I was speaking recently with a CAD Manager who said that his firm did not really embrace the concept of people in their firm being thought leaders. They may not have come out and stated that, but they set up roadblocks and hurdles that may discourage employees from easily “speaking up” through writing or speaking […]
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I have always been curious about my readers. One area of curiosity is the gender balance. Are there more women than men reading this? Is it 50-50? Are there more men readers? So I figured I would ask… Please take the quick poll at the left and let me know. Thanks, Mark
Well actually, Lake Oswego. I am at the offices of Autodesk in Lake Oswego, Oregon. I am here with my fellow AUGI Board members. We have full days of meeting ahead of use. We will be discussing our current status and planning the future of the organization. On Friday we will meet up with fellow […]
Continuing the Thought Leadership discussion… Formal Speaking will take you to the next level. There are many places to get started in formal speaking. I would suggest that you start by volunteering to present something at you local user group. This is usually a more informal setting that allows you to work the kinks out […]
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I will be in the Portland, Oregon area for the June AUGI Board of Directors meeting at the end of this week. If you are local to that area, then join me and my AUGI buddies at a “Meet-Up” – check here for details.
I just completed an upgrade of my blog to WordPress 2.5.1 It was fairly pain free.
Have you heard of Sketchbook Pro? It is the newest Tablet PC tool from Autodesk. You can sketch, annotate, and present your visual ideas anywhere on a Tablet PC or Wacom Tablet. Here is more info from the Autodesk site. And a free trial offer
Continuing the flow of posts on Thought Leadership… We have covered the introduction of the topic and how some may want to gain voice in the industry that they are working or at the office/firm they are with. The reason for this is to gain some level of input into the conversations that surround CAD. […]
Continue reading about Becoming a Thought Leader – through Conversations
I attended the Autodesk Experience Tour in Anaheim, California yesterday. It was very well attended, but I don’t really know the extent of the attendees becasue the event shared lobby space with another conference. All I know is that every room was packed. The event was broken into tracks for AE, Civil, Manufacturing and GIS. […]

