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Workshop at ROW Conference

I presented at the Results Oriented Web Conference in Dallas last week.  It was a very nice conference with lots of interesting people.  I had fun with my presentation,  The Marshmallow Design Challenge .  Turns out it was finger licking fun. Finger licking FUN! Marshmallow Design Challenge A winner - 26 inches tall. Wondering what this fun exercise teaches?  Watch the TED video to find out.   Spollier Alert - it's more fun to experience it and then watch the video. Next time I'm bring one of these: From Amazon See Also:   Agile Games Video of Marshmallow Challenge

Results Oriented Web Conference - April 12 - Dallas

I am speaking at an upcoming conference on April 12 in Dallas, titled: ' The Marshmallow Design Challenge ' . The  2nd Annual  Results Oriented Web   Summit focuses on the core disciplines for online success - content, design & user experience (UX), marketing and project management. The conference is organized by community leaders bringing together top experts in their field. I want to personally invite you to this unique event by offering you a 50% off discount code that is good until Friday, March 15. Go to  http://resultsorientedweb.com/register   and use the code ROWFRIEND .

Agile in a CAN

Wow - look at the number of people that are sponsoring this awesome idea,   Agile in a Can .  Proving once again that crowdsourcing is the 21st century answer to robber-barrons of the 19th century.  Yes - "the 21st century is when it all changes" - Capt. Jack Harkness. You should hurry over to Agile In A Can website to get in on this once in a life time deal. Limited supplies of the active ingredients will make this product more and more valuable into the future. 

Innovation is the new Black

Color theory tells us that wearing black will make us look thinner. I believe that businesses will now be wearing Innovation to make them appear Leaner. Color Theory 101 I read the "Change by Design" article by Tim Brown in Business Week . Tim is CEO of IDEO a design firm. In the article he describes the process used to redesign Kaiser Permanete's nursing practices. A collaborative practice rather than telling them how to change, the consultants taught the nurses, doctors, administrators, union representatives, and technology experts how to design. By leading them in exercises and redesign workshops. This lead to innovations only possible by insider improvements. An example was the nursing shift change. Using rapid prototypes built in one week and a collaborative approach that included the patients inputs about important details, the measured improvement cut in half the time to bring a new shift up to speed. Business Week - Oct 5 2009 p.54-56