http://www.piworld.com Copyright 2012 North American Publishing Company en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This one is personal. I have a long habit of mixing business with family. If you have ever taken one of my seminars, you have either heard me speak of my daughters or have met one of them as I very often bring Kati, Emma or Madeline with me.... ]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 11:36:08 EDT Diplomats, journalists and protesters from around the globe converged on Chicago this week. The “City of Big Shoulders” pulled off one on the international stage by hosting the NATO Summit. Meetings and marches went forward, and just... ]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 12:28:51 EDT According to Wikipedia, in chaos theory the term butterfly effect refers to the idea “that a butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even... ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 14:22:08 EDT When I was growing up, it was a “city upon a hill.” I can recall countless stories told at the dinner table in the early ’90s. My father would tell how he’d received a phone call at 5 p.m. on Friday. It was them, again. As... ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:03 EDT I have had the pleasure of serving on the board of directors of an organization that I would like everyone to know more about. This nonprofit organization is the Electronic Document Scholarship Foundation (EDSF). http://www.edsf.org EDSF provides... ]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 10:53:45 EDT I’ve gotten some great blog material from Webinars I’ve done with business owners all over the country lately! Last week, as a three-hour Webinar was in progress, I told “Walter”—a very attentive... ]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 12:09:17 EDT Dear Franchisee: It hasn’t been that long since you signed on the dotted line, paid a hefty franchise fee and committed to sending monthly royalty checks. I’ve got to believe you did this because you thought franchising would give you... ]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 13:25:14 EDT A few weeks ago in this space, I mentioned that I was headed back to my alma mater, Western Michigan University (WMU), to speak at its annual Litho Day event. Litho Day is a wonderful collaboration between education and industry, during which... ]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 15:32:09 EDT “Drive-by Shooting? Excuse me?” I said to Joe, the owner of a printing company with whom I was doing a Webinar demonstration of our software.   Joe and I were going over one system I recommended that he was sure would make life... ]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 15:06:27 EDT Sun, 06 May 2012 14:25:11 EDT