Sat.Aug 03, 2013 - Fri.Aug 09, 2013

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8 Ways to Help Everyone You Come in Contact with Feel Important, Special and Loved

Stephanie LH Calahan

'You see that woman standing next to me in the picture?  Her name is Ms. Beale (and I call her Momma and my son calls her Grandma.)  I have known her since 1990 when I first started working for her at the university.  She has this amazing ability to make everyone feel valued. Have you ever met someone like that? Have you ever had someone that made you feel important, special, valued or loved ?

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Stand For Something or Fall For Anything

Virtual Moxie

'Brooke called me, completely verklempt because her new client wasn''t paying her on time. "I''m tired of this," she said. "I''m adding a late fee to my work. agreement. If he wants to pay late, I''ll be happy to take his money.". Brooke was clearly proud of herself for having made this moxie-filled decision. "That works well for large companies," I replied.

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The ups and downs of working from home

Practically Perfect PA

'Early in the week I wrote an update on my time in Barcelona and the new job I’ve had since April. I mentioned that I spent a lot of time working from home so I thought I would delve a little more into what I actually do at home and some of the myths that assistants might have about working remotely from their manager. When I first started out as a team administrator back in 2003 despite having a (massively bulky) laptop I rarely worked from home.

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Top marks for WinWeb

The Small Business Blog

'“With so many products on the market today to help businesses grow, it’s hard to pick one and say this is the best. However, it’s even harder to find a reason not to appreciate WinWeb and the wide range of services it offers at prices almost any business can afford.” – thanks, GetApp! Read the… Read the full article here: Top marks for WinWeb on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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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 2013 CRM Market Leaders

Small Business Labs

'CRM Magazine released their annual list of market leaders in the customer relationship management (CRM) space.  They have three award categories based on the firm size of CRM system users - large enterprises, mid-market firms and small businesses.   Salesforce.com was this year's winner in the small business space, beating out last year's winner Zoho.

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Hola Barcelona!

Practically Perfect PA

'The very inviting beach at Barceloneta. I had a comment on the blog a few weeks ago asking how my big move to Barcelona was going and how I was settling into my new job, so as much as I hate talking about myself *ahem* I thought I’d give you’ll a quick update on the last few months. The first thing to say is that I can’t quite believe I’ve been here for 4 months.

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15 years of revolution

The Small Business Blog

'I was talking with some friends last week and we were asking; just how long is it since the internet started to really impact on our professional lives? After a bit of toing and froing we decided about 15 years, most of us pinpointed 1998 as the year we started to notice it. As none… Read the full article here: 15 years of revolution on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Online Banking: An Eco-Friendly Way to Manage Your Money

Eco-Office Gals

'When looking for ways to make your office eco-friendly , consider looking at the way you do your banking. Online banking provides an eco-friendly way to get your financial business done. Here are several reasons why online banking is the eco-wave of the future. Smaller Carbon Footprint. By banking online, you no longer have to drive to the branch, which reduces your carbon emissions.

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Are You Asking Your Team to Read Your Mind?

On The Job

'Bosses often tout the importance of everyone “singing from the same choir book” or a variation of that theme. The point, they stress, is that everyone needs to communicate constantly so that team efforts are being directed efficiently and productively toward the same goals. Why is it then that many workers believe their bosses aren’t inclined to follow the same advice?

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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 Hype and Reality of 3D Printing

Small Business Labs

'We've been big fans of 3D printing since being introduced to it in the late 1990s. Even back then, it was already an important technology for industrial design and prototyping. But it also holds the promise of fundamentally changing how goods are created by potentially providing anyone, anywhere with the ability to manufacture (print) most anything.

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Entrepreneur Rollercoaster

The Small Business Blog

'The life of an entrepreneur is notoriously up-and-down. As soon as you traverse one bump in the road there is another waiting for you just ahead. But that is all part of the fun for anyone with some real entrepreneurial spirit. You soon learn to love every high and low, because even the worst moments… Read the full article here: Entrepreneur Rollercoaster on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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How to Deal When Someone Steals Your Work

Eat Your Career

'You’ve worked hard to accomplish something…You’ve dedicated the time, the energy, the blood, sweat and tears…and then a colleague comes along and takes all the credit. What do you do? It happens all the time, and yet, too many hardworking professionals simply sweep it under the rug. It’s uncomfortable to confront a workplace bully like this, but it’s also something you can’t ignore.

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Pillar Huddle: When Things Get Off Track

Office Dynamics

'Joan and Jasmine traveled from Sunday through Friday and we noticed that the Wellness Pillar wasn''t getting the attention that it needed to thrive. For me, part of nurturing my Wellness Pillar is eating or juicing lots of fresh fruits and veggies. My husband teases me at the amount of greens I can consume in a week or about the variety of items that I will put through our juicer.

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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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Ready to make the fourth quarter your best quarter?

Office Organization Success

'Building a successful, long-term business is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. And, if you’re like hundreds of small business owners that I’ve spoken to this year, you’ve got all the pieces in front of you; you’re just not sure how they all fit together. And the reason you don’t know how they all fit together is because you don’t have the puzzle box with the picture on the front to use as your guide!

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5 Tips For Small Business Success

The Small Business Blog

'Establishing a small business can be difficult, but keeping it successful and expanding it is the real challenge. An enormous number of new businesses are struggling to turn a profit at any given time and only a small minority will survive to attempt to become something a little bigger and more successful. So what can… Read the full article here: 5 Tips For Small Business Success on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Career Advice to Learn from Dunder Mifflin

On The Job

'For eight years the Dunder Mifflin gang from “The Office” made us laugh as characters like the annoying Dwight and the crabby Stanley and the inept Michael interacted and make us think about our own cast of characters in our office. Still, despite their follies and fights, there are plenty of lessons to be learned from this fictional workplace that can be applied to our own careers, especially when it comes to collaboration.

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Strategies for Dealing with Difficult People

Office Dynamics

'Strategies for Dealing with Difficult People. There will always be a Ned Negative or a Debbie Dragon in the workplace. While we can try to help others change, bottom line is that they are adults and they will do as they choose. What’s interesting is that sometimes we consider people difficult because they think differently than we do; or they have very different communications; or unique personalities.

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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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8 Tips for Using a Microphone When Speaking

Ian's Messy Desk

'The post 8 Tips for Using a Microphone When Speaking appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. English: A Sennheiser Microphone (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A microphone is one of the basic tools of public speaking. Most people treat it like it’s some form of weird alien technology designed to make communicating a more difficult ordeal than it already is.

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Finances made easy

The Small Business Blog

'Check out these great tutorial videos for the WinWeb Accounting App that have been featured over at GetApp. Watching them is a great way for you to get familiar with the app before purchasing it, or for current users to learn tips and tricks that they might not know about! Read the full article here:… Read the full article here: Finances made easy on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Simple Email Management With The New Gmail Tabs

Office Organization Success

'Being an online business management expert, I felt I should address this whole “Gmail tab” hoopla that seems to have had list owners in a panic for the past couple of weeks. If you’ve received one of those very desperate-sounding “if you want to continue to receive my emails, move me to the Primary tab” emails, then you’ll know exactly what I mean!

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The Growing, Global Freelancer Rights Movement

Small Business Labs

'I traded emails last week with Joel Dullroy. He's based in Berlin and among other things is the international relations representative of a German group called  Verband der Gründer und Selbständigen Deutschland (VGSD), which means The Association of Founders and Freelancers Germany. The VGSD is fighting for freelancers rights in Germany and is part of a broader pan European effort to bring a collectivist ethos to independent entrepreneurs.

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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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Administrative/Clerical: Is Working Harder the Answer?

Office Dynamics

'[Guest blogger, Nancy Anderson of Beyond.com contributes many wonderful articles. Today she shares the message below, Is Working Harder the Answer?]. A competitive job market can be stressful, and you may work hard every day to be the best employee in your department or niche as a way to achieve job security. For clerical staff members, working harder isn''t always the way to deliver excellence.

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Infographic: Digital Marketing

The Small Business Blog

'Online marketing can be a difficult thing for small business owners to get to grips with. They might not necessarily have any marketing knowledge of their own and most of them cannot afford to hire a professional to do their marketing for them, either. Thankfully there is A LOT of information available on the internet… Read the full article here: Infographic: Digital Marketing on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Time Management Horse Sense

Ian's Messy Desk

'The post Time Management Horse Sense appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Donald Wetmore looks at time management from the perspective of a horse race; twice the reward does not generally require twice the effort. Every horse race has a first place winner and a runner-up, second place contender. It is not uncommon for the first place horse to earn twice the prize as the second place finisher.

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Montreal's Highly Regulated, Gourmet Food Trucks

Small Business Labs

'The National Post's Montreal's food truck vendors can now feed the masses - but only if bureaucrats deem them gourmet  covers the tight control city officials are exerting over food trucks.  Key quote: Bureaucrats are dictating where they can operate, when they must close, even what part of the truck they can serve from. City hall picked which trucks would be licensed based on their ability to “contribute to Montreal’s brand image as a gourmet city.

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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