ProAssisting Blog
JULY 6, 2011
I know, I know… ProAssisting is a blog and on-line learning environment for assistants… and it is but before one becomes an assistant, they usually have had some experience working as an intern. Basically, we believe, interns and internships rock and that anyone in college (and even high school) should be interning during summer breaks and potentially during semesters when they have a break in their schedule.
On The Job
JULY 7, 2011
There are certain jobs I've had that I didn't like. The boss was a nut job, the commute was a killer -- and there was never much laughter. I thought there wasn't much to laugh about because the culture was so screwed up, but I realize after interviewing an expert on laughter in the workplace that I may have been missing the mark. The reason chuckles were few and far between was because of a much deeper issue of trust and relationships.
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Stephanie LH Calahan
JULY 6, 2011
Anyone that travels frequently knows that a well organized set of travel documents makes the trip much less stressful. Scrambling to find your passport or boarding pass is never a good feeling! Over the years, I have sampled a number of different systems. Some that I made myself and some that were pre-manufactured for travel. Smead sent me a couple of samples of their Travel Organizer a few weeks ago and I have been using them so I could give you the scoop. Ke
Small Business Labs
JULY 6, 2011
The Great Recession officially ended two years ago. But the recovery has been weak and uneven, with large corporations benefiting much more than small businesses. This is continues to be the case. Stock market analysts are forecasting S&P 500 companies, on average, will see earnings growth of 17% in 2011 and 14% in 2012. A major driver is exposure to faster growing international markets. Key quote from the Motley Fool's article The Earnings Boom :
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ProAssisting Blog
JULY 6, 2011
Believe it or not, we are not the only website out there dedicated to career development, job searching and work/life balance. I know, crazy, right? As we get ready to launch our program on May 5th, we’ve been interacting with and commenting on a number of different sites that we think might be helpful to you in addition to ProAssisting: Careerealism - great resource for articles on career strategy and they embrace the new reality that we all will most likely change jobs (and potentially careers
The Small Business Blog
JULY 5, 2011
WinWeb have today announced it’s support for the Shell LiveWIRE Awards and Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, by sponsoring each applicant with it’s online cloud-based WinWeb Business Planning Software for 12 months free of charge.
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On The Job
JULY 5, 2011
I hate it when I do great work and it goes unrecognized by everyone except my own family, who I whine to until they say "good job!" (They usually have no idea what they're congratulating me for.) Seriously, who wants to labor in obscurity without a pat on the back, or a bonus or even some pathetic "employee-of-the-last-10 minutes" award? The workplace is a grim place these days, as worker drones labor long hours in their cubicles with the boss stopping by every once in a while to bark a new orde
Stephanie LH Calahan
JULY 4, 2011
Did you go to business school? Did you know that most entrepreneurs didn't? When you launched your business were you prepared for everything you had to do to make it thrive? Perhaps you thought you just needed to learn the skills to make you an expert in your field and "Voila"! you'd be a sought-after success! It's not so easy, is it?
The Small Business Blog
JULY 6, 2011
It’s a funny old world sometimes – I usually spend several hours per day doing online customer support. Instinctively I always introduce myself just as “Stefan&# and do not elaborate on who I am or what I do.
Eco-Office Gals
JULY 5, 2011
I hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July! We had a nice evening with a few friends and good food. Getting back on track, slowly and bleary-eyed I stumble to the computer this morning to find that WordPress has rolled out version 3.2. Some features include: Refreshed Administative UI – Admin redesign. New Default Theme “Twenty Eleven&# – Uses the latest Theme Features.
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Virtual Moxie
JULY 3, 2011
Five years ago, I wrote a post on the 4th of July about claiming my own day of independence, and I encouraged everyone else to do that, too. I'm reprising it again this year (today, not tomorrow as usual for my posts), because more than a handful of you asked me to. You can read that post here. As I read it today, I tried to think if I had anything to add to it.
Ian's Messy Desk
JULY 4, 2011
Image via Wikipedia. Effective listening requires a degree of skill to retain what you’ve heard. After listening to someone speak for ten minutes, the average person understands and retains about half of what’s been said. Two days later, the amount drops to 25%. We absorb information best by using multiple senses. Make your impressions visual, verbal and auditory.
The Small Business Blog
JULY 4, 2011
The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Positive word-of-mouth is important for attracting customers and establishing a foothold in any marketplace. Referral marketing is so powerful that it is often worthwhile to offer incentives (discounts etc.
Eco-Office Gals
JULY 4, 2011
The longer sunny days and sweltering heat can only mean one thing—the summer is here. And what better what to kick-start the season than by sprucing up your work wardrobe and dressing accordingly? To help you sizzle in the office this summer while simultaneously working to be eco-friendly, consider giving-in to these fashion-forward trends. White Hot.
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Eat Your Career
JULY 5, 2011
How would you feel if you had enough time to get everything done AND you still had time to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family? ??You’d feel AWESOME, right? ??What would you do with that extra time? Take a long, hot bath? Go hiking? Sit down and read to your kids? What if I could snap my fingers and give you an extra hour in your day? Or maybe a FEW extra hours?
Make or Break Moments
JULY 6, 2011
There is a bookstore called Politics and Prose located in a neighborhood of DC that opened almost 30 years ago. The founder, Carla Cohen, truly understood the value of being connected with her customers. In an article in Inc Magazine a few months ago, the bookstore and more importantly, Carla Cohen, were featured. There [.].
Small Business Labs
JULY 7, 2011
Newsweek has followed up on their downer article on the economic outlook for men - Dead Suit Walking - with a very upbeat article on women's future economic prospects. Women Will Rule the World covers the drivers of growth behind what we like to call the trend towards a She-conomy. Key quote from the article: " economists predict that by 2024, the average woman in the U.S. and a number of rich European countries will outearn the average man." The article cove
Step It Up VA Coaching
JULY 7, 2011
by Donna Toothaker. The abundance of available methods of delivering information and services these days means savvy customers and clients will demand options. Technology has evolved to serve people’s many preferences; and if you want to be effective (and successful), you must offer a variety of choices – in your marketing, in your products and services, and in your payment methods – to cater to those needs and be competitive.
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.
Eat Your Career
JULY 8, 2011
In case you missed it, I held my free monthly coaching call yesterday. You can listen to the recorded version using the audio player below. If you’d like to participate in next month’s call, please register and submit a question by visiting this page. Download MP3 Here. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Digg this!
Make or Break Moments
JULY 4, 2011
Now here is a dilema for you to chew on. Friends of mine just went out for a fancy dinner. They don’t normally go out, married over 30 years, both busy in their careers, they are lucky if they have time for a quick spin through the local drive through. But last weekend they decided [.].
Small Business Labs
JULY 8, 2011
Reason's It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future reviews the not so positive book on forecasting Future Babble. The article's tagline: "Why dart-throwing chimps are better than the experts." This is a reference is to a classic study of expert forecasts covered in the book. Conducted 50 years ago by UC Berkeley psychologist Philip Tetlock, the study concluded that most expert forecasts would have been beaten by “a dart-
Brilliantly Better
JULY 6, 2011
I’m a big fan of cartoons. I even find personal development lessons in some of them, like Dumbo , for instance. Or in a more recent Kung Fu Panda. Oh, that post was a fun one. Not to mention it was instantly picked up by social media, becoming quite popular. So, it goes without saying that Kung Fu Panda 2 had to find its place in my blog too. Ladies and gents, without further ado, here are 5 life lessons I learned from Kung Fu Panda 2, the movie. 1.
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.
Small Business CEO
JULY 7, 2011
An effective marketing strategy is vital for any business. When paid advertisements, billboards and brochures were all the rage back in the day, there was a mad scramble to get the best, albeit affordable, designs to get mass attention. Nowadays, social media is at the forefront of marketing that everything and anything which it encompasses seems to be a necessity for businesses to use.
Make or Break Moments
JULY 6, 2011
' There is a bookstore called Politics and Prose located in a neighborhood of DC that opened almost 30 years ago. The founder, Carla Cohen, truly understood the value of being connected with her customers.
Small Business Labs
JULY 5, 2011
MBO Partners has announced the kickoff of its first annual " State of Independence in America " study. This study will examine the significant and growing independent worker (self-employed, freelancer, contractor, temps, etc.) movement in the US. The goal of the study is to assess the size and the demographic profile of this growing segment of the workforce and detail the trends and challenges that will impact independent workers over the next five years.
Brilliantly Better
JULY 2, 2011
It’s that time of the month, again. I’m talking about my usual report on the tamed inner monkey. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go read the introductory post. Basically, I replaced my yearly resolutions with a yearly challenge: each month I want to tame an inner monkey. Some underdeveloped part of myself, a promise made long time ago but never fulfilled.
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
Men With Pens
JULY 7, 2011
Marketing should be fun, engaging and exciting. If you think I’m nuts for suggesting such a thing, you’re probably doing it wrong. Let me tell you a little story about a friend I’ll call Tim. Tim was a software developer who enjoyed chatting with people, but hated selling his business. He didn’t want to be that cheesy guy who you avoided because all he did was try to sell you his services.
Make or Break Moments
JULY 4, 2011
'Now here is a dilema for you to chew on. Friends of mine just went out for a fancy dinner.
Small Business CEO
JULY 6, 2011
Did you sign up for outsourcing figuring you could forget about IT? Ignore the management of IT at your own risk. One company outsourced its IT, negotiating excellent rates. Sadly, the outsourcer failed to purchase software, installing the same copy again and again. Horrendous customer service created productivity issues. The company paid a penalty to exit the contract and had to purchase the unlicensed software, taking a serious hit to profitability.
Catch Friday
JULY 7, 2011
There was always something lacking in David Cameron's judgement that I could not put my finger on, could you? It was no doubt his decision to take Andy Coulson on, the former editor of the News of the World in his General Election spin, but such wisdom got him into 10 Downing Street as the British Prime Minister, and all was forgotten in the champagne parties.
Service Untitled
JULY 5, 2011
There is a lot to say about the convenience of sitting down in front of my computer at 11:00 at night shopping for a little black dress I happened to see on a movie I was watching with my friends. Not that it matters what I’m shopping for, since online shopping has grown exponentially. The most popular products selling online are computer software, electronics, digital books and magazines, yet other online retailers have also taken a notable place in the wallets of American shoppers.
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