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7 Communication Mistakes You’re Making at Work

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Why would she put something that important in an email?”. Not everything is intentional, so don’t let an innocent oversight like being left off an email or out of a meeting degrade trust. Hiding behind email. Email is fast and easy, but rarely effective for important communication. “Oh, she didn’t copy me on purpose.”.

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How Do You Train And Retain Tech Talent? Use Podcasts, Says CEO Jen Grogono

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One of the best ways for tech companies to increase employee engagement and, ultimately, hang on to those valuable employees longer, is to transition from long instructional emails and fixed meeting appointments into streaming media. . We can’t measure the consumption of print and email to understand how and if it’s actually being consumed.

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

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Daily team emails — sharing PR, speaking/award opportunities, ideas, and feedback as well as info learned on social media, at trade shows, through blogs, clients, etc. These are shared with the team on our staff call in a PowerPoint presentation. Monthly Kudos program, where employees submit kudos to deserving team members.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2010 Wheres the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Here we were, professional assistants talking about the thingy for the PowerPoint. Nobody seems to really know what its called, but Powerpoint Remote was given as a common name. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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The ‘118’: The Modern Elevator Pitch

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How many sales presentations have you sat through with 100-plus PowerPoint slides and wondered afterward, I don’t get it. This article was published in December 2012 and has been updated. Today your “ride” lasts no more than two minutes, and sometimes as little as 30 seconds. What’s in it for me? How is this relevant to me as a client?

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. The article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is showing a small piece of what is transpiring in the profession. This is not communicating.

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Microsoft Powerpoint: The Bumblebee's 3 most useful PPT add-ins

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In an earlier article, The Bumblebee's six most useful Excel add-ins , I shared my 6 most useful excel add-ins. Here I share my 3 most useful Powerpoint add-ins - Acoolsoft PPT to Video, iSpring and PPT2HTML. Like excel add-ins once you install them they become available within the powerpoint menus. iSpring (free and paid).