The Vaughan Practice » Fun http://www.vaughanpractice.com Social Business | Jive Software Partner Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:28:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 2011 Designer Developer Workflow Conference http://www.vaughanpractice.com/2011/07/designer-developer-workflow-conference/ http://www.vaughanpractice.com/2011/07/designer-developer-workflow-conference/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:09:46 +0000 Vince http://www.vaughanpractice.com/?p=677 Join me and other really smart people learning to work more effectively together at the D2WC on July 14-16.

You don’t have to camp out to get a ticket! Register here.

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Today’s inaugural question was who made the following quote AND why this person is famous?

“Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.”

3 minutes after the question was asked, DeadMongoose responded,

Peter Drucker was a business management guru who lived well into his 90s. Businesspeople research Peter Drucker for the purpose of gleaning whatever they can about management, strategy and operational efficiency. More of Peter Drucker’s advice:

The need for “planned abandonment”. Businesses and governments have a natural human tendency to cling to “yesterday’s successes” rather than seeing when they are no longer useful. — in other words, plan for obsolescence. It is inevitable for your products and practices.

A belief that taking action without thinking is the cause of every failure. — While this is good advice, I speculate even those that don’t think, think they do. They confuse “having thoughts” with “thinking.” I speculate the only way to really make a powerful distinction between the two is to rack up as many failures as possible and then begin to analyze “why.”

Congrats to the Justin the DeadMongoose and stay tuned for next weeks #triviathursday.

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Keep the Free State Social momentum going! Please join us for Mobile Monday on May 10th, 5:30pm at Harry’s Bar and Tables in Westport

Harry’s Bar and Tables
501 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO 64111-3011
(816) 561-3950‎

We’ll organize and discuss around the purpose of the group:

* Commit to Innovate.
* Bridge the gap between small and large companies, those in Kansas City and outside.
* Share knowledge with each other on the meaning and relevance of the mobile space in order to affect concerns.
* Coordinate, collaborate and cooperate with others to fulfill common and individual ambitions
* Educate the public about the importance and relevance of mobility.

Bring with you, your concerns, an open and collaborative mind, and good ideas.

We’ll see you on May 10th.

**Please join the Mobile Media Club Facebook group and RSVP there**

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I apologize for the inconvenience. We anticipate holding space for around 30 people and 20 have RSVP’d. So if you would like to go there is still time.

]]> http://www.vaughanpractice.com/2010/03/update-matt-haeck-performs-at-lightthread-on-tuesday-march-30th-7pm/feed/ 0 ShowIgniter: Matt Haeck Performs at LightThread March 30th, 7pm http://www.vaughanpractice.com/2010/03/showigniter-matt-haeck-performs-at-lightthread-march-27th-7pm/ http://www.vaughanpractice.com/2010/03/showigniter-matt-haeck-performs-at-lightthread-march-27th-7pm/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:00:19 +0000 Vince http://www.vincevaughan.com/?p=208 This Tuesday, March 30th, LightThread, a Social Media and Business Strategy company will play host to a concert organized by ShowIgniter. Matt Haeck will be the Special Guest and will be performing from 7pm – 9pm. Space is limited!

Please contact me if you would like to reserve your space.

To find out more about Matt Haeck, you can find out more about him here or listen to him here.

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