Thu.Mar 08, 2012

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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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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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If unemployed 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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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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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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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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Administrative Assistant Conference Speaker Pam Cradic

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. Please allow me the pleasure of introducing our speaker highlight today.

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Getting Your Personal Life and Work Balance Back

Small Business CEO

With Spring and Summer quickly approaching, we’ll soon be swapping our home office chairs with outdoor activities. With cold, gloomy Winter weather, you’ll most likely find me glued to my computer screen either working, blogging or shopping. But come Summer, I’m more likely to take some me time and do something fun outdoors instead.

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How I Use Hazel

Productivityist

As we head into the home stretch here during “How I.” Week , I’m going to give a brief overview of how I use Hazel, a fantastic rules-based organizational tool that comes from the fine folks at Noodlesoft. They just updated Hazel to its third version last week, and it was a jam-packed upgrade to say the least. While I haven’t had as much of a chance to dig deep into all of the shiny newness offered in Hazel 3 , I am pretty impressed with the new nested conditions that it brings to the table.

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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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What is SEO and why should a website owner use it?

Catch Friday

Lawrence Perry puts the spotlight on SEO Search engine optimization is about getting your web site to the top of Google, and increasing your audience in a nutshell. It is not an instant fix and takes between six to nine months to achieve and sometimes longer. It is about interaction and engagement, demonstrated albeit slightly poorly in the Ecademy score.

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Is WordPress Secure…is it Safe?

Tips From T. Marie

Those of you that have been reading here for awhile know that I’m a believer in building your business website on the WordPress framework (and strongly recommend the Headway theme). But articles like this one that I read this morning always prompt people to ask, “Is WordPress Safe…is it Secure?” My answer ? Yes, absolutely.

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