I loved playing baseball as a kid. I ended up playing all the way through school and up into college. I had a great time, helped cover some of my costs going to school, and in general it was a good experience. Most of that time I was a swing for the fences, all orRead… Read more »
I’ve found the cure for lower back pain, or “office back.” Well maybe I didn’t find it, but I did hear about it from a chiropractor, use it in life, then made it my own. As somebody who has a spent an awful lot of time sitting at desks I’ve had lots of problems withRead… Read more »
I had a really interesting meeting with a marketing manager at Troux Technologies the other day and I’d like to share a bit from it. It really highlighted how much marketing and sales has evolved over even just the past few years. If you read some of the books that are out there like, ToRead… Read more »
Today is a pretty big day for Millsapps, Ballinger & Associates. As many of you know, we have been doing a lot of work in Salesforce and in the force.com platform. Almost all that work to this point has been on behalf of other organizations as part of developing our privately listed app. We’ve beenRead… Read more »
My grandmother is not old. She might have a lot of years on her but when you talk to her you realize just how much you can do if you live life to the fullest. I was talking to her last weekend and she was planning on a long trail ride in the Black CanyonRead… Read more »
I’ve recently been talking to the group, ACT for Alexandria, based in Alexandria, Virginia about a project they’ve been working on called the Community Indicators Project. This concept is essentially the idea that community stakeholders should have a set of performance metrics, indicators, and dashboards that help the community have a conversation about itself. CoveringRead… Read more »
One of the things I think this new budget reality has created for public sector organizations is an extraordinary need to make better decisions. In previous years budget situations have been tight and there’s been a fight for resources but I think that this past year and next year the situation has and will becomeRead… Read more »
One of the things that’s easy to do when the workload starts piling up and you’ve got multiple deadlines, multiple projects and multiple priorities, is that unless you’re careful you can sometimes end up isolating yourself in an effort to get all of it done. I know this because I’ve done it firsthand a lotRead… Read more »
I saw a post on Facebook this morning that I really liked. Somebody put up a little note saying that as your kids go back to school, to have a talk with them. Tell them that if they see somebody who is shy, or not fitting in, or kind of on the outside, to takeRead… Read more »
I rarely write directly about the contracting process, this is primarily because it isn’t my area of expertise. I’ve been working with public sector clients for almost 20 years but I still don’t claim any particular expertise in the business of doing business with the government. I’m prompted to write today for two reasons; theRead… Read more »