Sat.Jun 07, 2014 - Fri.Jun 13, 2014

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Tips for booking entertainment at your events

Practically Perfect PA

'Over the years I have booked many different types of entertainment for events I have been asked to organise. I once booked a caricaturist that pretty much offended everyone he drew. I also booked a band that thought they were The Beatles, bringing way to much kit, throwing a strop when they saw the small stage and generally acting like divas. I’ve booked entertainment that has brought the house down and entertainment that has made people leave the conference.

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11 Tips for Relaxing Your Mind

Office Dynamics

'BIG Staying Power: The Power of Letting Go. “Relax—let go; life is in perfect order” were the words that resonated with me the other day in our Office Dynamics 5-Pillar Huddle. Staying power isn’t always about movement and taking action. Sometimes staying power is actually about sitting quietly, waiting, and being patient. Now I will admit that this is very difficult for me to practice.

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Caring Too Much Isn't Actually Helpful to Anyone

Virtual Moxie

'Wowser—I''ve clearly hit a nerve or two on the topic of providing coverage for clients during your absence. After my last two posts ( here and here ), Belle wrote to say: “I absolutely feel responsible to provide for my clients in my absence. After all, It’s not their fault I’m going on vacation. I can’t leave them high and dry while I’m gone. Besides, what if something happens while I’m gone that they can’t handle?

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2nd Annual Pay What You CAN Day – - for the next 24 hours!

Step It Up VA Coaching

'Announcing: PAY WHAT YOU CAN DAY!! For the next 24 hours, until 11:59 am EST, you can purchase a private, one-hour strategy session with me — and you pay whatever you can. No strings. No upsells. No gimmicks. Just you-and-me. Strategy. Growth. Success. Just one conversation can dramatically improve your business! And today you pay whatever you can. .

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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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Becoming a Social Media Specialist

Practically Perfect PA

'‘We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media; the question is how well we do it?’ Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics. I started my career as a PA back in 2010 and although it was only four years ago, I’ve really noticed how much the role of a PA/EA/Office Manager has grown and what is now expected of us. One of the biggest changes I’ve seen is how social media now plays a crucial part in the role of an admin professional.

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Objectives – Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

'“You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.” – Harold S. Geneen, US telecommunications entrepreneur. It might seem a bit counter-intuitive to have to work backwards to be able to achieve your goals,… Read the full article here: Objectives – Quote of the Week on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Technology Training Tuesday: Collaborating in OneNote

Office Dynamics

'Collaborating in OneNote. Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Time: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET. OneNote has never been easier to use than in the newest versions of Microsoft Office. If you’ve seen it on your ribbon, but only use it for one or two tasks, you may be missing out on some serious productivity gains. Join Business Management Daily, June 10, for Collaborating in OneNote.

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Summer of Senses BMA House Venue Showcase

Practically Perfect PA

'Join the BMA House team on Wednesday 18 June from 6pm for an evening of refreshing bubbles, sizzling barbecue bites and entertainment. Click here to book your complimentary place at this summer party ! The outlook on summer parties this year is looking bright for London. Weather experts claim that we are in for a sizzling July and August potentially making 2014 the hottest summer on record.

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3 Things You Must Do After a Demotion

On The Job

'Anyone who says they weren''t a bit humiliated by being demoted is probably kidding. After all, acknowledging you''ve been unwillingly moved down the ladder can smart a bit, no matter how tough your ego may be. But since the job market tanked some eight years ago, more people have had to accept such a fact of life if they want to hang onto a job. While you may be tempted to quit when you get a demotion, that''s not always a smart move.

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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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What is Computational Anthropology?

Small Business Labs

'MIT Technology Review's The Emerging Science of Computational Anthropology  covers how digital data is creating new opportunities to study human behavior. Key quote: The increasing availability of big data from mobile phones and location-based apps has triggered a revolution in the understanding of human mobility patterns. This data shows the ebb and flow of the daily commute in and out of cities, the pattern of travel around the world and even how disease can spread through cities vi

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9 Tips to Increase Your Mental Energy

Office Dynamics

'Yes, it is true for most people that technology dominates their lives. From the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep, we are bombarded with information from all avenues. Please do not get me wrong. I love technology. We need these important tools to be productive and to communicate with people worldwide. The challenge is the fine line between too much and not enough.

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Room Mate Hotel, Barcelona

Practically Perfect PA

'The invite to stay and review a Room Mate hotel in the centre of Barcelona really did arrive at the most fortuitous of times. Never was a private, outdoor sunken mini pool and vista of a wonderful city scape so welcome! Now of course spending time in such a charming room would be an exceptionally wonderful past time for anyone but when it offers a rest from one of lives most challenging times – flat hunting – it is especially welcome.

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3 Unique Tips for Growing Your Business Beyond 2014

Small Business CEO

'In order to keep profits flowing and to take advantage of expansion opportunities, a business owner or CEO needs to take a big leaping step into the Information Age. A new era where everyone – rich, middle income, the less fortunate – all have access to way more choices than they did 10 years ago. More choices about how much they pay for a given product, choices about what sources they should trust to make buying decisions, and more access to see what other real people are saying ab

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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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Mary Meeker's 2014 Internet Trends Report

Small Business Labs

'Mary Meeker is a partner at the top shelf venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins. Her annual Internet Trends Report is a mere 164 pages of data intensive charts and graphs covering pretty much everything worth knowing about the Internet. The report is so big I won't try to summarize it here.  It gets lots of coverage and the Sydney Morning Herald has a nice summary.  Key quote: "Meeker describes the biggest "re-imagination" of the net as a trend toward mobile devices

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What if you could truly relax and be patient?

Office Dynamics

'BIG Staying Power: The Power of Letting Go. “Relax—let go; life is in perfect order” were the words that resonated with me the other day in our Office Dynamics 5-Pillar Huddle. Staying power isn’t always about movement and taking action. Sometimes staying power is actually about sitting quietly, waiting, and being patient. Now I will admit that this is very difficult for me to practice.

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£150 John Lewis voucher winner!

Practically Perfect PA

'Thank you to everyone who entered the John Lewis voucher competition! I can now announce the winner… drum roll please… it is: Sandria Plummer. Congratulations Sandria ! We will contact you to get your details. The post £150 John Lewis voucher winner! appeared first on Practically Perfect PA.

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3 Things You Can Do To Consistently Deliver Great Work

Productivityist

'3 Things is a weekly series that highlights three things you can do to overcome a challenge, enhance your productivity, and improve other aspects of your work and life. The reason any of us are trying to improve our productivity is to deliver the goods more consistently. By "the goods" I mean quality stuff. Delivering is all well and good, but if you deliver stuff that is less than what you''re capable, then you''re letting others – and yourself – down.

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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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Auto-Pilot Answers And How They Can Eat Your Life Up

Brilliantly Better

'One of my first memories from childhood is the deep fear of an explosion. The fear that something will imminently collapse. I can still feel … The post Auto-Pilot Answers And How They Can Eat Your Life Up appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Tech Habits

Office Dynamics

'Yes, it is true for most people that technology dominates their lives. From the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep, we are bombarded with information from all avenues. Please do not get me wrong. I love technology. We need these important tools to be productive and to communicate with people worldwide. The challenge is the fine line between too much and not enough.

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Conference and Award for Executive Secretaries and PAs in Scotland: ACES 2014

Practically Perfect PA

'Last week I spoke at the ACES conference in Edinburgh. There were roughly 180 assistants in attendance and 20 different exhibitors. I must say it was a fantastic conference – all of the sessions were really relevant to the industry and it was excellently chaired by the wonderful Victoria Darragh from Hays (she has just started writing a blog, which you can read here ).

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7 Tips to Keep Your Books Out of the Red

Small Business CEO

'It’s inevitable that at some point your business is going to run into financial trouble… Even if you’re financially secure personally, and able to cover your businesses losses; that’s your money, not the business’s cashflow. If you have a bank or other type of financial backer who can take care of you when you fall short; the business didn’t generate that money, and it’ll still end up costing more when it comes time to pay the money back (i.e., interest

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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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Book Review: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

Productivityist

'The following review is written by Mike Dariano. Mike offers up book reviews here at Productivityist , and he writes about other things he''s learned at People Smarter Than Me. You can connect with him on Twitter at @MikeDariano. Of all the books I''ve read this year to date, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams has been the most surprising.

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The Power of Letting Go

Office Dynamics

'BIG Staying Power: The Power of Letting Go. “Relax—let go; life is in perfect order” were the words that resonated with me the other day in our Office Dynamics 5-Pillar Huddle. Staying power isn’t always about movement and taking action. Sometimes staying power is actually about sitting quietly, waiting, and being patient. Now I will admit that this is very difficult for me to practice.

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Natures Design Guarantees - Bioteams in The Henry Ford Magazine

BioTeams

'I am delighted to be able to publish a new Bioteams article in the Summer 2014 edition of The Henry Ford Magazine entitled "Teams in Nature". The article summarises the differences between human teams and natures teams in three critical areas: Communications, Leadership and Scalability. You can read the full article online here.

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""If you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living,"

Denise Aday

'“"If you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.

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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