Mike Sisco's
IT Manager Articles Collection

Three years of Practical Technology Tips Newsletter publications and over 100 articles have been written to help IT Managers achieve more success. You can access them all for free at www.mde.net/ezine .

Many of my newsletter Subscribers have suggested that it would be nice to have a single source that's easy to get to all of them in one place. In other words, a "collection" of the articles.

In January, 2004 I released Mike Sisco's IT Manager Articles Collection.

You can still access all the material in this book free and I encourage you to do so. Simply go to www.mde.net/ezine and walk through the archives of newsletters that have been published since early 2001.

If you like my work and want all the articles in a single document and categorized for convenience, order the Adobe PDF ebook.

Mike Sisco's IT Manager Articles Collection is organized into seven easy categories for easy reference and access.

Take a look at the Table of Contents to gain an idea of the assortment of content included in three years of Practical Technology Tips Newsletter articles.

I. Practical IT Manager Tips
Understand Your Company Objectives
Assess the IT Organization's delivery of services - Client Assessments
Assessing the IT Organization's Capabilities
Infrastructure Strategy
Business Applications Strategy
Strategic Projects Strategy
Creating a Vision
Staffing, Organization, and Focus
IT Project Management
Communication
IT Staff Motivation
Develop a Career Plan
Performance Plans and Reviews are two of your best management tools
Vacation - Get your employee plans scheduled now.
Resolving Client Satisfaction Issues
Kickoff your next project
Budget Time: Tips to build an achievable plan
Plan your IT strategy before building a budget
Develop your IT staff education plan for next year
Set your goals for next year
Staff meetings are worth the time
If it isn't broken, don't fix it
Education is key, even for the IT Manager
When cutting IT expenses, be careful not to cut muscle
Managers earn respect; it doesn't come with title
Empower your employees
You set the "attitude tone" for your IT staff
Find your replacement - a top priority
Client service is a process, not an event

II. "War Stories"
Two diskettes are too many
Where are your 'backup diskettes' ?
Raised floor effect
Is it a "bad employee" or something else?
The "value" of delegating
"You can't wear that vest in the Delta."
Don't forget to tell the 3rd shift operator
A "silver dollar's" worth
Toughest User Group Meeting I ever hosted
Focus on "core competency" to succeed

III. Letters From the Field
"How do you organize yourself?"
"How do we overcome a poor IT reputation?"
"We have a new CIO who wants cost justification for all existing projects. Why?"
"Is age discrimination an issue for IT Managers and Project Managers?"
"How do you pay the salaries required to keep your best people?"
"Will you share an effective staff meeting agenda?"
"What to do when staff is bombarded with last minute requests?"
"What books do you recommend?"
"How do you prioritize your work with so many things needing to get done every day?"
"How much should I be spending in IT ?"

IV. IT Management Models
Play your position
Drain the swamp
Lines of fire
Fail to Plan : Plan to Fail
Invest in yourself
Prevent fires
5 pounds of sugar for a 5 pound sack
Ready-Aim-Fire
Technology - a facilitator of paradigm shifts
2 birds with 1 shot

V. Technical Tips
Put your Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents on the Internet for download
Search Engine Submitter
HTML E-Mail Link with "Subject" Filled In
HTML "Pop-up" Windows
Create a new web browser page versus leaving your site
Auto Fill E-Mail Subject
Auto-forward a domain site to another domain
Dissolve Your Web Pages "In" and "Out"
Linking to a Specific Location on a Web Page
HTML Tag Quick Reference Chart
Allow Internet Explorer users to bookmark your web page as a favorite
Watermark image remains on the screen
Use a "drop down" menu to select a state
Add "today's date" to your web site
Vertical marquee
Highlight table cell with mouseover
Scroll bars color customization
Eliminate the 'right click' on your web site

VI. Entrepreneur Tips
Recurring revenue
"Overdeliver"
Client Service
Add-on Sales
Give your "Start-up" time !
Develop Your Interests
It's All in the Numbers
Headlines are Key
Dream big dreams
Develop a Business Plan
Start Your Own Company
Publish Your Knowledge to generate a secondary income
Follow-up sets you apart
Keep an "IDEA" File
Do it yourself or out-source it
Align yourself with winners
What is an entrepreneur?
Test your ideas
Stay with your strengths
Create multiple revenue streams

VII. Products and Services Review
PayPal
Efax.com
GoEMerchant.com - Shopping Cart and Secure Credit Card Merchant Account service
Microsoft Publisher
Adobe Acrobat
Press-Release-Writing.com
Free Advertising at Access Atlanta
XARA3D - 3D Graphics Generator Tool
UltraSnap Image Capture Tool
PaperPort - Paper Management software
TechRepublic.com
TenStep Project Management Process
Make Your Site Sell (generating web site traffic)
Make Your Knowledge Sell
bCentral's ListBuilder
Overture 'Pay per Click' Search Engine Service


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