Here's a link to our original Product Review (May, 2010) of the Tow-N-Stow: "Product Review: Tow-N-Stow™ - Ready, Willing, and Able" http://salesbarriers.typepad.com/one_goal_revenue_generati/2010/05/product-review-townstow-ready-willing-and-able.html

For an update on this product's performance, please follow this link in our blog: "Update for Tow-N-Stow: Arnie Wolfe, CEO of DCN, responds to customer and dealer complaints" http://salesbarriers.typepad.com/one_goal_revenue_generati/2012/08/update-for-tow-n-stow-arnie-wolfe-ceo-of-dcn-responds-to-customer-and-dealer-complaints.html

For a more recent Post on Everett Tree Service, follow the link below to this story: "STIHL knows chain saws. Everett knows trees. – The question is who runs faster?" http://salesbarriers.typepad.com/one_goal_revenue_generati/2011/11/stihl-knows-chain-saws-everett-knows-trees-the-question-is-who-runs-faster.html

For a short time, the following related Online Poll will be open for voting: "NvestNtech Online Poll - When it comes to high-performing salespeople, what helps them deliver better results?" Access the Online Poll here: http://survey.constantcontact.com/poll/a07e5akporxgv0zwrev/start.html

In our work, we are becoming increasingly interested in using a (online/device centric) ‘gaming’ approach for learning disease awareness, education, and management. On its simplest level, “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” has proven that to be true in skill sets, i.e., learning something new that you can put into immediate practice. Although often associated with young children and adolescents, AAA (auto club) has found that using games for older (senior) drivers can produce assessments and teach skills, too. Taking this approach one step further, we are looking into how you could use character (avatar) based alert systems on smartphones, e.g., facial expression or color could alert patient to condition, or medication reminder, without intervention or calling attention to the disease (may be useful for chronic conditions in adolescents, not wanting to call attention to themselves). Barbara, as you can imagine, I think this would overcome language or understanding barriers by presenting information in a more graphical, visual way. Interaction (and reward) becomes a plus. To your point on "small bites", I think this would allow a gradual approach, but be able to react (and inform) in a more sophisticated or complex way, i.e., alert to patient condition.

I believe the success to mobile remote patient intervention, such as the example presented here, be that monitoring, tracking, or education, lies not in the learning cycle, as much as what the platform can do for the patient. The ideal scenario in my mind works much like real-time traffic on a portable GPS – the device guides, tracks, informs, and provides important alerts. In the example condition like asthma, this could be environmental data, e.g., air quality, climate, etc., from external sources that triggers an alert to the patient of the rise in conditions that may lead to increased risk (for them). Also, data capture from the patient in a two-way communication could lead to better predictive outcomes for the patient, and the community-at-large.

I pushed up an Online Poll today for you to vote on patent filing (with legislation changes) that could impact inventors and small businesses. To read about it and cast a vote, see this Post: "Online Poll -- Who deserves first (place) for a patent, invent (idea) or file" http://salesbarriers.typepad.com/one_goal_revenue_generati/2011/03/online-poll-who-deserves-first-place-for-a-patent-invent-idea-or-file.html

As suggested in this original Post, there is now a vibrant blog associated with the studio: http://bradystewartcollection.wordpress.com/