Sat.Nov 05, 2011 - Fri.Nov 11, 2011

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Register for the Webinar: Reduce the Clutter & Organize Your Desk!

Stephanie LH Calahan

On a Clear Day …. I Can See the Top of My Desk! The average person wastes 150 hours per year just looking for things.  To make it worse, the average executive wastes 6 weeks a year looking for things! Does that sound familiar?  I know it does to many. The other day, Allyson Lewis and I were talking and she mentioned that she'd love to share office organization with her audience, and asked if I would present on her webinar program.  I loved the idea and we agreed that you co

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Why a Missing Button Could Keep you From Getting Ahead

On The Job

I recently watched a news clip about a local mall where the shop owners stated that not only were they currently hiring for seasonal jobs, but they were hoping some of those candidates would turn out to be permanent hires. Good news right? Then the reporter cut to an interview with a woman walking out of a local employment agency. The woman began talking, constantly playing with her hair and smacking gum.

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Pump Up the Jam

Virtual Moxie

As much as I believe I have zero imagination (at least not on demand), when something sparks my creativity, it screams at me, inside my head until I do the thing. I've come to think of it as a way my wise self communicates with me that I need time for fun, or soul nurturing, or just a different thing than whatever I've been doing. So I usually don't fight it much.

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Get Unstuck: Three Dozen Ways to Stir Up Fresh Ideas

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. A lbert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again. — expecting different results. If you find yourself in that place where the results you’ve been getting are not solving the problem or helping you achieve your goals, you need to do something different.

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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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LawCloud – Cloud Computing for Law Firms

The Small Business Blog

Law professionals are very mobile and busy people, in and out of meetings, in-house or externally, with a constant need to stay in touch with all activities on client files. To deal with these information needs cloud computing for law firms is an essential tool to stay informed and in control at all times.

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Regus Claims - and Validates - Coworking

Small Business Labs

This week Regus , a very large global operator of business centers, issued a press release claiming that they are the world's largest provider of coworking facilities.  They also claimed they pioneered the concept of coworking two decades ago. Not surprisingly this caused quite a stir in the coworking community.  They don't think Regus even offers coworking, much less invented it.  I find this press release interesting because Regus is basically validating the coworking

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Safeguard Your Data with Google’s Two-Step Verification

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. H aving an account hacked can not only be a major productivity killer, it can cost you clients, your job, or worse. If you’re like me, you think that two-step is a dance, not a security feature. When you’re done with this article you may see that two-stepping your security isn’t unlike two-stepping with a dance partner, though.

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Top 5 Tips for Overcoming Small Business Problems

The Small Business Blog

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Make sure that you listen to what the other people who work in your business are complaining about.

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Moxie Tip 72: Hard vs. Easy Relationships

Virtual Moxie

Some relationships simply aren’t meant to be. You’ll know them when things are hard always or even *most* of the time. What you need is a relationship that's actually easy. That way, when something happens to make it difficult, you're willingness to work on it is there. If it's hard all the time and then something makes it more difficult, it's easier to just throw in the towel--and in truth, you probably should. .

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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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Are You Covering All Expense Bases?

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. As entrepreneurs/business owners, we take great care in setting rates, creating packages and tracking the hours we and our teams put in; but are our rates really paying for our expenses? Take a good look at where you spend your money. Are you covering all your bases? Are you taking more into account than simply the items or services you use on a daily basis?

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Confronting Aging and Work-Related Issues

Job Advice Blog

Asked to leave or fired: it really doesn’t matter what you call it. Come Monday morning, and there’s no place to go to work. Many people face that predicament, and the first thing that comes to their mind—for some at least—is that the culprit is their age. A new and younger generation is pushing them [.].

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November – A Chance to get out there!

The Small Business Blog

How did it get to November? Already I am being inundated with pictures of friends of mine growing their ‘Movember‘ moustache for charity, a sure sign that the year is marching on!

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Introduction to Basic Wood-Working

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. S o, you have a passion to put your hands together, get out your toolbox from the shed and build something you can be proud of, be it a birdhouse, picture frame, or gun cabinet? If you aren’t experienced in wood-working, there are some things to know. Determining Your Project.

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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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World Population - 7 Billion, But Slowing

Small Business Labs

There's a lot of discussion these days around the world's population reaching 7 billion.  The chart below is from A tale of Three Islands , an excellent Economist article on the topic.  The chart on the right, which is from the article, shows the amazing growth in population over the last 150 or so years.  The UN is projecting the world's population will hit 10 billion in 2100.

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Life In Progress

Eat Your Career

I wanted to take just a minute to update all of you about what’s been going on around here because I haven’t had a chance to write a new blog post in several weeks. You see…life has kind of…gotten in the way. For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been in the process of relocating from Atlanta, GA to Denver, CO. Yes, that’s a huge move. 1380 miles…give or take.

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Inbound marketing – it’s new and it’s hard but we must get better at it

The Small Business Blog

There’s two types of marketing. The first is outbound and it’s largely about ‘buying’ attention, whether through print, TV, radio, banner advertising or cold calling.

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Time Saving Tips for Planning Events

Office Dynamics

Has your boss ever asked you to throw together a last minute meeting with details that made your head spin? Specific requests for warm winter destination, rooms for at least 75 attendees, meeting space for general sessions and breakouts, and a team building activity? Where do you even begin? If planning meetings isn’t your main focus at the office, you may be asking yourself the same question.

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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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Beyond BRICs - A New Emerging Markets Blog from the Financial Times

Small Business Labs

The growth of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, China and India) has been dramatic over the last decade.  It's hard to overstate how much global economic change has occurred due these countries and especially China and India. Many other countries are starting to grow economically.  CIVETS is a term coined by HSBC (a very large global bank) to describe some of the new emerging markets.  The CIVETS are: Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa.

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Guest Blog by Elaine Hirsch: Best Beverages to Start Your Day

Laughing all the Way to Work

There's much to say for the person who drinks 10 cups of coffee a day: "They are probably thinking they might get fired so they work overtime like a crazy person." But in all seriousness, whether you're toiling in a master's degree program , working the 9:00 to 5:00, or just trying to keep track of the kids, the start-of-day drink determines the mood.

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Minimising Interruptions

Practically Perfect PA

In my first blog post I posed a question, how difficult will it be to stick to a routine that will enable me to maximise my productivity? What obstacles will I meet and lastly will I be able to be productive while dealing with constant distractions and interruptions? Over the last few days I’ve had a chance to reflect on last week and from the outset it wasn’t easy following a structured routine simply because as an EA I do have to put other people’s urgent priorities above my own, in other word

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Moxie Tip 71: Nothing to Apologize For!

Virtual Moxie

When something goes wrong, a genuine apology can make the difference between growing a relationship and squashing it like a bug. Don't think you have anything to apologize for? In my book that's the number one clue that you probably do! .

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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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Caterpillar's Growing Flexible (Contingent) Workforce

Small Business Labs

Like many large corporations Caterpillar, the Illinois-based heavy equipment maker, is increasing the size of their contingent workforce (freelancers, contractors, consultants, temps, etc.).   What's interesting about Caterpillar is they've decided to include information on contingents in their quarterly earnings releases.  They call this group "flexible workers" and report each quarter how many they have and how many they hired.

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There are 3 of us in this relationship: Mum, Business Woman, and Me

The Small Business Blog

There’s no doubt that being a Mum and running your own business has its challenges.

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Special Smartpen Offer from Livescribe

Office Dynamics

Hello readers! Guess what? We have exciting ne ws to share with you. Due to popular demand, our friends at Livescribe have extended an offer to all of our friends and fans! Receive $10 off any Echo smartpen redeemable only at Livescribe.com ! With this pen you can record everything you hear, write and draw. Replay your meetings simply by tapping on your notes.

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Moxie Tip 69: Hard Conversations

Virtual Moxie

Don't let fear of what might be a difficult conversation with the client stop you from having the conversation you know you need to have. Things will work out as they're supposed to, and, if there's a positive outcome, your relationship will be stronger because you had the conversation. . .

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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