Eat Your Career

JANUARY 9, 2011

The idea of career reinvention is nothing new. It’s an annual tradition for some people. I used to make a New Year’s resolution every year to “figure out what I want to be when I grow up.” Luckily, I got to cross that one off the list a few years ago! But, truth be told, career reinvention is a continuous process for most people. We’re all constantly growing and changing, so our professional goals have to be regularly re-evaluated and tweaked to keep up.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Listen to Stephanie on Solace Wealth Management on Blog Talk Radio | Main | My first Twitterview with @marciahoeck - Decisive Productive Action Taken » 6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual Teams I created this super secret (he he - not so secret now) group on Facebook of productivity and organization consultants and it has been a great source of netwo

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 4, 2011

Continuing our annual tradition, below is our Top 10 Small Business Trends list for 2011.  To see our past lists, click on the year: 2010 , 2009 , 2008.  Our overall economic outlook is for continued moderate growth with U.S. GDP increasing 3%-3.5%.  While we expect hiring and the job market to improve, unemployment will remain stubbornly high, finishing the year around 9.2%.  Economic. 1.  The Small Business Economy Recovers from the Great Recession: &#

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 7, 2011

Eco cruises are steadily growing in popularity as more and more cruise enthusiasts, and travelers in general, discover the friendlier way to enjoy a cruise vacation. Not only are cruise trips becoming greener and greener, but eco conscious activities and tours are being incorporated into the options available to guests. Some cruise lines, such as Princess Cruises and Holland America are being noted or their ocean friendly practices, eco tours and activities for green enthusiasts of all levels.

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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 18, 2011

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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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 31, 2011

There are times when we can’t take care of a customer when we want to – or when they want us to. I just read an article that talks about the long wait patients experience in the emergency room called Please Make Your Customers Wait! The author, Barry Moltz, offers three suggestions for how you [.].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST | Main | Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc. Link Lineup! » Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs It is hard to believe that it is already January!

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

Happy New Year to you all – I hope that 2011 brings you all health and prosperity. My last post of 2010 spoke about the “ Trough of Disillusionment ” that many Virtual Assistants currently find themselves in. I believe that Virtual Assistants are the best way for businesses to grow, by allowing businesses to outsource the tasks that the business owner does not specialise in.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 16, 2011

Late last night I read another article about chicken nuggets, this one about the 50% non-chicken ingredients in McNuggets. Last month it was the gag factor image of the pink goop that makes a nugget. Although we didn’t make fast food part of our daily diet before I saw these, the kids loved them for a treat. Now they have been removed from our diet, unless we make them ourselves.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 4, 2011

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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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 29, 2011

You’ve done all the hard work in getting your blog site up and running, and you’ve even got a sign-up box on every page of your site. Now all you need to do is get your web site visitors to part with their name and email address so that you can start and build your database of potential clients. But the question is … how do you get them to do this? The answer – provide them with a very compelling reason to give you their name and email address with an irresistible free taste of your work!

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 5, 2011

I know the title of this article assumes the worst in you and maybe that’s not fair. But let’s be honest here. Statistics show that, right now, about half of you have already given up on your New Year’s resolution. And, in another few weeks, half of the people left will have forgotten all about it as well. It’s not that I don’t have faith in you.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 10, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Listen Stephanie Talks About #Organizing Myths on the Active Christian Media Show | Main | Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner? 5 Steps to Meal Planning Success » My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action Do you have a theme for 2011?

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 27, 2011

Talking about business success is always great and uplifting. Talking about business failure not so much, why is that? All too often failure is seen as a bad thing, not as an experience, a valuable lesson or the next important step on the ladder to success. Failure is painful, it dents our ego, but the truth is failure often teaches us more than success.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 22, 2011

Are you hoping to find an environmentally friendly employer? It may seem like a daunting task, but it is actually getting easier every day. Here are five tips that you may want to keep in mind: Brand yourself green. Environmentalism starts at home. To find a green job, you need to be green yourself – that is, if you want to land that green job once you find it.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 24, 2011

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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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 21, 2011

We read a lot of trends articles at Smallbizlabs.  I found two articles covering online marketing trends for 2011 to be quite interesting: 1.  Entrepreneur's 10 Trends for Online Marketers in 2011   not only covers trends, but provides advice on whether or not small businesses should be invest early in these trends or wait until they more mature.  The trends they think small businesses should move on are: location-based marketing, instant search, social media marketin

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 24, 2011

I’ve always had really high expectations for my friends. Sometimes, this leaves me disappointed. But the people with whom I develop real friendships are truly the most trustworthy, compassionate people in the world. The other day, during a coaching class, the instructor asked a question that gave me pause. She said, “Would you be friends with you?”.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner? 5 Steps to Meal Planning Success | Main | Productivity and Organization Link Lineup » 10 Reminder Systems for You To Consider Do you have difficulty remembering important dates?  There are a number of great tools out on the web that help you remember the events in your life that you don't want to forget.  Today, I

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 30, 2011

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Remember that you are on Twitter primarily to listen and learn, not to simply broadcast your message to the world. 2. Interaction is the key to success on Twitter. Try to follow other people in your industry and engage with them wherever possible. 3.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 16, 2011

Even for students who go to class on campus every day, the amount of college academic activity that occurs online today is amazing to someone who attended twenty years ago. But despite the use of online class notes, online delivery of papers – and return of them – there is still a remarkable amount of paper generated on campuses that use old fashioned seats in old fashioned classrooms and real time professors.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 11, 2011

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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Job Advice Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

After introductions and small talk this would be the time to ask a question to start the interview on the right foot. Say it in your own words but this question sets up the interview for you: “What kind of person are you looking for and what are you looking for this new person to [.].

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Customers Rock!

JANUARY 17, 2011

How can companies get their customers more engaged and involved? Social media has been making it easier for user-generated content to appear as part of a brand’s marketing, usually with consumers. If a consumer is truly a loyal fan of that brand, they will be very excited to see their submission being used by their favorite company. There are many, many examples of companies using these tactics for marketing buzz and excitement as part of a social media campaign.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 25, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Productivity and Organization Link Lineup | Main | 6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual Teams » Listen to Stephanie on Solace Wealth Management on Blog Talk Radio Listen live to Stephanie answer questions about productivity & organization on the Solace Wealth Management show.  John will interview Steph for 60 minutes.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 23, 2011

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Try to cut your operational costs as quickly and savagely as possible, without it affecting your ability to provide top quality products or service. It is important to get the basics (business planning & financial reporting) right first. 2.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been a promoter of paperless options since the start of Eco-Office Gals, but I also acknowledge that sometimes you just have to print. When your green business is in need of business cards, stationary, brochures or holiday cards you should at least consider printing responsibly. Two years ago I introduced my initial thoughts about Green Business Card options.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 31, 2011

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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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 17, 2011

Evernote is a great example of how cloud computing is enabling distributed and mobile work.  For those not familiar with Evernote, it's an online service that allows users to record and store pretty much anything digital as "notes."   Because these notes are stored in the cloud, you can access them anywhere from pretty much any computing device.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 23, 2011

This past week I did my civic duty by serving on a jury trial in Judge Cosgrove’s courtroom. I’m not here to talk about the case - but rather want to talk about the culture Judge Cosgrove has developed in her courtroom. As part of the case (a wrongful death suit in which a medical practice [.].

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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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