Be sure to click on “Links” to the left on this page. The single most important business decision you need to consider is where and how you get your information. One of the new catch phrases is “information mining”. The reason we invented this new phrase is the amount of information available to us is compounding, thus, we need to sift through a Wide World Web of information. The old secret to success of “he who has the best information will lead (or win)” is still true. The difference is knowing how and where to get this information. The leaders today go directly to the sources that have clear and concise news and information directly pertaining to the subject of their interest.

Be sure to click on “News Feeds” to the left on this page. The single most important business decision you need to consider is where and how you get your information. One of the new catch phrases is “information mining”. The reason we invented this new phrase is the amount of information available to us is compounding, thus, we need to sift through a Wide World Web of information. The old secret to success of “he who has the best information will lead (or win)” is still true. The difference is knowing how and where to get this information. The leaders today go directly to the sources that have clear and concise news and information directly pertaining to the subject of their interest.

Many evenings I have sifted through hoards of information to keep myself informed on the important issues and business practices in the stone industry. As I spent more time sifting and less time becoming informed, I realized we need a better method to this madness. That is why USAGFA is building a comprehensive and well organized News Feeds library. We are using technology to automatically Google hundreds of words and phrases daily. Any new information relating to granite fabrication coming available is being funneled to the USAGFA computer network, as it comes in the information is sifted, categorized and posted by links to our web site.

You are now one or two clicks away from answering questions and obtaining the most recent stone news available. We have links to open forums that allow fabricators to get answers to tough questions or pick up some simple tips. We have links to fabricators doing independent product testing and reporting. We are monitoring all aspects of our industry so at your convenience click and read and know there is no better source of information.

The “News Feeds” are for the here and now, for the future USAGFA is developing a system to personalize your knowledge building experience. In the future your information will be delivered how and when you want it. You may choose to listen to your news and information in your car on your way to work, you may choose to read your news and information with goggles wile riding your exercise bike or you may be a traditionalist and choose for your computer to print in a newspaper format and enjoy it on Sunday mornings. The possibilities are endless and unimaginable. I hope you choose to belong.