Sat.Oct 06, 2012 - Fri.Oct 12, 2012

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How to Keep Your Competitive Edge in the Workplace

Eat Your Career

During a recent free coaching call , one individual asked the following question: “I’ve been employed at the same company for over 10 years. I feel secure in my position but, with all the turmoil in the economy, I guess anything could happen. How can I make sure I’m staying competitive?”. What a great question! I love this kind of proactive thinking.

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Speakers and Authors: Get Your Image on Your Articles in Google Search Results

Stephanie LH Calahan

The other day I was talking to Kenneth Manesse Sr. and he shared a few resources that I thought you would love to see: Which Google Plus Features Most Affect Search Rankings. and. How to Show Your Author Photo in Google Search Results. Here is an example of what searches now display when you find a post I wrote:   I was shocked at how simple it was to get my picture showing in the search results, using the steps outlined.

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4 Ways to Handle Your Workplace Jealousies

On The Job

Most of us have had feelings of jealousy or envy in our lives, but nowhere may it be more difficult to deal with than in the workplace. Of course you’re supposed to wish Jim well on his new promotion – even though you worked hard for it and you believe Jim is a slacker. And, well, sure you’d like to be friendlier to your colleague Maggie, but she’s so darned organized it gives you a headache, especially when the boss is always giving her an award for it.

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Top 5 Tips for Remaining Competitive in Business

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. As a small business, you have the opportunity and freedom to innovate with a lot less restrictions than many of your larger rivals.

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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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Mobile Marketing Techniques for Eco Friendly Businesses

Eco-Office Gals

The recent buzz about global climate change has spurred a number of other changes in the world. Green consciousness and eco-friendly movements are gaining more momentum every day, manifesting themselves in everything from recycling to organic produce. Even the world of marketing has changed. In the past, marketing was all about getting the best space on paper–magazine ads, newspaper pages, colossal billboards.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Last week I wrote a blog on minute taking during meetings. It provided quite popular so I thought I’d write a little something on working with Committees in general. The minutes are the end product of a meeting but how do we ensure the meeting itself is well organised, productive and attended by the right people? I’ve worked with quite a few Boards and Committees over the years and have organised some worthwhile meetings and also some useless time wasting meetings so I understand the balance nee

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Mafia Offer

The Small Business Blog

Gloomy news everywhere, apparently the world economy is heading for another recession, the Euro leders still can’t get it together, more austerity on the way and so on… How can a SME/SMB survive in these circumstances? Answer: ‘Mafia Offer – An offer a customer can’t refuse!

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Quiz: Is Your Attitude Hurting Your Career?

Eat Your Career

There’s an old saying: “Attitude is everything”. And it’s really true. Did you know that your perspective can actually change your reality? After all, your attitude shows up everywhere: In your words, your tone of voice, even your physical look. And it also guides your actions. Your attitude can certainly impact the way others view you – which, of course, impacts the way they treat you and the opportunities that come your way.

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The Secret Tool That Helps My Business Grow & Keeps Me Connected to Important FollowUps

Stephanie LH Calahan

This past week I was having a conversation with a colleague and she asked me how I was able to keep all of my various contacts straight.  She tells me, "Between face-to-face networking, social networking, clients, prospects and people downloading stuff from my website it is tough for me to keep all of my out reach organized!" I can relate!

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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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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Last week I wrote a blog on minute taking during meetings. It provided quite popular so I thought I’d write a little something on working with Committees in general. The minutes are the end product of a meeting but how do we ensure the meeting itself is well organised, productive and attended by the right people? I’ve worked with quite a few Boards and Committees over the years and have organised some worthwhile meetings and also some useless time wasting meetings so I understand the balance nee

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If you want to stand out in front of your customers then you need to close the loop

The Small Business Blog

Following on from my last post: What you think about your customers and how you serve them will define and drive what you receive from them, here’s another quote that I like to and from a topical source, given the upcoming US presidential elections.

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5 Tips for Eco-Friendly Organization in the Office

Eco-Office Gals

Getting your office in ship shape can be a trying task, but when you try to instill your green sensibilities in the course of the project you may find yourself facing an uphill battle fraught with resistance and setbacks. However, it’s worth a little extra effort to ensure that your office does less harm to the environment. So here are just a few helpful tips to greenify your office even as you clear the clutter and get everyone organized.

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Life Can be Easy When You Leverage Your Resources

Stephanie LH Calahan

Back when I was in school I learned in science that leverage could be applied as a mechanical function.  If I wanted to move something that was too heavy, I could use a lever or a puly system to move it. Websters defines leverage in a general financial context focusing on gains and losses.  You leverage your finances when you finance a project using little or none of your own money and borrow the rest.

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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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Moxie Tip 257: The Long Haul

Virtual Moxie

If you want something long-lasting, you have to go into it prepared to care for it well, and to be committed for the long haul. You can’t go in thinking that there will be a way out. Because when you consciously connect with the notion that you can get out, you have no really compelling reason to work to stay in. And if things get difficult or just unhappy making, there’s no impetus to stay.

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Value Propositions

The Small Business Blog

Especially in the current climate, you need to be clear about what value you deliver to your customers? Which of the customers problems are you solving? Which customer need are you satisfying? This requires focus and time to think ABOUT your business and not in your business, that comes later.

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Organizing a Green Gift Exchange for Your Next Office Party

Eco-Office Gals

With the holidays just around the corner (already, can you believe it?) office managers everywhere are starting to think about the string of parties they will no doubt have to plan. Some will be for executives, partners, and vendors, but most offices also host at least one office party solely for their employees at the end of the year. This type of event not only allows owners and managers to show their appreciation for the efforts that their staff makes on behalf of the company throughout the y

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Two Quick Strategies for Making LinkedIN Work for You from #BBSRadio and @LinkedInExpert

Stephanie LH Calahan

How do you feel about your interactions on LinkedIN?  Do you get the return that you would like from your time there? I hear many people talk about how they don't understand how to effectively use LinkedIN, yet; I have found it to be a fantastic place for me to make business connections and connect with new clients. Today, I'll share two strategies that you can use right now to get more out of LinkedIN and I'll introduce you to a few resources where you can learn more.

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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 Fourth Sector - Social Businesses

Small Business Labs

Good article on Social Earth describing the emerging fourth sector of socially-oriented businesses.  These are firms, both for-profits and non-profits, that are driven by a social mission but employ for-profit business policies and practices.  This is in addition to the traditional sectors - the private sector, government and traditional non-profits.

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WinWeb Updates Business Planning App To Make Your Business Execution More Coherent!

The Small Business Blog

WinWeb has updated its Business Planning App to allow business startups and established business to have a fresh look at their business plan. A Business Module Canvas has been added to the existing modules of cash-flow planning, SWOT analysis (no allows for multiple SWOTs) and the more traditional vision, mission, action plan, etc. components.

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Designing Your Office From Recycled and Upcycled Materials

Eco-Office Gals

Many people are looking for ways to go green these days, both in their personal and their professional lives. For some, this is the result of increasing awareness about the negative impact that humanity is having on the planet. Others are worried about the state of their health. And many harbor concerns about the challenges their children and grandchildren will face because of the decisions made by today’s society.

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22 Fantastic Ideas to Create Compelling Content [Infographic]

Stephanie LH Calahan

For the past few weeks, I've been sharing different ideas on how you can quickly and easily share awesome content with your audience.  Recently, I found a fantastic infographic by Copyblogger that has loads of ideas.  Pick one or two and go for it!   Like this infographic? Get more content marketing tips from Copyblogger.   When I read this list, I found that there were many I have used successfully and often, but there were some I had never thought of.  A

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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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Contingent Workforce Dominates September Job Growth

Small Business Labs

The political noise and controversy around September's reduction in the unemployment rate to 7.8% is overshadowing a very important point. Traditional job growth was anemic (only 114,000), but the jump in contingent workers was huge. The contingent workforce - working folks who don't have a traditional full-time job -  increased by over 700,000  in September.  This is why the unemployment rate fell.

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Conventional or Behavior-Based Interviewing?

Job Advice Blog

A job interview has been scheduled for you, but do you know what types of questions you’ll have to answer? This is the dilemma most candidates face. Don’t panic. You can prepare for various types of questions, and I’ll give you a few hints later on. Most companies are using one or the other type: [.].

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The Benefits of Having a Water Harvester

Eco-Office Gals

As society becomes more environmentally friendly and aware of the damages that fossil fuels have upon the earth, alternative and reusable sources of energy have become increasingly popular. One reusable energy source that is becoming more widely used is harvesting rainwater for domestic or commercial use. Although it seems like a new idea, the process itself has been popular for centuries.

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Why" Practice" Isn't a Dirty Word

On The Job

I've always said that journalism was perfect for me because I never like doing the same thing twice. As my piano teacher will attest, I always treated the word "practice" like it was a dirty word. But I now realize that I do practice, every day. While I may write a different story or talk to different people, by writing every day I am practicing. Has my practice made me better?

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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