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Perspectives

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Good Work for Good Causes

M7 is a for profit company. We work with some of the world’s greatest thinkers and we apply our proven digital products design and development expertise to solving great challenges that move the world forward. Occasionally, we do it for free. Sometimes, doing our best work means tackling a pro bono project that is both rewarding for the nonprofit we are serving and for our team, who have the opportunity to use their skills in a way that is extra meaningful.

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Marker Seven on the forefront of Drupal Releases

At Marker Seven, our engineering approach embodies the concepts of Open-Source Software. We believe in the collective fostering of growth in web technologies, which is why for the last 12+ years we have been an active member of the Drupal Open-Source community. We have served as contributors, hosts, and sponsors for community events such as local Drupal Users Group meet-ups, BADcamp and the national DrupalCon. 

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Can A Digital Transformation Help an Association Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis?

What does it take to bring an industry into the future? Our client, the country’s largest association for the management arm of the finishing trades, has twenty years of insights into the answer.

With nearly two decades of shaping the industry to become the powerhouse it is today, Northern California Allied Trades, or NCAT, had the distinction of being one of most-utilized associations for union work in the Bay Area region, but wanted to expand its reach even further.

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The Future of Virtual Meetings

Without a definitive end date to the COVID-19 situation, the message resonating among meeting planners is “we might be going virtual for a while.”
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Staffing for Success

In the past few articles we have looked at technical concerns from the type of solution you may need to have your best event, to constraints to be aware of when running the event live or on demand. Now, we’ll delve into staffing. 
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Understanding Constraints

Managing a remote workforce has never been a more pressing concern and managing client relationships from a distance is a new challenge for many businesses as well. Understandably, many companies and teams were simply unprepared for an entire organizational shift to virtual meetings and distance work. And the options abound for how to navigate the seemingly endless choices – how do you find what works best for you?
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Three Paths to a Productive Event

With the virtual events space seeing an acceleration that should have taken several years, within just a few short months, many companies are wondering how to make their crossover to a virtual environment a productive one. 
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My Event Has to Go Virtual. Now What?

By now, most companies and individuals that are able to adapt to a work-from-home-environment have adjusted to remote work being part of the new normal, whether temporarily or as an entirely new way of doing business. We’ve learned to turn to virtual meetings and other distance-based ways to connect with clients and teams throughout our workweek, but questions about what to do with our larger events still loom large. 
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Early-stage Trajectories: How Marker Seven Enables Success

An exciting facet of Marker Seven’s service offerings is our ability to improve clients’ businesses holistically, not just from a product perspective. This is especially true for our early-stage clients who need guidance defining what market(s) to target – and how to engage them. Marker Seven’s internal business acumen, coupled with our close-knit relationships in the venture community, give us a unique ability to grow startups in ways that other agencies simply can’t.

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Happy New Year! Are you CCPA compliant?

January 1, 2020 was the deadline for multimillion-dollar, global companies conducting online business in California to adhere to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Due to its similarity to EU’s General Data Protection Regulation act (GDPR,) it has been affectionately termed “America’s GDPR,” and it puts companies at risk of fines/penalties ranging from $100 to $7,500 per violation.