by Whittaker Associates | Oct 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker The purpose of information is to help us make better decisions. Making a good business-location decision is essential to success. To do so requires high quality, accurate, up-to-date information and an understanding of what it means. In the past,... by Whittaker Associates | Jan 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker In the past few months, the living body that is our economy has suffered a massive heart attack. The circulation of blood (currency) has ceased, and permanent damage has begun to occur in the form of foreclosures and bankruptcies. The first... by Whittaker Associates | Jan 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Not talking about the economy would be like not talking about the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. The global economy has gone through the equivalent of a myocardial infarction (heart attack), and we’ve been on life-support ever since. Fear has taken... by Whittaker Associates | Feb 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker How many times have we sat through or given a PowerPoint presentation, hoping that it would end soon? Avoiding death by PowerPoint is the theme of the book “PresentationZen – Simple Ideas on Presentation, Design and Delivery” by Garr Reynolds. His... by Whittaker Associates | May 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Challenging, unprecedented, and rapidly changing are all terms we have heard to describe our current economic environment. We are all hearing the stories of companies whose sales have dropped by 30-40% within a few months. Banks are canceling their...