Paul Gillin
AUGUST 1, 2013
In my previous post about How to Read and Summarize a 20-Page Research Report in 20 Minutes , I showed how to skim through a complex document and gather essential information to use in summarizing the material for a business audience. The result looks something like the document embedded below. Putting It All Together.
Paul Gillin
JULY 16, 2013
The key is to let the authors of the document do most of the work. As you skim the document, look for signposts that point to important information and label them. Key Point – Essential information for one or more of the audiences you need to reach, this is one of the two or three most important findings.
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Paul Gillin
JULY 8, 2010
This is a nice, concise document that covers all the bases I can think of. Employee names and e-mail addresses have been withheld and I’ve removed links to several documents that are available only behind Oracle’s firewall. Protect Confidential Information. A version from six months ago can be found here.
Paul Gillin
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
The Oracle Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and Oracle’s corporate policies–including the Acceptable Use Policy, Information Protection Polic y , and Copyright Compliance Policy–apply to your online conduct (blogging or other online activities) just as much as they apply to your offline behavior. Protect Confidential Information.
Paul Gillin
APRIL 27, 2012
It’s no secret that the factors that motivate salespeople to change the way they work have to be pretty simple: Help them spend more time selling and less time scrounging for information and telling managers what they’re doing. The tools made it easy to find information and expertise by consulting friends.
Paul Gillin
APRIL 24, 2012
When all those customer touches are documented, “the reports and graphs are generated in the background.” Amadori is an Italian food processor specializing in poultry that created a network of micro sites that combine company and public information to answer common questions.
Paul Gillin
OCTOBER 21, 2010
One of my favorite new features is the ability to create a Google document directly from an e-mail. These tools store your passwords, personal contact information and bank/credit card data in one place, making it easy to log into websites and to fill out online registration forms. Google continually innovates on this platform.
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