Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Scarcity and Abundance in a World of Atoms and Bits | Main | Education Driving the She-conomy » October 15, 2010 Moodys Small Business Information Zone I found out about Moody's Small Buisness Information Zone from The Small Business Dashboard column by Gene Marks in the New York Times. 

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Effective time management. Information at the right moment. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. W hen I think of boosting workplace productivity I instantly think Mobile. Having several thousands of productivity apps to choose from, one can stop worrying about “how to?”

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. It is almost impossible to simply use time sheets and manually organize the people on these projects; this is where you can use project management software to your advantage. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. This guest post is by Darren for People Search. Out of the Box Efficiency.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 19, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. In a March post Marlon talked about how to deal with information overload at work. There’s no escaping the barrage of information that now comes our way. At least at Xerox, it controls our email, our calendars, and our contacts – constantly feeding our information frenzy. Guest Post.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 16, 2010

Main | The Atlantic Monthly on The End of Men » June 16, 2010 The Future of Museums - A Good Source of Trend Information I just ran across the Center for the Future of Museums.    Both the blog and daily research round-up are excellent sources of trend information.   And check it out. 

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Productivityist

JANUARY 2, 2012

If there’s one book that is the ideal one to add to your 2012 reading list, it’s Clay Johnson’s The Information Diet. The book looks at several components of our information intake, such as drawing the comparison between what we tend to think of as a traditional diet (i.e. food) and an information diet. My Impressions.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 25, 2011

It may seem unnatural to manage up in the top down world of business but this is exactly what you must do to be successful in business. Here are 10 tips for managing those relationships above you. Decode your boss’s management style -I’ve yet to see a situation where a boss molds his style to that of his employees.

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Success

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

How to recharge your mental energy The world’s information avalanche can actually hobble learning, Schwartz says. One tip for managing mental energy is to assess the day’s top priorities so you can plan where to deploy most of your energy. This article was published in May 2011 and has been updated.

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Ideas.Ted

AUGUST 5, 2021

Rapid urbanization in recent decades has also led to the development of informal neighborhoods and other new construction projects, exacerbating the problem. Informal settlements, home to cities’ most impoverished and marginalized communities, are the most vulnerable to rising temperatures, ultraviolet radiation and air pollution.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We co-authored this report with Intuit and it's an update of The Future of the Accounting Profession study we did with them in 2011.   The report covers shifts in demographics, technology, accounting industry structure, economics and practice management, but two key findings jumped out at me: 1. .

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Workplace Insight

JUNE 28, 2023

But there’s also an impulse we have to try to define and manage human relationships with numbers in similar ways. And it’s likely to find an outlet as the world generates more and more information about the ways in which we interact. We’ll measure how people interact and, as we know, what gets measured, gets managed.

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Success

MAY 20, 2022

It is not illegal for an information technology firm and a janitorial services company to form a partnership, but how many opportunities will that create?” Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. Make sure the two entities easily fit together to better serve the customer.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The fastest growing sectors employing these privileged workers include finance, banking, management consulting, advertising and information technology. Between 2011 and 2016 the total number of U.S. By "privileged" they mean self-employed workers who are relatively highly skilled and well paid.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 19, 2016

That knowledge will also help me ask better questions and therefore get more useful information next time. But the next bits; where stuff is in the domain manager, the database password and why I might ever need it; this is good stuff for me to know. Originally posted 2011-02-03 15:06:42. The support guy asked me why.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

While dealing with such stress and frustration, we’re being constantly bombarded with information from thousands of different sources. For example, in 2011, Americans took in five times as much information every day as they did in 1986, or the equivalent of 175 newspapers. Do an information dump.

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Allwork

JULY 7, 2022

Moving to a fully-cloud-based approach to data storage ensures staff can access information and complete any task anytime and anywhere. In our Ann Arbor location for example, which was designed in 2011, we’ve found that when the office is at only 35-percent occupancy meeting spaces are fully booked. Collaboration Spaces.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 25, 2017

I have worked on reception, secretarial, event and project management teams during this time and had almost every title from Receptionist to Director of Administration. Simone has just had another baby so expect a few more updates on how she is managing life as a mum of two! Roxanne Smith .

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. New business owners frequently lack relevant business and management expertise the essential areas such as hiring, business financing, employee management and product marketing. Research has shown that poor management is often the reason most business fail. Bad Managerial Skills.

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 8, 2016

Your filters need to let in important information about your current projects. Filter out: nice-to-know information, general email blasts, recaps of meetings where you took your own notes, industry news, requests that are sent to a group (let someone else answer) and company policy memos. Originally posted 2011-02-16 10:45:40.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 8, 2016

Your filters need to let in important information about your current projects. Filter out: nice-to-know information, general email blasts, recaps of meetings where you took your own notes, industry news, requests that are sent to a group (let someone else answer) and company policy memos. Originally posted 2011-02-16 10:45:40.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In January of 2011, Our CEO and founder, Joan Burge, lost her husband of 34 years to Pancreatic Cancer. Here’s an informational video from Jai Pausch to get you started. November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and it’s important for us to share that with you. Learn about cancer of the pancreas.

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On The Job

MAY 15, 2013

A 2011 study found that workplace rudeness caused 48% of workers to deliberately slack off and even affected their interactions with customers. Ashkenas says that he has experienced his share of rude workplace behavior, such as one person who sent him an urgent e-mail requesting information. The response? I got no feedback.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

And here are 5 things I learned about how one should manage stress in the last 2 weeks. You won’t be able to send the correct information to your brain nor to get the correct answer. Your biology will literally be changed and our biology is directly affecting the way we process information. Yeap, stress.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 17, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. More from Productivity Bits: How To Effectively Manage Your To-Do List ]. More from Productivity Bits: How To Effectively Manage Your To-Do List ]. Overwhelmed with Information and Email Overload? Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

and me for this Time Management Webinar: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:00pm CST. You waste precious time looking for information you need for important meetings. For more information email Susan Naylor at: Susan@The7MinuteLife.com. .  I loved the idea and we agreed that you could come at no cost too!

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

I refer to these three steps at the 3 “Ms” to Online Business Management Success; and let me share that process with you here today: Step 1: Manage. This is the foundational piece of your business growth and covers your core office organization systems: Filing Management. Contact Management. Financial Management.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

by Originally posted 2011-06-20 17:24:42. If you have a business partner but not an office manager, divide up responsibilities. I know they have fascinating and important information in them, but you don’t have time to read them and keep up with what came in today. Information is only useful when you can get at it.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

As you prepare your year-end performance review evaluation, or perhaps just look ahead to your professional goals for 2011, have you considered keeping ethics in the workplace? Create a clear mission statement for your administrative group or even as an executive assistant, for your function or management partnership with your executive.

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Allwork

JUNE 23, 2022

In 2011, he co-founded a machine learning startup and later went on to be an early leader at two VR companies, Inflight VR and Megaparticle, the company behind PokerVR. The people, especially management, top management, want people back. Change management. CEO and Founder of Arthur. So definitely we’re seeing this.

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Office Organization Success

MAY 18, 2011

Getting feedback is so crucial to your long-term business success as you need to know that you are providing the information/services that your clients and customers want, when they want it, and in the way that they want it. Build it into your Client & Contact Management System so that it automatically gets sent out.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

As you prepare your year-end performance review evaluation, or perhaps just look ahead to your professional goals for 2011, have you considered keeping ethics in the workplace? Create a clear mission statement for your administrative group or even as an executive assistant, for your function or management partnership with your executive.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Jan can be reached at jan@janbking.com and more information on her training programs is available here: www.authorsassistanttraining.com/ ALSO, scroll down to read about a webinar Jan is presenting through AZVAs on November 18, 2010 for VAs looking to find author-clients! link] (January 27, 2011). Coming in November: Jan B.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 28, 2015

With about 2/3rds of American adults owning a smartphone of some kind (up from just 35% in 2011), mobile devices have become the computing device of choice for many consumers. Mobile payments and mobile marketing start to enter the mainstream for the small business sector. We continue to be amazed by how few companies use CRM systems.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

.  Today, I share links to a number of different blogs and sites with content on: Planning Productivity Tools Mindset/Focus Social Media Productivity Time Management Tweet Planning Plan for a Better 2011: [link] (post) -- Chris Brogan shares his straight forward approach to annual planning.  hours a week = 182.5

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Work With Stephanie « My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action | Main | 10 Reminder Systems for You To Consider » Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner?    Once you order, you will get an  ACTION GUIDE with the place to take notes and access to call-in information and bonus material. 

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. For the initiated, that means knowing how much money needs to be coming in to pay bills, manage overhead and put food on the table. Family and friends should be informed of a work-from-home situation and be made to understand it is a job like any other that takes time and concentration.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Therefore, managing your finances should be a top priority. Although you may assume that managing your money is a tedious task best left to someone else, the reality is that with the new crop of online tools and apps, managing your money has never been easier. Guest-Post.

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