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    Jay Campbell replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    Right on Alex! My only comment is "Tweet Deck is cool" except for the annoying sound it plays when somebody tweets or direct messages. ;)
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    Matt Bohach (blog) replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    Alex's post makes me think about having an Apple II in first grade and where it has gone since then. I am 30 and I have always enjoyed...
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    Kim Clouse replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    I grew up playing keyboards. Not piano, keyboards. I wanted to play 2 or 3 or 4 heck as many as I could get behind at once. Horns on...
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    I have to share that the military started figuring this out some years back... back in my younger days as a Naval Aviator, they were...
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    Mike Whitty (blog) replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    Skip, I'm sort of with you on this one. The concept of social media has really caught on, I'll give you that. I get emails every day...
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    Kim Clark replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    Great article Alex and I couldn't agree with you more about this generation (as a Mom of 12 and 13 yr olds). The one thing that needs to...
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    SKIP SHAKELY replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    I AGREE WITH JON. DOING A LOT OF STUFF AND BEING PRODUCTIVE ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. MANY PEOPLE TODAY CAN LOOK BUSY AND ACTUALLY ARE DOING...
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    Em replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    You forgot the ipod playing your favorites songs in the same time. I feel more effective, because I'm feel aware of everything in the...
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    Brian Epro replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    Great article, but I'm still dazed from my 4 year old son asking me for a DS this morning. He told me "I need it to text Jared." Jared...
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    Todd Collins replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    Pretty good article Alex. I usually have 10 windows open on my computer to go along with my texting and phone calls from the blackberry...
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    Brian T in Etown replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    all the cool kids play cod4 on PS3 :)
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    That's funny Justin! We should call it the DealerRefresh Future Training Clan (DRFTC). By the way, my handle is AxPoindexter.
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    Justin Duff replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    I think we should have a Dealer Refresh clan on Xbox Live. Who's up for some COD4? :)
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    You bring up a good point Jon. I can only look at my own family and their friends, so we could be the exception, but I certainly see...
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    Jon Payne replied to the thread Your future Manager.
    "doing a lot" and "being productive" are not necessarily the same. The challenge I see with the generation you have described is that...
  • Alex Snyder
    Your future manager is a multi-tasking fiend. She or he will embrace every form of social media and communicate with staff by email or...
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    ET Used Cars replied to the thread A Commentary from the NYC Google Automotive Summit.
    I do agree that a large portion of the problem was constantly pulling people back into the buying cycle too soon. Sooner or later that...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread A Commentary from the NYC Google Automotive Summit.
    Very interesting Chris - makes tons of sense! I may have not been reading the article close enough, but there is another reason why GM...
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread A Commentary from the NYC Google Automotive Summit.
    Interesting piece. I especially like the comment: "The dealers that do weather the current storm and adopt modern sales and marketing...
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    Guest Posting by Chris Reed NYC Google Automotive Summit 2009 Google has been holding a series of briefings for OEMs and agencies...
  • Alex Jefferson
    Good usable information. Thx guys!
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    Thanks so much for participating guys! We've gotten amazing feedback from both of your segments! - Mike D.
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