September, 2015

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Why Your Presentations Suck -- and How to Make Them Much Better

On The Job

Michael Baldwin says we’ve been in a “downward spiral” since the first “spectacular” presentations were made with cave drawings 32,000 years ago. Since then, we’ve been subjected to boring slides cluttered with too much information and confusing or irrelevant graphics delivered by someone who is clueless as to why the audience appears to be sleeping with their eyes open.

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Is it time to bust your comfort zone?

Office Dynamics

We’re all familiar with the comfort zone: That risk free place of ease and certainty with no surprises. It’s always the same in the comfort zone—nothing bad happens, but nothing particularly good either. The comfort zone can be a dangerous place, especially as an Administrative Professional in the modern working world. You know you’ve been there too long when you feel complacent or stagnant, restless or bored, full of fear or stuck in mediocrity—certainly not a recipe for professional success or

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Quick Decluttering Tip

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2008-02-11 17:16:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Decluttering, also known as getting rid of stuff you don’t want or need, is something you should do every day. Tossing out the junk mail counts; I’m not talking about clearing out your closet. It’s a good idea to do it everyday because then you get in the habit and don’t have to think about it so much.

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Getting to Your Dreams With Uncompromising Standards

Virtual Moxie

I love Mike Dooley. His work is phenomenal and has helped so many people. If you haven't read his books, and have never seen Notes From the Universe, you're in for a treat. Today, a quote of his that, I think, stands without any embellishment from me. Keep on rockin' your standards. They will absolutely help you get where you want to go!

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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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The Rise of Social Offices and "Wholeness"

Small Business Labs

Industrious is a fast growing coworking chain that started in Chicago and now has spaces in a dozen or cities. Like the better known WeWork, Industrious spaces tend to be quite large by traditional coworking space standards. What I really like about Industrious is how they've branded themselves. The call themselves "social offices" Key quote from their website: We've created the social office—communities of 1 to 10 person private offices with plenty of common space and coworking

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Research Proves Your Reputation Matters with New Colleagues

On The Job

If your grandmother always told you that your reputation matters a great deal in this world, she wasn't just offering some old-fashioned advice that doesn't matter anymore. According to a new study by Stanford GSB professor Adina D. Sterling, it appears that if you start a new job with well-regarded qualifications and credentials, then your ability to form a network within that organization is going to be high.

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Executives and Assistants Working In Partnership Guide Giveaway Winner

Office Dynamics

Thank you to all who participated in our contest in collaboration with Executive Secretary Magazine for a free copy of the soon-to-be-released Guide, Executives and Assistants Working in Partnership. The winner of our contest, Jade Romero , will receive her copy of the Guide as soon as it’s released. Expected Mid-October. Learn more here. The post Executives and Assistants Working In Partnership Guide Giveaway Winner appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Building Client Trust: Communication is Key

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. Effective client communication is a crucial element in running a service-based business, yet it is often overlooked in favor of things we think are more important, like client work. However, it is so important for clients to feel as though they are in good hands, to know that work is getting done and progress is being made, and not to have to worry that things are falling through the cracks.

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Would Life Just Be Easier if I Got a J•O•B?

Tips From T. Marie

If you’re an owner of a micro business like I am, most of the time you consider yourself lucky to be your own boss. Yet every once in a while the stress of highly fluctuating income, self-employment taxes, and the solitude of going it alone makes you wonder. “Would life be easier if I just got a job?”. Perhaps it’s been the upheavals in my life during the past 12 months, or perhaps it was an amazing job description, but I recently found myself; :gasp: *cough* ; applying for a job.

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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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The Canadian Coworking Conference & the Globalization of Coworking

Small Business Labs

Last week about 150 people gathered in Toronto for the 1st Annual GCUC Canadian Coworking Conference.  There are about (or, as they say up north "aboot") 100 coworking spaces in Canada and this conference was about the same size as the first global coworking conference, which was held back in 2009.  There are now coworking conferences all over the world and the industry has grown to thousands of spaces.

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Natural Organizing

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2011-05-03 13:55:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter You aren’t a cookie cut from a generic mold (even though you’re sweet). You deserve more than a cookie cutter approach to organizing. Methods you’ve read about in books may partially work, or not work at all. Or they’ll work for awhile but then something happens to make them stop working.

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How to Spur Employees Into Being More Loyal and Productive

On The Job

You might remember a time when you knew not only the names of everyone in your department or company, but details about their likes and and dislikes. You knew who hated coffee, who played in a jazz band and who was training for a marathon. Nowadays, however, you’re lucky to remember an employee’s last name. Your department or company is growing and that means there are a lot more people on the payroll.

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Choose to Avoid Negative Talk In The Office

Office Dynamics

Imagine this… There is a huge fiery dragon roaming the earth. Some days, the dragon is a little more tame and other days the dragon is on a rampage breathing fire. Do you know this dragon? You may not be directly affected by this dragon the dragon can be creating pain for your industry, your employer, managers, executives, and customers. Now, what do I mean by starve the dragon?

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Give the Benefit of the Doubt to Honor Your Relationships

Virtual Moxie

Recently, I ran into a seriously difficult problem with a trusted vendor. Friends told me to walk away--find someone new. But because this is a trusted vendor, and I've worked with this company for years, I want to have a conversation and find out what happened, as well as what will happen to prevent this thing in the future. The point of my telling this story is that I'm sure there are lots of people who wouldn't bother.

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How to Choose an Office Space

Productivity Bits

Choosing an office space for one’s company may seem not-all-that-important. If a business owner is running a quality business, people will come, no matter the other factors, right? If you’re under this misconception, you better forget all about it. The foundation of your company starts at the very beginning, when choosing where to make your headquarters.

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Toxic Work, Freedom and Why More People are Choosing Freelancing

Small Business Labs

The New York Time's article A Toxic Work World nicely summarizes the growing Darwinian nature of traditional jobs. Key quote: FOR many Americans, life has become all competition all the time. Workers across the socioeconomic spectrum, from hotel housekeepers to surgeons, have stories about toiling 12- to 16-hour days (often without overtime pay) and experiencing anxiety attacks and exhaustion.

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Periscope: Here is Why I Wouldn’t Use This as a Marketing Tool

Office Organization Success

There is always the latest *hot* new marketing tool that you can use to market your business. What was in favor just a couple of years ago has now been replaced with the latest whiz-bang tool. Just because there is a new tool available doesn’t necessarily mean it’s right for you and/or your business and you should use it. One of the latest marketing tools I’m hearing about is the new social media tool, Periscope.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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10 Ways to Improve Interpersonal Communications at Work

On The Job

In one of my previous posts, I wrote about how we all need to take more responsibility for writing better emails. Now I think it's time to look at a more difficult problem -- interpersonal communications. You know, when two or more human beings actually talk to one another? In his book, "The 27 Challenges Managers Face," author Bruce Tulgan gives a "code of conduct" that sets a standard for interpersonal communications.

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Are You Too Busy for The Most Important Partner In Your Office? The Importance of Daily Huddles

Office Dynamics

I recently received a request for advice from an assistant named Kathryn. She posed a typical problem that I have heard for years and I want to respond to her question in a blog as I bet many executive and administrative assistants run into the same problem. My challenge will be answering this concisely because I have a lot to say about executives and assistants meeting daily, whether it is on the telephone or in person.

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…and then what happened?

Practically Perfect PA

During Assist Travel 2015 we are running a brilliant interactive session called …What happened next ? I’m really looking forward to this one because we will look at how assistants have worked their magic to fix all manner of travel mishaps from cancelled flights, erupting volcanos to the wrong visas and flat tires. Using real life stories and worst case scenarios this session is going to be a lot of fun and we will also come up with a load of practical advice that the attendees can take b

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What If You Don't Want to Get Rid of Stuff?

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2011-11-03 08:44:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Organizing doesn’t always mean getting rid of things. It means finding places for them so that you aren’t tripping on them, distracted by them, maneuvering around them or always looking for them. It means cr eating a living space that is pleasing and supportive. You do need space to put things if you’re keeping them, however.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Global Small Business Forum October 23rd in Chicago

Small Business Labs

The number U.S. small businesses exporting goods and services has increased substantially over the last decade. We call the smallest of these firms Micro Multinationals  and thanks to the Internet and a growing array of online marketplaces and services it's never been easier to be an exporter. But despite the growth in SMB exporters, too many small businesses are missing out on the opportunities presented by global markets.  This is why we're a sponsor of the upcoming Global

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4 Simple Steps for Creating Your Strategic Marketing Action Plan (MAP)

Office Organization Success

Think of the relief you’d get each day when you sat down at your desk, knowing exactly what you had to do that day. Better yet, think of the relief you’d feel knowing what to do not only each day, but each week, each month and each quarter. Suddenly becoming a business owner is a lot more fun! No more overwhelm. No more frustration. No more stress.

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Are You Offering Too Much -- or Too Little -- Praise to Your Team?

On The Job

There has been a lot written about the Millennial generation that grew up hearing “good job!” for nearly every achievement in their lives, whether it was coloring within the lines or winning a Nobel prize. The result is that many of us pepper our speech with “good job!” at work, feeling that as a leader we must continually offer affirmation to everyone we see in a day.

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Be even more successful by using these 3 little words

Office Dynamics

One of the benefits of being in my line of work is learning little-known, proven workplace-effectiveness techniques that increase success – and then sharing them with you! For example, did you know that changing just a few of the everyday words you use while conducting business can actually enhance people’s positive impressions. Be even more successful by using these 3 little words.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha