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Another Christmas Planning Checklist

Ian's Messy Desk

Prepare budget and plan projects: Figure out how much you are able to spend. Once you know what you can spend, determine what you can give in the way of gifts, what kind of entertaining you can do, etc. Here’s a simple checklist to help you organize your Christmas holiday celebrations. Assign the shopping, the decorating, etc.

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The R's Of Employee Motivation

Ian's Messy Desk

For individual rewards, how about gift certificates for DVD rentals, music CD purchases, theme park tickets or “Dinner for 2″ at a local eatery? You are limited only by your imagination and budget. For group or departmental appreciations, consider a “Leave Work 30 Minutes Early Next Friday&# reward.

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It’s Time to Get Competitive! Facebook Contests May Lead to More Customers

Small Business CEO

As a business owner, you may be updating your Facebook, Twitter, and even LinkedIn pages on a daily basis. A random winner will be selected to win a $25 gift card! For example, if you are looking for more followers, you may want to say: “Refer a friend to our page and have your name entered to win a $100 gift card!”

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Tracking How to Get It All Done & Avoid Information Overload-Interview With @Springpad CEO @jeffjaner

Stephanie LH Calahan

Generating awareness for a consumer app without a big marketing budget is definitely a challenge. To find out more about Springpad - follow us on Twitter   or visit [link] I can be reached via email: jjaner@springpartners.com and on Twitter Jeff, thanks so much for taking the time to talk with us today!

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It's Time to Act

The Marq

By September 2008, after years of steady growth, these little drops were covering 70% of our budget. That was 16 months ago, and since then weve survived on faith and fumes, by cutting expenses, and by getting a few large gifts from new and old friends. But now we are about to hit a wall, and this is why I am reaching out to you.

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

Imagine, if we had assistants at home to pay the bills, do the budget, organize dinners, answer our calls and follow up with reminders -- it is starting to sound pretty good. or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week. That is a good time to recognize assistants for all that they do. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Set Healthy Boundaries at Work

Ian's Messy Desk

As well, it’s always a good idea to budget more time and resources to a project than you think is necessary to lessen the stress of unexpected setbacks. Give your manager reasonable estimates of what your team can achieve and keep him or her informed of major issues or delays which come up. Set boundaries.

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