Author: Shirley
IDEAS has been proud to work with the government on both a state and federal level. It made sense to secure the GSA schedules to show our clients support for their needs. And now GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is improving its professional services offering. Earlier this year the GSA consolidated...
One of our editors at IDEAS was recently on assignment in Palm Springs and it triggered some very funny memories of visits to this fabulous town in the California desert. While I was working in Miami it was quite a journey to the land of many, many golf courses and...
So – you’ve been very successful in your career choices and have done an outstanding job receiving promotions and growing your skill sets - and your personal finances have increased. You are over 40 and you just realize that the personal satisfaction of a job well done just isn’t hitting...
You are probably thinking this is a file to hold jokes or funny stories – not really. It’s more of a system to definitely keep your busy life on track. You are probably thinking “why would I need that when I have all kinds of apps to track my life”....
I read an article quite some time ago by a journalist who shared some of her newly changed behaviors – all because of a shaggy dog who showed up on her front porch one summer evening. She was sitting on the steps and they just stared at each other for...
When you have had five wonderful and unique greyhounds come in and out of your lives, you really do think you’ve seen it all – each one has a unique personality, and believe me, they are very different – from the class clown who is distracted by butterflies and pink...
Business development in the 21st century... when you started in the 20th! It is amazing that you can really teach an old dog new tricks when it comes to ways to search out clients, stay in touch with past accounts, and it is somewhat easier than in the “past” –...
IDEAS Chief Operating Officer John Lux has been named one of twenty-eight honorees of the Orlando Business Journal's annual C-Level awards celebrating Central Florida’s top CIOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs and CXOs. All twenty-eight honorees were recognized at an awards luncheon on July 18 at the Hilton Orlando. "Anytime you're recognized for the work you...
Originally posted on the Inc. website, excerpts below: A pioneer of merchandising and sales, the founder of Wanamaker's department store, John Wanamaker, knew advertising helped drive purchases, but the why and how remained a mystery. Fast-forward to 2014, and we like to think we've turned marketing and sales into a fine-tuned...
IDEAS was recently renewed as a preferred vendor by the Walt Disney Company. IDEAS has been a preferred vendor of Disney’s for its entire 13 year existence. The renewed master services agreement runs through June 2016. “We have a long-standing relationship with the Walt Disney Company and are happy to...
Imagine it’s the week before Thanksgiving and you are putting together that list of all the items you will need for dinner, knowing of course you will forget something (this time it was the jellied cranberry sauce and you can see it’s not important to the author). Then you see...
Part 1: The anticipation of doing something rewarding and unusual can certainly take over your entire routine – checking out the organization’s website to learn more about what they do and how they got started, not knowing exactly what your responsibilities will be (thus the need for an orientation session!),...
