Fostering Innovation Quick Reference Guide
Fostering innovation means to create an environment where employees are able to let ideas flow freely; it means being open to new ideas, allowing creativity to flow from all areas, and accepting that not all ideas are going…
Random Acts of Kindness at Velsoft
This weekend we are asked to perform Random Acts of Kindness. When I was planning for this blog, I thought first I would start with a definition, so I asked my friend Wikipedia and found the following: A…
Creating an Innovative Environment
When talking about creating an innovative environment we need to first define what innovation is. Innovation in its purest form means to create something new, but it can also mean better solutions, new methods of doing something, finding…
Creating Successful Blended Learning
Blended learning refers to combining face-to-face instruction with eLearning, and is also known as hybrid, mixed, or integrative learning. Blended learning must successfully integrate synchronous (at the same time) and asynchronous (not happening at the same time) activities,…
Mobbing in the Workplace Quick Reference Guide
What is mobbing in the workplace? More and more people are becoming familiar with the harmful effects of bullying. Bullying is a problem that exists in many environments, including workplaces, and inflicts harm on the target through the…
What is Mobbing?
What and Why? Bullying is a problem that exists in many environments, including workplaces, and inflicts harm on the target through the use of harassment, threats, intimidation, humiliation, or sabotage. It is damaging and often occurs over a…
Clean Off Your Desk Day: The Aftermath
Clean Off Your Desk Day encourages people to have a clutter-free, clean, and organized workspace. Experts say a functional workspace will increase productivity, as a clean and organized desk allows workers to focus and process information more easily….
Organization of a code base in CSS and HTML
Strategy and Structure The organization of a code base can greatly affect speed of development as well as the speed at which a page is rendered. Performance As a website’s code base and traffic grows, a new skill…
Story Marketing Lessons from Star Wars
I love movies and TV series, especially science fiction. I own copies of all the Star Wars movies, along with all the Star Trek movies and episodes from all the different series. I also have Firefly, Babylon 5,…
Getting Started with OneNote Online
OneNote Online is the cloud-based version of Microsoft’s note taking program. Using OneNote Online, you can gather many types of content into one location, and share your notes as needed. Best of all, OneNote Online’s interface is intuitive…
What I want for Velsoft Christmas
Happy Velsoft Christmas! As is our annual tradition, I thought this week I’d find out what each Velsoftian wants most for Christmas. My list includes a column of items they each asked for, as well as things they…
Promoting a Marketing Webinar QRG
Webinars are an affordable and effective tool for connecting with your staff, customers and your online community. As someone who already has the skills to create webinars — from the structure and content to how to use webinar…
