Development by Davis: “Does your city need a better brand?” plus 4 more

Does your city need a better brand?
The seven deadly sins of innovation leaders
AMD Appoints John Byrne Chief Sales Officer
AMD to Present at Citi Technology Conference
Michael Phelps and Gabby Douglas Win Gold in Social Media Mentions Halfway Through the Olympics

Does your city need a better brand?

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT

How should a city's brand be created?

Vote by the people

Naturally through behavior

Architected through a creative process

By an agency

Issue a request for proposal

Do governments care about branding? You bet they do. With today's economic climate, governments are looking for ways to get an economic edge and create jobs. One of the ways to get ahead today is to create a perception or a promise that the locale is business-friendly, innovative, creative, and high-tech.

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The seven deadly sins of innovation leaders

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT

The sole purpose of a business is to grow. This can take on many dimensions – profits, revenues, market share, brand or community influence just to name a few. The road to growth is very simple. Innovation is required to drive growth. You make something better or new (products, services, solutions, etc.) and you sell to someone better or new (markets, segments, channels, etc.). Basically that's it the rest is just fine print.

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AMD Appoints John Byrne Chief Sales Officer

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that John Byrne, AMD general manger of Global Accounts, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief sales officer effective immediately. In this role, Byrne assumes responsibility for ensuring that AMD's worldwide sales organization remains responsive to customer needs wh...

AMD to Present at Citi Technology Conference

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read will present at the Citi Technology Conference 9:45 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 in New York City.

A real-time audio webcast of the presentation can be accessed on the Investor Relations homepage: http://ir.amd.com<...

Michael Phelps and Gabby Douglas Win Gold in Social Media Mentions Halfway Through the Olympics

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

(NYSE: AMD) – With 1,060,938 social mentions through Sunday, the first graphic shows that American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most popular athlete in social media discussions online mid-way through the 2012 Olympics, as evidenced by the amount of social shares according to data from AddThis. AddThis is the world's largest social sharing platf...