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Congratulations to Robert Perrelli of LBL on completing his DePaul MBA in Strategy Execution and Valuation
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EditorialSins of Omission Awaken the Devil in the DetailIn 1785, an Englishman by the name of William Playfair created the first line, bar and pie charts, which he used in his Commercial and Political Atlas, published the following year. One of his charts represented the Balance of Trade between England and the colonies, graphing exports and imports between 1770 and 1782. Until 1773, the Balance of Trade was in England’s favor. That changed in 1773 as a result of the Boston Tea Party. Exports decreased dramatically because English businessmen (logically enough) did not want their unsold goods to be thrown overboard. Product UpdateMAPPware 2.2 MAPPware 2.2 is now available on the mappware.com site. News and Upcoming EventsDAMA International Symposium & Wilshire Meta-Data Conference Diane Rollinson, representing the University HealthSystem Consortium, will give a presentation on How a Data Dictionary Spawned an Enterprise Model at the DAMA International Symposium this April. Along with her associate Edward Bartholomew, Diane will discuss how the Business Enterprise Model allows users to discover, locate and relate disparate data across the enterprise allowing for more opportunistic and powerful analysis. From Concept to Reality: Making Strategy Work Have you ever dusted off your strategic plan, recognized its great ideas and wondered why they didn’t get anywhere? Have you ever felt like your business was running you, instead of you running your business? If so, come join us for an evening focused on practical ways to take your strategic ideas and make them happen within your organization. Bring your ideas – leave with concrete ways to make them reality. San Diego Great Ideas Conference Follow up On February 28 at the American Society of Association Executives, Great Ideas Conference held in San Diego, Randy Rollinson along with Kirk Leeds, CEO, Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) completed the second of two workshops on the effective use of technology to measure strategic progress. Quick Note From Robert Perrelli Over the past couple of years, I had the wonderful experience of attending DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in Chicago, Il. As part of my MBA studies, I focused on concentrations that would enable and support my career decisions to become an expert in Strategy.
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