Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 12, 2010

EarthTalk®. From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: What does it mean when one uses the phrase, “building a green economy?” I’ve heard it repeated a few times lately and would like to have a better understanding of the concept. – Rosie Chang, Islip, NY. The phrase “building a green economy” means different things to different people, but in general it refers to encouraging economic development that prioritizes sustainability—that is, working with nature and not ag

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’m a compulsive over-analyzer. Rarely am I able to just “let things go” when I should. Instead, I dwell. I pick apart. I dissect until whatever it is no longer resembles itself. I think way too much. The human brain has a remarkable ability to find order in chaos. I blame my need to over-analyze on this biological fact. I think, ultimately, I’m searching for some sort of reason in an unreasonable world.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Overwhelm Busters (my buddies share their best again) | Main | You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes! » There is an App for That -- Productivity Apps for iPhone and Android I am constantly amazed at the new and creative applications (apps) that are on the market today for smart-phones.  It seems that every time I give a workshop to business owners t

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On The Job

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The job-hunting experience can be a stressful one: sending out resumes, interviewing, sending out more resumes and interviewing again. It can take weeks, even months, to nail the job you want. Finally, you get the position you desire. And while you’re a bit nervous in the beginning, the new job begins to feel more comfortable after a while, and you settle in to the routine.

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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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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2010

One of my favorite technology trend analysis and forecasting efforts is Gartner's annual Hype Cycle report.    Gartner analyzes hundreds of technologies and forecasts which will - and will not - enter the mainstream over the next 2-5 years.    The Gartner chart below summarizes the analysis for 2010.    As you review this chart please keep in mind that Gartner mostly takes an enterprise viewpoint on technology.  For example, they ha

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Here’s another round of Productivity Nugget Of The Week. I hope you find these links valuable and beneficial to your quest of productivity. The 5 Keys To GTD – This post lists the core keys of GTD. You’ll notice that the GTD’s core is centered to these 5 key element.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Business is about relationships; every aspect of your business is reliant on building, nurturing and maintaining relationships. Building relationships doesn’t start and finish with customer relationships; in fact great customer relationships are difficult to maintain if the other relationships within your business aren’t satisfactory. It is your customer service and relationships that will set your business apart from the competition, but in order to have the infrastructure within your business

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Virtual Moxie

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I hear you out there. Those unspoken responses to my previous post. You know, the one where I said that getting clients wasn’t about price ? Yeah, that one. And you’re thinking, “Those points are well and good if you have clients already, but how do you build trust in the beginning. You know, when you’re just starting out?”. It’s still about building trust, even when you don’t have satisfied clients to give you glowing testimonials.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 10 Tips for Taking Effective Phone Messages Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 14, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Try phasing out the use of ’snail mail’ in your organisation wherever possible. As a method of communication it is highly inefficient and in many situations is no longer needed because of email. 2. Get a calendar to use purely for keeping track of your business activities.

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Make or Break Moments

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Yesterday I had the complete honor of appearing once again on Sheila English’ Reader’s Entertainment Radio. I was joined by Sherre DeMao of SLD Unlimited Marketing/PR, Inc and JJ DiGeronimo of Purposeful Woman. The topic? Building relationships- how we do it, mistakes people make, measuring our successes and what we’ve learned so far.

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Job Advice Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection The Relocated Spouse On October 14, 2010, In Interview Advice by Jeff LeFevre , By Jeff LeFevre 0 I received this question from one of our readers in regards to the relocated spouse.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 8 Steps Toward a More Satisfying Life Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 11, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2010

This week Sean Hamilton, founder of Give Youth A Chance , won the WinWeb Pitch of the Week competition. Sean has founded Give Youth A Chance as a one-stop-shop to support and help young entrepreneurs to succeed in business. Having experienced the highs and lows of business life, Sean wants to help young people avoid many of the pitfalls that he has encountered and put them on the road to business success.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Like most people, I've attended some great PowerPoint presentations, and some truly horrible ones. One of the worst ones I ever attended was by a very well-regarded researcher -- but I found myself redesigning my kitchen in my head I was so bored. And while I never did get my new kitchen, I did learn what makes a bad PowerPoint presentation. But what makes a great one?

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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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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Hello! As promised, Jasmine Freeman here and getting a head start on Bosses Day (to come later this week). As I mentioned in my video blog earlier this week I am posting all the blogs this week and giving Joan a break from the extra responsibility this week. Today I want to share with you some of my favorite “Executive Blogs” or websites to follow. I feel as an administrative professional it’s so valuable when you are able to think like an executive (in addition to reading your leader’s mind).

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Job Advice Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection what to do with bad interviewers On October 13, 2010, In Career Coaching by Judi Perkins , By The How-To Career Coach 0 The only thing that might be more difficult to deal with than an interviewer who asks tough, probing questions is an interviewer who hasn’t a clue how to interview.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 14, 2010

One of the main themes running through the recently released Intuit 2020 Report is that the next decade will be characterized by scarcity and abundance.  This sounds contradictory, but it's not.  Because of the Great Recession, we start the decade with economic abundance.  Manufacturing capacity, logistical capabilities, raw materials, commodities and labor are readily available, and in some cases, in excess supply.

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Make or Break Moments

OCTOBER 15, 2010

How often do you put yourself in your customer’s shoes? To truly understand their expectations and their needs, sometimes it is important to put on their shoes; to fully comprehend how we can best meet their needs. But what about putting on someone else’s shoes to act as they do? I recently learned of a business owner [.]. Tags: Attitude confidence putting on someone else's shoes.

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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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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Bosses Day is this Friday! For Joan, I am taking some of the pressure off this week and taking over the blog. I'll be blogging about whatever I can think of that will be helpful to us as administrative professionals. If you have ideas - please share here! Also welcome, comments to Joan - she loves to hear from you so please feel free to share you tips, ideas, and even well wishes to Joan this Friday for Bosses Day.

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Andrea Kalli

OCTOBER 14, 2010

With the newspaper industry in a state of flux, many marketers and content-driven entrepreneurs are reexamining long-held beliefs about the value of content. Some have embraced a high-quality model, employing only the finest content for their websites and limiting the amount of repeat, retrospective, and summary content that is published. Others have swung in the opposite direction, embracing content of any kind and vetting little work before it is published.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Small Business Labs Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business Welcome to Small Business Labs Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 12, 2010

A few weeks ago, I hosted a free teleseminar with my good friend Sydni Craig-Hart (of Executive Assistant to Virtual Assistant ) and she was kind enough to record it. For your listening pleasure, I’ve loaded it in here. Please take some time out of your busy day to sit back, relax and learn all about how to manage stress and emotions in the workplace.

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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

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At Office Dynamics, I am used to having the “tribute to all you do” being about us, the administrative professionals. I appreciate that recognition and I love all that comes with it. Today, I want to share with you a reverse post. A tribute to my executive and all SHE does. I have a really great relationship with my strategic business partner and I want to show her my appreciation here this week.

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Andrea Kalli

OCTOBER 14, 2010

With the newspaper industry in a state of flux, many marketers and content-driven entrepreneurs are reexamining long-held beliefs about the value of content. Some have embraced a high-quality model, employing only the finest content for their websites and limiting the amount of repeat, retrospective, and summary content that is published. Others have swung in the opposite direction, embracing content of any kind and vetting little work before it is published.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Thanksgiving Day Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 11, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! To day is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.

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