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Before I get going, let me introduce myself.  I am Gunther, Feline Director of Operations here at Marissa Berger Interactive.  Though this is my first post to the blog, I guarantee you that I have been part of the MB/I team longer than any of these… fish.

Anyway, I wanted to say a few words about employee productivity.

Stake Out Sunny Spots

Human employees should be busy petting cats, answering phones, designing websites, and testing products.  They should not be lounging in the sun staring at passing butterflies or ripening fruit.  As a productivity officer, you should always take these …

A little over a decade ago comedian Eddie Izzard joked that Britain built its empire by stealing countries through the cunning use of flags.

• I claim India for Britain.
• You can’t claim us, we live here?  500-million of us.
• (Smug) Do you have a flag?
• (Flabbergasted) We don’t need a bloody flag.  It’s our country.
• No flag, no country.  You can’t have one.  That’s the rules…

Staying on the cutting edge of the technology curve works much the same way.  You may think you have your market cornered - then someone you’ve never heard of comes along and plants their “flag” …

I’d like to thank Debbie Fried (@DebbieFried) for pointing me towards this video of Don McMillan’s “How Not to do PowerPowerpoint” stand-up routine. It was fun to watch and reminded me of the conversations I had with our own Scott Stiefvater as he was preparing for MB/I’s “Avoid Causing Death by PowerPoint” class.

If That’s Bad, What’s Good?

Well, whenever someone asks me what I think a PowerPoint presentation should look like, I can’t help …