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Signs of Life

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Dan Smolen Direct Search, LLC, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve just returned from a welcome and long overdue vacation to my native Southern Connecticut where I filled my lungs with sea-salted air and enjoyed the company of lifelong friends (many of whom I’ve not seen in 30 years).
And I returned to work to witness some sudden, but very positive developments; client hiring needs that [...]

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Virginia Gov. Kaine Announces ‘Telework Day’, Encourages Professionals to Work from Home or Remote Location

Posted in Green Business, Telecommuting, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine today joined Telework!VA and Telework Exchange in encouraging professionals to pledge to telework from home or a remote location on Telework Day – Monday, August 3, 2009.
Employees and organization representatives across Virginia can visit the Telework Day website to sign up to telework, calculate the potential cost savings [...]

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner Hosts Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Business, Green Jobs, energy, green technology, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This past Friday, 500 entrepreneurs, activists, and people like me (entrepreneurs that are also activists) attended U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.
Sen. Warner gathered a diverse group of professionals to discuss the near term and immediate green business opportunities available to Virginia entrepreneurs through the American Recovery [...]

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Taking the Ritz out of RITZ Crackers: Downscaling a Premium Brand to Look More “Store Brand-y”

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Marketing, tagged , , on July 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »

UPDATE: Store Brands Decisions has picked up on our post.
Today, our friend Nancy Rathbun Scott at Marketing Brillo is running a new post about the mind-blowing discovery my wife and I made yesterday while shopping at our neighborhood Target store.
At the display unit nearest to the entrance, we believe we recognized the first-ever [...]

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Create Your Own ‘Advisory Board’

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Dan Smolen Direct Search, LLC, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Earlier today, I had a very interesting phone call with a bright, highly enthusiastic (fire-in-the-belly) new business development executive. His familiarity with the information technology space is excellent. And so too is his skill at staging successful consultative processes and converting his multi-million-dollar new business prospects to sale.
What company wouldn’t want to hire this new [...]

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