Sat.Apr 02, 2011 - Fri.Apr 08, 2011

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3rd Annual GMW Earth Day Giveaway 2011

Eco-Office Gals

Let’s get this party started! Earth Day (Month) is here and Eco-Office Gals wants to get as many people as possible on board to grow a little greener. If you’ve been wanting to, trying to, thinking about growing a little greener there’s no better time to do it then now! We don’t want to make you go it alone either. We have once again reached out to our great green cyberspace friends to bring you green products to Green Your World!

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Controlling the Woulda - Coulda - Shouldas and Overwhelm

Stephanie LH Calahan

" I'm so stupid!  Why didn't I think of that?  I have so much to do that I can't think straight! " Do you ever feel that way?  If you do, you are not alone.  Many people use negative "self talk" to justify why they are not getting the things done that they think they should.  You start in a state of overwhelm and rather than getting out of that state, you start traveling down a bad path.

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Taking a chance

Virtual Moxie

This chance taking is something some of you probably do pretty easily; so second nature that you may not even think of what you do as anything special. But for those of you who insulate, who don't reach out, who get into your comfort zone and stay there, this post is really for you. In the past couple weeks, I've seen just a HUGE amount of growth in my coaching clients and their practices as a direct result of their taking chances.

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A friendlier Twitter for job seekers

Job Advice Blog

Still wary of entering the Twitterverse? Don’t be. It’s time to overcome your reluctance/aversion, banish all doubt and make your triumphant entrance on what is THE world stage for up-to-the-minute information sharing. And by “sharing&# I don’t mean what you had for breakfast today. That’s old school: a myth still occasionally circulated by people on [.].

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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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How To Overcome Disruptions And Achieve Your Productivity Goals

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. How to deal with productivity killers? Just do whatever we need to do to achieve our productivity goals without letting up on the quality of our work. In any circumstances, that’s easier said than done. There are many reasons why dealing with productivity killers is not easy. [ Recommended Book: " Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining

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4 Ways to Get a Bigger Paycheck

On The Job

Do you make too much money for what you do? If you do, please let me know. Because most people -- including myself -- don't think they make too much money. In fact, I should be making more, which is why I was so interested in interviewing an expert in the art of negotiation. Let me know your thoughts on this story I did for my Gannett/USAToday.com column.

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Small Businesses Need The Cloud

The Small Business Blog

Cloud Computing has been back in the headlines once again this week here in the UK, largely due to comments made by the transport minister Norman Baker. His aim is to reduce congestion in the capital not by introducing new traffic measures, but by calling on businesses to fundamentally change the way in which they work. Baker wants to encourage companies to allow employees to work from home or at later times of the day.

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How Are We Motivated? It Might Not Be How You Think!

Stephanie LH Calahan

A little over a week ago I shared a collaborative post of 39 ways to boost morale and motivation:  Best Ways to Boost Morale or Motivation - Make Sure to Add Yours!   The post was fun to do because of the variety of thoughts that were shared.  That got me thinking a bit more on motivation and I remembered a great video by RSAnimate.  The video is one of those where they talk and draw really fast on a white board.  While I find the topic facisinating, I love watching

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Small Business Economy Picking Up Steam

Small Business Labs

It's taken a long time, but the small business economy is finally shaking off the Great Recession and showing solid gains.  A couple of data points: - The overall job market is picking up with March's job report showing a gain of 216,000 jobs, and more importantly a gain of 230,000 private sector jobs.  Great quote from an AP story on the numbers : "We are clearly seeing a breakout in the labor market," said Paul Zemsky, the head of asset allocation at ING Investment

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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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Personal Branding Advice from Jerry Maguire

Eat Your Career

Whenever I’m explaining the concept of personal branding , I always end up talking about Jerry Maguire. Yes, before Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch and became the perpetual butt of Hollywood’s joke, he starred in one of my all-time-ever favorite movies. He played the title role, Jerry Maguire, a sports agent who has a breakdown breakthrough that leads to him leaving his cushy job and heading out on his own.

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5 keys to making success a habit

Ian's Messy Desk

Image via Wikipedia. Want to make success a habit in your life? If you’ve got determination, it may be simpler than what you think. All you need is a change in your thinking pattern. Changing your thoughts can change your beliefs, your expectations, your attitude, and consequently, your behaviour. A change in behaviour will eventually lead you to a change in performance.

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Top 5 Tips for Exporting on a Budget

The Small Business Blog

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Ultilising the cost savings of Cloud Computing is the key for any small business wanting to offer their products abroad without investing in dedicated infrastructure. 2. Virtual Offices eliminate the need for permanent premises overseas. You can make deals with clients and discuss business without ever meeting face-to-face. 3.

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The Rise of Custom Content

Small Business Labs

The Custom Content Council recently released a survey showing the growing role custom content is playing in marketing. The Council defines custom content and publishing as: "Custom publishing marries the marketing ambitions of a company with the information needs of its target audience. This occurs through the delivery of editorial content – via print, Internet, and other media – so intrinsically valuable that it moves the recipient’s behavior in a desired direction." According to

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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 right to clean and fresh water

Eco-Office Gals

Dear EarthTalk: Recently the UN voted to declare access to safe and clean water a “human right.” Isn’t that a no-brainer? What are the ramifications of this declaration? – P. James, Boston, MA. In July 2010 the United Nations (UN) agreed to a new resolution declaring the human right to “safe and clean drinking water and sanitation.” One hundred twenty-two nations voted in favor of the resolution; 41 (primarily developed) countries abstained; and there were zero “no” votes.

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Are You Dumb to Trust Anyone at Work?

On The Job

I've been on vacation for the last week, and that weird tic in my eye has disappeared. While it's always a hassle to get ready to go on vacation, I keep reminding myself that it's worth it. I want to catch you up with my Gannett/USAToday columns, so here's one I wrote on trust in the workplace. Do you trust anyone at work? Your co-worker? Your CEO? The past several years have eroded trust in many phases of our lives, including the workplace.

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Link Lineup! Leadership, Business Record Retention, Backing up Your SM & more

Stephanie LH Calahan

Every other Wednesday, I share links to a number of different blogs and sites.  Today, you can see content on: Leadership. Business Record Retention. Backign up Your Business Data.   Leadership. How To Become A Leader Not A Manager - [link] -- 29 Tips were compiled by @TPEntrepreneur. I'm honored to be included. Decisiveness Generates Momentum - [link] -- Great article on the difference between decisiveness and decisions.  Thanks to @ Wesley_Woods for sharing with me. 7 Way

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Career Reality TV: I’m a Star!

Eat Your Career

Last Friday, I had the incredible honor of being interviewed by J.T. O’Donnell on her T.V. show called Career Reality. It was a ton of fun, which is no surprise because, if you’re familiar with J.T. (and her website, Careerealism ) you know that everything she touches turns to awesome. The interview focuses on my career coaching work and the various assessments I do with clients to help them determine if (and when) a career change is a smart move.

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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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Groupon for Golfers

Small Business Labs

The full impact of the Internet's power to identify and aggregate demand is only starting to be understood.  Social shopping isn't just changing ecommerce, but commerce in general.  A great example comes from one of my favorite iPhone Apps, GolfLogix.  This App turns my iPhone into a golf range finder and electronic scorecard.  The range finder gives me GPS distances to hazards, the green and the pin.  They have thousands of courses in their database,

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Tips for Communicating with Angry or Violent People

Ian's Messy Desk

Image via Wikipedia. I number of years ago I was involved in the termination of an employee. He was about eight inches taller than me and had 70 or 80 pounds on me. His supervisor delivered the bad news, we reviewed the termination process and documents and then stood to leave. Suddenly, he was standing toe to toe looking down on me. His fists were clenched at his side as he yelled.

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REAL TALK about social media

Loosely Speaking

Even though the big three (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) have been around for more than a few years, conventions and best practices for their use still seems like a hot topic. Every where I turn lately, there are classes, webinars and live chats on the subject. My AZVAs colleague and I are no exception, as we’re planning our May 2011 podcast around the topic and are even offering a course of our own on May 24.

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Productivity Nuggets Of The Week (April 02, 2011)

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Here’s a list of interesting blog posts I want to share. I wanted “Productivity Nuggets Of The Week&# to become a regular thing here in my blog but I haven’t been consistent with it. So I encourage everyone to send me his or her links with short descriptions.

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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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The Empire (Mass Media) Strikes Back

Small Business Labs

The Demise of Social Media and the Rise of Mass Media from Tom Foremski at Silicon Valley Watcher suggests that mass media is dominating online media output.  Key quote: "I see a world of mass media where a few large media brands still control most of the media output and thus the conversation around the topics that they choose." Tom points to several studies showing a small number of media producers - most of which are media companies - dominate social media conversations.  

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Need Referrals? Just Ask!

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. Are you afraid to ask for referrals? Many of us neglect to ask for referrals because we are afraid of putting our clients on the spot, putting reputations on the line, feeling “not good enough&# or just plain afraid of them saying, “no&# – we have made any number of excuses not to tread into this delicate, but powerfully effective marketing territory.

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The Importance of Anchor Text Diversity to Search Engine Optimization

Andrea Kalli

Just how important is anchor text diversity to your Search Engine Optimization strategy? There are thousands of assumptions in the SEO world, many of which are backed up by very little real world evidence. From bizarre ideas about link value to equally strange theories on acquiring a collection of international links, it does not take much to gain the attention (and the trust) of some of the world’s more easily influenced search engine optimization practitioners.

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Reply to Comment

Laughing all the Way to Work

Someone by the name of Cass posted a comment to my last post (please read it for context) and I thought I would reply as a new post so everyone would have the benefit of joining the dialogue as I think it is a common problem among assistants. The more organized you are, the less work it seems to others so the less recognition you get. Or sometimes assumptions are made that all the group helped, when it really was only one or two.

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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