Eco-Office Gals

JULY 14, 2011

Times are tough and money is tight for a lot of us. Here are a few tips you can easily implement to reduce your household bills whilst you save energy. Go Paperless. Companies such as phone/energy providers, credit cards and catalogs have all been known to charge a little per month for printing and sending paper bills. It might take a while to check everything and switch, but all those little bits add up, so with a bit of a time investment you could save a significant amount – and a lot of paper

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Credit Card Phones UPS Environment 167

The Small Business Blog

JULY 11, 2011

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Tax planning is essential if you are serious about reducing your costs over the long-term.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 13, 2011

Many of my clients contact me because they have looked at their bottom line and realize that they had better figure out how to do things better, faster and cheaper.  Putting systems in place so that you and your business are more productive is one way to Rock Your Profits, but it is not the only way. Do you wonder why you never reach your profit goals?

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Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2011

I recently posted on a study we did comparing the demographic and motivational differences between traditional small business owners and high growth-entrepreneurs.  Another part of that study looked at the competitiveness and success differences between different types of small business.  Our focus was to better understand how women and minority owned small businesses compared with small businesses owned by white men.  We also looked at how education correlated with small busin

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Policies Networking AT&T 154

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!

Collaborate

Virtual Moxie

JULY 13, 2011

You cannot afford to under communicate, or communicate late. If you're worried that something you've done (or not done) will upset your client, not communicating will just make it worse.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 12, 2011

Image by WingateStateArena . T his is a guest post from Maureen Santoro from Atlas Meetings + Incentives. There was a time when corporate meetings were the definition of elaborate. Opulent hotels were booked, big-name entertainment flown in, and extravagance seemed the norm. For better or worse, those days are long gone. With the economic crisis, companies are looking for new things to do when they plan a corporate-wide meeting.

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Administrative Professionals 139

Small Business Labs

JULY 15, 2011

Newgeography's A Guide to China's Rising Urban Areas lists the Middle Kingdom's 20 largest cities and provides a brief description of the 16 you've likely never heard of.  Below are the top 10.      To put this list in perspective, the 20th largest Chinese city - Taiyuan - is slightly larger than our 3rd largest city, Chicago (pop 2.8 million).  New York (pop 8.4 million) would be 6th and LA (pop 3.8 million) 13th on this list.  My favori

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2020 Environment 138

Virtual Moxie

JULY 12, 2011

When you read the title, did you finish the sentence with, "Your tongue will be frozen to it?" :) I bet many of you did. :) I know I would have! There’s a book I once read called _When You Lick A Slug, Your Tongue Goes Numb_. It's a book of wisdom, kid style. When you think of all the things you learned in childhood (and since, for that matter), some of them were real and based in fact (1+1=2, for instance), and some of them are based on the assumption that they are based in fact, when in realit

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Learning Forms Skills UPS 141

The Small Business Blog

JULY 13, 2011

We humans are social animals – there can be no doubt about that, given the rise of social networking & social media. Social networking is centered around the exchange of ideas, knowledge and more – in other words it helps people to interact.

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Social Media Networking 147

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 15, 2011

They say life can change in the blink of an eye, but you never really appreciate how true that phrase is until someone blinks. On July 7, 2011, at 4:30pm, life blinked for my 20 year old son, Ben and the ripple effects of that blink reach beyond comprehension. He was hit directly in the [.].

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Networking 2011 136

Small Business Labs

JULY 14, 2011

We have 4 interns working with us this summer.  Interns, of course, are a challenge to manage.  They tend to be inexperienced and have limited traditional work skills.  They need help and guidance, and it takes time to keep them on track.  Because of this, many people don't want them.  But we think the good of interns way outweighs the bad.  The key is to find jobs they can do without a lot of supervision.

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Job Advice Blog

JULY 15, 2011

Many interviewers don’t know how to interview, and the majority of candidates are not sufficiently prepared for the test. Because that situation is a given, a candidate can improve the chances for hire by better understanding the interview process itself and the emotional aspects of the interview. Conversely from what our instinct might tell us, [.].

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Interviewing Skills 136

Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 11, 2011

Kate and I met via social media and over time Kate has listened to many of my short tip podcasts.  Kate helps a woman on the verge of doing great things to take the leap into the life she has been dreaming of.whether it's starting a business, writing a book or fulfilling a life long ambition and the host of A Jumping Off Point Radio Show. Today I share the topics we covered and the recording of the show.

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Interviewing Social Media Learning 136

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Policies

Eco-Office Gals

JULY 13, 2011

Technology and their trends constantly change and develop. This makes it is very difficult for people or businesses to stay ahead of the curve. There are some tips however, that can help you keep up. Meetings and events make up a big part of business and communications, whether internal or external. What is often forgotten though is the accompanying cost and ROI of those meetings.

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On The Job

JULY 12, 2011

At least several times a month I get some kind of "free" thing in the mail. Mailing labels with my address. Free notebooks with my name inscribed on them. These "free" items come with a plea from the sender: Would I consider donating to "Doctors Without Mercedes"? (Or something like that.) If not, I am assured, I can still keep the "free" labels or cards.

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UPS 124

Tips From T. Marie

JULY 15, 2011

We’re all familiar with the term ‘ know it all’ It’s a rather negative term for someone who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others. But do you know what a ‘do it all’ is? In business, a ‘do it all’ is someone who shoulders all of the work and responsibilities themselves, often resulting in the stunted growth of a business.

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2007 Skills Learning UPS 122

Small Business Labs

JULY 11, 2011

One of our "go to" sources for insights and information on distributed work and telework are Kate Lister and Tom Hamish from the Telework Research Network     In addition to deep knowledge on the topic, they are also data intensive - much appreciated here at Small Business Labs.  So we were very excited to read through their latest research report -   The State of Telework in the U.S.   It describes who's teleworking and why

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Networking 113

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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Virtual Moxie

JULY 12, 2011

It's important to have high standards around how you'll handle times when you simply cannot work, whether that's due to vacation, illness, or just a personal day. When deciding, think about the distinction between the words "depended on," and "dependent on." Choose what you want to be, and let that guide your action.

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On The Job

JULY 14, 2011

It's kind of interesting that I'm running this column I did for Gannett/USAToday on the heels of a post I did about getting annoyed that I am always getting hit up at work to contribute to someone's "cause." This is the flip side of that scenario, as a new study shows that if you want to recruit the best and brightest of young workers, all you need to do is tie their employment to a cause they care about.

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Policies Stress UPS Management 121

Tips From T. Marie

JULY 15, 2011

I bet you thought you’d missed out on the Finding & Claiming Your Value Webinar. Surprise! As I mentioned in my post earlier today, I just returned from two weeks in Maine due to a death in my family, 7 days of which I didn’t do anything business related at all. Needless to say, it has jammed up my schedule a bit. Because of that, the webinar has been rescheduled (I know, I know….again!

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Mentoring Home Office AT&T UPS 116

Make or Break Moments

JULY 15, 2011

'They say life can change in the blink of an eye, but you never really appreciate how true that phrase is until someone blinks.

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Networking 2011 100

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.

Policies

Virtual Moxie

JULY 10, 2011

Have high standards for your spare time, rather than consider it unmeaningful. Do what you love, always, in all ways.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 12, 2011

My first car was a wreck. A real wreck. The make was Dacia and the model was Nova. The color was metal blue and the engine was a 1.4 liter gasoline. The doors weren’t closing right and rear window exploded one very cold winter while I was waiting at a red light. Don’t ask why, it just exploded. The inside was extremely hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter.

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International 2011 UPS 82

Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2011

It’s not a question anyone really wants to ask themselves – but it is the most necessary question in professional writing. And if the quality of writing around the web is any indication, it’s a question very few writers ask themselves. Most people starting out as professionals will receive the following advice: write. Just write. Keep writing. I know.

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2006 2011 Learning Skills 65

Small Business CEO

JULY 12, 2011

As I previously mentioned a few weeks ago, Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com are in the midst of conducting the first ever Small Business Influencer awards. Nominations ended just over this past weekend and I wanted to alert you that voting has now begun. Over 500 of the most influential individual people, companies and organizations have been nominated.

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UPS 58

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

Networking

Virtual Moxie

JULY 14, 2011

This week, create a standard around over communicating, and communicating quickly. What do you think is a reasonable expectation for clients to have of you?

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 11, 2011

Some days are like chocolate boxes. After you open them, there is something incredibly sweet and tasty inside. I decided that today will be one of those days for my readers. July Promotions. I don’t know about you, but I’m experiencing an incredibly hot summer. I’m in Romania at this time and it’s summer around here. A hot, slow and lazy summer.

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Promotion 2011 AT&T UPS 63

Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2011

Imagine a world where the whole game has changed. Some powerful authority swoops down and decides that by law, everyone can only charge one standard price across the board. All writers are paid the same, all web designers are paid the same, and all web developers are paid the same too. You can’t compete with your peers on price anymore – you all cost the same.

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