Sometimes you just need to let a business know if their service or product is subpar. You should always let a business know if their product or service is downright rotten. You definitely need to let your vendors and business partners know if they are not meeting your expectations or contracted requirements. This certainly goes for not only our business partners at work, such as our software and hardware vendors, service providers, and outsourced entities, but also in our everyday lives.
Today I was motivated to write a pointed letter to a restaurant that I usually enjoy visiting. Here is what I wrote…
Archive for June, 2008
Hold Your Vendors To Their Promises
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008100+ Hot Spots During A Short Drive Around Town
Monday, June 16th, 2008Last Friday my 8-year-old son and I looked for a wifi hotspot to work from while my 11-year-old son was at band camp for the day (I didn’t want to waste gas by driving all the 25+ miles back home, and then driving into town again to pick him up at the end of the day). We discovered the IHOP close by actually has free wireless access…I did not know that! So, we had lunch there and I did work while we ate.
Be Prepared…Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan Current?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008I’ve been in Vermont this week at the Norwich University MSIA residency week.
It was storming and treacherous with tornadoes when I left my Iowa home on Sunday morning, and it took me two days to get to Vermont because of flight cancellations. Now I’m sitting at the Burlington, VT airport wondering if I will be able to make it home tonight, where Iowa is still experiencing horrific weather, and has sadly seen the tragedy of a tornado, last night, killing four and wounding close to fifty boy scouts at a wilderness camp there.
Think and Look Before You Send that Quick Message!
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Every month, and sometimes weekly, I see a privacy breach that is a result of a messaging mistake. People need to be more careful about all the types of electronic messages they are sending and not so quick to hit that send button!
Here is the fourth, and final, part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…
Think and Look Before You Send that Quick Message!
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Every month, and sometimes weekly, I see a privacy breach that is a result of a messaging mistake. People need to be more careful about all the types of electronic messages they are sending and not so quick to hit that send button!
Here is the fourth, and final, part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…
Let Your Personnel Know Their Messaging Boundaries
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Here is the third part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…
Sending Clear Text Customer Information Is Not Okay Just Because the Customer Says It’s “Okay”
Monday, June 9th, 2008As a follow-up to my blog post from last Friday, here is the second part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…
Sending Clear Text Customer Information Is Not Okay Just Because the Customer Says It’s “Okay”
Monday, June 9th, 2008As a follow-up to my blog post from last Friday, here is the second part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…
Something To Tell Your Personnel: Messaging Includes More Than Email
Friday, June 6th, 2008My June issue of “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal is hot off the press!
I’ve heard from some of you that when I post the articles from my journal that the posts are too long. So, what I will do from now on is to break up the articles into smaller postings to make them easier, and faster, to read.
Here is the first part of the first article within the June journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy”…
HIPAA Humor: Dumb Robber
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Here’s a story that gave me a bit of a chuckle, “Note leads police to robbery arrest“…
