Influence
12 Dec 2011
Mobile is on the rise. Here are five solid statistics sure to persuade any non-believer:
As of 2010, more mobile devices are sold worldwide than PCs.
By 2013, mobile will overtake PCs for worldwide web access.
Global mobile data traffic is almost tripling...
13 Oct 2011
Recently, I joined a number of luminaries for the launch of the 4th Digital Media Learning (DML) competition, Badges for Lifelong Learning. Digital Learning Badges are online tools that recognize, measure, and support lifelong learning. The DML competition is a MacArthur Foundation-funded...
25 Aug 2011
Ramadan is traditionally a time for Muslim families to come together, enjoy one another's company, and reconnect. With the exponential diffusion of mobile in the Middle East, technology played a much larger role in this year's annual festivities. Muslims used mobile technology to share greetings...
24 Aug 2011
Charitywater.org is an international development organization renowned for it's emphasis on content strategy.
After nearly 10 years since it's formal inception, most of us in the web strategy world are really starting to understand the critical role that content strategy plays in the overall...
1 Apr 2011
Forum One is a digital consulting firm, so we are frequently asked, “How good is my website?”
When we hear this, we typically have two thoughts. First, what really matters isn’t your “website,” but really your organization’s full digital strategy. Second, this...
11 Mar 2011
I’m on the plane to Austin for the “South by Southwest” (SXSW) interactive technology conference and getting hungry already – thanks to the SXSW iPad app! This Interactive event attracts thousands of people for a five day event about digital & interactive technologies...
11 Dec 2010
So, you've decided to invest in a tool for collaboration and content management. Great! And you are ready to begin. Even better.
But what good is your investment if noone takes advantage of it?
User adoption is tricky. Naturally, everyone tends to focus on the technical aspects that surround...
10 Dec 2010
I had the displeasure of spending much of the evening reading one of the worst requirements documents I have had to wade through in some time. It wasn’t that it was poorly written (it was) or poorly organized (check). Its greatest crime was that those who had written it had clearly failed to...
22 Oct 2010
HealthCare.gov, the federal web site that is officially charged with helping consumers make sense of the new health insurance landscape, was substantially improved this month.
For starters, they added information from over 200 insurers on 4,400 plans. As data is added in the coming months, the...
24 Sep 2010
Those of us who sell strategy services for a living tend to rely on the desire for measured approaches to big problems. This taps into deep-seated wisdom about how to manage large, complex situations: plan first, then execute. Heck, our language is littered with support for this view. "Look...
