Sat.May 23, 2015 - Fri.May 29, 2015

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A PA’s guide to confidentiality

Practically Perfect PA

As a PA or EA, your ability to handle confidential subjects, issues, emails and documents is essential. And increasingly, PAs are asked in job interviews how they approach the issue of confidentiality. This guide offers insider knowledge that will help you to handle all things confidential with confidence. Confidential emails and digital files. The issue of confidentiality is especially pertinent when it comes to handling emails and electronic documents.

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Create Joint Venture ‘Giveaways’ to Boost Your List

Office Organization Success

I added 550+ new subscribers in just FIVE days with this strategy. And, once you know exactly how to set this up, you can do this too. One of the best ways you can give your list building efforts a HUGE boost is to partner with other solopreneurs to create a giveaway event … also known as a joint venture (JV). If done right this strategy can literally add hundreds of new subscribers to your list in a very short period of time.

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Why Startups Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up to Be and Why It Doesn’t Matter

The Small Business Blog

Typically, when we read about new businesses and entrepreneurs it’s all ‘this is the new Facebook’ or ‘how this business has really taken off in the last year’ and all too often, the media focus entirely on the glamour and success of entrepreneurism. But the life of an entrepreneur is by no means an entirely… Read the full article here: Why Startups Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up to Be and Why It Doesn’t Matter on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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The Motivations and Challenges of Diverse Small Business Owners

Small Business Labs

Gallup's Diverse Small Business Owners Share Their Experiences covers a series of surveys of different segments of small business owners. The surveys asked about the motivations and challenges among Asian, African-American, Hispanic, Women, LGBT and Veteran small business owners. Their key finding is small business owners have pretty much the same motivations and challenges regardless of their ethnic, racial and social backgrounds.

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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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Healthier choices for your conference

Practically Perfect PA

With spring here and summer on the way, I am sure I am not the only one thinking about trying to include some healthier choices in my life. And why not extend that to your conference or event. It can be easy to opt for the standard conference package, but with a little tweaking and few extras you can energise your delegates enough to make for an incredibly productive event.

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Criteria for Decluttering

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2008-05-06 23:30:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter It’s simple. Whenever you’re torn about getting rid of something or keeping it, ask yourself these two questions: Do I need it? Do I love it? If the answer is yes to either one, you keep it. The post Criteria for Decluttering appeared first on Clutter Coach.

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Coworking Booming in Chicago (Dallas Too)

Small Business Labs

Crain's Plenty of Rivals are Following WeWork into Coworking Competition covers the rapidly growing coworking industry in Chicago.  As the article chart below shows not only have a lot more spaces opened over the past couple of years, they are also much bigger. And there's no signs of a slow down. The article points out there are literally dozens of companies planning to open new coworking spaces in Chicago in the near future.         It's not just

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When should you start planning your Christmas party?

Practically Perfect PA

I know, I know it is only May, we haven’t had summer yet and I am already writing blogs about Christmas parties. You may think I am crazy but actually this is the best time of year to start thinking about your office do. Planning your festive celebration should be a fun task but leave it too late and you could find yourself frantically searching for an available venue, not to mention a reliable caterer and decent entertainment.

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What are You Doing to Help Vets?

On The Job

Most of us on this Memorial Day today are enjoying time with family and friends, but we should also take time to remember those who have lost their lives defending this country -- and the military personnel and their families who sacrifice so much every day. One of the biggest problems for veterans these days is finding a job in the private sector once they retire from the military.

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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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Choosing a Marketing Plan That’s Right for Your Business

Small Business CEO

Marketing is the life blood of any company. Without it, you won’t bring in any new customers, and your business will struggle to grow. This is why it is so essential that you choose a marketing plan that is right for your company. And before you can implement this plan, you need to create the one that actually works. It is important to properly plan out your marketing strategy, maybe by even following a strategic planning template , to ensure that you implement not only the correct strateg

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Researching Society's Edges

Small Business Labs

We're often asked about how we go about our work of identifying, tracking and forecasting the future of small business.  One of the key tools is identifying and studying edge communities. These are groups that exist outside of the mainstream in one way or another. We spend a lot of time finding and interacting with edge communities. We do this because mainstream shifts and changes generally start in these communities.

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The Climb: Why I’m Going Beyond Productivity

Productivityist

Back when Miley Cyrus was Hannah Montana, my daughter was a fan. She eventually outgrew it, but before she did she asked if we could go see Hannah Montana: The Movie. So we did. It was pretty unmemorable fare, but there was one thing about the film that has stuck with me. The song at the end of the film called “The Climb.” I don’t mind the song all that much, mainly because of the lyrics.

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How Maslow Can Help Your Marketing

Men With Pens

Click here to read the full article →Another rocking post from Men With Pens! How Maslow Can Help Your Marketing first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006 — 2015, All Rights. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Tips to Ensure you are Getting the Most Out of your Employees

Small Business CEO

Most successful companies recognize two basic facts. Firstly, employees are the company’s most valuable resource, and secondly, for the company to be efficient, it needs to get the most out of all its employees. By and large, even the most successful companies struggle with achieving a balance. Lean one way and you have high turnover; lean the other way and you start down the road to inefficiency.

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Buying Options: Try Before You Buy

Small Business CEO

Running a small business involves more than just selling products or services at a profit – effective investment in new equipment can make a significant difference to your monthly bottom line. With that in mind, it’s usually a great idea to consider various options before you buy to make sure you’re getting the best possible value, and that the equipment you’re considering is right for you.

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Why Today Predicts Your Future

Productivityist

All Jay Jay French ever wanted was to make it in a hard rock band. French formed band after band in an attempt to get signed because he believed that was the golden ticket to music success. The only trouble was to get signed, you had to be seen by the right people on the right night. French reasoned that playing more meant more opportunities for someone to find him, so he performed as much as possible.

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The Many Benefits of Mobile Trading Platforms

Small Business CEO

For most forex traders, investing is something of a sideline. Many have existing businesses to deliver an income, and a multitude of commitments aside from those connected to their trades. As a result, the advent of mobile trading – easy, straightforward, and perfect for investing on the go – has proved something of a revelation. It has opened the markets up to a whole new breed of investors, from entrepreneurs to housewives to overworked CEOs.

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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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5 Benefits of Cloud-Based VoIP (Infographic)

Small Business CEO

Although many companies have already begun to use the cloud for their everyday business needs, this tool’s capabilities expand far beyond the day-to-day operational processes. By integrating cloud-based VoIP into your firm, IT professionals can spend more time tending to core business technologies instead of having to troubleshoot and maintain phone systems.

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