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Facilitating Group Planning Sessions

Practically Perfect PA

Administrators will no doubt at some stage in their careers be the one leading and facilitating a planning session. When you’re that person a lot is at stake – mainly credibility. People, and this could mean your peers, will judge you on how well you planned the meeting, your ability to control it effectively, produce outcomes and manage personalities.

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Coworking Industry Competition Heating Up

Small Business Labs

The coworking industry is getting more competitive.  Recent examples include stories about coworking spaces  offering of a year's free rent to prospective tenants , reports of coworking spaces spying on competitors and coworking spaces closing down due to growing competition. Also, serviced office provider Regus lost one third of their market value after announcing that their operating profit for 2017 would be “materially below market expectations”.  Regus said its earnings

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Tap into the Power of “3” in Your Writing

Office Dynamics

by Barbara McNichol. Our society loves “3”; we remember things in “3s”; we’ve learned it from kindergarten when we were told to hop, skip, jump and stop, look, and listen. Businesses gravitate toward “3” when they create marketing taglines. Look at these examples: Reduce, reuse, recycle (recycle guide). Buy it. Sell it. Love it. (eBay). Grace, space, pace.

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Why You Think You're Prepared to Job Hunt -- But You're Really Not

On The Job

I recently was interviewed on a podcast, "Find Your Dream Job." You can find the full transcript here , but I'm including some of it now. Mac Prichard: Now our topic this week is about the importance of preparation in a job search. When you and I chatted before the program, you were saying this was the one thing people have to do in a job search. What do you mean by preparation, Anita?

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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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Dealing with confidential paperwork

Practically Perfect PA

As much as we all want to work in paperless offices it still seems like something that is way way into the future. Yes, I think most of us have cut down a whole bunch on our paper consumption, however, we still have to print things off, get people to sign things and work with paper documents a lot. The reality is that paper is going to be around for a little while longer.

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Podcast 076: Organizing challenges for couples

Clutter Coach

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! This is Podcast 76 and it’s about organizing challenges for couples. I usually work with individuals, but sometimes I work with couples and families too. Even when I’m working just with an individual, there are family members lurking in the background and they have their own wants, needs, agendas, resistances and bad habits that we have to take into account.

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How to Avoid Being Blindsided in Your Career

On The Job

I've written before about how to know when your job is in trouble: The boss avoids you, there are meetings that you used to attend that are now excluding you and your job duties are being trimmed. The story, "How to Know When You're on Thin Ice at Work," in today's Wall Street Journal covers much of this in its reporting, but I think more discussion is needed of how to avoid having your job yanked out from under you.

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So, the first ever PPPA Virtual Summit happened!

Practically Perfect PA

So, the first ever PPPA Virtual Summit happened! Last Friday we hosted the first ever online conference for Assistants around the world and I’ve got to say… It was, without doubt, the most utterly terrifying thing I have ever! We had just over 500 assistants book on to the Virtual Summit, which is just unbelievable and not something I was expecting when I set up the Crowdfunding project for this event back in April.

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15 Online Businesses You Can Start Today Without Any Investment

Small Business CEO

You would be surprised some of the simple business ideas that can bring in a decent sized paycheck. If you have access to the internet, you have the ability to make money even from your own home. Depending on your qualifications, the possibilities may vary. Nonetheless, a little ingenuity can go a long way in today’s internet age. Keep in mind, some of these ideas may or may not work for you.

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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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Why I’ve Stopped Saying That You Shouldn’t Check Email First Thing In The Morning

Productivityist

For a long time, I’ve believed that you should not check email first thing in the morning. As a matter fact, I still don’t. But the truth is, that advice won’t work for everybody. So I’ve stopped saying it. I think what’s more important is that you have a strategy whenever you open your email application – no matter when you do it.

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Upwork's 2017 Freelancing in America Study

Small Business Labs

Upwork and the Freelancers Union released their 2017 Freelancing in America study last week. This is the 4th year of this study. The key finding is the estimated number of freelancers continued to grow in 2017, reaching 57.3 million, up from 53 million in 2014. That's about 36 percent of the workforce. According to the study, part-time freelancers are both the largest group and the ones driving this growth.

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They Can't Get No.Satisfaction!

The Marq

It's not easy keeping everyone happy in all of your transaction, and sometimes not even in a single deal. So, what do you do? Do you strive to do everything possible to win the favor of a person no matter what? I briefly touch on this in today's late night post. Copyright(c) 2017 TheMarq.com.

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From Realtor to Business Owner: Start Your Own Real Estate Business

Small Business CEO

As a successful real estate agent, you probably have your hands full with satisfied clients and profitable commissions. If you love meeting with clients at all hours and working through the paperwork to help people’s dreams come true, you probably want to continue doing so until retirement age. But if you’re ready for a new adventure, the promise of steadier income, and a different set of responsibilities at work, it might be time to start your own real estate business.

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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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Meetings and Momentum with Mamie Kanfer Stewart

Productivityist

I welcome Mamie Kanfer Stewart to the show on this episode. She is CEO and founder of Meeteor , a venture that helps teams build their capabilities for effective collaboration and productive meetings. Mamie is driven to help others optimize their time and cultivate their team to achieve results. On this episode we talk about meeting strategies and pitfalls to avoid, such as how to avoid back-to-back meetings, going into a meeting with not enough information, dealing with late meetings attendees,

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5 Signs That It’s Time to Hire a Marketing Professional

Small Business CEO

As a business becomes more established, it’s not unusual for it to acquire new staff as time goes on. The positions offered normally revolve around sales and customer service, and these employees will be carrying out an important role within the business. However, there are some instances where we may need to look at the bigger picture when it comes to the business, especially in relation to marketing.

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Employee Onboarding 101

Small Business CEO

Starting a new job can feel almost scary. You’re a little unsure about what your exact job duties will be and you might even question how well you’ll like your co-workers (as well as how well they’ll like you). Everything is new and different when first getting to know the business that is now responsible for helping you earn a living, which can be slightly overwhelming to say the least.

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Small Business Management for Dummies

Small Business CEO

Managing a small business is not easier than managing a large business just because the word “small” is involved. Ultimately, you are still working with people, and people are an unpredictable variable of business. Effective business management is about more than finding success or pushing your employees to work harder. Effective business management is doing all of that with a crew of people who are fulfilled and content in their position with the company.

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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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Can You Get a Small Business Loan With Bad Credit?

Small Business CEO

When you start a business, there’s a very good chance that you are going to need some extra capital. Whether you need money to hire and train employees, to pay for office space, or to buy inventory, it seems there is always something to spend money on when you start a business. The great news is that there are so many options out there for finding the funding you need, from small-business loans to lines of credit.

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Want to Flourish Your Business? Try the 4 Splendid Couponing Strategies!

Small Business CEO

Whether your business revolves around fashion industry, craft, and arts or any other sector, coupons should be one of the major ways to build a loyal customer base. Well, if you haven’t tried yet then just make a move soon! Moreover, if you keep a keen eye on Marks And Spencer or any such top-notch brands then you can notice there is a continuous flow of deals, coupons, and offers from the same to which people get attracted usually.

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5 Ways to Make Your Office Eco-Friendly

Small Business CEO

Our efforts to go green and do better for our planet do not have to stop at home. If you are a business owner, there is a lot of things you can do to make sure your office is as green as it can be. There are numerous opportunities to make your office eco-friendly , from switching to green lighting options, choosing recyclable materials for the furniture and supplies and others that will make your office environmentally aware.

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4 Tips for Making Your Boss Happy

Small Business CEO

One of the best ways to keep your job is to make your boss happy. When your supervisor is pleased with your level of performance then you are ensuring that you are stable in your position. Putting forth the right actions in order to make sure that you are secure in your job, means staying on the right path for the long haul. Many people fail to realize that with only a few simple adjustments they can really shine in the eyes of their boss.

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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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How to Prepare for Business Growth

Small Business CEO

What are your plans for growth for your business? The sooner you start preparing yourself for growth, the easier it will be to take your business to the next level of success. Because, the truth is, while most want to grow their business, not everyone can do so. In this blog post, I want to help show you how to prepare yourself for business growth. Eliminate distractions and focus on what matters.