This is the fourth entry in a six-part blog series. In the first blog entry in this series, I revisited the YouTube clip outlining the five stages and focused on Step 1 Assess Needs/Stage 1 Denial. I can’t get enough of that video…if you haven’t watched it yet, now is as good a time as any. Step 3: Training and Discipline; or, Stage 3: Bargaining

This is the third entry in a six-part blog series. In my last blog entry in this series, I revisited the YouTube clip outlining the five stages and focused on Step 1 Assess Needs/Stage 1 Denial. Now, it’s time to talk about:

Autodesk® NavisWorks® software solutions help project design and building professionals to unite their contributions into a single synchronized building information model. [acronym] online investigates how this new software can bring public sector project stakeholders together.

In this article, Pete Kelsey, K-TEK Solutions’ founder and Autodesk Certified Instructor, shares his proven three-step process to help government entities manage change and maximize CAD and GIS technology ROI through standardization, implementation and education.

This is the second entry in a six-part blog series. In my last blog entry in this series, I humorously drew connections between Technology Implementation, Therapy and the Kübler-Ross Model for Grief[TR1] (here is the video again, just because it is hilarious: [c2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usm9SpnHYJQ&feature=player_embedded). Now, I want to follow-through on that analogy to show the specific connections between the five steps to a successful implementation and the five stages of grief: Step 1: Assess Needs First and Technology Second; or, Stage 1: Denial

I was asked to speak last week at a Women in Technology event on the Intersection of Technology and Marketing. As one of four panelists, I had only 7 minutes to present an idea and then field questions from the audience. This presentation was a big enough hit that I thought I should share it here. Typically, I speak to how DLT uses technology to monitor marketing metrics and get the best results. Since another panelist was taking that topic, this time I spoke to some basic principles for getting the best results out of implementing a new technology, any technology – software/hardware/SaaS. Whether for marketing or any other business need, there are certain truths that are unavoidable. The first truth is that implementing new technology can be hard. The second is that if not done right, it can have catastrophic consequences for your organization. And, last, there is a human factor in every implementation that must be taken into consideration.