Sat.Nov 21, 2015 - Fri.Nov 27, 2015

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Is Your Plate Too Full?

Office Dynamics

Hello everyone! Today I’d like to talk to you about “Is Your Plate Too Full?” It’s countdown to Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving especially because I get to eat a turkey drumstick (yum), dressing, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and all the other amazing vegetables and desserts. If you are like me, though, your eyes are bigger than your stomach.

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How going digital can make business events more valuable

Practically Perfect PA

Networking events are vital to the visibility of a business and present valuable opportunities to build strategic relationships. The importance of such events is no secret. £375 billion a year is spent on events worldwide with £40 billion of that being spent in the UK. Advancements in digital technology are boosting the value of business events. Assistants can organise for interactive technology to be integrated to give both hosts and attendees a richer experience.

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Research: Internal Moves Smarter Than Job Hopping

On The Job

Job hopping has become more prevalent, especially as workers look for better paychecks and opportunities. But could you be making a mistake by leaving your current job, one that will hurt you financially and professionally in the long run? New research from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania finds that workers who take advantage of different opportunities in their organizations not only get a pay raise with these moves, but they also receive greater responsibilities.

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Black Friday through Cyber Monday 2015: WordPress Deals Your Website Will Love!

Eco-Office Gals

I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving! I have so much to be thankful for, including Eco-Office Gals. I could never ask for a better gift then the ability to be my own boss and work with some of the most amazing clients. I’ve had the pleasure of working with creative entrepreneurs and small businesses, building their little piece of web real estate.

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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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Looking Forward With Intention [Free Webinar for Assistants]

Office Dynamics

It’s hard to believe another year is nearly over. Here at Office Dynamics International, as we wrap up this 25th year of business, we’re feeling both grateful and overwhelmed with all we’ve experienced in 2015. Perhaps you can relate to those feelings? This free monthly webinar series has given us the opportunity to get to know so many more of you than ever before.

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

The IRS recently released the 2013 data on sole proprietors. This data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by individual taxpayers on Schedule C of Form 1040. This is how most independent workers and small businesses report business income for tax purposes. In 2013 there were a bit over 24 million sole proprietors reporting about $1.34 trillion in gross business receipts.

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Starting Somewhere

Clutter Coach

by Starting is hard. It means going from a standstill into some. useful activity that you may not feel confident about doing. Once you have. started, though, it’s much easier to. continue. That’s why I have a bunch of tricks for just getting started, any. which way. One typical problem people have is that everything they need. to do seems equally important.

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The Gift of Work

Eat Your Career

This Thanksgiving, I wanted to take just a few minutes to discuss the gift of work. I know it’s easy for many of us (myself included) to forget that work is indeed just that: a precious gift. I’m currently in the process of doing a major home re-organization. In fact, I’m hoping to share some of what I’m doing in a video later this week, so stay tuned.

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Ken Blanchard: Why Collaboration Begins With You

On The Job

Ken Blanchard’s “One Minute Manager” has sold more than 13 million copies and been translated into 37 languages, but the author of more than 30 other bestselling books believes there’s a new message that organizations need to get if they want to survive in today’s competitive environment: learn to collaborate. “People who are too insecure or rigid to engage in collaboration will find themselves left behind.

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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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The Growing Need to be the "Client of Choice" for Independent Workers

Small Business Labs

Harvard Business Review's Your Company Needs Independent Workers  covers the growing need by corporations to be seen as a "client of choice" by highly skilled independent workers. Key qutoe: Companies have long strived to become employers of choice for full-time regular employees — the surge in employer rankings and websites like Glassdoor.com and Vault.com demonstrate the importance of doing that.

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Multi-tasking: Yea or Nay?

Clutter Coach

by Ah, the debate over multi-tasking continues to rage. Is it productive? Or is that speed an illusion of productivity? Is it required for success in business today, or is it just kind of addictive? In his daily roundup of relevant articles, Michael Sampson includes one from Inc.com about this activity. First, let’s define multi-tasking. Literally, I say it means doing two or more things at once, such as responding to email while talking on the phone and listening to a conference call on mute.

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The Gift of Work

Eat Your Career

This Thanksgiving, I wanted to take just a few minutes to discuss the gift of work. I know it’s easy for many of us (myself included) to forget that work is indeed just that: a precious gift. I’m currently in the process of doing a major home re-organization. In fact, I’m hoping to share some of what I’m doing in a video later this week, so stay tuned.

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Why I’m quitting my business to build software 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

It’s time to come clean and tell you what’s really going on. There are two parts to this update: The “What” and the “Why”. Let’s start with Why: I’m really fed up and frustrated. Productivity Software is utterly broken. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t get results. Aspiring entrepreneurs are desperate. They’re frantically searching for breakthroughs. Hunting for anything that promises to boost their personal effectiveness.

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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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How To Have 26 Hours In A 24 Hour Day.

Productivityist

Did you know you can add more hours to your day? Well, not in the traditional sense–but hear me out. Does thinking about productivity in a new format change how we view productivity? When you start to think about time as it relates to money , your approach to productivity changes. When you think about modes as they relate to tasks , your productivity changes.

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Shoe Box Storage Revisited

Clutter Coach

by The quest for the perfect storage container is never ending. Sometimes, you just want something new, something different to perk up your space. Of course, if the thing does more than one job, so much the better! The Hotel Box is about the size of a shoe box and looks like a couple of milk cartons cobbled together. It comes in patterns or solids and you can add a plastic window to the opening to make it into a display box (or just keep your stuff from getting dusty).

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How To Have 26 Hours In A 24 Hour Day.

Productivityist

Did you know you can add more hours to your day? Well, not in the traditional sense–but hear me out. Does thinking about productivity in a new format change how we view productivity? When you start to think about time as it relates to money , your approach to productivity changes. When you think about modes as they relate to tasks , your productivity changes.

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The Now Movement

Productivityist

I’d normally reserve this kind of piece for The Productivityist Weekly , but I decided to send this out for all of the Productivityist audience to see because it just feels right to do so. So here goes… I’ve been in the midst of a lot of deep work lately. Because of this, I’ve not been as active on social media and I’ve definitely let some of my blog writing slip (hence all of the content that was initially run first in The Productivityist Weekly landing on the blog

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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 Now Movement

Productivityist

I’d normally reserve this kind of piece for The Productivityist Weekly , but I decided to send this out for all of the Productivityist audience to see because it just feels right to do so. So here goes… I’ve been in the midst of a lot of deep work lately. Because of this, I’ve not been as active on social media and I’ve definitely let some of my blog writing slip (hence all of the content that was initially run first in The Productivityist Weekly landing on the blog

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The Productivityist Podcast 68: Military Time with Julie Sheranosher

Productivityist

On this episode I chat with military veteran and fellow productivity professional Julie Sheranosher. We talk about the story behind her developing a passion for productivity, the lessons she learned in the military that she uses today in her new profession, and the various other time and task management tactics that she explores…and employs. Relevant Links.

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The Productivityist Podcast 68: Military Time with Julie Sheranosher

Productivityist

On this episode I chat with military veteran and fellow productivity professional Julie Sheranosher. We talk about the story behind her developing a passion for productivity, the lessons she learned in the military that she uses today in her new profession, and the various other time and task management tactics that she explores…and employs. Relevant Links.

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Why I’m quitting my business to build software 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

It’s time to come clean and tell you what’s really going on. There are two parts to this update: The “What” and the “Why”. Let’s start with Why: I’m really fed up and frustrated. Productivity Software is utterly broken. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t get results. Aspiring entrepreneurs are desperate. They’re frantically searching for breakthroughs. Hunting for anything that promises to boost their personal effectiveness.

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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.