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Any organization who has initiated a strategic planning discussion, or better yet, implemented a strategic plan, has overcome a huge hurdle. In the not so distant past, it was not uncommon for strategic planning to be viewed as an activity reserved only for large for-profit organizations. Nevertheless, strategic planning has now developed into the rule, rather than the exception for all organizations including small businesses and non-profit entities.

The biggest financial challenge most organizations face when developing a strategic plan is honing in on the most important key performance indicators (KPI?s). Often, an organization will focus on too many key performance indicators, or ones that do not directly align with their overall mission and goals. This can make it difficult for the organization to focus its efforts, and the metrics requiring the most attention may be inadvertently neglected. Organizations should identify a small group of key financial metrics and set realistic goals, timeframes, and a system to monitor and measure the outcomes.

Another key fallacy of strategic planning is focusing only on the financial aspect of the organization. While an important part of the overall strategic plan, the financial picture is just one piece of the puzzle. Key performance indicators should also be established for the organization?s processes, customers, and its own employees. This could mean tracking the time it takes to process an application (process KPI), number of customers served per week (customer KPI), or training hours per employee (employee KPI). These metrics can be just as important as the financial indicators in determining whether an organization achieves its goals and effectively carries on its mission.

The key to developing an effective strategic plan is gathering input from all of the stakeholders involved. One group, whether it is management or the board of directors, should not dominate the discussions. Employees outside of management who play a key role in the day-to-day operations of the organization should be included in the discussion. Constituents, such as donors, customers, or students should have a chance to voice their opinion as well. A strategic planning retreat is a popular method of bringing together all of these groups in a single location to facilitate meaningful discussion.

Documenting a strategic plan on paper is a great start. Placing that plan into action is even better. Key metrics should be monitored, measured, and assigned to an individual who can be held accountable for the result. Strategic planning is not a ?one and done? activity. It is an ongoing process that should be constantly changing and evolving to meet the new challenges that arise over time. It can be beneficial for the organization to align itself with a trusted advisor (CPA, banker, etc.) who can help the organization monitor critical strategic activities and serve as a sounding board for ideas and concerns the organization develops.

Strategic Planning Checkpoints
1. Elicit feedback from all stakeholders involved.
2. Establish the most important key performance indicators to focus on. Don?t limit yourself to financial indicators. Keep in mind your customers and employees.
3. Set realistic goals and timelines for meeting the goals.
4. Monitor progress and hold individuals accountable.
5. Update your strategic plan to accommodate changes over time.

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95% The Queen of Versailles

Meet the Siegels, the subjects of a Sundance-winning documentary, The Queen of Versailles. David is a real estate magnate in his 60s. Jackie is his 40-something wife, a former model, and together they have eight children. It would be an understatement to call the Siegels rich. These people are stupid rich. These are people that have so much money they don't know what to do with it, which is why David and Jackie set out to build the biggest home in the nation. After the subprime mortgage flameout of 2008, the Siegels took a major hit in their resources. But not everyone sees worldwide economic disaster as a wake-up call. Some just keep on shopping. The Queen of Versailles is one captivating clinical study in overreaching. In the wake of the financial collapse, politicians were eager to lambaste the poor who bought mortgages they couldn't afford (the better to shield blame from their friends in the banking cabal). Let this film show you that even the super rich can have trouble living within their (enormous) means. I won't lie; part of the appeal of this documentary is the continual shock of the wasteful extravagance the Siegel clan called normal. How opulent was their lifestyle? Well their 26,000-square foot home only had 17 bathrooms, so you can see why the Siegels would feel the need to build the biggest home in the nation. This 90,000-square foot fortress was modeled after the actual French palace in Versailles, so you know, it's going to be modest. It was designed to have 30 bathrooms, 10 kitchens, a bowling alley, an ice-skating rink, and two movie theaters (for counter programming?). The large stain glass window itself cost $250,000. The total cost of the project: more or less $100 million. I repeatedly laughed to myself in disbelief at the untamed lavishness on display. I confess it's hard for me to put myself into this vapid mindset. I just see all hat money and think of all the better things it could have been spent on. How many children could be vaccinated with $100 million? How many people could have been bought out of slavery with that money? How many low-income students could have afforded college? The kicker, what really gets my ire, is that is was all unnecessary. The Siegel family already lived in a giant mansion. Did they have to live in a giant-er mansion? When is enough just enough?By the end of the movie you won't know whether to scorn the Siegels or feel sorry for them. I'm at a loss myself. There's a certain level of schadenfreude watching a riches-to-rags story, watching the wealthiest among us find their world of easy money come crumbling down. But then you start thinking what these people are going to do now without the luxury of wealth. The Siegel children are horrified when at one point dad declares they will likely have to go to college and, gasp, earn their own living. And if these kids have to fend for themselves, it doesn't take a genius to get a sense of what the future holds. At one point, the adopted niece discovers her pet lizard is dead. Jackie harangues her about not taking care of it. "No one takes me to the pet store!" the niece declares. "But why didn't you at least give him water?" Jackie reasonably asks. The niece responds dead-serious: "That wouldn't have made a difference." And these people are going to have to fend for themselves! The horror that waits. The entire family has been wrapped up in a cocoon of wealth, insulated from the real world, and now has no real sense of how to navigate this new, blunt reality. Adding to the sadness is the dawning realization that David Siegel cannot stand his wife. Jackie is wife number three, and a former pageant winner/model, so we all know what stood out to the older businessman. Even his kids know. Late in the film, when the weight of creditors bears down on him, David sequesters himself in his private room, shows no interest in his wife or his children, and confides to his dog that the two of them could just run away together. With the comforts of wealth stripped away, and Jackie reaching, gasp, middle age, it becomes readily apparent that David's waning affection is not going to reverse. But the movie belongs to Jackie, the titular queen, and she is easily the most fascinating figure in the film. It's easy to dismiss the bleach-blonde woman with huge fake breasts and a shiny, fake life of glamor. Is she a ditz? She got a degree in computer engineering. Impressive. Is she a gold digger? She cannot help herself when it comes to buying, whether it's at Southerby's or Wal-Mart. Is she even a good mother? She does admit that she would not have had nearly as many children if it weren't for the ever-present nannies. What I saw was a woman who knew she could taste the good life and then became afraid of being kicked to the curb. David is happy to fund her personal projects and let her splurge on posh buys, but for how long? Her body, impressive though top-heavy, is aging, and her model looks are naturally fading into a comfortable middle age. Such is life. However, you can tell that Jackie is terrified. Mountains of money acted like a buffer between her and her husband. That's gone now. He keeps joking that when Jackie gets old he's going to dump her for two twenty-year-olds. Even when the family is downsizing, Jackie makes sure to fit in her beauty stops (botox, tanning, etc.). Some might charge the woman with being toxicly narcissistic, but I think that's too simple. Her looks are her meal ticket and now they are betraying her. She knows the type of man she married, and they both seem to be failing to live up to expectations. Now that the shiny distractions are removed, they have to live with one another as-is, and as-is doesn't really work for men of wealth and ego.Director Lauren Greenfield (Thin) spent three years documenting the Siegel clan. She must have done something right with her finished product since David Siegel filed a lawsuit against the movie and Greenfield. The suit argues the film damages David Siegel's credibility by positing that his company is on the verge of financial ruin. His company, Westgate Resorts, sold timeshares in the same kind of high-pressure sales tactics that lead to people buying things they cannot afford. After the 2008 meltdown, guess what? People couldn't afford their own homes let alone a vacation timeshare. When the bankers freeze the easy money, Siegel and his company cannot pay their bills and have to downsize, sell offices, and foreclose major properties, including their signature Vegas resort. It's hard to imagine that Greenfield went out of her way to portray a gloomy outlook on Siegel's company when the facts are pretty black and white. He lost his access to money and lost assets he couldn't afford any longer. The litigation just seems like desperate spin against the obvious and insurmountable. From a documentary standpoint, not all of the storylines and messages stick together. You can tell Greenfield wants to use the Siegel clan as an allegory for the American consumerist culture. See, the movie says, even the rich overreached too. But beyond the audience feeling superior to such careless individuals, I don't think this works. The movie never fails to be fascinating but almost in a car-crash sort of manner, as we vicariously lavish in the pornography of riches. Certainly Greenfield never condones the lifestyles of her subjects, not like the insipid, soul-deadening, vain Real Housewives reality franchise on Bravo (in a surprise to nobody, Bravo has snapped up the broadcast TV rights to Versailles). There's plenty of derisive laughter to be had throughout, but you do wish that Greenfield had pushed further. Comparing the Siegel's lives to their live-in nannies seems to be given superficial significance. These immigrant women bust their asses raising the Siegel brood and one of them literally lives in one of the kid's super sized dollhouses. She literally lives in a former dollhouse. Choke on that metaphor. Then there's a limo driver who's had to cut back to make ends meet, but really the stars of the film are Jackie and David. Too often the film seems caught up in the "look how disgustingly rich they are" direction. This is a compelling documentary, to be sure, but it can lapse into an extended Lifestyles of the Super Rich and Famous. David Siegel makes a very resonant observation in the film. "Everyone wants to be rich," he says. "If they can't be rich, they want to feel rich." Of course David Siegel's company made a hefty profit from making people feel rich at their resorts. Everyone wanted to partake in the same illusion, the same false belief that the good times were never going to end. The Queen of Versailles is alarming, fascinating, and beyond belief at several points (why do these people keep getting more pets they won't care for?). You'll feel a general sense of moral superiority but that's the movie's weakness as well. The super rich are characterized as extravagantly wasteful, and while this is a notion that will not break any headlines, the movie too often dips into schadenfreude that doesn't elevate the material. We're left with the sinking impression that this clan is stuck in their ways and ultimately doomed. Since the film's release, David Siegel has reclaimed his foreclosed super mansion, and now he's brought the asking price down to a more reasonable $65 million. It seems that you can lose millions and still not gain a lick of sense and perspective. Nate's Grade: B

August 16, 2012

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_queen_of_versailles/

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First Lady scolds Gabby Douglas over McMuffin

By Us Weekly

How did Gabby Douglas fete her gold medal-winning performance in the Women's Gymnastics Individual All-Around?

"I splurged on an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's!" the history-making athlete, 16, told Jay Leno and Michelle Obama during her "Tonight Show" appearance Monday.

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"Egg McMuffin?" Leno pressed.

"Yeah, Gabby, don't encourage him," Obama joked. "I'm sure it was on a whole wheat McMuffin." (Obama's platform as First Lady focuses on encouraging healthy habits among young people.)

Added FLOTUS, "You're setting me back Gabby!"

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Later during the trio's chat, Leno questioned Douglas about her post-Olympics life -- and whether or not it's met her expectations so far.

"Obviously you have been training your whole life and you dream about winning. How does the dream match the reality?" he asked his pint-size guest.

"I think it's very different and when I (say) different it's in a better way," Douglas explained. For example? "I never thought I would be doing the show with the first lady, or even you Jay!"

Teased Obama, "Even you too, Jay!"

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'Bourne,' 'Campaign' bump Batman from No. 1 spot

FILE - This publicity film image released by Universal Pictures shows Jeremy Renner, as Aaron Cross, in a scene from "The Bourne Legacy." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Mary Cybulski, File)

FILE - This publicity film image released by Universal Pictures shows Jeremy Renner, as Aaron Cross, in a scene from "The Bourne Legacy." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Mary Cybulski, File)

FILE - This file film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Christian Bale as Batman in a scene from the action thriller "The Dark Knight Rises." ?The Dark Knight Rises? led the box office for the third-straight weekend, pulling in $35.7 million to raise its domestic total to $353.9 million. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Ron Phillips, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "The Dark Knight Rises" has finally fallen out of first-place at the weekend box office.

Jeremy Renner's action tale "The Bourne Legacy" took over as the No. 1 movie with a $40.3 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis' political comedy "The Campaign" opened at No. 2 with $27.4 million.

The new movies pushed "The Dark Knight Rises" down to third place with $19.5 million, raising the superhero blockbuster's three-week domestic total to $390.1 million.

The weekend's other new wide release, Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones' marital comic drama "Hope Springs," opened at No. 4 with $15.6 million.

"The Dark Knight Rises" had been the No. 1 movie for three-straight weekends since debuting amid tragedy as a gunman killed 12 people and wounded 58 at a midnight screening of the film on opening day in Colorado.

The violence seems to have had little effect on the runaway success of the Batman finale.

"The opening weekend in our business is very important, and this incident took place before the picture officially opened. It took place at a midnight screening. I can't give you an actual number, but I'm sure we were affected on that opening," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released "The Dark Knight Rises."

Universal's "The Bourne Legacy" casts Renner and Rachel Weisz in an offshoot of the three hits that starred Matt Damon as unstoppable operative Jason Bourne. Renner plays an agent pursued by Bourne's old spy masters after they try to snuff out the espionage program in a cover-up conspiracy.

"The Bourne Legacy" came in well behind the $69.3 million debut of Damon's last entry in the series, 2007's "The Bourne Ultimatum." But the new film had a strong start and establishes Renner as a sturdy frontman to keep the franchise running.

"I love the fact that we were able to reboot this and do as well as we were able to. It leaves it open for us to think about it going forward," said Nikki Rocco, Universal's head of distribution. "We are very much into what it's going to look like the next time."

While Damon was absent, his presence is felt throughout "The Bourne Legacy," with characters commenting on Jason Bourne sightings and his former handlers jittery over the fact that the rogue agent is still out there.

Renner is a bankable star to carry on solo, but Universal might really cash in if the studio managed to lure Damon back.

"The dream team scenario of a 'Bourne' with both Damon and Renner would just be irresistible," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "That would be cool. I'd be first in line for that."

"The Campaign" stars Ferrell and Galifianakis as rivals in a mud-slinging congressional election. Distributor Warner Bros. hopes real-life politics can help keep the movie afloat as the election season enters the homestretch.

"We hope so," Warner distribution boss Fellman said. "We hope they run their campaigns a little more professionally than the one in the movie, but sometimes, you have to wonder."

Sony's "Hope Springs," featuring Streep and Jones as a couple in marriage therapy at a weeklong retreat, had a modest start but drew strongly among older women, a crowd that does not tend to rush out in big numbers over opening weekend.

Rory Bruer, Sony's head of distribution, said the studio hopes the film will have a long shelf life at theaters as women talk it up to friends.

"The Dark Knight Rises" is nearing $400 million domestically and will become only the second film in Warner Bros. history to reach that mark. The first was 2008's "The Dark Knight," the middle chapter in director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, which topped out at $533.3 million.

Revenues for the finale are running 12 percent behind "The Dark Knight," which had climbed to $441.6 million at the same point in its theatrical run.

While the Colorado shootings may have scared away some viewers, the Olympics have dampened Hollywood's overall business as fans stay home to watch the games. "The Dark Knight" also had an advantage the new film lacks: a mesmerizing, Academy Award-winning performance by Heath Ledger as the Joker, with the actor's death helping to fuel anticipation for the film.

"All things considered, 'The Dark Knight Rises' is doing incredibly well," Dergarabedian said.

"The Dark Knight Rises" has proven more popular than its predecessor overseas. The finale is on track to top the $468 million international total of "The Dark Knight."

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. "The Bourne Legacy," $40.3 million ($7.8 million international).

2. "The Campaign," $27.4 million.

3. "The Dark Knight Rises," $19.5 million.

4. "Hope Springs," $15.6 million.

5. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days," $8.2 million ($1 million international).

6. "Total Recall," $8.1 million ($18.7 million international).

7. "Ice Age: Continental Drift," $6.8 million ($16.2 million international).

8. "Ted," $3.3 million ($20.3 million international).

9. "Step Up: Revolution," $2.9 million.

10. "The Amazing Spider-Man," $2.2 million ($3 million international).

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Romney?s Misleading Israel Ad

The truth sure is a slippery thing in the 2012 campaign.

While it's hard to remember who did what first, Romney took?an early step down the low road? when he quoted President Obama in a television ad late last year: "If we keep talking about the economy we're going to lose.'' Only the quote was from 2008, before Obama was elected, and he was referring to remarks by Republican John McCain. More recently, the Obama campaign has unfairly characterized Romney's position on abortion?in television ads.
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But Romney's most recent ad is particularly galling because it seeks to suggest the president is anti-Israel or anti-Jewish. "Who shares your values?''?the spot demands, chiding Obama for failing to visit Israel during his first term and for "refusing'' to recognize Jerusalem as the capital.

Romney should have touted his own recent trip to Israel?though it was light on policy details?and stopped there. Instead, he put money into advertising that implies something sinister behind Obama's policies, even though plenty of?news outlets cried foul?when he first started raising these issues.

Former Republican Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan never visited Israel during their presidencies, and George W. Bush didn't go until the last year of his second term.?And like his Democratic and Republican predecessors,?Obama has described Jerusalem as the capital, but signed waivers putting off moving the U.S. embassy because it would inflame the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Romney's campaign clearly knows these facts did not employ more nuanced and honest criticism of the administration's failure to broker peace in the Middle East. That's a shame.

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Romney Victory Fund Tops $100 Million in July
[National Journal, 8/6/12] A joint fundraising committee including the Republican National Committee, the Romney campaign and several state parties raised about $101.3 million in July, the?campaign reported?Monday.

RNC Speakers Include Rick Scott, John McCain, Condoleezza Rice
[Tampa Bay Times, 8/6/12] Headline speakers at the Republican National Convention in Tampa will include Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. John McCain, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and more. ??

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New Romney Ad Hits Obama Over New Unemployment Numbers NEW!
[TPM, 8/6/12] After a dismal jobs report last week, the Romney campaign came out with another ad called, ?It?s Just Not Getting Better.? The ad says that Romney has ?a plan for a stronger middle class.?

Pelosi: 'It Is A Fact' That Somebody Told Harry Reid About Romney Not Paying Taxes NEW!
[Huffington Post, 8/6/12] Even after RNC Chairman Reince Priebus' ?tripling down? on his ?dirty liar? comments against Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is defending her colleague. On Monday, she told HuffPo that Reid?s statement was true and that ?it is a fact? someone told him about Romney.

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[Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/6/12] With Ohio a key prize in the race for the White House, the candidates are punctuating their arguments in the state with ?bracketing? ? a strategy in which one candidate attempts to stomp on another?s message of the day with carefully coordinated publicity strikes.

Why Military Groups are Fighting Obama?s Ohio Voter Suit
[BuzzFeed, 8/5/12] More than a dozen military groups have intervened in a lawsuit filed by Obama?s campaign challenging the fairness of Ohio?s early voting rules that allow families of armed forces members and civilians overseas to vote through the Monday before an election. The campaign argues that members of the military don?t deserve special treatment.

A D?tente Before the Election
[New York Times, 8/5/12] Richard Hasen argues that we are dealing with the relatively small ? though very real -- problem of voter fraud in the country in an irrational and partisan way.

Romney, Caught in a Housing Bust, Got Property Tax Cut in La Jolla
[Los Angeles Times, 8/5/12] The Romneys may be rich, but even they are not immune to the real estate crisis. After paying cash for a Mediterranean-style house with 61 feet of beach frontage in La Jolla, they asked San Diego County for dramatic property tax relief.

Conventions Lose Appeal For DC Lobbyists
[Roll Call, 8/6/12] The sluggish economy, new restrictions on contributions, and anti-corporate sentiment ? not to mention fewer Members of Congress attending -- has zapped the fun out of the Republican and Democratic national conventions for political players. ?

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Enhancing your Company Job interviews ? Boosting your Likelihood ...

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NTT DoCoMo, Fujitsu and NEC rekindle love and LTE partnership, Samsung and Panasonic left in the rain

The fractious on-again, off-again love affair between NTT DoCoMo, Fujitsu and NEC has taken another turn. After dissolving a partnership to build a common LTE platform that included Samsung and Panasonic, the trio have rekindled their love over a candlelit dinner. The gang are stumping up the cash to bankroll Access Network Technology, a venture to build, wait for it, LTE platforms for smartphones and tablets, with each party bringing its own R&D and IP knowhow to the table. There's no word on how jilted lovers Samsung and Panasonic feel about the team-up, but we wouldn't be surprised if they didn't shed a private tear and think about the good old days.

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