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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Employee Volunteering and Community Engagement Programs
I was asked to speak at a human resources brown bag for the Arizona Technology Council on Employee Volunteering and Community Engagement Programs. The concept of a program for this seemed foreign to me even though I have consulted at [...]
Sunday Book Review: Open by Andre Agassi
Open by Andre Agassi My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book more than expected. There was something real about it. I loved the recap of the matches, but really what it did for me [...]
Political Bites: Rising Prescription Costs
Given increasing prescription costs stateside, would you buy medicine from Mexican or Canadian pharmacies?
Pharmaceutical companies are simply out of control spending more money on marketing drugs than they do on the research, but claiming escalating costs are due to regulation [...]
Posted in Political Bites
Tagged healthcare, pharmaceutical, policy, politics, prescription drugs
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Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation and Competitiveness
This past April I attended the 96th Arizona Town Hall in Tucson Arizona. The New Economy: A Guide For Arizona serves as background information on the event. The result of the Town Hall was a set of recommendations (pdf). Recently [...]
Posted in AZ, Community, Education, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, Community, creative class, creatives, economic development, music, phoenix, planning, policy, politics
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Downtown Chandler Sunsets Getting Better Looking
Jim Phipps caught a glimpse of what kind of skyline downtown Chandler has in it’s future during sunset. Even with a low resolution consumer grade camera, the view can be magical.
Definitely getting excited for construction to be complete and the [...]
ASU Administrative Bloat Part of Higher Cost?
The Goldwater Institute recently released “Administrative Bloat at America Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education“. It shows that administrative spending per student has increased by 46 percent between 1993 and 2007. Dr. Crow of course feels [...]
Sunday Book Review: John Adams by David McCullough
John Adams by David McCullough
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book has great content, but it slow reading. I wish I had the leisure time to really enjoy this properly.
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Political Bites: Southeast Valley Changes
Some things from the Southeast Valley’s past — businesses, buildings, industries, feelings, etc. — are no longer with us. What is one thing you miss the most, and why?
There has been a lot of change in the Southeast Valley in [...]
Company Records in Linked In
I realized today there is all sorts of functionality around “companies” in Linked In. I have never noticed it. The feature that caught my eye was the ability to “follow” a company and set notifications. There is a wealth of [...]
Political Bites: Mesa Gateway Airport Destinations
What destinations or airline carriers would you like to see at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport?
Allegiant has a done a great job so far, but it would be good to see other innovators in the industry like Southwest, Jet Blue and Virgin [...]
