technical assistance

Examples of technical assistance in the following topics:

• Acknowledgements

  • They've done this by setting a positive example in their business practices, by suggesting ideas, by encouraging me to explore new intellectual territory, by offering direct technical assistance, and just by being good friends and associates.
  • The wonderful faculty and staff at Clover Park Technical College—especially Sally Gove and Elaine Holster, but also Mike Wheeler, Dave DeBruyne, Neil Sweerus, LaVerta Schmeling, Lloyd White, Laurie Clary, Dorna Bullpitt, Lori Banaszak, Mathew Williams, Steve Marshall, Scott Blatman, Lucy Dorum, Roger Nix, Jill Gallion, Stan Anderson, Andy Fritz, Dean Lamb, Sherry Nowak, Kathy Hathaway, Tracy Rose Pennisi, Debbie Collins, Barb Rief, Nancy Garcia, and Marilyn Lee.
  • About 1,000 unique students at Wenatchee Valley College, Big Bend Community College, and Clover Park Technical College.

• Long-Term Development

  • There are a variety of approaches to professional development, including consultation, coaching, communities of practice, lesson study, mentoring, reflective supervision and technical assistance.
  • In a broad sense, professional development may include formal types of vocational education, typically post-secondary or poly-technical training leading to a qualification or credential required to obtain or retain employment .
  • Consultation - to assist an individual or group of individuals to clarify and address immediate concerns by following a systematic problem-solving process.
  • Other methods include communities of practice, reflective supervision, and technical assistance.

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

  • The IMF's stated goal was to stabilize exchange rates and assist the reconstruction of the world's international payment system post-World War II.
  • Member countries of the IMF have access to information on the economic policies of all member countries, the opportunity to influence other members' economic policies, technical assistance in banking, fiscal affairs, and exchange matters, financial support in times of payment difficulties, and increased opportunities for trade and investment.
  • The IMF does not require collateral from countries for loans but rather requires the government seeking assistance to correct its macroeconomic imbalances in the form of policy reform.

• Developing Services

  • Similarly, there are products that are quite complicated and/or very technical, and whose average consumer could neither learn how to install or use it without assistance from the manufacturer.

• Salesperson Personalities

  • Order-takers: Inside order-takers hold positions such as that of a retail sales assistant.
  • These are front line salespeople, who are supported by technical support teams and marketers.
  • Supporting customers of highly technical and complex products and providing detailed technical information.

• Identify your information systems needs

  • All too often, however, the CIO is more comfortable with technical issues and undertakes projects that are interesting from a technical standpoint, but offer little in the way of business benefits.
  • In larger organizations, it is usually developed by a project team, sometimes with the assistance of outside consultants.
  • Technical issues must be considered next, because there are several applications that the organization eventually uses that often share a common technical platform (e.g.
  • Technical issues may cause a reassessment of the priority sequence of possible projects.
  • Most organizations find it useful to update the plan yearly at least as business and technical issues can change quickly.

• Technical Skills

  • Examples of technical skills include project management skills for engineers building bridges, aircraft, and ships.
  • Technical skill involves process or technique knowledge and proficiency.
  • A manager's level in the organization determines the relative importance of possessing technical skills.
  • For instance, supervisors need technical skills to manage their area of specialty.
  • In smaller firms, however, technical experience may still be quite important.

• Where does innovation come from?

  • From this perspective, the operation of a smart phone can be viewed as a combination of the functions associated with a mobile phone and the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA).
  • We describe five sources of innovation: technical breakthroughs, non-technical idea development, ideas that emerge from environments, serendipity, and purposeful development.
  • Technical breakthroughs refer to product innovations that result from technical developments.
  • Non-technical development is another path to product innovation.

• Types of Public Relations

  • It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support.
  • The components of an employee relationship management system are multiple, and, as in customer relationship management, achieve the goal of assisting employees in the whole life cycle of their activities in and for the company.

• Digital Marketing

  • Internet marketing ties together the creative and technical aspects of the Internet, including design, development, advertising, and sales.