There is sound psychology behind the well known sales maxim, “Sell the sizzle, not the steak.” Focus on the effects and benefits rather than on the item or service being sold. Our imaginations grab hold of the potential gratification and…
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This dive into Be Connected’s public sector procurement data analysis capability looks at Mobile in the Greater London area. We chose that location because it is the single largest UK region and is broadly representative of the UK as a…
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BeConnected is only 4 years old. It’s still an infant but with a big vision for the future. If we were to encapsulate this vision into one sentence it would be: The go-to source and cross-departmental sharing resource for internal…
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Cross Sector Procurement Gateway (CSPG) holds a great deal of extremely useful data for public sector procurement officers. It is very easily leveraged to generate real savings when approaching a framework. Be Connected is the inbuilt tool for extracting usable…
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More and more people are using their phones to learn. Whether in their spare time or as a learning tool to supplement whatever they’re doing, it’s clear that the app store is a new and exciting resource for education. But…
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Picture This #1: Sitting on the toilet, eyes glued tightly to the smartphone screen.* Picture This #2: Hordes of a zombies hungering for entertainment blindly wobble through the streets, eyes locked onto their devices, bumping into others and falling into…
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Ransomware. The very word reminds you of old-fashioned kidnapping without the murder threat. It’s far more likely that you or your employer will be a victim in the next 12 months than being hit by lightning or suffering some other…
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A great public sector procurement deal has several successful components. All should be present to qualify it as a “good deal”. Here are 4 that spring to mind: Lower cost, ideally through collaborative procurement for greater buying power Demonstrable savings…
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Is 5G really a health hazard? Video clips appeared about 10 years ago during the 3G mobile communications era that appeared to show that mobile phones placed in a circle around a few grains of maize generated enough heat and…
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A service such as Telephone Maintenance requires physical attendance capability in a supplier. That represents an opportunity for local SMEs to compete with the national companies where a regional public sector procurement group opens a tender for competition. The primary…
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