Workplace violence isn’t a pleasant topic, but especially now, with morale down in lots of businesses and many employees working harder for less money and little or no job security, it’s an issue that needs to be addressed. The Employer Resource Institute (ERI), based in Calif., released a free white paper for employers: 7 Steps for Preventing Workplace Violence. In this episode of the Imaging Executive podcast, Stephen Bruce of ERI shares some of the insights it offers.

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We all learn early in life that we’re supposed to be nice -- but Brian Cole Miller, principle of team-building firm Working Solutions and author of the new book, “Nice Teams Finish Last,” says being nice can be a big hindrance to achieving goals in the workplace. He joins the Imaging Executive podcast today to explain an approach that is both people-friendly and conducive to success.

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3D cameras and TVs are garnering attention everywhere — but can you or your customers try it out without buying a lot of new hardware? New software displays 2D photos in 3D on a PC — and even comes with the necessary 3D glasses. Chris Taylor of Sonic Solutions talks about the 3D photo market and how to experience it affordably.

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Employee engagement -- the willingness of workers to go the extra mile at work -- took a big hit during the recession and has not bounced back, according to research conducted by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the World Federation of People Management Associations. Today on the Imaging Executive podcast, Rainer Strack, a senior partner and managing director in the Düsseldorf office of Boston Consulting Group, and co-author of a new report based on that research, discusses the problem and how business owners and executives can overcome it.

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Augmented reality sounds like futuristic tech — something that has a lot of hype with little practical value… But companies are using it today to Double sales, increase market share, and develop a relationship with the customer. Michelle Fallon, founder and CEO of YouReality 3D, developed visualization software to help her marketing clients make sales. In this interview Fallon tells us how the tools work, and what the profit potential is for this new imaging application.

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According to the Kelsey Group, more than 70 percent of U.S. households use local search to find a brick-and-mortar business. On this episode of the Imaging Executive podcast, Dave Jabas, president of local search marketing consultancy FindMyBusinessNow.com and author of the new book, “How to get your business on the first page of Google,” explains how businesses can best use this trend to their advantage.

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Jill Morin is passionate about organizational authenticity: how companies live out their promises to stakeholders. On today’s Imaging Executive podcast, Morin, who is CEO of Kahler Slater, a global interdisciplinary design enterprise, and author of “Better Make It Real: Creating Authenticity in an Increasingly Fake World,” shares her advice on Total Experience Design for companies rebooting their businesses after the Great Recession.

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In an age when news headlines trumpet story after story of fiscal mismanagement, unchecked greed, massive bankruptcies and rampant downsizing, it’s not hard to believe that business leaders have lost their way. But Dennis Haley, CEO of Academy Leadership and author of The Core Values Compass: Moving from Cynicism to a Core Values Culture, says despite all this—or perhaps because of it—a growing number of companies are suddenly remembering who they are. On today’s Imaging Executive podcast, he talks about the many rewards for businesses of identifying and living by a strong set of core values.

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Kodak’s Ed Monahan discusses the challenges facing the photofinishing industry. Monahan is Worldwide Strategy Director for Paper and Output, having served at Eastman Kodak Co. for 25 years. His expertise includes Gen Y, social networks, consumer consumption patterns, and trends in the imaging industry.

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There are many legal issues pertinent to professional an amateur photographers, but hiring a lawyer to deal with them can be costly. Today on the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, attorney Leonard DuBoff shares some legal advice from his book, “The Law (in Plain English) for Photographers,” which has just come out in its third edition.

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Alibre CEO Paul Grayson tells us how new 3D modeling tools make it easier to make new products — and a new business.

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Although the worst part of the current recession may be over, Dr. Daniel Stelter, senior partner at Boston Consulting Group and co-author of the new book, “Accelerating out of the Great Recession,” says the underlying weaknesses that led to this financial mess linger on. As a result, businesses must plan to operate for the next several years in a slow-growth economy. Stelter explains how on today’s episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast.

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A new imaging process adds depth cues to make any image seem to pop off the screen with incredible depth and realism.

Paul Darbee developed the first preprogrammed universal remote control in the 1980s. He founded DarbeeVision in 2002, and in 2006 was awarded a patent for the visual computing process known as Darbee Visual Presence. “Fidelity is not the end point for image realism,” Darbee says. “High performance computation is now being used with image processing in new and innovative ways to enhance the quality of our visual experience.”

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In his new book, “The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business,” Bob Phibbs – aka the Retail Doctor -- covers an array of issues that often trip up business leaders, ranging from understanding financial reports to hiring the right people to marketing on social networks. Today on the AIE Imaging Executive, podcast, he shares some of the advice he provides to readers.

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People of older generations sometimes find it challenging to work with “Millennials” -- people born between 1982 and 2000. In today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, David Stillman, co-author of the new book “The M Factor,” explains why this generation is unlike any other, and how to tap into the unique strengths and abilities its members bring to the workforce.

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Today on the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Ron McMillan, co-author of the new book, “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High” explains what makes some conversations crucial, and how to avoid communication mistakes in tough situations. Interview starts -

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A recent Harvard Business Journal report said nearly 50 percent of the business failures in the U.S. resulted from flawed strategies -- not the poor economy. Today on the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Rich Horwath, author of "Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy" explains his simple, five-step process for developing a successful strategy.

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Cooliris is a web tool for showcasing photos and video in a simulated 3D view — and the company says publishers typically see “a five to six time increase in engagement on their web pages.” In this interview, executive vice president Michele Turner explains how photographers and retailers can use the display service to improve their businesses.

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ChoiceVendor says its mopho service “isn't just location-based social networking – it's "social photography,” and a “fun new way to share your location by posting a photo.” CEO Yanda Erlich tells us about mopho’s development – and the company’s primary product: finding user-recommended professional services, and how it can benefit photographers and retailers.

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Open book management, a movement launched several years ago by Jack Stack in his book, “The Great Game of Business,” is more relevant than ever in these challenging economic times. On today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Bill Collier, a coach with Stack’s consulting firm, also called The Great Game of Business in Springfield, Mo., shares some of his insights on how open book management can motivate your employees to think and act like owners.

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Adobe once again innovates impressive new imaging features, coming to market next month in Photoshop CS5. Bryan O’Neil Hughes, Photoshop product manager at Adobe Systems, provides details on the latest picture-editing prowess.

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This week we speak with chief operating officer Kelly Thompson of micropayment stock imagery supplier iStockphoto. The company says it currently pays $1.7 million in artist royalties — every week. The Calgary, Alberta Getty Images subsidiary claims six million registered members worldwide, who download, on average, a file every second.

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On this new episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Renee Martin, co-author of “THE RISK TAKERS: 16 Women and Men Share Their Entrepreneurial Strategies for Success,” talks about patterns common to some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the United States.

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David Troy, Fujifilm North America’s Consumer Digital Cameras marketing manager, tells us what consumers are looking for in new cameras.

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Business owners want to hire the very best job candidates, and chances are good those top-notch employes are on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn – but how do you reach them there? Today on the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Mark E. Berger of Swat Recruiting in St. Louis, Mo., answers that question and more.

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On this episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Steve Slepcevic, president and CEO of Paramount Disaster Recovery, Palos Verdes, Calif., shares some things you can do now that will help you get back to business quickly when and if a catastrophe occurs.

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Wayne Rowe, professor of photography in the Communication Department at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, explains how being in the moment helps you take a better picture and how taking a picture helps you better enjoy the moment.

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In this episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Larry Ackerman, founder of the consulting firm The Identity Circle and author of the book "Identity is Destiny," explains how identity drives and aligns a company’s purpose, vision, mission, brand and values.

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In this episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Dan Adams, president of Advanced Industrial Marketing and author of New Product Blueprinting: The Handbook for B2B Organic Growth, explains how he helps develop new products and services that customers want to buy.

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Watermarking pioneer Digimarc updated its imaging technology with more robust protection embedded into images. Marketing vice president of Jeri Owen and product line manager Ben Bounketh provide us with details.

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In today’s episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, David McCleary, author of the new book, “Leaving Prisons: Release Your Trapped Value,” explains how business leaders can free themselves from the behaviors and challenges that may be holding them back.

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PhotoShelter CEO Allen Murabayashi tells how photographers and photo retailers can benefit from effective use of social media. Web photo service provider PhotoShelter is offering a 55-page e-book with essential internet marketing guidance. The latest in its series of free downloadable research reports, the new volume looks at:

• the ground rules for social media

• choosing where to participate

• smart strategies to stand out

• generating social sharing and quality links and more

The report is available at www.photoshelter.com/ref/socialguide

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In today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Nannette Rundle Carroll, a management trainer and communications consultant, and author of the new book, “The Communications Problem Solver,” talks about some very common communication problems, and how to avoid them. For more information, please visit www.nannetterundlecarroll.com

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In this week's episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Jeff Evans, PhD, author of the business bestseller "Inspirational Presence: The Art of Transformational Leadership" and "Ten Tasks of Change: Demystifying Changing Organizations," shares his suggestions for inspiring others to achieve positive change.

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In today’s AIE Imaging Executive Podcast, ImageSpan CEO Iain Scholnick talks with 6Sight Report editor Paul Worthington about his solution for solving the problem of the unauthorized use of images online that he says hits photographers with an estimated $65 million in lost revenue. ImageSpan’s LicenseStream makes content intelligent, so it moves freely across the web with defined ownership, rights and restrictions, enabling pricing based on use. ImageSpan has partnered with PicScout, which searches for image copyright infringement.

In February, ImageSpan announced its partnership with PMA, the National Press Photographers Association, and the American Society of Media Photographers to offers discounts on key LicenseStream Creator services.

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The expert is the person everyone turns to -- so becoming the expert is a great way to build your business. In today's AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Ken Lizotte, a certified management consultant with Emerson Consulting Group, Concord, Mass., and author of "The Expert"s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority People Turn To Every Time,” explains how to do it.

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New features are added to cameras every year, but the key to a good photograph in most situations is light sensitivity, not megapixels. Early consumer digital cameras performed poorly when it came to shooting in low-light situations without the flash, but there have been distinct improvements in this area. Now Fujifilm takes it one step further, combining pixels on the sensor to seriously boost light sensitivity. In today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Fujifilm Marketing Manager Darin Pepple tells Future Image analyst Paul Worthington about the Super CCD EXR sensor and the new FinePix F200EXR camera, featuring the sensor.

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For business owners and operators, the demands of running a company can be so great there is little time or energy left for anything else. In today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Kruger interviews Daniel Murphy, president and founder of The Growth Coach, a national, professional business coaching franchise, and author of “Becoming a Strategic Business Owner.” The book, available for free at http://www.thegrowthcoach.com, defines Murphy’s “Strategic Mindset Process,” which allows owners of small companies to achieve both greater business success and greater balance in their personal lives.

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Learn how to navigate the dangerous waters of leadership in todays AIE Imaging Executive Podcast

Marty Linsky is co-author of the book Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive though the Dangers of Leading. Linsky and his co-author, Ronald A. Heifetz, serve on the faculty of John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and are principles of Cambridge Leadership Associates. In todays AIE Imaging Executive Podcast, Linsky explains why leadership is dangerous, and how to survive the dangers.

The AIE Imaging Executive Podcast welcomes Noel Tichy, a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and an advisor to CEOs around the world, including Jack Welch and Howard Schultz. He is the author of several bestselling business books, including his newest: “Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls,” which he co-wrote with another author of several business bestsellers, Warren G. Bennis. Tichy discusses the crucial role that judgment plays in running a successful business.

For more than 100 years, Nestle Corp.’s Carnation Milk brand has been claiming its milk is superior because it comes from contented cows. Richard Hadden and  Bill Catlette, founders of Contented Cow Partners, are firm believers that like Carnation’s cows, contented employees willingly give more on the job. In today’s AIE Imaging Executive Podcast, Hadden, who along with Catlette is co-author of two books, “Contented Cows Give Better Milk,” and their newest, “Contented Cows Moove Faster,” explains how business owners can get their staff members to put more oomph into their work.

Kodak has introduced two exciting new consumer HD products, and we have two interviews to get the details on them.

Product marketing manager Steve Jean discusess the Theatre HD Player that displays photographs on an HDTV.

And Product manager Andrei Andrievsky tells us about the pocket-sized Zi6, an uncomplicated HD video camera that will sell for just $179.

Today, it's my pleasure to welcome to the Imaging Executive podcast John Mariotti, former president of both Rubbermaid Office Products and Huffy Bicycles, and current president of the Enterprise Group, a coalition of executive advisors.

Today, The Imaging Executive presents  the second half of our series on handling difficult management issues. Amie Devero, the author of the book Powered by Principle and founder of The Devero Group, a Tampa, Fla.-based consulting firm specializing in strategy, tells PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Kruger all about the management advice she has given to leaders of businesses of all sizes.

Evernote -- which may be one of the most practical applications for your camera or phone ... ever. It’s designed to be an expansion and extension of your own memory this service lets you combine your documents, notes -- and your photos -- into an account you can access from anywhere on your phone or you PC.

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In this week’s episode of the AIE Imaging Executive Podcast, Kerul Kassel, author of “Productive Procrastination: Make it work for you not against you,” explains how to procrastinate the right way. 

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The site provides what they say are "fun tasks that are easy for humans -- but beyond the capability of computers."Among them are two imaging-specific games:ESP, in which players guess what words another will use to describe an image-- which helps create descriptions of uncaptioned images.Matchin, in which players are asked which of two images they like best -- which helps computers recognize what images people prefer.

You can now easily make online video adds with your own photos voice over, and movie clips. Consumer online video editing site One True Media noticed that many businesses were using its service for their advertising -- and so the company launched SpotMixer, a video ad creation site aimed specifically at small- and medium-sized businesses.

We'll talk with CEO Mark Moore about how these tools can benefit your business, and how you can work with them to help your existing customers as well."

This edition of The Imaging Executive Podcast will present the second in our two-part series on what makes a great workplace. PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Kruger interviews Jane Weiss, senior consultant for The Great Place to Work Institute. Weiss discusses specific employee problems and issues that arise in any workplace, and how owners and managers can resolve them in a positive way.

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The Imaging Executive Podcast presents the first in a two-part series on what makes a great workplace. Starting the series is PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Kruger's interview with Mary Corbitt Clark, executive director of Winning Workplaces in Evanston, Ill., who explains what really matters to employees, and how business owners can create the kind of environment that keeps workers happy. 

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Entrepeneur and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki kicks off the first AIE Imaging Executive podcast with a discussion of the basics of entrepeneurship, the new models of the internet business, and what it takes to compete in the next wave of the internet.

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