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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 10, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Organizations are working to help them size up.

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Can you say “sidetracked?”

Loosely Speaking

Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:41 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant I could blame it on the economy. Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. Happy Holidays! Yes, I can see that we’ll have to meet up in March.

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How to Give an Impromptu Speech

Ian's Messy Desk

Any topic can be split up into components. I have the tendency to panic but I find it helpful to embrace the nervous tension because when I’m “psyched up&# , I tend to do a better job. However, all the grooms I’ve talked to have all said that they just made it up as they went along.

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8 Work-Life Balance Myths

Ian's Messy Desk

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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Five Tips for Great Speeches

Ian's Messy Desk

Lighten up… if you can – Humour can go a long way to keeping the listener’s attention. Related articles by Zemanta How to make a bridal speech (bridalwave.tv) Related Posts: 9 Key Steps for Preparing a Speech Top 5 Posts for February 2008 4 Basic Types of Speeches Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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7 Tips for Decluttering Your Desk

Ian's Messy Desk

Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Set up a good filing system. Don’t allow things to pile up. Have a good one, Chaz [link] Chaz’s Notes: Personal Development for the Modern Age Comment by Charlie on January 23, 2008 @ 6:51 pm your blog very inspiring me and this is very helps for me.

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The Milkshake Moment

Ian's Messy Desk

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. April 2008;$19.95US/$21.99CAN; 978-0-470-25746-3 Copyright © 2008 Steven S. Most managers simply get up and do what they want to do.

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