Sat.Mar 23, 2013 - Fri.Mar 29, 2013

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I Can Crack That Password in 52 Seconds.

Virtual Moxie

Do you think your passwords are sufficiently strong? I think most people do. I suspect that the longer a person goes without a problem, the more likely she is to think herself safe.I know that's the case with home security—it's been proven that most folks think their homes are impenatrable, when the reality is that they can very easily be breached, so why wouldn't that be the case with the services and programs we use--that form our "home" online?

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Getting Gobby To Rock Government and Big Business

The Small Business Blog

It’s getting hot in the Enterprise Rockers kitchen Last Friday I had an article published in Business Zone online where I dared to criticise the House of Commons for showing itself up on Budget Day as being clueless about small businesses. It is the ‘Most Read’ and ‘Most Commented’ article on Business Zone and the… Read the full article here: Getting Gobby To Rock Government and Big Business on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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The wonderful world of events – roundup

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing a series of blogs on events, well more specifically how assistants can organise and run great events within the context of their role. I wanted to give you a quick round up of the issues discussed and some additional tips that I think you will find useful when running your events. Here are the links to my previous blogs: How to negotiate when planning an event.

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Be a Better Assistant, Ask the Expert: Free Q&A Call with Joan Burge

Office Dynamics

Are you wondering how to be a better assistant? Get on this FREE call with Joan Burge. April 16, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time Ask administrative expert, Joan Burge, any question related to your profession! In honor of Administrative Professional's Day just around the bend we'll be holding a FREE Q&A call with Joan Burge. This free teleseminar will be held April 16 at 10:30 a.m.

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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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Moxie Tip 342: You Know When to Let Go

Virtual Moxie

You’ll always know when it’s time to let someone or something go. You’ll feel it in your body—a subtle (or not-so subtle) shift in energy when that person or thing is present. Pay attention to the message, and more importantly, be willing to act on it. The longer you stay close to what doesn’t serve you, the longer you stay stuck where you are.

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The Rise of Small Business Crowdfunding

Small Business Labs

I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on alternative financing methods at the Global Coworking Conference. While we covered a lot of topics, the audience was clearly most interested in crowdfunding. Crowdfunding, which is raising money by getting getting small donations of money from a large group of people, is hot. Kickstarter, the best known of the crowdfunding site, has raised over $500 million for a wide variety of projects.   While crowdfunding is best known for raising mone

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The 5 Eco Gadgets That Will Save Your Money

Eco-Office Gals

Saving the planet is a noble goal, but who says you can’t put some cash back in your wallet at the same time? This selection of cutting edge gadgetry, curated by the team at specialist business energy comparison website Power Experts , will help drive down your energy usage, save you money and go some way towards making the world a little cleaner, one unused kilowatt at a time. 1.

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The Worst Thing Is to Be Stuck in Your Career

Job Advice Blog

Many of my clients say they feel suffocated in their careers. For whatever reason, they do not like the profession they have chosen for themselves: they feel they’re poorly fit for their careers, and they dislike everything associated with their jobs, their companies, and their bosses. So, the question is, what to do next? Recently, [.].

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Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses Going Mobile

The Small Business Blog

The Who sang about “Going Mobile” back in 1971 but little did they know how important mobile technology would be to us over forty years later. Your business can benefit a lot from mobile technology but before you dive in with both feet there are some important things you should consider. Here are our Top… Read the full article here: Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses Going Mobile on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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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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Easter and assistants

Practically Perfect PA

I don’t know about you lot but I can not be happier that tomorrow is Good Friday! Not only are we out of the office for 4 whole days (sorry to those outside the UK that don’t get to share in this communal sigh of relief) but for the first time this year we can also stuff our faces full of chocolate without any judgement! What’s not to like!

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Use a ripening drawer for paper management

Clutter Coach

Does paper management seem overwhelming? All those decisions to make! Here’s a way to get some control before you’re ready to make the decisions. I wrote about this concept several years ago. I discovered it in the excellent book ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau. In the book and in my post , the ripening drawer is used for miscellaneous items that aren’t quite junk but that don’t have a place to go, such as battery covers that

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WordPress Spring Cleaning Sale!

Eco-Office Gals

Waking up to 29 degrees this morning doesn’t make me think of Spring, but the daily allergy headaches from the blooming flowers are a sure reminder! Your WP site knows no seasons, it runs days and night to bring branded awesomeness to your readers, but it needs your help! Eco-Office Gals is offering a reduced rate on our WordPress Monthly Maintenance package!

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Is your business still confused by the Cloud?

The Small Business Blog

A surprisingly low number of small business owners actually understand what the Cloud means, according to a new study conducted by Wakefield Research. eWeek reports that from the survey of 500 US small businesses, only 28% said they completely understood the concept of Cloud Computing. 42% of them said they were not using any form… Read the full article here: Is your business still confused by the Cloud?

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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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What Working Parents Want in a Job

Small Business Labs

Pew Research's Modern Parenthood study examines the dramatic changes in how mothers and fathers spend their time that has occurred the past 50 years.  Key quote from the study: Dads are doing more housework and child care; moms more paid work outside the home. Neither has overtaken the other in their “traditional” realms, but their roles are converging.

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Automation Is Key To Your Business Success

Office Organization Success

We are being told that it’s now Spring, but it feels anything like Spring! This week the boys lost a day of school due to freezing rain and ice … yuck! I had a great time last weekend at Suzanne Evans’ 10K Club in Charlotte. I worked with so many wonderful business owners, and loved helping them create their automated and streamlined businesses.

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Moxie Tip 340: Get Out and Meet Folks

Virtual Moxie

If you don't get out and meet people from your virtual community because you think it wouldn't matter, go. Do it. It matters. And only by doing it will you realize how much.

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Budget Day & Christmas Jumpers

The Small Business Blog

Since co-founding Enterprise Rockers, an independent community interest company working to make life better and fairer in micro business, a small amount of press and media, not enough of them if I am honest, have been keen to voice the opinion of those that employ 0 to 9 people through comments that either Tony Robinson… Read the full article here: Budget Day & Christmas Jumpers on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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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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The Empire Strikes Back at Food Trucks

Small Business Labs

Washington DC is considering new regulations that would create special zones throughout with a limited number of parking space for food trucks. Truck owners would be assigned spaces based on a lottery, with winners getting a parking space but also paying a fee for the right. This would effectively limit the number of food trucks per zone and raise the costs of doing business.  Not surprising, DC food truck owners are not happy.  Key quote from the owner of DC food truck Curbsid

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Win a ticket to the Growth & Success Workshop!

Step It Up VA Coaching

I’m hosting a super-cool contest where you could win a ticket to the Growth & Success Workshop! Here’s the scoop. All you have to do is let me (and all your fabulous twitter friends, and Facebook friends and fans) know why you want to attend the workshop. And one lucky participant will win a ticket to the workshop – - a value of $397.

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Moxie Tip 339: Your Direction Matters

Virtual Moxie

Every step you take should take you in the direction of what you want for yourself. Look at your practice right now. Just for 10 minutes, evaluate if you're going in the right direction. If so, carry on. If not, plan a time to work through what changes you need to make to go where you really want to be going.

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A more personal service – why clients come back to small businesses

The Small Business Blog

Whilst small businesses may not have the manpower or resources to provide everything offered by larger competitors; they continue to flourish. We may not have the resources to attract the same number of clients or even to offer the same product or service; and have to work far harder for our share of the action… Read the full article here: A more personal service – why clients come back to small businesses on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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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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Free Training: From Idea To Implementation

Office Organization Success

The Simple, 3-Step Action Plan To Grow Your Business, Get More Clients, And Create Consistent Cash Flow. As the saying goes… “If you fail to plan … you plan to fail.” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet you’d be surprised how many business owners do not have a simple business plan in place … and so, what happens?

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Building Your First Team – How Do You Know You’re Ready?

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. Building a team to support you and your business can be a pretty overwhelming idea. Where do you find good team members? Will you have enough work coming in to keep them busy, and to pay them fairly for their time? All reasonable questions; and all have reasonable answers. I asked myself the same questions and many others when I first started thinking about building my own team.

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Having the Courage to Flourish in Life

Office Dynamics

What are you going to do this season that you’ve never done before and have always wanted to do? Dear Monday Motivators, Happy Monday! Are you having a hard time getting yourself going this morning? Well, hopefully this will wake you up. I’m jumping right into this week’s topic. FEAR! Fear can prevent you from progressing in your career and in your personal life.

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Time to sell your business? Get ready for an adventure

The Small Business Blog

So, you’ve worked hard building your business for years, sacrificing time with your family, missing important events and doing all you can to ensure future financial security. Then, out of the blue, comes an opportunity which you may or may not have planned for. Somebody wants to buy your business and the offer they make… Read the full article here: Time to sell your business?

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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