target audiences. There are free direct media channels such as personal selling, public relations where each interaction with an individual is an opportunity to communicate and deliver a particular message and there are also rental media channels like outdoor media, printed media, telemarketing or product placement when we have to buy or rent time and space to communicate with our target audiences
The final component of the mix is the content. This is represented by the message that we communicate to the target. There are four constituent forms of content in the mix. Traditionally we have the informational content because the rational purpose of communication is to inform audiences. On the other hand, there is also an emotional content which determines audiences to think and feel differently about the brand. Additionally, we find branding messages which articulate the brands promise, characteristics and value and therefore can be used in a variety of contexts not just formal ones. The most important type of contents though, is the user generated content. In this case, content is not just the responsibility of brands but it is created by users and consumers and one of the challenges of brand managers is to reach this area.
After presenting the types of contents, we shall focus on some strategies we can use to manage this content from a rational, emotional and traditional perspective. Rational appeals provoke a cognitive response in terms of product attributes, information provision and benefit claims. This usually appears in a high involvement situation when the customer is uncertain regarding the outcome of a certain purchase decision or a high financial risk is involved. A cognitive response usually reduces the level of uncertainty and therefore it is important. It encapsulates the response referring to the product but also to the source of that particular communication and the advertisement. As an alternative approach we have the emotional appeal which provokes an emotional response, triggering connections between psychological components such as social image, ego and hedonic orientation and the benefits brought by the brand. The emotional response relies on associations, likeability and creativity for attention. Message likeability represents that capacity of awakening deep feelings relevant to the individual at that point in their lives so they can create meaningfulness. We can thus notice that cognitive and emotional responses are used to shape attitudes towards the product and the advertisement, so the choice of message style is important in order to create engagement with the brand.
By focusing on audiences, on what they think and feel, we can achieve engagement more effectively. Tools are important but we should pay more attention to the choice and range of media which is available and think more of the content, who is creating it, what form does it take and how can we be part of the content associated with our brand in the future. The questions and answers session will also cover issues such as integrated marketing communication or the role of corporate culture in marketing communications.


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Teak Carved Timber Framed Mansion on the Mississippi River with Exotic Architectural Concepts. See supplement for further details of this magnificent home.
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Year Built: 1994
Garage Dimensions: 5 car
Garage: Attached Garage, Detached Garage, Insulated Garage, Heated Garage, Driveway - Asphalt, Garage Door Opener, Other
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Songkran, Thai new year, was this week. Aside from the typical new year's events you'll find anywhere in the world Thai new year has one distinctive element. Water fights. I believe this started out as a fairly sedate ritual where water would be poured over your hands symbolizing the washing away of any negativity that may have built up in the past year. These days its a nation wide water fight punctuated with food and music.
For the three days of Songkran you'll find kids stationed by the road with water pistols and buckets patiently waiting to douse passing motorists. If you're on a bike you're going to get wet. If you're in a car keep all the windows up unless you're happy to have a bucket of water poured into your lap.
Within inner city Chiang Mai the activity is mostly centered around the moat which surrounds the old city. Traffic more or less comes to a standstill as tens of thousands of people soak one another with water drawn from the moat and sometimes chilled with ice. Outside of the center its more sedate with more people observing the religious significance of the event.
It's a lot of fun although make sure you stock up on food and water before it starts. After your second or third cold wet trip outside you start getting reluctant to leave the house.
Oh, and if you ride a bike just slow down or even stop when you see people waiting ahead to wet you. You see some farangs speeding up and weaving erratically to try and avoid getting wet. Its not worth risking your life to avoid a few kids with water pistols. Plus a bucket of water in the face at 40 km/hr is surprisingly painful. Stop, let them bless you, say thankyou, smile then be on your way.
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If you're trying to improve the quality of your learning content for online training, you'd do well to look at Massive Open Online Courses for guidance.
MOOCs have many obvious differences from most workplace elearning. MOOCs are usually developed by college faculty on academic subjects, and they resemble college classes in format. They're often 12 weeks long for example.
Meanwhile, most employee training, channel partner training and customer training is focused on specific and actionable skills, taught in courses that are much shorter.
But in in the last few years, so many MOOCs have have been built and launched -- and taken by such massive numbers of students -- that they provide an excellent proving ground for new ideas in elearning. MOOC course creators are trying out new methods to snare the attention of online learners. Plus, many of them share reflections on their experiences in YouTube channels and on blogs.
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Below are some tips to power up your learning content production drawn from the example of MOOC veterans.
Keep it short
Many instructors who teach live are used to having at least an hour of lecture time.
Those who teach online, however, using videos, have to cut their lectures down significantly. Associate Professor Lyndal Parker-Newlyn and Dr. Kylie Mansfield from the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong in Australia discuss this in their course reflection.
They taught "Understanding Common Diseases," online, using six-minute videos. That was challenging, they said, because their topic was such a big one. They had to identify the big take-home messages they wanted to get across.
Related post: A Repeatable Guide to Creating Effective Learning Content
In workplace elearning, videos as short as one minute aren't uncommon. Imagine the lesson plan for your typical in-person training, perhaps alternating between presentation, discussion and exercises. However long each presentation portion is, make that about one fifth as long in your online video before you break for some kind of activity.
A new medium calls for a new format
Don't just put a camera in the back of a classroom and record a lecture. Dr. Charles Severance, MOOC professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, feels the teacher must teach directly to the students at home, rather than treating those students as voyeurs. His lectures show him sitting at a desk, talking right to the camera.
Another innovative example of changing up the format is how Michael Starbird from UT-Austin records one-on-one tutoring sessions for his math MOOC. He turns first to the camera to explain the concept to the viewer. He then turns to the student at his side so the viewer can watch how they struggle through the concept.
Related post: Beginner Tips for Creating Engaging Online Learning Videos
Other professors favor actually writing up a script for a video rather than just lecturing as they would in a classroom.
To experiment with new formats, some schools are investing big money in video production for their MOOCs and online courses. Harvard University has its own production studio.
Or ditch the video altogether
A recent article in Education Week, however, says there is very little evidence to support such major investments in video production; students tend to stop watching video content as they progress through a course and learn more by completing activities.
Lorena A. Barba put this theory into action when she taught and designed George Washington University's #NumericalMOOC. Although Barba included one video in her course, she centered learning around online programming notebooks and student projects.
Barba argues that videos of lectures are often as effective as in-person lectures. In other words, they are "utterly forgettable."
Know what works best online
Ronen Plesser an associate professor of physics at Duke University, taught "Introduction to Astronomy" on Coursera. Plesser found that while some experiments work best in the classroom, some just work much better on video.
Slow motion, for example, can show students something they might not see as well in real life such as a bowling ball and a ping pong ball falling at the same velocity. You can imagine a parallel to demonstrating the full power of a report generation tool in a SaaS product.
Look to MOOCs to spur your innovation
If you're stuck creating effective elearning, as always you should look to best practices from the field. But it's also a good idea to look at the innovations that are emerging in MOOCs. The people creating them are engaged in a large and ongoing experiment, with millions of test subjects. This provides a terrific chance to observe, learn and innovate for your own elearning project.


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