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Thanksgiving Day

Ian's Messy Desk

Thanksgiving is related to harvest festivals that had long been a traditional holiday in much of Europe. Thanksgiving – Wikipedia Related Posts: Happy Thanksgiving Top Thanksgiving Themed Movies Quotations – November 19 Canada , Holidays Did you enjoy this post? Comment by Deb on October 9, 2006 @ 1:18 pm Thanks Deb.

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

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Adults providing care to seniors grew from 17% in 1996 to 20% in 2006. Attendance at arts performances dropped from 15 million to 13 million in 2001-2006; Low income, living in a poor neighbourhood, low parental education, recent immigration, racialized status, and Aboriginal status affect participation in leisure and culture.

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10 Sites for Quotations

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The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type. Quotelady.com – An old-school style web site focussing on inspirational quotations organized in dozens of categories. Famousquotations.com – quotations, quotes and proverbs. Quotationreference.com – a compendium of quotations.

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Getting Things Done with Lotus Notes

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Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! The two have come together in an ebook from David Allen Company.

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10 Tips for a Killer Presentation

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I have one more tip that I’ve had to learn the hard way: Tell stories – People don’t want to sit through a dry recitation of facts, statistics, policy, etc. An easy way to do this is to ask them questions as well as letting them ask you questions. They want to hear how what you have to say plays out in real life. Learn to tell stories.

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2 Measures of effective productivity systems…

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The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen. In fact, visiting with mom forces me to be more organized, because she needs to be organized. My mother has never owned a PDA and only in the past year (at 80) started using a computer.

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Increase Productivity

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Ask for advice Look around and identify those who seem to have their lives productive and organized. zachgraeve.com) Related Posts: Bits and Pieces – June 8 Bits and Pieces – August 24 links for 2006-08-16 Productivity Did you enjoy this post? Attend brown-bag lunches, trade shows and conferences. Research on-line.