ProAssisting Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2010
After going through all of our blog content from the last year and a half, we thought it would be a good idea to take some of our best posts and content and share them in a “best of” blog post… so here we go: General Assisting Blog Posts Wanna know what the number 1 rule of being an assistant is? We tell you right here. What does your career have to do with pizza?
Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 19, 2010
Each year I partner with a great green company to sponsor Holiday gifts for my clients. This year I connected with Melissa Riviera of Naturally Good Soaps and it has been a true pleasure! A bit of background: Naturally Good Soaps is currently a web based business. All my products are made in small batches to ensure quality control. You will not find any synthetic chemicals, animal by products, parabens, or petroleum based items in my shop.
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On The Job
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Sometimes I really feel for my kids. As a career columnist, I've been full of advice -- from how to behave at work to how to choose the right career -- since they were about 3-years-old. But the reason I feel so strongly about giving them as much information about the workplace as possible is because I hear all too often from employers who have unbelievable tales about young people who come in for interviews and say, "So, what is it you do here?
Virtual Moxie
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.
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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Job Advice Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2010
People in transition should explore seriously the power of LinkedIn since it often provides the bridge between being in transition and getting that coveted job.
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The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2010
A couple of days ago I read a really interesting story in the Evening Standard called Sound Check: The shop that Jack White built , about a business that Jack White , most famously known as the lead singer and guitarist with The White Stripes , an American rock duo, has set up. The business is called Third Man Records and it’s tagline is ‘Your Turntable’s Not Dead’.
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) | Main | Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup » Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement If you are like me, every day you have a variety of choices for how to use your time and manage your daily to-do list. In fact, it may seem like
Ian's Messy Desk
DECEMBER 22, 2010
The end of the year is traditionally a time to reflect on the past twelve months and set resolutions for the year to come. We start on January 1 st with high aspirations and motivation to make change in our life, but our resolve doesn’t survive much beyond the end of January. While a desire for self-improvement might get us started, it’s rarely enough to keep us going all year.
Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 23, 2010
As another year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to thank all of you and wish you a Very Merry Christmas. May it be safe & happy. May you be surrounded by those you love and may all your dreams and wishes come true in 2011. Click here to view my card to you. Happy Holidays! Jen, Troy, Sebastian, Chloe & Abby Smith. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Merry Christmas 2011.
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The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2010
This week’s WinWeb Pitch of the Week winner is Tom Skelton, founder of Our Wedding Videographers, a wedding video company that is focused on providing truly excellent customer service, and amazingly produced wedding videos to give happy couples an extra special memento of their wedding day. Not only do Our Wedding Videographers provide fantastic video mementoes for the special wedding day, but they also provide fast editing services to allow evening reception guests to see the footage from
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement | Main | Oh No! We May Not Have Heard From You » Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup There is some fantastic content out on the web and I often have clients and readers ask me what I have found. Today, I share links to a number of different blogs and sites with content on: Planning Productivity Tools Mi
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 23, 2010
I ran across a slideshow on CNBC on Old Professions That Are Making a Comeback. It lists 8 professions that are making a comeback due to increasing demand for hand crafted and local products. Of the 7 professions listed, 6 are small business professions: Farming and related food products. Letterer: the hand creation of signs and posters.
Make or Break Moments
DECEMBER 20, 2010
look forward to the each new Entrepreneur Magazine edition when it hits my mail box and this month is no exception. The trends for 2011 have been selected and social shopping comes right after Baby Boomers and Travel. Why would a blog about building customer relationships care about social shopping? It is the word SOCIAL [.].
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The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2010
The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. There are suprisingly few barriers to entry for any small business considering the cloud and no need for new hardware or software. 2. The cloud can potentially improve your productivity overnight, allowing you instant access to files and documents from anywhere in the world. 3.
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup | Main | Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity » Oh No! We May Not Have Heard From You Recently a wonderful reader responded to one of our posts via email to let us know that she had filled out our contact form and had not heard from us. That is just not our style!
Ian's Messy Desk
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Often our new year’s resolutions focus on specific behaviours we wish to change: weight loss, exercise more, etc. It’s good to have specific goals our outcomes in mind when trying to make changes to a specific habit. What if you’re looking to improve way you live your whole life? What sort of resolutions can direct you to an improved quality of life?
Complete Organizing Solutions
DECEMBER 20, 2010
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. ~ Stephen R. Covey. - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -. Join me on Monday’s for a thought provoking. quote to inspire you and get your week off to a great start!
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.
The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Christmas is a time for reflection and contemplation, and for me a vital part of Christmastime is to say thank you for the support of colleagues, friends and loved ones over the previous year. So I thank you, my readers, for your support and input in to this blog; without which it would not have been so successful – and I would not have enjoyed writing it nearly so much!
Step It Up VA Coaching
DECEMBER 23, 2010
by Donna Toothaker. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is generally accepted as “down time&#. But, your business doesn’t have to lose momentum because folks are sipping eggnog and opening gifts. Here are a few last-minute tips so your business doesn’t stall while you and everyone else — are enjoying the holidays. 1.
Office Dynamics
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Perhaps you’re a whiz-kid at comma usage. But maybe your brain stutters over mail merges. Perhaps making presentations to co-workers makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold. Maybe you are young in your career, and completely intimidated by more experienced workers who seem to flow effortlessly through each roadblock they encounter. Some of you may be in the twilight of your career, and seeing the energy, vitality and hunger of the eager new employees makes you wonder how you’ll ever keep
Brilliantly Better
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Tweet If you came here thinking: “finally, there is one self-improvement technique that will allow me to sleep more and be great”, well, I hate to disappoint you. Because it’s not going to be about sleeping more. But it’s not going to be about sleeping less, either. Now you’re curious. I can feel it. Good. Curious is good. So let’s get on with it. What Is Sleep.
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.
The Shrink for Entrepreneurs
DECEMBER 20, 2010
At this time of year, the blogosphere becomes littered with goal-setting guides. Year after year, hopeful people set New Year’s resolutions to do better and try harder. Then, after a brief period of motivation, we slip, forget and give up. Next year, you tell yourself, will be different. Instead of providing just one more guide for ineffective goal setting, I thought I’d share with you the technique I personally use to hack my New Year’s resolutions.
Eventualism
DECEMBER 18, 2010
‘Tis the season for giving. So while I’ve been giving away books left, right and center I figure I might as well add some software to the mix as well. And indeed I am. I’m offering a complete MacUpdate Promo bundle in this Holiday Eventualottery! The software included in this bundle are as follows: 1Password [.] Holiday Eventualottery: Win the Latest MacUpdate Promo!
Office Dynamics
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Perhaps you’re a whiz-kid at comma usage. But maybe your brain stutters over mail merges. Perhaps making presentations to co-workers makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold. Maybe you are young in your career, and completely intimidated by more experienced workers who seem to flow effortlessly through each roadblock they encounter. Some of you may be in the twilight of your career, and seeing the energy, vitality and hunger of the eager new employees makes you wonder how you’ll ever keep
Brilliantly Better
DECEMBER 24, 2010
Tweet 365 days are a lot of time. And while it’s great to live them to the full, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, it’s always nice to take a break and look back (with or without anger, your choice) and see what you’ve done with that time. I did this exercise last year and it proved to be one of the most challenging blog posts I ever wrote.
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
Men With Pens
DECEMBER 20, 2010
About a year ago, I offered my teen a business. She’d been heavily into hip-hop and dance at the time. She’d flown around Canada to attend workshops, had landed an instructor job at a studio and was very enthusiastic this hobby. I wanted to encourage her and help her reach her ambitions. So I casually dropped the offer. If my teen did the homework of scoping out a place to hold classes and drafted up a business plan that looked fairly viable, I’d help her plan, promote and star
Eventualism
DECEMBER 23, 2010
Highlighters are often misused. Worse, their messages are often misinterpreted. Whether you’re practicing Eventualism or simply love to highlight things for kicks, you need to know the message you’re sending to your own mind and to others’ minds when you use these popular pen-like markers. There’s nothing worse than saying something in one manner and [.
Office Dynamics
DECEMBER 19, 2010
Please note: Monday Motivators will not be distributed on 12/27/2010 or 1/3/2011 as we observe the holiday break. We'll see you again 1/10/2011. Dear Monday Motivators, As we approach a very special week, and for many of you a meaningful holiday, I just want to thank you for all you do. I may not know you personally, but I know you are a good person, hard worker, and contribute to the world.
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