Sat.Mar 03, 2012 - Fri.Mar 09, 2012

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How Much Is An Idea Worth

Productivity Bits

E piphany. Eureka. Idea. How much is an idea worth? It is virtually worth nothing. Really. The great products we see today are brought forth by some kind of thinking process. We call them concepts. Or imagination. Dream. Before we see products, a thought process must take place. But how important is an idea? If we are to put a tag price to a very important idea, how valuable is that idea in dollar terms?

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Don’t Be Afraid to Change Your Mind

Eat Your Career

Here’s a lesson I’m still learning: Changing your mind isn’t the same as giving up. You see, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about goals— how to set them properly , how to see them through, how to keep your perspective about achieving them. As most of you know, I’m kind of a goal junkie. But recently, I’ve had to make some…corrections. And it’s been hard.

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10 ways to improve your public speaking

Ian's Messy Desk

According to The Book of Lists , the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority of people. Far above the fear of death and disease comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd. I was a member of Toastmasters for a number of years. I enjoyed the applause and after effects of successful speeches, but I hated the nerves and stress that went with the delivery.

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Top 5 Small Business Fuel Saving Tips

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. With the price of fuel so high, now is a good time to make sure that everyone who is expected to drive for your business understands how they should be expected to drive.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Moxie Tip 132: Moving Toward Desires

Virtual Moxie

Magic happens only when hopes and wishes become desires, and actions are then taken to move toward the desires. What action can you take today that will move you closer to realize what you want most? .

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How Much Training Do You Really Need?

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. Is it really true that the more technical training and certifications you receive, the more valuable you are to clients? There are many classes and services readily available, but is it really necessary to do it all? In reality, this approach could backfire because it’s impossible to be everything to everyone. There is a good reason why Virtual Assistant specialists are more valuable than generalists who try to know and do everything.

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Gurus with Forked Tongues

The Small Business Blog

Today, I want to offer some advice to all my start up and micro-business owner fans on what advice not to take from silver tongued experts and gurus. I’m on the train.

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Moxie Tip 130: Trust Your Gut

Virtual Moxie

Trusting your intuition is incredibly wise, especially when your clients and colleagues are at a distance from you. All opportunities aren't necessarily opportunities for you, or opportunities for now. If something feels right, move toward it. If something feels wrong or uncomfortable, move away from it--at least while you figure out what's really going on.

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How to Make Your Workplace Greener

Eco-Office Gals

There are a range of methods which can be employed to make your workplace more environmentally sound. Though they may be harder to implement, due to the requisite approval from your employer(s), they are definitely worth being mindful of; this article outlines a few ways in which improvements can be made. Minimize the amount of paper used. A nice starting point; this can be achieved in many ways.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Is It OK to Fudge the Truth on a Resume?

On The Job

Is it really a big deal to lie on a resume? The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a free-speech case involving a former California official convicted under the Stolen Valor Act after falsely claiming that he received the Congressional Medal of Honor , even though he never served in the military. Xavier Alvarez 's lawyer has argued the law is a violation of his client's First Amendment free speech rights, but the case also underscores what is seen as a growing problem: lying about credent

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Are You Meeting Expectations?

Productivity Bits

If your company is conducting regular performance reviews, chances are you’ve already had your annual review. It’s already past March and you’re reading this from your work computer. You weren’t fired. Congratulations! If you’re like most knowledge workers, the minimum threshold you have to have to maintain your job status is meeting your company’s expectations.

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If unemployeed hiring managers will like this!

Job Advice Blog

If you have been unemployed for some time now or a recent victim to this economy, there is one thing that you can do to keep your resume current. Instead of having a gap from your last job to your current status, how about volunteering and adding that to your resume? It will make a [.].

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Green Living, Green Wallet

Eco-Office Gals

We live in a world that is driven by excessive consumer spending and excessive consumer waste. We often buy things we cannot really afford, and in many cases these are things we don’t really need. Everything has a carbon footprint associated with it, and so these things we are buying have an impact on the planet. More than that, often we are buying things that detract from our health and longevity, too.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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The Car as a Mobile Office

Small Business Labs

We've long followed the trends toward connected cars.  Back in 2007 we discussed the growing role cars would play as mobile offices in the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Connected World of Entrepreneurs.   Fast forward to today and telematics - the auto industry's term for car-based computing services and Internet access - has become a booming sector.  For example, Intel just announced a $100 million connected car venture fund.  The goal is to�

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Moxie Tip 129: Paid Learning Time

Virtual Moxie

Clients will sometimes ask you to learn things for them. Often, they want you to learn it without charging them for the time it takes, and more often than not, they think you should do that because, as they say, "you'll be able to use this with other clients.". That's crap--and although it may sound reasonably logical, it's really just a way to try to talk you out of charging for time you spend working on something they've requested.

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7 Tips to Get You Where You’re Going-On Time!

Ian's Messy Desk

Image via Wikipedia. Being on time is rarely a problem with me. For some reason, with all my other bad time-management habits, I don’t have a problem with tardiness. For those of you who are perpetually late, Maria Gracia gives seven simple tips to get you where you need to be – on time. Are you always wondering why your family and friends are always on time, and you’re always late–no matter what the event?

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Free Coaching Call: March 2012

Eat Your Career

In case you missed it, I held my free coaching call for the month of March earlier today. You can listen to the recorded version using the audio player below. If you’d like to participate in the next call happening Wednesday April 4 , please register and submit a question by visiting this page. As usual, if you can’t attend the live session, go ahead and register and submit a question if you have one.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Coworking for Writers and Artists

Small Business Labs

Writers and other artists have long joined together to form coworking spaces, although they rarely call them that.  They usually call them clubs or salons.  San Francisco's Writers Grotto  considers itself a club. But their description of their facility is very coworking like: Since 1994, the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto has pioneered a unique concept: an office for the creative, self-employed people who by definition don’t need to punch a clock.

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Do You Charge for Estimates?

Make or Break Moments

As a service provider, much of my time is spent meeting with potential customers. Whether over the phone or in person I have the opportunity to ask questions about their needs so that I can assess the project and offer an estimate for the cost and benefits of working together. I don’t charge for this. [.].

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Moxie Tip 131: Less Drama, Heartache, and Frustration

Virtual Moxie

Learn to trust your knowing. When you do, you'll find there's far less drama, heartache, and frustration in your work.

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Administrative Assistant Conference Speaker Jennifer Joseph Lier

Office Dynamics

Welcome to our Speaker Series! We have dedicated several blogs to informing you about our administrative assistant conference speaker line-up. With each message we'll introduce a speaker and share with you a little bit about them as well as why we chose them to be a presenter at the 19th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. Our next speaker highlight is a woman who has made an appearance at our conference in the past and a what a powerhouse she is!

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Millennial Myths

Small Business Labs

Good article in Strategy and Business on 5 Millennial Myths.  According to research by the authors, "stereotypes of millennials in the workplace are inconsistent at best and destructive at worst" Instead of the common view that Milennials (also called Gen Y, born roughly 1980 - 2000) are needy, lazy and not committed, the article argues that in terms of work Millennials are not that different than older Gen Xers and baby boomers.

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Sitting all day at work is killing us

Ian's Messy Desk

What do you do to make your work environment more health friendly? Created by: Online University.

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Do You Charge for Estimates?

Make or Break Moments

'As a service provider, much of my time is spent meeting with potential customers.

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What Would They Do Without the Administrative Assistant?

Office Dynamics

Hello! I hope you enjoy today's Monday Motivator. What would they do if you weren’t there? Any professional should do this but I highly encourage administrative professionals to: Create a set of guidelines about how to do your job when you’re not there. AKA. Creating an Administrative Desk Reference Guide. This doesn’t need to be a huge project. It could be as simple as outlining your daily duties, listing common business contacts (name, postal addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses), noting

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha