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August 25, 2014 Edition
How To's

Get the most out of your trade shows and exhibits

Vicki Hennin

Every year, Diversified Communications brings qualified buyers to meet with thousands of companies at our trade shows.

  • Politics & Co.

    Peter Van Allen

    Businesses are always looking for an advocate, and they may find some new ones at area chambers of commerce. Also, an energy nonprofit is looking to expand its reach within the business community.

  • Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine
    Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine

    Renovate the Alamo: Struggling small-town theater fortified by community

    Laurie Schreiber

    There's much to recommend in the town of Bucksport, although many travelers pass it by on journeys along coastal Route 1 to other centers of maritime and cultural activity.

  • Good managers are everywhere

    Peter Van Allen

    Great managers have a way of transcending the industry they're in.A good example is Bill Haggett.

  • Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine
    Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine

    Innovation, Maine style: A creativity hub hopes to keep good ideas in-state

    Douglas Rooks

    Maine is famous for its tinkerers — inventors who come up with unusual ideas that often play key roles in new and profitable products. But those ideas often end up blooming out of state.

  • Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine
    Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine

    Now trending: Bangor as an entertainment destination

    Laurie Schreiber

    Every August for nine years now, on a three-day weekend, the Bangor waterfront along the Penobscot River comes alive with music and dance from around the nation and the world, performed simultaneously from many stages, thronged by thousands of smi

Today's Poll

Has the growth of remote work in recent years hurt the ability of your business to innovate?
Poll Description

Since the start of the pandemic, employees have come to expect hybrid schedules that allow them to work remotely.

Many employers, however, have pushed for a return to traditional, pre-COVID offices and workspaces.

Tension about where workers do their work heated up on Friday when the CEO of Nike, John Donahoe, blamed remote work for the company's recent lack of product innovation.

"It’s really hard to do bold, disruptive innovation, to develop a boldly disruptive shoe, on Zoom,” he said in an interview with CNBC.

The sportswear and sneaker giant has come under fire in the past couple of years for falling behind on innovation and losing market share.

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