Presidential Web Strategies
All the presidential candidates have aggressive web strategies. Columnist Robert Scoble, writing in Fast Company magazine, says businesses can learn a lot from the way the presidential candidates are using Web 2.0 applications.
Today in Political History
Dec. 27, 1945: In the aftermath of World War II, foreign ministers from the former Allied nations of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to divide Korea into two separate occupation zones and govern the nation for five years.
Dec. 27, 1978: King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's first democratic constitution.
Dec. 27, 1991: Amid strained U.S.-Philippine relations, the Philippine government orders the United States to close its Subic Bay naval base near Manila by January 12, 1992. (Source: Perspicuity)
Wise Words
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."
-- Thomas Jefferson (Source: Gmu.Edu)
Leadership Tip
Staying in Touch
By Adm. Hyman G. Rickover
To maintain proper control one must have simple and direct means to find out what is going on. There are many ways of doing this; all involve constant drudgery. For this reason those in charge often create “management information systems” designed to extract from the operation the details a busy executive needs to know. Often the process is carried too far. The top official then loses touch with his people and with the work that is actually going on. (Source: Govleaders)
Lighter Side
History’s Regrettable Quotes
(Great Quotes)
-- "(Television) won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night." (Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox in 1946)
-- "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." (Decca Records, rejecting the Beatles, in 1962)
-- "For the majority of people, the use of tobacco has a beneficial effect." (Dr. Ian G. Macdonald, Los Angeles surgeon, as quoted in Newsweek, November 18, 1969) |
