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Stafford Williamson

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President, DaoChi Energy of Arizona (div. of Williamson Information Technologies Corp.)

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A leading spokesperson for the biofuels industry, Mr.Williamson has almost singlehandedly turned the trumped up "food vs. fuel" debate into "food AND fuel" rallying cry.
His DaoChi Energy of Arizona div. has licensed to Source Integration Corp. a device ...

A leading spokesperson for the biofuels industry, Mr.Williamson has almost singlehandedly turned the trumped up "food vs. fuel" debate into "food AND fuel" rallying cry.
His DaoChi Energy of Arizona div. has licensed to Source Integration Corp. a device he invented that AZ State U says should triple (he expects quintuple or better) the yield of his photobioreactor design over conventional pond or raceway algae cultivation methods.
He has also developed a small scale thermo-catalytic hydrogenation device. He has written 5 books and edited a couple more (all available on Amazon), as well as award winning plays and appearing on national radio shows, and international trade shows.

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May 4, 2012

Stafford Williamson and 13 other people answered this question

What can we do as business people to help reduce the poverty in the United States?

I am very pleased to see that despite the framing of the question as to what we can do to help reduce poverty "in America" that international perspectives have chimed in from Wilson Thomas (of Australia, it says) and Bill Kennedy (from my country of ... more

Human Resources

March 22, 2012

Stafford Williamson and 1 other person answered this question

How can we change the world for better?

Social Media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more, are a good means of coming to a consensus about some ideas. What those ideas may be focused on, or how many it takes to make "a consensus" are pretty broad topics in themselves, but assuming ... more

Problem Resolution

Feb. 15, 2012

Stafford Williamson recommends this answer by Art van Bodegraven

Should corporate culture be set by general employees, or should it be defined by upper management?

Should the inmates run the asylum? if culture is not a reflection of the values and styles of leadership, it is not likely to be positive, organized, or focused. Not that all leaders develop desirable cultures, which is another issue entirely.
That said, when leadership ... more

Human Resources

Corporate Culture

Jan. 13, 2012

Stafford Williamson and 4 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Improving Landing Page Conversion Rates [1/12 @ 1 pm]

Does video content increase conversions?

If the question refers specifically to a "Landing Page" you can expect video content to "convert better" if what you are selling is video content (i.e. Training, webinars, teleconferencing, etc.).
If the video is embedded in a main "homepage" a quick, "who we are" video ... more

B2B Lead Generation

Conversion Rate

Jan. 9, 2012

Stafford Williamson answered this question

What role do you see older workers playing in the economy going forward?

Not that it is a complete solution to the problems of older workers, but I do believe I know a good thing when I see it, and this is a proposal I hear probably 35 years ago when individualized, computer aided student learning was first ... more

Human Resources

Dec. 20, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 13 other people answered this question

Is Google AdWords a waste of time?

Waste of time is a relative thing. On the other hand relatives usually are a waste of time.
Okay, seriously, Google's AdWords is a complex system of advertising that is highly competitive especially if the profit potential is high. That also means that it is a ... more

Dec. 12, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 1 other person answered this question

Has anyone improved the success of their marketing/communications efforts by doing less?

There are a few key marketing principles central to an answer to your question about doing more with less (or by "doing less").
1. Acquiring new users/customers/donors is known to be more difficult and more expensive than getting repeat business from existing customers. The do less, ... more

Higher Education

Marketing Management

Dec. 1, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 2 other people answered this question

What do the record breaking sales numbers from Black Friday and Cyber-Monday say about the economy?

Caty, you may be correct, but I don't think that the crowd crush for the early loss leader bargains is the whole story. It is a clever (?) way of manipulating the media into reporting the crowds. They put a hundred big screen tv's on ... more

Nov. 30, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 4 other people answered this question

When will bio fuels be a legitimate alternative to petroleum?

We obviously see this through very different eyes. I reject your premise that it takes ANY fossil carbon to grow or process algae. (In case it isn't obvious, just give me a solar array or a wind turbine to make electricity for process heat, and ... more

Nov. 28, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 1 other person answered this question

Do you think we'll see an increase in hiring this holiday season?

The fact that Black Friday produced a 7% sales increase over last year (according to ABC News on Sunday) was not entirely due to the opening after midnight effort to extend hours (at least not alone). That exceeded even my optimisitic prediction of 6% for ... more

Nov. 2, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 3 other people answered this question

For a new promo of a product, how do you generate leads without doing any advertising?

Write an eye-catching publicity release and you may be able to cultivate those that respond into a core of business that will expand through word-of-mouth to a large enough group that will sustain your business. I know this is true because I started my wife's ... more

Lead Generation

Nov. 2, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 16 other people answered this question

Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?

I would say that Sonya Williams has said all that needs to be said on the subject, except to say that the line that "If I am enjoying the work, it will not feel like work." is an explanation that needs to go into everyone's ... more

Human Resources

Career Development

Personal Development

Oct. 7, 2011

Stafford Williamson is now following Dr Natalie Petouhoff and 5 other people

Oct. 1, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 22 other people answered this question

What's the most important element of a resume?

Sorry to be a contrarian (well, actually, no I really enjoy being a contrarian because I see things differently than other people, and often that's an advantage).. however ...
No one has even touched on THE MOST IMPORTANT element on a resume, it is the ADDRESSEE's ... more

Human Resources

Career Development

Sept. 2, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 2 other people answered this question

Maybe our debt isn't that big of an issue?....What are your thoughts?

... Continuing ...
The largest user of petroleum products in the world is the US military. And has been for many years. One hardly needs to mention that Iraq was a small, but not insignificant source of oil, while our largess poured into Kabul arming mujahideen ... more

Aug. 27, 2011

Stafford Williamson recommends this answer by Luke Tan

Social media networks (Twitter, Facebook etc) need to be regulated? Agree or Disagree.

It's useless exercise to try to limit any form of communication. The best we can do is for each one of us to promote positive communication in social networks. more

Aug. 11, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 1 other person answered this question

QE3 and the European Debt Crisis: How will China react?

(Continuing)
So how are the Chinese going to react to QE3 and the softening of both the US$ and the EU's Euro? Chances are fairly good that they will be picking up both the US and EU currency to keep their currency somewhere close to the ... more

Aug. 10, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 2 other people answered this question

If you participate in Twitter chats, what do you see as the biggest value/benefit?

By following particular hashtags (e.g. the #subject of interest) I am able to sometimes keep up with the latest news in a field of study, the evolution of a policy, or international developments. Sometimes serious chat groups organize to discuss their topic at certain times ... more

Human Resources

Information Technology

June 16, 2011

Stafford Williamson and 5 other people answered this question

Why does core inflation exclude food and energy prices?

Dave, I have no idea what you mean by "monetary base" but the M2, known as the "money supply" in common parlance grew from 7.0 Trillion in Dec. of 2006 to 8.9 trillion last month. How approximately 1.9 trillion is 70x increase is beyond my ... more

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