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Designers: 10 tips for your next interview
Thanks to the Savidge Family on Flickr I subscribe to a newsletter from http://sidebar.io/ and it is the cat’s pajamas. Every day I learn something new, find a new technique/tip, or read a fascinating article. That happened a couple of weeks ago when I read a post from Michael Owens called “Designing the Hiring Process.” It was a great article that…
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Clockwork Launches New Website for Nation’s #1 Park System
The Nation’s #1 Park system, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB), launched a new responsive website to better serve the Twin Cities community. Offering everything from activity sign-up to golf to wedding venues, the MPRB website receives more than 2.2 million visitors each year. The new website elevates users’ MPRB digital experience, and will serve as an…
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Clockwork on NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News featured Clockwork in their November 13th broadcast. Calling us one of the best places to work in the country, they showcased the things that we’ve always been proud of: our work culture and values. In it, Clockworkers share what it’s like to work at a company that puts people first and Nancy…
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Airplane Mode is a State of Mind
On a recent business trip I ended up on a flight without wi-fi. That’s right: NO INTERNETS. It was during business hours and I’d planned on working online while in transit, like I do on so many flights. No luck. With no wi-fi, what was I to do? For two hours I worked. And an…
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Conversations at the White House
Imagine receiving an email from someone at the White House. Now imagine that they wrote to ask you to join them as a speaker at a White House event. That’s what happened to me in May, and a few weeks later I was in Washington, D.C., as a panelist on the Structure of the Workplace…
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What Being a “Best Workplace” Really Means
On July 1st, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal announced the 2013 winners of their Best Places to Work awards. Clockwork was among the 53 companies whose employees “gave their employers high marks in an anonymous survey on topics such as work environment, people practices and how things work day-to-day.” Over the last few years, Clockwork has won…
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Clockwork CEO invited to first White House Summit on Working Families
Nancy Lyons, Clockwork’s CEO, will be a panelist on the first-ever White House Summit on Working Families on Monday, June 23rd. The Summit, hosted by the White House, the Department of Labor, and the Center for American Progress, will explore how workplaces can accommodate the changing demographics of the U.S. workforce to support working families, boost businesses’…
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Clockwork Wins Three National Communication Awards
We’re thrilled to announce we won three 2014 Communicator Awards for the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities website redesign launched in 2013. Announced in April, the collaborative team won: Gold Award of Excellence: Structure and Navigation Silver Award of Distinction: Websites, Healthcare Silver Award of Distinction: Websites, Nonprofits Other companies honored include Coca-Cola, Human…
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Assessing a Company’s Commitment to Security
Security matters If you’re reading this close to its publication date, security breaches and vulnerabilities are everywhere in the news. From Heartbleed to the massive Target credit card breach, digital security has never been more important to the average person. Nancy, our CEO, recently wrote about how you must take responsibility for protection of your personal…
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Showing the Love with User Onboarding
Update July, 22, 2015 A few months back, one of our Account Directors received an excellent example of an on boarding tactic and we thought it would be helpful to share it. Nordstrom made changes to their card holder site and let their card members know ahead of time with an email. They shared a…