Sat.Mar 09, 2013 - Fri.Mar 15, 2013

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Is it an Opportunity, a Challenge or a Problem?

Stephanie LH Calahan

Have you ever thought about the words you choose when presented with a situation that you don't really care for?  Have you thought about the emotions that you release?    Oftentimes a problem is also an opportunity.  Let me give you an example. Say you are working on a project and the client calls and is very upset with something.  Apparently, you had a mis-communication and had been moving forward on a project with different expectations and now your clie

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Why poor spelling and grammar hurt your career

On The Job

A couple of years ago I played the game Cranium for the first time. When the challenge was for my team to correctly spell "pharaoh," of course they chose me to take it on. That turned out to be a mistake as I confidently spelled it "pharoah." I'll be the first to admit that even as a professional writer, I sometimes make mistakes. But I try not to, because I know my professional reputation is at stake (not steak).

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When the music fades…

The Small Business Blog

The flow of the rhythm… the rush of the beat… the adrenaline pumping! Oh, the thrill of dancing! True music lovers really appreciate the swell of emotions they have when they find a new song. It would seem at first that you could never get tired of it. You could leave it on repeat for days on end and it would retain its fresh excitement for your delight.

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Habits That Limit Your Productivity

Productivity Bits

We all have our little habits; the routines and rituals that we adhere to on a daily basis, or the day itself just doesn't feel right. Many of these are rooted in our activity before and after work: that morning cup of coffee, that evening glass of wine and even certain clothing that we like to wear on certain days.If we miss any of these little rituals out, it can affect the way we feel and even the way we behave.

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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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Buy recycled for environmentally-friendly home printing

Eco-Office Gals

We might want to do our part to live greener, more environmentally aware lives, but for a lot of us, our daily behavior is so firmly en grained in our routines that we carry on unthinkingly, negatively affecting the environment by poorly considered actions – and one of the biggest of these harmful, unthinking actions is printing. Many of us rely on our printers every day – for study or for work – so what can we do to reduce our environmental impact?

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Top 5 Tips for Young Entrepreneurs

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Bootstrapping is the realistic method of financing for any young entrepreneur these days hoping to keep their fledgling business afloat. You will need to be frugal, look at every outgoing expense and consider whether you could save money by doing things in a different fashion.

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Moxie Tip 332: On Being Original

Virtual Moxie

I’m not entirely sure when we moved into an era of seduction and manipulation, with long sales pages, free offers (that aren’t actually free), creating false scarcity, getting folks in a room for the sole purpose of selling them bigger more expensive programs, saying anything needed to make more money, or when we became obsessed with becoming chicks with shticks, and having tag lines that all sound the same (million-dollar/six-figure mindset and mastery blahblahblah).

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Part-Time Employment Keeps Growing

Small Business Labs

Last fall our article Are We Becoming a Part-Time Nation covered the trends leading to the growing number of part-time workers in the U.S.   The recent New York Times article The Rise of Part-Time Work covers some of the same ground.  Key quote: "Compared with December 2007, when the recession officially began, there are 5.8 million fewer Americans working full time.

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Quiz: Are You a Slacker?

Eat Your Career

Every office has one: The slacker who seems to weasel his way out of anything that even remotely involves work. We pick up after him. We cover for him. In general, we all think he’s a waste of space. But, as I said, every office has one. What if—dare I say it— you’re that slacker? Could it be possible? It might be hard to admit, but maybe it’s time to take a good hard look at your own work habits.

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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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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

China for more than a decade has been the world’s go-to country for manufactured goods. But competitive advantages do not last forever. Soaring labor and materials costs are eroding China’s edge , opening the door for other emerging economies to challenge China’s manufacturing preeminence. India, in particular, is increasingly seen as a potential alternative to China as a world-class manufacturer and exporter.

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The Interview: Why Wasn’t I Chosen

Job Advice Blog

From the interviewer’s vantage point, the selection process is about availability and choices. That principle applies to many things the rest of us do, too, throughout the day. For instance, isn’t it interesting that when a group of people dine together in a restaurant, some of them make their menu decisions within a few seconds, [.].

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Tell Me About Your Company Culture

Virtual Moxie

A great question to ask a potential client is, “Describe your company culture to me.” Most people who run micro businesses don’t know that they have a company culture, but they do. Culture includes the values, vision, shared language (and jargon), work ethic, symbols, beliefs, habits, and behaviors that inform how people within an organization perceive, think, and feel about the company, and how they communicate and engage each other, and the clients of the company.

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3D Scanner Turns 3D Printers Into Replicators

Small Business Labs

Makerbot , a leading 3D printer manufacturing company, announced a new 3D scanner prototype at the big tech trade show South by Southwest last week. It's called the "Digitizer" that can scan small objects and create a 3D digital design. The digital design can then be printed out with a 3D printer. Basically, anyone with a Digitizer and a 3D printer will have a replicator.  The picture below, from Makerbot's blog post on the digitizer , shows how it works.   This

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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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Nice Website, Has Anyone Seen It?

The Small Business Blog

The World Wide Web provides an inexpensive advertising and information board for businesses worldwide. The internet has long since replaced the phonebook as the go-to information source for homes and businesses alike. As such, it offers a fantastic platform for Business to Business and Business to Consumer promotion and engagement. Of course, any businessperson knows that such a fantastically cheap and fantastic channel of communication will inevitably mean competition – and there is a danger th

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Get On The Phone With Joan: A Q&A Opportunity

Office Dynamics

For the first time ever , Joan will be on the line, live on Tuesday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time/2:00 p.m. Eastern, to answer your questions. Not sure about what program is best for you? Have a question that hasn't already been answered on our website? Joan will be taking questions live on March 19. Joan’s been developing and teaching her administrative curriculum since 1990 and she’s got options available for you.

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Moxie Tip 331: A Standard for Clients Who Pay Late

Virtual Moxie

You put the clause in your agreement about stopping work when invoices are late to protect yourself from being screwed. Smart, that. But what you might not have considered was the client who wouldn’t mind stopping and picking up again when she’s able to pay. What you meant to do was create a disincentive. What your client sees is a way to keep her place in your practice even as she’s not honoring the agreement to pay you on time.

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More Data Showing Women Outperforming Men in College

Small Business Labs

The BLS recently released a report showing that the college education gap between women and men continues to widen.  According to the report, by age 25 30 percent of women and just 22 percent of men had received a bachelor’s degree. Also, about the same percentage of women (14%) and men (13%) are enrolled in college at age 25.  Since women tend to finish college at higher rates than men, its' likely this gap will widen a bit for this group in the coming years.

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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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Reminders for "Messies"

Clutter Coach

Originally posted 2008-01-25 11:48:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Author and "Organizing Lady" Sandra Felton has written many books about organizing for "messies." She herself is a recovering messie so her advice comes from first hand experience. Cleanies vs. Messies She often writes that "cleanies" tidy up automatically, without having to be reminded or nagged at.

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Ad Trackers Are a Business Owner’s Best Friend

Office Organization Success

When you use an all-in-one ecommerce system in your business (such as 1ShoppingCart or Infusionsoft ) you get to also track EVERYTHING you’re doing through setting up Ad Trackers (a special link that tracks the number of clicks and conversions to a specific web page). These are really important in your business, and they’re not just for when you’re running an advert or affiliate promotion.

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Moxie Tip 333: Two Choices for Clients "Taking a Break"

Virtual Moxie

I think a client who wants to take a break (even for a month, and even if you’re going to be on vacation) should be given two choices: 1. Continue to pay you to hold the space in your practice 2. End the relationship with you.

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Americans Donated $370 Billion to Non-Profits in 2012

Small Business Labs

Americans are a generous people. According to the Atlas of Giving they donated $370 billion to charities of various types in 2012.  This is up 6.7% from the prior year and well about what is was a decade ago.     One reason for this growth was an increase in "mega gifts" and the impact of increased donations by people concerned about tax code changes eliminating charitable deductions.  Key quote from the CEO of Atlas of Giving in a Barron's article : 

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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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Strategic Ways to Grow Your Business with Collaboration, Partnering and More Referrals

Stephanie LH Calahan

Recently, I have been talking to a number of people that are looking for more ways to generate leads for their business.  Are you?  One thing I always recommend is that they become a partnering superstar. I don't know of any successful business owners that have gone it alone.  There is just too much to know when running your business!

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It’s About Progress, Not Perfection

Office Organization Success

“Strive for progress, not perfection!” That’s a quote I’ve heard several times over the past couple of weeks, and I think it’s a brilliant summary of what we, as business owners, need to do. (I really don’t know who said this, by the way.). We get so caught up in a lot of the hype that’s out there, and judge our success against what other’s are doing, rather than what we are doing ourselves.

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How an Executive Assistant Can Optimize Meetings with their Boss and Shine

Office Dynamics

As an executive assistant you may be curious about what type of dialog you should be responsible for in your one-on-one meetings. Here's some great tips from Joan Burge. If you missed Part 1 of this video visit: Executive and Assistant One-on-One Meeting Instructions with Joan Burge.

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Coworking in Bali

Small Business Labs

Coworking has become a global phenomenon with coworking facilities popping up everywhere from Reykjavik , Iceland to Phnom Penh , Cambodia.   And with 4.5 new coworking facilities opening every work day , It won't be long before pretty much every city in the world has a shared workspace facility. But few will match Bali as a coworking location.

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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