Sat.Oct 11, 2014 - Fri.Oct 17, 2014

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Most Small Businesses are Started with Less than $10,000

Small Business Labs

'Intuit recently did a survey of small business owners. A key finding was 64% of small business owners surveyed said they started their business with less than $10,000 in invested capital.   Equally interesting is that only 13% said they spent more than $50,000 starting their business.   Our surveys of independent workers who work on their own as freelancers, independent contractors, etc. consistently show most of these solopreneurs spend even less.

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When Honoring Others Dishonors You

Virtual Moxie

'In her book, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up. Iyanla Vanzant, wrote: When are we taught that it’s ok to say what you feel when you feel it? Certainly not when we are children. As children, we are taught what not to say and what not to do if or when it will make others uncomfortable. The others are the big people. As children we are taught to take care of the big people, the adults, those in authority.

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Swiss Luxury Apartments, Geneva

Practically Perfect PA

'The Swiss Luxury Apartments are located in a beautiful building on a quiet street and short walking distance from the Lake. It is a lovely part of Geneva with lots of shops, restaurants and cafes nearby. Upon arrival I was swiftly checked-in and the reception staff were really helpful. I was staying in a one bedroom apartment and it was gorgeous. For a one bedroom apartment it was spacious with a huge living space, kitchenette, separate bedroom and bathroom.

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Why is nailing your niche so darned difficult?

The Small Business Blog

'Your Niche. Your Unique Selling point. Unique Value Proposition. Compelling Value Proposition. Useful Value Proposition. Oh Help! Whatever you call it – and that’s a whole topic in itself – why is it so darned difficult to find it, define it and then ‘sell it’ to the people you want to buy your stuff. Okay,… Read the full article here: Why is nailing your niche so darned difficult?

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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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Wage Versus Education Gap

Small Business Labs

'Their are two really interesting male/female gaps in the U.S.  The wage gap, where men make more money on average than women, gets a lot of attention. The education gap, where women and girls out perform men and boys at all levels of education, gets less attention. Also getting little attention is the fact that these two gaps are linked. Over time those that are better educated will be paid better.

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Technology of the week – Haiku Deck

Practically Perfect PA

'Understanding technology has always been an important part of the assistant role. From the early days of the typewriter to the more recent Apple explosion we do have to know about technology because we use it every day in our jobs and most of our colleagues rely on us to fix all of their technology problems. It is also important because technology really does enable us to be better at our jobs.

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Avoid Costly Law Suits Through Proper Winter Maintenance

The Small Business Blog

'Slip and fall law suits increase exponentially in winter, where icy surfaces increase hazards and snow may not have been cleared. As a business, you are required to keep areas such as aisles, stairs, walkways, car parks, and other parts of the premises reasonably safe for clients and employees. Legal Liability in Winter Your legal… Read the full article here: Avoid Costly Law Suits Through Proper Winter Maintenance on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Will Superintelligent AI's Destroy Mankind?

Small Business Labs

'A new book - Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies - says yes, or least says it's very possible. The books author, Nick Bostrom, is a professor at Oxford University and Director of their Future of Humanity Institute.  Bostrom's area of study is existential threats to humanity and he spends his time studying "human extinction scenarios and related hazards" This is either the coolest or most depressing job around, maybe both.

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Honored “Best Book” In Best of The Best Office Products and Services

Office Dynamics

'DeskDemon Announces the Winners of “Our Favorites – The Award,” A Prestigious Award Honoring the Best of the Best in Office Products, Services and Vendors. In recognition of quality products and services used by corporate America every day, DeskDemon launched “Our Favorites – The Award” the first award program honoring the best of the best in office products and services voted on by those who know best, the administrative professional.

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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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Rock Your Party this Christmas

Practically Perfect PA

'Stick It On is a very simple – and completely unique – concept that has been rocking parties for over a decade. With a Stick It On event, the guests get the opportunity to work the decks like superstar DJs as they ‘wow’ their colleagues and friends with 15 minutes worth of their favourite ‘choons’! With a compere to introduce each DJ, and a technical helper to support them in using the decks, the client is guaranteed a rollercoaster musical journey spanning every genre and decade from rock to p

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Make a not to do list

Clutter Coach

'by Originally posted 2013-06-13 10:38:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter To do lists are a dime a dozen. I’ll bet you have a dozen hiding somewhere on your desk. They have important tasks on them, but are also liberally peppered with: things you don’t really have to do. things you keep saying you’ll do, but don’t. things you have no intention of doing, but think you should. things that were a good idea at the time, but have become irrelevant.

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Think you don’t have time to market? Think again!

Step It Up VA Coaching

'by Donna Toothaker. We’ve all done it – putting our marketing and business building tasks on the back burner, because we think we don’t have the time to get it done. We may even feel as though in order to market, we need to take time away from our client work. But, if we don’t invest time back into our businesses, how will they grow?

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Do you share your career ambition with your boss?

Office Dynamics

'Career Ambition: How do you tell your boss that you don’t want a promotion? Question: “Our company has performance plans based on the expectation that we’ll always be moving up the ladder—or at least trying to. I can tell my boss thinks it’s odd that I’m having trouble with this. The fact is, I’ve been an admin for four great years and I just don’t want to be promoted!

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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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The Best Way to Deliver Bad News to Your Manager

On The Job

'No one likes unpleasant surprises, and that includes your boss. But when you have bad news about sales performance or a new product development, for example, your vice president wants to hear about it right away. So how do you deliver bad news without it becoming a shoot-the-messenger scenario? Jodi Glilckman , author of “Great on the Job,” says “it’s unrealistic to think that mishaps, miscommunications and outright screw-ups won’t happen.

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7 Strategies for Coming Up With Your Best Ideas Yet

Small Business CEO

'With so much emphasis being placed on new technology, it’s easy to forget about the one thing that got you where you are today – and I’m not talking about your innovation, willpower, or proven track record. I’m talking about your brain. Your ability to think on your feet and make informed decisions has helped you become a true expert in your field.

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Taking Traveling, Talking, and Trying to the Next Level

Productivityist

'This past week – my first small sabbatical – was definitely needed. During the last couple of weeks I''ve taken traveling, talking and trying to a whole new level. The sabbatical was well-timed as I needed a break from all the travel I’d undertaken. The travel was rewarding, make no mistake, but it was taxing. I knew that going in, which allowed me to enjoy it all the more.

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OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART III: The Final Day

Office Dynamics

'OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART III: The Final Day. This article is part 3 of our conference recap. click here for Office Dynamics Conference Recap part 1 and part 2. After another delicious breakfast on the resort veranda overlooking the pool and the striking red rock mountains to the West, the morning plenary session of our final day of the conference opened up with a video montage highlighting some of the extraordinary moments from the Havana Nights Gala, generating laughs and smiles a

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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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Why Freedom is the worst goal you can set for yourself 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

'A shard of ice just shivered it’s way down the spine of very freedom loving, lifestyle designing internet entrepreneur on the planet. Blaspheme has been uttered! Welcome to the sacred cow slaughterhouse. There’s a solid psychological argument for NOT making “Freedom” your number one objective in life and business. In fact, this most holiest of goals may be causing you needless suffering and self sabotage.

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How to Avoid Killing Good Email Design with These Five Campaign Enemies

Small Business CEO

'Email marketing campaigns are a delicate balance of different factors interacting in just the right way to create what is an overall smooth flowing campaign. Because of this, numerous little factors, some of which can even be hard to identify, will influence if your campaign runs smoothly or suddenly fails in some way that causes drops in beneficial metrics.

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Taking Traveling, Talking, and Trying to the Next Level

Productivityist

This past week – my first small sabbatical – was definitely needed. During the last couple of weeks I’ve taken traveling, talking and trying to a whole new level. The sabbatical was well-timed as I needed a break from all the travel I’d undertaken. The travel was rewarding, make no mistake, but it was taxing. I knew that going in, which allowed me to enjoy it all the more.

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Hearing the Message

Office Dynamics

'Hearing the Message. Guest Post by Kemetia Foley, Blogger, AdminRenegade : You know that feeling you get… It’s not quite Déjà vu but really similar. You keep running into people talking about the same issue, or every news article you read seems to be dissecting the same issue. Then out of the blue, the topic crops up at work or at your kid’s school.

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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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19 Ideas for Killer Lead Magnets

Denise Aday

'See on Scoop.it – Email Marketing Virtual Assistant. Want more email subscribers – and more leads? The single best way to get them is to offer a lead magnet – a free incentive for joining your email list. Denise Aday ‘s insight: “Extra credit” idea at the end, so be sure to read all the way through this awesome list! See on blog.getresponse.com.

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5 Interesting Thought Pieces on the Future of Work

Small Business Labs

'Really interesting set of thought pieces - they call them frameworks - from Society and Data on the future of work.  The 5 papers are: Understanding Intelligent Systems  unpacks the science fiction stories of robots to look at the various ways in which intelligent systems are being integrated into the workforce in both protective and problematic ways.

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How I Use Priority Levels in Todoist

Productivityist

'Todoist has been my task manager for some time , and one of the features it offers is the ability to flag tasks as needed. I have avoided using priorities until recently, but I finally figured out how I wanted to use them and have started to add them to my Todoist workflow. One of the key points about using them is that I’ve made a point of using them sparingly, as Gregory McKeown suggests in his book Essentialism.

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OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART II: PEAK EXPERIENCE

Office Dynamics

'OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART II: PEAK EXPERIENCE. This article is part 2 of our conference recap. if you missed part 1, you can read it here. . Thursday proved to be the peak day of the 21st Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence, beginning with yet another series of breakthrough plenary sessions and then culminating in the fabulous Gala Dinner.

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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