Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 18, 2012

Today, I'm going to address a question that I hear often in networking meetings and was expressed to me recently in a reader email.  Can you go from creative and productive in a corporate job to a mess working for yourself? Reader Question: I'm a solopreneur that runs my business from my home and I struggle with getting things done.  I am smart and capable and the work that I do with my clients is amazing, but my tasks suffer, my office is a mess and I have programs I'd l

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Productivity Bits

JULY 20, 2012

The 7 Habits means many different things to different people, depending on their perspective in life. A businessman would look at it as principles to live by in running his business. A farmer would look at it probably in the same fashion, principles to live by, but through different lens. Thank you for subscribing to my full RSS feed! Please grab my free productivity ebook!

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Small Business Labs

JULY 17, 2012

Gallup's Where You'll Want to Live in 2032 looks at the state and regions of the U.S. with the brightest future.   Aftering crunching a series of metrics that include economic, workplace, community and personal choice factors, they  are suggesting we all move to North or South Dakota (or at least nearby).   The Gallup chart shows the results of their study by state.  Ice fishing anyone?

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 16, 2012

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Don’t assume that just because your website was optimized for search engines at one point in time that the optimization is still valid and useful now.

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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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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 20, 2012

It can seem like just about everything is competing for our focus and attention today. We are moving faster than ever and information is flying at us at breaking speeds. The other day, I even had a client tell me that she felt like she was a juggling circus act! I'll be sharing three tips from my expert panel - who also happen to be experts at Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) - that you can try TODAY to bring more focused attention back into your life.  Pick one and try it and let me k

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Small Business Labs

JULY 16, 2012

Information Week's  What Food Trucks Can Teach IT Pros came out of discussions we had with the article's author, Patrick Houston , on the early findings of our food truck research project. After hearing a bit about our research, Patrick suggested that food truck lessons also apply to IT. We were a bit skeptical, but he quickly convinced us.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 17, 2012

Every business owner should make us of these tools to run a successful business, after all it is all about less costs, higher productivity and more income. Here goes:- Business Focus - every-time you make a decision ask yourself how this is going to bring you closer to your business goal?

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On The Job

JULY 20, 2012

Imagine you’re sitting in a meeting with your boss and some other company bigwigs, and they’ve decided on a new strategy or process that is going to mean some people may lose their jobs , while others will be working harder trying to get things up to speed. “Holy crap,” you think. “Wonder how they’re going to sell that message.” Guess what? They’re not going to sell anything.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 18, 2012

Pin It. This month is a bit of a fresh start for me, I’ve just turned a decade older and I’ve also just started a new job… this week in fact! It is all going well so far, as always lots to learn and new people to meet but I’m excited about the role and working for a different company with fresh challenges. There must be something in the air because I know a few people who are looking for a new employer at the moment, some have walked into another job and others are struggling to get past the app

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Small Business Labs

JULY 20, 2012

All Things Digital's article The Food Truck Revolution: Now Armed With Point of Sale iPods suggests there are 3 million food trucks and 5 million food carts in the U.S. Their source is an article on Entrepreneur's website.   During our food truck project  we've heard a wide range of estimates on the number of food trucks in the U.S. - everything from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands.  But 3 million?

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Eat Your Career

JULY 16, 2012

The sad news came out earlier today that author and personal development guru, Stephen Covey, passed away. If you’re not familiar with him, Mr. Covey is probably best known for his work, “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ,” which sold 20 million copies and is commonly referred to as the most influential book for businesses. This is a book I’ve used in my coaching and training for years and it’s also a personal favorite.

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Virtual Moxie

JULY 16, 2012

Rebecca wrote to Pick Anastacia's Brain. Anastacia, last week you said: “If you don’t enjoy those sorts of conversations, you’ll probably put your fee on your site, and count on the fact that those who like the number will be in touch and those who don’t weren’t right for you to begin with.”. I don’t mind having the conversations. What I mind is having the conversations and clearly not demonstrating to the potential client that my value is worth paying for.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 18, 2012

This month is a bit of a fresh start for me, I’ve just turned a decade older and I’ve also just started a new job… this week in fact! It is all going well so far, as always lots to learn and new people to meet but I’m excited about the role and working for a different company with fresh challenges. There must be something in the air because I know a few people who are looking for a new employer at the moment, some have walked into another job and others are struggling to get past the application

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On The Job

JULY 17, 2012

I once was part of a group presentation that was due to get together for the first time at a big conference. I had spoken with three of the fellow panelists via phone several weeks beforehand, but never managed to connect with the last participant. I never met her until about an hour before the presentation. By the time the presentation was over, I wish I'd never met her.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 14, 2012

I have been involved in conducting a few interviews for admin jobs and here are two of the main things I have noticed about those who are unsuccessful: resumes are out of date and not relevant to the job applied for and the person was not prepared for the interview. When you go for an interview you have to keep in mind that they really do want to hire someone, but you have to make it worth their while to hire you.

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Virtual Moxie

JULY 18, 2012

As much as it may seem counter-intuitive, (in initial prospective client conversations) make it about the client, not about you. Use lots of “you” messages so that the client believes you’re focused on what matters to him or her. Within those “you” messages, touch the client with what it is about him or her, specifically, that has you wanting to work with him or her, and why it would matter to you.

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Office Organization Success

JULY 16, 2012

I had fun yesterday afternoon on PJ van Hulle’s List-A-Palooza Event … and welcome to all the new subscribers I met yesterday! This weekend we’ve decided to do a mini sta-cation. We’ll be off to the pool later this afternoon and dinner will be poolside; we’re going off to the cinema at some point; having a fire and smores; and there’ll be more trips to the pool.

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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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Eat Your Career

JULY 17, 2012

I know, I know. You want more money. We all do. Maybe you even “need” it. But do you deserve it? That’s the fundamental question your employer is asking. And that’s what you need to address when seeking an increase in pay. You deserve a raise because of your actions and the positive impact they have on the business—when your performance has a meaningful effect on the company’s bottom line or when it produces other quantifiable results on a consistent basis.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JULY 19, 2012

by Donna Toothaker. I’ve talked many times about what it takes to create a strong team for your business. It takes the right people with the right personalities who offer the best skills in the best positions. But building a great team isn’t simply a matter of bringing the right people together. Once you have those people in place, you have to work hard to meld those individuals into a cohesive, complementary unit with one common goal—to provide the best possible service to your clie

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Virtual Moxie

JULY 17, 2012

What kind of relationships do you want to work in? If it’s partnering relationships, be sure that you’re actually partnering, rather than just using a cool buzz word. And if you don’t care about partnering, don’t pander to the concept, and, instead, build exactly what you want. Life's simply too short to do anything else.

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Office Organization Success

JULY 20, 2012

Maybe one of the reasons your list isn’t growing as fast as you’d like is that there isn’t a clear call to action on your site. You attract people to your website/blog but once they get there it’s not clear what you want them to do. Obviously you want them to sign up to your list, but are you ASKING them to do that? And is your sign-up box in a prominent position on your website?

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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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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JULY 16, 2012

If one thing unites entrepreneurs, it’s our high expectations. We demand a lot from ourselves and are merciless in our self criticism when we don’t do enough. It’s good to want to do more. When entrepreneurs feel like they’re not doing enough, they’re usually right. If you actioned even half of the things you tell yourself you should, your life would be transformed.

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Men With Pens

JULY 15, 2012

“Jason, I strongly suggest you call me immediately!”. The tone was harsh, bordering on threatening. This was by far the rudest voicemail I have ever received from a client. It was also for the smallest reason. My client had sent me an email telling me to meet her an hour earlier. It wasn’t a request; it was a command. No explanation. No apology. No room for argument.

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Virtual Moxie

JULY 19, 2012

From the client perspective, I’m deliciously happy to have you be the expert in working this way and tell me how we’re going to proceed in our talking with one another. So tell me—graciously, of course—what we’re going to do. Don’t ask my permission.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2012

Hot evening in Bucharest. I’m at a milonga – a party where people dance tango – organized by my tango school. I started to learn 5 months ago, and I confess it took me a lot of courage to attend to a milonga, let aside to actually dance. If you ever attended to a milonga, [.].

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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

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JULY 16, 2012

If one thing unites entrepreneurs, it’s our high expectations. We demand a lot from ourselves and are merciless in our self criticism when we don’t do enough. It’s good to want to do more. When entrepreneurs feel like they’re not doing enough, they’re usually right. If you actioned even half of the things you tell yourself you should, your life would be transformed.

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Small Business CEO

JULY 20, 2012

Call answering services can be a great, cost-effective way to enhance your customer service without taking on a full-time staff member. A phone call is likely to be your clients’ first interaction with your company, so it’s important that you choose the right service for your business. How can you make sure your service will make your business look good?

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Service Untitled

JULY 20, 2012

The non emergency city and local call centers of 3-1-1 are a popular one-stop shopping conduit for citizens to report or question issues relating to city services. Either by using your phone to dial 3-1-1 or by using an online link, a resident can find out if the pothole on Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens will be repaired or if Alternate A-1-A will reopen for traffic before the weekend animal adoption event.

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