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Cindy Louis

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Director Product Development

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I'm a Director of Product Development & Testing. I have experience in research, marketing, product testing and design, and managing teams.

Sept. 21, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question at this roundtable

Security Awareness Roundtable: Security Awareness Month Transformation [9/21 @ 11 am]

Should security awareness events be purely awareness-driven, or should they drive revenue somehow?

Human Resources

Information Technology

Sept. 16, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

POLL: What's the most effective marketing channel for high quality B2B lead generation?

Sept. 13, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

POLL: I'm MOST likely to respond to a sales inquiry when I receive it via... (Pick One)

Sept. 13, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

How do you know when or if your business is ready to become a social enterprise?

Social Enteprise

Sept. 6, 2011

Cindy Louis recommends this answer by Dan Snyder

If you really want the best talent, do you have to always pay for it? What else is there?

Of course you have to pay for it. Top talent is rarely stupid.
However, "pay for it" can take many forms, as John notes.
It can mean "equity instead of cash". It can mean "I'll deliver this product or service, and you publicize it or serve as ... more

Customer Service

General Management

Human Resources

Aug. 15, 2011

Cindy Louis is now following Sam Wee and 6 other people

Aug. 12, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

POLL: Would you consider yourself digitally fatigued? (Yes or No)

Human Resources

Aug. 8, 2011

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When a team member is fired suddenly, what is the manager's role in addressing the rest of the team?

General Management

Human Resources

General Managment

Aug. 4, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

What's the most successful incentive-based contest you've ever done with your employees?

General Management

Human Resources

Employee Contests

Employee Engagement

Aug. 4, 2011

Cindy Louis recommends this answer by Bob Egan

POLL: Klout is a legitimate metric of online influence (Agree or Disagree)

Much of the social influence sphere is a lot like y2k. There are a lot of moving parts that few people understand, or care about. But this i promise, whether you invest a lot, or a little, life, and the influence you have in your ... more

Aug. 2, 2011

Cindy Louis recommends this answer by Ron Kubitz

Recruiters: do you ever survey your new hires?

The end of our "official" employee orientation/training period is 90 days from the date of hire.
After 90 days each "new hire" is given a performance review as well as the opportunity to complete a survey rating our hiring/interviewing/onboarding/orientation/training, etc etc processes.
This survey is ... more

Human Resources

Employee Feedback

Market Research

July 18, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

Does anyone else think Google+'s invitation-only thing is just a marketing/ hype-building technique?

July 5, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

How can I tell if I'm a micromanager?

General Management

Human Resources

June 21, 2011

Cindy Louis recommends this answer by Tara Martin

What is F-Commerce?

Hi Cindy,
F-Commerce is Facebook Commerce. It refers to the ability to create a virtual store on Facebook in order to sell products.
Hope that helps!
Tara more

June 13, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

What are the best predictors a job candidate will be successful?

Human Resources

Federal Government

June 10, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

What do you think are the most effective non-monetary perks a business can offer its employees?

Human Resources

Company Culture

June 8, 2011

Cindy Louis recommends this answer by Ashley Davies

How many times should you send the same tweet?

i think the answer to this question depends on what is contained in that tweet?
are you promoting an event? (then perhaps you need to post daily until the event takes place).
If it is just a snippit of information, then perhaps just a few times.
It all ... more

General Management

June 7, 2011

Cindy Louis and 13 other people answered this question

Poll: Do you work on the weekends? If so, how much?

I wish I didn't have to.
Being a small business with limited resources, it falls on me to make sure my product is delivered by deadline. For this reason, all I can rely on is me, myself, and I (as I am the only one ... more

General Management

Human Resources

May 26, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

Should small businesses considering a BI solution gravitate towards Saas?

Information Technology

Business Intelligence (BI)

May 25, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

Is web hosting considered a form of cloud computing?

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

May 23, 2011

Cindy Louis asked a question

Are Gen Y 'know-it-alls' different than Gen X or Millenial 'know-it-alls?'"

Human Resources

Employee Relations

May 19, 2011

Cindy Louis and 5 other people commented on this post

The Lack of Women Entrepreneur and Executives

@Nik
"IQ maybe a poor measure of intelligence but the bell curve shows that women on average are smarter than men, but there are more very smart (exceptional) men then there are women. Maybe top job distribution is a reflection of this?"
Can you please provide evidence ... more

Human Resources

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Women Entrepreneurs

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