Comments on: Isn’t there someone who gets paid to do that? http://pimpslapofknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/isnt-there-someone-who-gets-paid-to-do-that/ Less Hustle, More Thoreau Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: erin http://pimpslapofknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/isnt-there-someone-who-gets-paid-to-do-that/#comment-24 erin Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:07:15 +0000 http://pimpslapofknowledge.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-24 I wish you would come to my meetings with your flava flav clock. I wish you would come to my meetings with your flava flav clock.

]]> By: educatorblog http://pimpslapofknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/isnt-there-someone-who-gets-paid-to-do-that/#comment-18 educatorblog Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:20:53 +0000 http://pimpslapofknowledge.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-18 "I feel that the more efficient way of achieving this “new vision/design” would have been through educational consultants who can come up with a handful of plans based on interviews with senior members of the staff who have the best idea of where the school came from and where it should go." This reminds me of the process that tech consulting and service firms use with clients. Potential clients submit RFPs (request for proposals) to suppliers. Suppliers work with potential clients to agree on a final version of a contract. Most of the time, there is a central negotiation team on both sides. If different branches of a firm have to be involved in the process, there are specific meetings to gauge needs (managers, programmers, etc). Having a large group meeting at that the brainstorming stage seems very inefficient. I hate long meetings. (educatorblog.wordpress.com) “I feel that the more efficient way of achieving this “new vision/design” would have been through educational consultants who can come up with a handful of plans based on interviews with senior members of the staff who have the best idea of where the school came from and where it should go.”

This reminds me of the process that tech consulting and service firms use with clients. Potential clients submit RFPs (request for proposals) to suppliers. Suppliers work with potential clients to agree on a final version of a contract. Most of the time, there is a central negotiation team on both sides. If different branches of a firm have to be involved in the process, there are specific meetings to gauge needs (managers, programmers, etc).

Having a large group meeting at that the brainstorming stage seems very inefficient. I hate long meetings. (educatorblog.wordpress.com)

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