Sat.Dec 22, 2012 - Fri.Dec 28, 2012

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How to Conduct an Energy Audit at Your Place of Business

Eco-Office Gals

Have you looked at your utility bills at work and wondered what you can do to lower the amount that you pay each month? One of the most effective steps that you can take the decrease the levels of energy that you (and your coworkers) use is conduct an energy audit. While you can certainly have a professional energy auditor come out and inspect your place of business, did you know that they are things that you can do on your own that will basically bring forth the same results?

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Season’s Greetings 2012

The Small Business Blog

To All Our Readers, Followers & Friends May the magic of Christmas Bring wealth and prosperity to your home like a Christmas that brings merry and fun to the season Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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MGM Seeks to Inspire Employees by Letting Them Put on a Show

On The Job

I love to stay in hotels. I let the wet towels stay on the floor, I don't make my bed and I ignore the overflowing trash cans. That's because I know that a wonderful maid will clean up my mess, and not give me any grief about it. The concierge will direct me to a great restaurant and the guy at the door will hail me a cab. To me, staying in a hotel is like getting a license to be a princess, if only a temporary one.

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Planning to Keep Your Goals Moving Forward in the New Year

Ian's Messy Desk

Project planning (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Each January 1 my wife and I head for a quiet table at a local coffee shop and set some goals for the upcoming year. We begin the process by reviewing what we set out to accomplish in the year past: to look at our successes and failures. It would be easy for us to spend the time focusing on the things we didn’t get done.

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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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Keep WordPress Secure in 2013 – SALE!

Eco-Office Gals

All of our wordpress sites are under constant attack from hackers looking for loopholes into our websites. Hackerbots don’t care about traffic or ranking, they are programed for one thing only – to find weak spots in our platforms. Some of you have experienced the misery of compromised sites in 2012, it’s not fun or cheap and if you didn’t I promise you don’t want to.

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Top Ten Countdown of Best Business Tips for 2012 – Part 2

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. As you recall, last week I began the countdown of my top ten best business tips for 2012, pulled from this year’s Step It Up VA articles. I’m sure you’ve been waiting anxiously for the remainder of the list, so I will keep you in suspense not a moment longer! Here is the remainder of our top ten list, counting down from #5 to my #1 tip of the year.

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10 Tips for Taking Back Christmas

Ian's Messy Desk

Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward men are common sentiments at this season of the year. There are times when, Christmas is too commercialized, seems to join that list. As seasonal greetings go, it seems to be the most meaningless. People who complain about the commercialization of Christmas also talk of the amount they spend on gifts. Those who complain about losing the true meaning of Christmas spend more time shopping than they do with family, friends or at church.

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Smartphones May Soon Double As Air Pollution Monitors

Eco-Office Gals

lt almost doesn’t matter what you do — your smartphone, tablet, or mobile device has probably helped you do it better or more efficiently, in one way or another. No matter what it is you’re trying to accomplish, your smartphone or tablet has a way to help you accomplish it in serious style, and it can get to the point where it’s pretty incredible to imagine that these devices are actually only a few years old.

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The Rainforest Of Youth And The Machete Consequences

Brilliantly Better

A few months ago I started a networking event, called OpenConnect. One interesting thing about those networking events is that, if you do your job correctly, you end up with a lot of people attending. Which is kinda the whole idea of a networking event, of course. But yet another interesting thing about a popular [.].

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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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How to ‘WOW’ customers at a buffet

Service Untitled

The luxurious and extravagant hotel on the island of Palm Beach, Florida touting two turrets with waving flags reminiscent of a Roman palace immediately creates the illusion of a magical kingdom fit for the most discriminating clientele. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Breakers Hotel sits on 140 acres of manicured lawns, hedges, pools, spas, hotel rooms, and exquisite restaurants.

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Merry Christmas

Ian's Messy Desk

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Merry Christmas from Eco-Office Gals 2012!

Eco-Office Gals

Wishing all of my loyal readers, clients, family & friends the most wonderful holiday season! Another year has gone by, and it has been another year of growing and working with the most wonderful clients I could ever ask for! A huge thank you to everyone, I look forward to many more years. A special thank you to one client in particular. As many of you know, I’ve had the opportunity to work with some great eco-minded companies in the past to send eco-goodies to my valued clients and fa

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3 Things for the Next 3 Days

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact 3 Things for the Next 3 Days Posted on 12/28/2012 // Leave a Comment While I often suggest that you shouldn’t start your new year as of January 1st (in fact, I’ve written a book that suggests that you should start it anytime you want ), I do think that January is a month where reflection and recharging is in order.

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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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What’s the difference between a promise and a responsibility?

BioTeams

In the recent UK floods we heard a lot about defences failing and phrases being bandied about by engineers and managers such as “a once in a hundred years” event and “could never have been envisaged.” However when I hear these types of explanations it always makes me think instead of the crucial differences between a promise , a responsibility and a guarantee.

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Pursuing Happiness at Work & Home in 2013

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

This year by far has been one of my happiest. A lot of wonderful things at work and in my personal life make it extra meaningful. As the year comes to a close, I am getting ready to shed the old and bring in the new. While I’ve always been happy, it’s always been a challenge to be engaged and fully active in my day to day personal life. I love work so it dominates a majority of my energy and mental space.

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The Benefits of Using a Green Data Center for Your Business

Eco-Office Gals

Many people don’t realize it, but technology is about as green as an oil spill in many ways. Millions of servers are running all over the world to process data, host websites, maintain networks, and perform a variety of other tasks. The technological boom may have reduced our paper waste, but the energy needs are on a scale that is near impossible to fathom.

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Take it Slow

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Take it Slow Posted on 12/24/2012 // 2 Comments This week isn’t your typical week. So take it slow. Still, you might feel the pull of your to-do list. But still…take it slow. The quietude may be unsettling, and leave you jittery. Notice it…but take it slow. Enjoy the downtime.

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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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What's the difference between a promise and a responsibility?

BioTeams

In the recent UK floods we heard a lot about defences failing and phrases being bandied about by engineers such as "a once in a hundred years" event and "could never have been envisaged." However when I hear this kind language it always makes me think of the difference between a promise , a responsibility and a guarantee. Image Source: www.astrococktail.com.

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"Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! "

Denise Aday

“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” - Anne Frank (via journal-of-hope ).

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Eco-Friendly Business Promotion Techniques for 2013

Eco-Office Gals

The end of 2012 is looming on the horizon, which means it’s once again time to buy new calendars, reset the budget, and start thinking about your business strategy for the coming year. And if your New Year’s resolution involves finding ways to take your company in an environmentally-sound and sustainable direction, you’re in luck, because there are not only tons of ways to go green when it comes to promoting your business, but taking steps to become eco-friendly can also serve

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A Very Merry Christmas Indeed: The Front Nine is Now Available

Productivityist

Today’s a big day for a lot of people all over the world. This year, however, Christmas is especially big. That’s because today also marks the release date of my first e-book published through a manner other than on my own. Today is the day that my e-book The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want hits the virtual shelves. And you can order it here.

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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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Bioteams: Learning from Nature to improve Project Management

BioTeams

Fabio Padilla from Brazil has written a very interesting review of Bioteams for his MBA thesis at the Universidade Católica de Brasilia - Universa. Fabio has very kindly allowed me to republish a summary of his conclusions which he has translated from the original Portuguese. You can download a PDF of the full thesis (Portuguese) from Fabio's website here : Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the specific case of Bioteaming, a discipline developed in the United Kingdom and based on

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How to Get Paid What You’re Worth

Small Business CEO

Few moments are as energizing in your business as sitting across from a potential client in a meeting that is going well. Your presentation came across smoothly, the client is engaged, they’re ready to buy…the only thing left is the price. You quickly calculate a reasonable price in your head. You know that your competition couldn’t come close to your level of quality – and still you keep your prices in par with theirs.

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