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  31. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Accurate and complete information is the most important part for making your business on the top, whether it is a small scale business or large scale. Conversion of written files into some other format is called Text conversion. It helps your business to run smoothly and easily. It gives a security and skills to your business so that you can update and retrieve data anytime.You can find number of companies now days that provide you with text conversion services. The trained employees are very well versed with their work to deal with any type of issue related to the conversion. They are capable enough to deliver complete and accurate results in a short span of time. These text conversion companies offer number of Conversion Services to make the data of your website more attractive and with broad spectrum.You need to be very smart while selecting the appropriate Text Conversion Services for your business. Every Service provider provides you with number of good options but it is you who have to decide the best for your business. Services that are offered by Text Conversion companies are as follows.<br />
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  42. <title>Communicating Bad News at Work &#8211; Part 1</title>
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  85. <description><![CDATA[Bad news is rife in the world of business and employment today. It&#8217;s a fact of life as companies struggle to get to grips with the subdued economy. If you&#8217;re managing or supervising staff, there&#8217;s a fair chance you&#8217;ll find yourself delivering unsavoury news to your team at one point or another, and how you [...]]]></description>
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  87. <p>Bad news is rife in the world of business and employment today. It&#8217;s a fact of life as companies struggle to get to grips with the subdued economy. If you&#8217;re managing or supervising staff, there&#8217;s a fair chance you&#8217;ll find yourself delivering unsavoury news to your team at one point or another, and how you choose to communicate that news can make a huge difference.</p>
  88. <p>&#8220;No one ever wants to receive bad news, and no one wants to communicate it either,&#8221; says business communications specialist Lynn Gaertner-Johnston. &#8220;It is a huge communication challenge that requires great care, especially if the news is upsetting rather than merely inconvenient.&#8221;</p>
  89. <p>Breaking such news can be a nerve racking and difficult experience for even the most seasoned business communicator, but if you find yourself passing on bad tidings at work consider following some of these tips to help ease the pain:</p>
  90. </p>
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  92. <li> <b>Use multiple channels:</b> don&#8217;t just focus on e-mail. E-mail tends to be a cold and sterile medium, unfeeling and stark. While e-mail may well be the most efficient communication tool, you should try to augment it with other, more personal channels of communication. Pick up the phone, arrange a person-to-person meetings or organise an online meetings or video conference to add a more personal and caring element to the message.</li>
  93. <li> <b>Keep people updated: </b>there&#8217;s nothing worse than dropping a bombshell of an announcement and then clamming up. Keep the information flowing, provide frequent updates and volunteer additional information as it becomes available. People tend to take bad news on-board gradually, but once the central message sinks in they&#8217;ll be looking for more information. Be sure to provide it if you can.</li>
  94. <li> <b>Don&#8217;t try to hide it:</b> shielding people from bad news by concealing it is always a bad move. When the inevitable happens and the news leaks out, the fallout will be far worse. Be open, honest and up front about the reality of the situation.</li>
  95. <li> <b>Don&#8217;t delay:</b> sitting on the fence isn&#8217;t a particularly clever strategy when it comes to delivering bad news. When the news does break the fact that you knew about it for some time before passing it on will erode trust and raise suspicion about your motives. The trust of your team is hard won and crucial to your success&#8230; don&#8217;t jeopardise it.</li>
  96. <li> <b>Be professional: </b>use appropriate language tailored to your audience, and always be professional. Take particular care before deciding to use emoticons like frowning faces and slang terms.</li>
  97. <li> <b>Temper the message:</b> if you can do so legitimately, try and include a snippet of good news to soften the blow. Downsizing a department is very bad news for some, of course, but if it ultimately saves people&#8217;s jobs and makes the company more viable that&#8217;s good.</li>
  98. <li> <b>Don&#8217;t gloss over the negatives:</b> while highlighting a positive aspect or outcome is a good thing, don&#8217;t attempt to disguise the negative message with positive language and corporate &#8220;spin&#8221; for the sake of it. Bad news doesn&#8217;t become any sweeter with a saccharine veneer.</li>
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  100. <p>Don&#8217;t forget to look out for part two of this article for more tips to help you deliver bad news more effectively.</p>
  101. <p>(Inspired by an entry in Lynn Gaertner-Johnston&#8217;s excellent <a target="_new" rel="nofollow" href="http://syntaxtraining.com/signup.html">Better Writing at Work</a> newsletter)</p>
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  108. <title>Buying a New Digital Camera</title>
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  111. <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  140. <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the eternal newbie question and rightly so I would think.Buying a new camera can be a very daunting thing, especially for the newcomers to photography who are still grappling with terms like &#8216;megapixels&#8217;, &#8216;f-stop&#8217; and &#8216;focal length&#8217;. These newbies are lucky enough to be starting out in what can be a wonderful, fulfilling and [...]]]></description>
  141. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> It&#8217;s the eternal newbie question and rightly so I would think.Buying a new camera can be a very daunting thing, especially for the newcomers to photography who are still grappling with terms like &#8216;megapixels&#8217;, &#8216;f-stop&#8217; and &#8216;focal length&#8217;. These newbies are lucky enough to be starting out in what can be a wonderful, fulfilling and rewarding art and buying your first camera, is as exciting as buying your very first car.Sadly though, it&#8217;s like a minefield out there. The dream camera can be seen on the horizon, but to get there you need to avoid the hundreds of &#8216;wrong camera&#8217; mines&#8230;. perhaps you may even need to cop a few long the way?What camera should I buy?&#8230;It&#8217;s a question to which I will never give a defined answer. In fact, just like &#8220;Does my bum look big in this?&#8221;, it&#8217;s a question where there simply is no right answer.Photography is a subjective art, right from the moment that you pick up a camera, until the viewer is looking at your image. What appeals to one, may not appeal to another. So here is how I don&#8217;t answer the question&#8230;.What is the intended use?&#8230;There is no need to go buy the latest and greatest 20+ megapixel DSLR, if you only intend to take happy snaps and print them at 6&#215;4 or just keep them on the computer. Also, it would be crazy to buy that megapixel monster if your intention is to carry it in your pocket, because with a DSLR that is not going to happen!So think about your needs and how you intend to use the camera. This should lead you towards buying a compact, a mid-sized camera or that megapixel monster.How many megapixels?&#8230;Again &#8220;intended use&#8221;. Small prints or computer viewing of images do not need heaps of megapixels. Most cameras have reasonable resolution these days, so an 8-12 megapixel camera is readily available in compacts, mid-sized and DSLRs. These will be more than enough to make A3 prints with good clarity.Yes you can get higher megapixel counts, but ask yourself &#8220;Do I really need them?&#8221; In a nutshell &#8220;if you intend to print big, go big&#8221; is a good rule of thumb.What camera is the easiest to use?&#8230;There would be very few cameras that don&#8217;t have a &#8220;full auto&#8221; mode that allows the photographer to simply point and shoot. But ease of use extends far beyond that. Think about the ergonomics (how the camera fits your hands), the use of the menu and how it is structured. Can you change quickly and easily from one shooting style to another?&#8230;that kind of thing.These will be quite personal and opinions will vary greatly from person to person. So &#8220;hands on&#8221; is the only way. Go to your local camera store and pick one up, shoot a few shots, delve into the menu operations and get a good feel for how the camera operates.Which has the best image quality?&#8230;This will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, from camera to camera. So find your need first, then seek out image samples from cameras that meet your criteria. Online review sites such as DPReview are a great resource for images and these can be used to compare. Delve deep into the &#8220;full size&#8221; images at 100% viewing size and find what appeals to &#8220;you&#8221;.As a landscape photographer, I like lots of detail and neutral colour, but a wedding/portrait photographer may rather a little less micro-detail and a slighter warmer base tone to images. Cameras are tools and when you are driving a nail, you need a hammer. It&#8217;s all about the right tool for the job.&#8221;What lens do I need?&#8221;&#8230;Very good question! There is no point buying a camera body, if the lens you want or need is not available for it. So now you need to think about the &#8220;system&#8221;. Try to look forward, what will I need down the track, will the x,y or z manufacturer be able to meet my need? Thinking about the system and what additional equipment you need now and into the future, may well turn your head in another direction.As a starter however, a zoom lens that offers both wide-angle and moderate zoom is a great place to start. Try and avoid the massive zoom ranges, as these generally make compromises in order to achieve the extended range and these can often lead to a little less image quality. They are very convenient however, so if you are willing to trade a bit of image quality for single lens convenience, then that is your call.My budget is only $XXXX&#8230;Budget is the biggest killjoy. I doesn&#8217;t matter if we are buying a house, a car or a camera, that darn &#8220;budget&#8221; just keeps raising its ugly head.:(Obviously budget will be the ultimate deciding factor for many and my advice is to not overextend&#8230; on anything! Car, house, camera&#8230; whatever! If you can&#8217;t afford it, then don&#8217;t buy it! Buy something that is within your means, as the stress and ultimate heartache of losing it in the end should not be endured.When thinking about your budget, think about this&#8230; &#8220;Camera bodies come and go, but good glass can last a lifetime&#8221;. So if you have the extra coin, invest in the better glass, perhaps even drop down one body model to allow for that glass, as you can always update the body later.Cameras are getting cheaper all the time and if you are a newbie, perhaps you could learn the ropes on a much smaller camera to begin with. This would also allow you time to find out more about your own needs and likes with regard to your new art.So there is my NON-answer. Just a whole bunch of things to think about when making your decision. I may not have given you the answer you wanted to hear. I may not have made your decision any easier, but I am sure that when it is made you will feel a lot more comfortable about it. </p>
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  150. <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 10:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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  179. <description><![CDATA[You have probably noticed some great vampire pictures and Gothic type fantasy art online these days. The images and quality of the works are incredible. You also might of wondered how this type of art is produced, CG fantasy art makes use of software to produce fantasy style art.The initials &#8220;CG&#8221; stand for computer generated [...]]]></description>
  180. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> You have probably noticed some great vampire pictures and Gothic type fantasy art online these days. The images and quality of the works are incredible. You also might of wondered how this type of art is produced, CG fantasy art makes use of software to produce fantasy style art.The initials &#8220;CG&#8221; stand for computer generated and involve the artist using a variety of drawing or rendering software programs. The first movie to use computer generated imagery was Westword in 1973 but that was 2D, today&#8217;s 3D Computer generated imagery used by Disney and others has come a long way since its origins. CG art can now be done by anyone in the comfort of their own home with the help of software programs like Maya, and Bryce or using more common graphic design programs like Photoshop and Gimp. The market for computer generated art is much larger than most people realize. The Internet has really expanded the commercial prospects for alternative works of art. Many of these digital artists make a living selling prints of their Gothic, fantasy or vampire pictures online. You can buy high quality prints on eBay and others sites devoted to the medium. CG digital artists often will work on a commission basis either for commercial purposes or when contacted by a customer to produce a one of a kind work. Its hard to know if CG art will be a good long term investment as the market is so new, but some of these works command high prices.If you would like to try your hand at drawing some vampire pictures or other fantasy art be patient, realize many of these digital artists have spent much of their life perfecting their craft, which isn&#8217;t that long since most are fairly young. So do not expect to produce something that blows people away 5 minutes after you install the software. </p>
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  186. <title>Business Process Vs Project Management Process</title>
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  189. <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 10:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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  194. <description><![CDATA[All attendees of &#8220;Project Management&#8230; by the Numbers&#8221; know that every project is a project within another project(!). In other words, every project we manage is a part of another bigger project. So, what is the difference between a business process and a project management process?Let&#8217;s begin the answer with an example&#8230;The CEO of the [...]]]></description>
  195. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> All attendees of &#8220;Project Management&#8230; by the Numbers&#8221; know that every project is a project within another project(!). In other words, every project we manage is a part of another bigger project. So, what is the difference between a business process and a project management process?Let&#8217;s begin the answer with an example&#8230;The CEO of the organization believes the project is to bring a new product to market. Let us call the product the Wireless Internet Waffle Iron (WiWi).The CEO knows he/she has a process to get the WiWi though his company. This includes identifying the best possible WiWi and all the way to sustaining the WiWi when it is sold to the consumer.The company has a published plan based on stages for this process (for example; Stage 1 &#8211; Ideation, Stage 2 &#8211; Assessment, Stage 3 &#8211; Feasibility, Stage 4 &#8211; Development, Stage 5 &#8211; Commercialization, Stage 6 &#8211; Sustainment), in order to get the WiWi from one stage to another.Most often, the process progresses by passing the responsibility of the project from one group to the next along the way of each stage. It does make sense that Engineering manages the conceptual work and Marketing manages the marketing.Because of this process, the CEO passes the project to his direct reports with confidence that the project can now be managed on time, on budget and that the Wireless Internet Waffle Iron will be exactly as envisioned.Working with my clients, I have identified this scenario hundreds times over the years and it is easy to recognize this as a &#8220;business process&#8221; as this is how the business (company) views the work as a project.Now, back to our scenario&#8230;The WiWi project is running behind schedule because the assessment stage took longer than planned and the project is running over budget because the feasibility stage was not properly analyzed up front. Now you (the next project manager in line) have been assigned the development stage and are expected to bring the project back on time and schedule as well as manage all the work the development stage requires.All this time the CEO continues to have confidence in his people and processes that the WiWi project will be on time, cost and objectives. You are backed in the corner with this (can&#8217;t let the CEO down) and have to cut corners as they did during the feasibility stage.After some major frustration, a few all-nighters and some creative reporting, you breathe a sigh of relief and can pass the project with all of its problems to the next group in the process line. Unfortunately, the WiWi is still over budget and running even later.What we have described above is a classic business process that is mistaken for a project management process. The difference is that the business process sees the product as the project, not the stages or even the tasks as individual projects.Business processes are absolutely necessary for management to plan and work from, but if we view each stage and task as a project, and the leader of each stage and the doer of each task as a project manager, then we will have an accountability chain within the project. Back to our scenario&#8230; but this time as a Project Management Process.The Four Phases of a Project Management Process&#8230;Phase One &#8211; Concept/FeasibilityThe WiWi has been dropped into the business process by the CEO. The person that is leading the Ideation Stage must consider this stage a project within itself, and themselves as the Project Manager.Ideation is a part of the WiWi project, but has its own separate time, cost and objectives. These must be defined and agreed to by the Ideation Phase Project Manager and a Project Customer (maybe the Project Customer has to be the CEO!).Before agreement can happen, the Ideation Stage Project Manager has to be convinced his/her part of the WiWi Project can be accomplished within the time, cost and objective constraints given. In order to determine the true TCO vs. the goal TCO, each member of the Ideation Project Team must view their tasks as projects with themselves as the Task Project Manager and the Ideation Stage Project Manager as their Project Customer. Each person then follows the same project management process to gain agreement that their tasks can be accomplished to the individual time cost and objective constraints given.When the entire team agrees all tasks can be done based on individual concept/feasibility studies, agreement can be reached or negotiated between the Ideation Stage Project Manager and the WiWi Project Manager.Wahoo &#8211; Phase 1 done!Phase Two &#8211; Organization/ScheduleThe Ideation Stage Project Manager now has agreement at a high level to TCO of the Ideation Stage, so it is time now to do detailed planning and scheduling of the Ideation Stage Project of the WiWi Project.After reconfirming tasks and team members schedules, a critical path analysis is completed by the Ideation Phase Project Manager (including detailed costs) and run by the Ideation Phase Project Customer for another agreement and:Phase Three &#8211; ExecutionDouble Wahoo &#8211; It&#8217;s time to actually do all the Ideation Stage tasks.The Ideation Stage Project Manager manages the critical path tasks, people and budget, and in turn delivers the Ideation Stage Project to the Project Customer.The Ideation Stage is almost complete (not quite, but almost) because:Phase Four &#8211; Review/AuditNow it is time to review the project management during the Ideation Stage Project. Did we do enough concept/feasibility? Did the team members follow-through on their promises? How can we improve the project management process? Etc.Your part of the WiWi Project, the Ideation Stage Project, has been successfully managed by using a project management process. I think a party is now in order, don&#8217;t you?So, back to our original question: What is the Difference between a Business Process and a Project Management Process?The answer: The difference is that the business process sees the product as the project, not the stages or even the tasks as individual projects.We as everyday project managers are responsible for the successful completion of the time, cost and objectives of our piece of the Wireless Internet Waffle Iron Project, not the whole thing.If you are the CEO (or the CEO&#8217;s designated authority) and want the WiWi on time, on cost and on objectives, then consider each stage within the business process a project and allow the project management process to work.But for now, back to us, the Project Managers. When you get your assignment, whether it is a stage or a task, ask who your Project Customer is and stick to the four project management phases of your specific work.Phase One &#8211; Concept/Feasibility (What is it?)<br />
  196. Phase Two &#8211; Organization/Schedule (How to do it?)<br />
  197. Phase Three &#8211; Execution (Doing it!)<br />
  198. Phase Four &#8211; Review/Audit. (How did we do?)Now THAT&#8217;S a project management process! </p>
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