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Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « 5 Easy Ways Kick-Start Your Daily Personal Productivity | Main | Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day » Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity Today I received a really nice note from one of my contacts, Amy Humphreys, at Illinois State University. 

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How to Network While Traveling on Business

On The Job

She also organizes "tweet ups," she says, contacting regular Twitter followers and asking them to meet her if she''s in the city where they live. Rossi, a business etiquette coach, says if you''re reticent about approaching strangers on the road to make a business contact, try these tips: • Be observant. Follow up.

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Why e-Mail Isn’t Always Your Best Option

Office Dynamics

While technology has dramatically changed our lives and provides many benefits, it also presents challenges. Follow @OfficeDynamics on Twitter. E-mail has grown into a ginormous, white elephant and we are being stampeded by it. The good news is that every one of us can reduce the number of e-mails we send. Connect with us on Facebook.

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The Seven Stupid Mistakes People Make on a Telephone Interview

On The Job

You want the interviewer focused only on you, not the sound of you washing dishes or tapping computer keys as you Twitter while you interview -- or blaring your horn as you drive. These are all things you can work on and find a way to present a more professional voice and demeanor over the phone. that the interviewer will hear.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" It's called a Presentation Remote. Thanks Patty.

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I look like that!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in a workshop today on presentation skills and one of the things they had us do was present something to the group while they filmed us. Other than the extra work I need to do at the gym to tone up and trim down, I saw some good qualities as well and it was helpful to see myself present. Thanks Anonymous for sharing.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead. 23, 1 p.m. (for