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Troy Larson

Troy Larson is a Marketing Specialist at Ask.com. He enjoys all things tech. You can normally find him eating a burrito at a taqueria near you. @Troy_Larson / fb:Troy.T.Larson / about.me/tlarson

5 Ingredients to Bake a Great Infographic

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Everyone wants results, particularly if there’s a lot of time, money, and resources involved. This brings me to today’s post. You see with all of the recent the popularity of infographics over the past several years, I figured it would make some sense to help both designers and managers out with 5 critical elements that…

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5 Easy Ways to Improve Online Project Management

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Today businesses are shifting more and more project management online. These new online project management tools offer a host of added benefits. For example, project managers can easily add both people directly and indirectly involved in a project to increase overall transparency. However while these great new tools do bring a lot to the table,…

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How to Succeed in Social Networking and Collaboration

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As social media continues to weave its way into more and more aspects of our daily lives, organizations are still finding themselves struggling to really take advantage of it. Today’s businesses understand the need to collaborate, yet most remain unhappy with their efforts and results. Whether it’s a lack of adoption, or an inability to…

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Fun Friday Links: The Crazy Life of John McAfee, NASA, Tesla’s Big Award, and the Struggles of Commuting to Work

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Welcome to Super Happy Fun Link Time, a weekly collection of cool discoveries from around the Web. Most times the goal is to get you thinking differently about communication, collaboration, culture, and life in general. Other times, LOLCAT ATTACK! Submissions are welcome, and you can send them to conspire@mindjet.com for consideration. The Crazy Life of…

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6 Project Management Mistakes

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When it comes to team success, a lot of it rests on the shoulders of the project manager. Project managers play a critical role in channeling information, keeping individuals on track, and generally being the knowledge hub of any project. Yet despite their best efforts sometimes good projects go bad. Why? Well, CIO.com recently surveyed…

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Getting Work Done: The Increased Focus on Social Task Management Tools

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“When it comes to getting work done, social task management products take collaboration beyond the limits of ad hoc sharing through status and file posts,” writes Constellation Research analyst, Alan Lepofsky, in a recent report. “Getting Work Done With Social Task Management”, the first in a series of reports set to be published by Lepofsky…

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6 Elements to Embrace When Implementing Agile

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Do a quick Internet search of agile marketing and you’ll be inundated by blog posts explaining the process and outlining the correct implementation.  That said, some of us still could use an Agile refresher, so I’ve culled six elements that every Agile marketer should embrace. Change Change is tough. I’m not only talking about the…

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