  | December 15, 2011 | | CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF |  |  | |  | | | The Leaderboard |  | | |  | - 4 ways to pep up your team's culture
Managers can improve their team's engagement by fostering an upbeat culture, Jennifer Russell writes. Her tips include talking up group values, encouraging self-expression and planning social outings to encourage team building. A group volunteer project can also help employees find new ways to interact. "To get the most out of your group, do what you can to improve their daily work experience and develop a culture where everyone believes in what he or she does," Russell writes. TheDailyMuse.com (12/12)      | Sales Strategies | | | |  | - How not to run a sales meeting
Poor sales meetings can hurt your organization, so it's important to make sure you're steering clear of common meeting mistakes, writes Sean McPheat. Avoid criticizing individual members of your team in public, and focus on leading the members of your team rather than controlling them, he advises. "[N]ever demand [that] the team do things that you cannot, have not, or would not do yourself." MTDSalesTraining.com (12/14)  |  | Organizational Privacy Architecture and Assessment
This checklist for Ecommerce, Web Development and Design, and Direct Marketing professionals enables you to gauge your organization’s privacy compliance and best practice levels. Thousands of companies leave the intricacies of privacy management to TRUSTe, the 13-year-old leader in online privacy. Gain an overview of the program today. |
 | | | Daily Data Points | | | |  | - Survey: Demand grows for advanced mobile-health products
Clinicians are turning to mobile technologies in increasing numbers, according to a poll conducted by IDC Health Insights of decision makers at 50 hospitals in the U.S. and Western Europe. More than 40% of the respondents reported high or very high use of mobile tools among physicians on the job. HealthImaging.com (12/14) |  | To combat piracy and avoid lost revenue, ISVs need to understand what types of software attacks are out there and how to defend against them. Be aware of the types of attacks you're facing. Implement the right protection. Start by downloading this free whitepaper from SafeNet. |
 | | | On the Road | | | |  | - 5 tips for milking your travel rewards for all they're worth
As long as you have to travel for work, you might as well get all you can out of the rewards programs that airlines, hotels and other travel providers offer to people who frequently use their services, say a new group of extreme road warriors. Try taking the longest route when you fly to rack up more miles, says Howie Rappaport. Daraius Dubash recommends getting a lot of credit cards that hand out miles and use them for your purchases. That way you earn miles even when you aren't flying, Dubash says. CNN (12/14) |  | 3 Proven Rich-Media Strategies for Your 2011 Campaigns
Today's hyperconnected consumers expect rich, engaging experiences wherever they interact with your product or service. In this report you will learn how to use rich media to:
• Engage mobile audiences
• Create flawless website experiences
• Improve online ad performance |
 | | - 12 gift ideas to excite any tech lover
An electronics accessory can make the perfect gift for the technophile in your life, writes Marc Saltzman. Gift possibilities include the Grace Digital Audio Eco Pod, a case that can protect Android, iPhone and BlackBerry devices from the elements, and the Parrot AR.Drone, a flying remote-controlled vehicle that can be controlled with mobile devices. USA TODAY (12/13)
- Fair with a chance of falling fruit
Motorists in a U.K. town were surprised Monday when apples fell from the sky onto a road in Keresley, Coventry. While some observers speculated children or a plane might have been to blame for the incident, a meteorologist said weather could have been the culprit. "Essentially these events are caused when a vortex of air, kind of like a mini-tornado, lifts things off the ground rising up into the atmosphere until the air around it causes them to fall to Earth again," he said. The Telegraph (London) (12/14)  | [B]y bringing the team together, setting goals, and developing a set of values you'll stick to, you can go a long way in inspiring success."
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