November, 2010

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Recipe for a Happy Holiday

Office Dynamics

Recipe for a Happy Holiday. 2 dashes of positive attitude. 3 tablespoons of humor. 2 teaspoons of forgiveness. 3 pinches of energy. 2 cups of relaxation. 1/2 cup of organization. 1 quart of living in the moment. Enjoy your holidays!

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Then, in walks Sam

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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25 Customer Relationship Facts for 2011

Make or Break Moments

Great article from the UK entitled 25 Customer Service Statistics to be Aware of for 2011 and the last paragraph of the entire article says it all: Many businesses still don’t ‘get it’! And, crucially, Those that do will be the ones that succeed in 2011 (and beyond!) It can’t be spelled out any clearer [.]. Tags: Customer Moments Training making a difference building customer relationships customer relationships empower your employees Golden Rule.

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A First for My Website

On The Job

I've started something new today I've never before done on this blog or my website. I'm now accepting advertising. This wasn't an easy decision, and one I've avoided for years. As a journalist, I've always worried about a conflict of interest. I didn't want anyone to think I covered an issue or wrote about someone because they advertised on my site and I made money from the deal.

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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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Ten Tips for Taking Back Christmas

Ian's Messy Desk

Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward men are common sentiments at this season of the year. There are times when, Christmas is too commercialized, seems to join that list. As seasonal greetings go, it seems to be the most meaningless. People who complain about the commercialization of Christmas also talk of the amount they spend on gifts. Those who complain about losing the true meaning of Christmas spend more time shopping than they do at Church.

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Book Review: The Family Business Guide – By Frederick D. Lipman

The Small Business Blog

The structure of a family business as a business model has been one of my all time favourites, after all over 80 % of all businesses around the world are family businesses. Running a family business can be a very stable and fulfilling way to run a business, as it grants the family members a great deal of personal freedom and lifestyle choices. When I first was sent the book – The Family Business Guide by Frederick D.

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"Do It For Me" Smart Machines

Small Business Labs

The NY Times has an interesting article on the growing role robotics and smart machines are playing in the military.  Key quote: "New robots — none of them particularly human-looking — are being designed to handle a broader range of tasks, from picking off snipers to serving as indefatigable night sentries." The trend towards smart machines is not limited to the military.  Intuit, our partner on the Intuit 2020 Report , refers to this trend as creating products th

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15 Tips for Drawing Up a Cleaning Schedule

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. [ Admin's Note: Since I've been busy keeping up with my work and trying to achieve some productivity in real world, I haven't had an extra time to devote to my blog. That is the reason why I encourage readers and bloggers to guest-post. I got another guest post here. This one is a little off the line of the usual content of this blog but I am publishing it anyways.

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5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Fear and Even Use it as an Asset.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Improve Your Self-Image and Youll Improve Your Personal Productivity Power | Main | Communication Productivity Tip: Dont Make People Search for You. » 5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Fear and Even Use it as an Asset Everyone experiences fear.  It’s a natural part of life and something you can’t avoid.  But most fear isn’t real -- it’s created by you.  So the good

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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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Monday’s Motivation: Slow Down

Complete Organizing Solutions

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. ~ Bonnie Friedman. For extra inspiration read my friend Leisa’s post, about a special person in her life that is teaching her to slow down and enjoy the little things. Quite fitting for this week’s quote. - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - &#

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Why Employers May Not Be Hiring Veterans

On The Job

Do you know a veteran? Do you know a veteran who can't get a job? Then, this column I did for Gannett/USAToday may be a real eye-opener for you. If you're an employer, I hope it hits home for you and the next action you take is picking up the phone to find a vet to hire. With a national unemployment rate of 9.6%, finding a job is challenging for many Americans.

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Book Review: Rare Business by Adrian Swinscoe

The Small Business Blog

Running a business is one of those things like driving a car, when you sit behind the wheel and start the engine you usually know where you are going. For some reason with all the changes in our business lives, such as the rise of social media, traditional marking failing rapidly and the importance of cloud computing and small business infrastructure, some business owners find it difficult to navigate to business success.

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20 Inconvenient Career Truths

Eat Your Career

This post was inspired by Charlie Gilkey’s recent (genius) post 20 Inconvenient Business Truths. I read it and realized that, in career coaching , I share inconvenient truths with my clients on a regular basis. I know it’s sometimes hard to hear these things but, in the end, they make you stronger. Almost everyone starts at the bottom. Regardless of what you think you deserve, you probably will to.

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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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Prepare for the Holidays by Purging Your Possessions

Ian's Messy Desk

Image via Wikipedia. One of the key parts of the holiday season is giving and receiving gifts. How that plays out in your life, depends on the degree of simplicity you embrace. Unless you have decided against gift-giving altogether—and some do—you’ll find yourself with a new load of things. With all the stuff will come the need to find storage.

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News and Information a Barbell Industry

Small Business Labs

I was looking through the State of the News Media annual report and ran across this interesting bit of data: " 80% of the traffic to news and information sites is concentrated at the top 7% of sites. The vast majority of the top news sites (67%), moreover, are still tied to legacy media." There are, of course, millions of small news and information sites (including this one) that share the other 20%.  News, like almost every other industry we've looked at, is a barbell industry

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The Story That Will Last A Lifetime

Complete Organizing Solutions

Last weekend we went on our annual shopping trip to Hallmark to pick up cards and ornaments. This year something new caught our attention. Hallmark now offers Recordable Storybooks for The Night Before Christmas , The Very First Christmas , and Frosty The Snowman ! My Mother-In-Law is the most amazing story teller. When she reads to the kids the adults will stop and become mesmerized as well.

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Cyber Monday Deals 2010

Eco-Office Gals

Granted Eco-Office Gals doesn’t offer anything that you can wrap up pretty and slap a bow on, but there are a few deals coming out for Cyber Monday that I would be crazy to keep to myself! Here are a few deals that will move you into the world of WordPress and make your business green and paperless with HUGE savings! Enjoy! StudioPress Disconts No More (Except this one).

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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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Book Review: Stripping for Freedom – by Leonora Soculitherz

The Small Business Blog

Leonora Soculitherz has written books before, but this one is, in my opinion, the best she has ever written for anyone who wants to take control of their own destiny by going it alone. At the same time this is the funniest hard-hitting business book, that is absolutely full of business truth, I have ever read – some have called this book “whacky&# and I can agree with that to some extent.

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Top 5 Favourite WordPress Plugins

Office Organization Success

Over the past few months I have been gradually switching my traditional static websites over to a WordPress blog. WordPress is a great platform in which to create your website as: The text-only content of a WordPress blogsite make it very search-engine friendly. It’s easy for you to update your own website without having to involve a website designer.

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How to Write the Annual Christmas Holiday Letter

Ian's Messy Desk

Regardless of what you think of them, family Christmas letters have become a part of our culture. Here are some tips on how to write Christmas letters the recipients will enjoy. 1. Start off on a positive note. It’s a trend you can count on. The bulk of holiday letters begin with a sentence like this: “I can’t believe the year has come and gone so quickly!

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Small Business Saturday and New Localism

Small Business Labs

Today is Small Business Saturday , a promotion by American Express designed to get more people spending money at locally owned, independent merchants.    I did my part, buying several seasonal items and new dog beds from a local merchant.  As part of their promotion, AMEX was kind enough to subsidize my purchases with a $25 credit.  Small Business Saturday is a buy local promotion.  As John Tozzi's Business Week article on Small Business Saturd

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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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Improve Your Self-Image and You'll Improve Your Personal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Increase Your Positive Energy and Productivity by Being Thankful | Main | 5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Fear and Even Use it as an Asset » Improve Your Self-Image and Youll Improve Your Personal Productivity Power PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY POWER!

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The Pantry Makeover: After

Complete Organizing Solutions

I recently partnered up with The Stow Company to completely makeover my master closet and pantry with custom closet solutions, a dream come true! The Stow Company supplied the product and Nashville ORG dealer Closets & More provided the installation services. This week I will be sharing the whole process from beginning to end. Here it is, the long awaited pantry of my dreams!

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Book Review: The Smarta Way To Do Business – By M.Thomas and S.Wasmund

The Small Business Blog

We live in the age of “Celebpreneurs&# and I’m often not overly excited about the way in which these entrepreneurs portray business, especially SMEs. But the good people at Wiley sent me this review copy of “The Samrta Way To Do Business&# and after having read it I have had to revise my opinion somewhat. Over one hundred entrepreneurs contributed to this book meaning that it is jam-packed full of very good business advice for almost every kind of business scenario you could fi

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Get ready to ditch your website for a blog site!

Office Organization Success

When I first started my business in November 2001 the ‘big’ thing back then was to get your website up. So, you’d spend time crafting your home page, your about page, your services page etc. etc., put your website up online and then you’d leave it for maybe six months — or even a year — until it needed updating again. And the problem with this system was that unless you updated your content regularly you would very quickly lose your rankings in the search engines — you se

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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