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Category: Topics
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Airplane Mode is a State of Mind
On a recent business trip I ended up on a flight without wi-fi. That’s right: NO INTERNETS. It was during business hours and I’d planned on working online while in transit, like I do on so many flights. No luck. With no wi-fi, what was I to do? For two hours I worked. And an…
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Conversations at the White House
Imagine receiving an email from someone at the White House. Now imagine that they wrote to ask you to join them as a speaker at a White House event. That’s what happened to me in May, and a few weeks later I was in Washington, D.C., as a panelist on the Structure of the Workplace…
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What Being a “Best Workplace” Really Means
On July 1st, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal announced the 2013 winners of their Best Places to Work awards. Clockwork was among the 53 companies whose employees “gave their employers high marks in an anonymous survey on topics such as work environment, people practices and how things work day-to-day.” Over the last few years, Clockwork has won…
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Clockwork CEO invited to first White House Summit on Working Families
Nancy Lyons, Clockwork’s CEO, will be a panelist on the first-ever White House Summit on Working Families on Monday, June 23rd. The Summit, hosted by the White House, the Department of Labor, and the Center for American Progress, will explore how workplaces can accommodate the changing demographics of the U.S. workforce to support working families, boost businesses’…
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Clockwork Wins Three National Communication Awards
We’re thrilled to announce we won three 2014 Communicator Awards for the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities website redesign launched in 2013. Announced in April, the collaborative team won: Other companies honored include Coca-Cola, Human Rights Campaign, Under Armour, and National Geographic. The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities, a leading nonprofit dedicated to…
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Assessing a Company’s Commitment to Security
Security matters If you’re reading this close to its publication date, security breaches and vulnerabilities are everywhere in the news. From Heartbleed to the massive Target credit card breach, digital security has never been more important to the average person. Nancy, our CEO, recently wrote about how you must take responsibility for protection of your personal…
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Showing the Love with User Onboarding
A few months back, one of our Account Directors received an excellent example of an on boarding tactic and we thought it would be helpful to share it. Nordstrom made changes to their card holder site and let their card members know ahead of time with an email. They shared a few of the upcoming…
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Learning to Talk Tech
In college I took a Computer Science 101 class. For the first assignment, the professor asked us to write step-by-step instructions on how to tie a shoelace. (Stick with me here.) I thought, “No problem. Just make the bunny and run around and go through the hole. Boom.” The next day he asked for volunteers. He…
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Getting Rid of the Big Ta-da: Why We Love Sketching
Allow me to paint you a picture of every designer’s greatest fear. You’ve just finished presenting a design to the client. For the last month you’ve toiled away, pouring your heart and soul into this design, and it’s the moment of truth. The client looks at you and says, “I don’t like it.” Design is…
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Minnesota Public Radio Elects Nancy Lyons to Board of Trustees
Yesterday, Minnesota Public Radio announced that it elected two new members to their Board of Trustees, and Nancy Lyons, our CEO, is one of them! As a long-time member and listener, Lyons welcomes the opportunity to lend her expertise to its mission and programming in any way she can. Of the recent appointment she said,…