August, 2011

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31 Ways To Recycle Your Home Waste

Eco-Office Gals

Recycling begins in the home. If every person starts recycling home waste, we’ll be that much closer to a cleaner planet. However, recycling has to become part of your daily routine, a part of your home care. Here are 31 great methods to recycle home waste. Make Recycling A Part Of Your Life. Keep a recycling container next to your bin; this makes it easier to collect recyclable items.

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How to Have a Positive Attitude at Work (While Still Being Yourself)

Eat Your Career

My former co-worker (let’s call her “Ruth”) always saw the negative in everything. When an idea was presented, she was the first one to say, “That won’t work.” Fair enough. But she never offered alternatives. She never looked for solutions. She never, ever gave anything or anyone the benefit of the doubt. Ruth was an absolute nightmare to work with.

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Business Networking - Breaking the Ice & Starting the Conversation #business #productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

Business Networking!  It is either something you love to do or something you would rather not do.  Many of my clients tell me that they would rather have a root canal than go to a local event to network! Does that feel familiar? Maybe that is because you don't make the most of the meetings you go to. Maybe that is because you are uncomfortable and feel like that kid that stood on the wall at school dances.

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How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Planning

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. This guest post is by Haim Pekel, Marketing Director at IQTELL. M ost people agree that preparation and planning are keys to your long term performance. If you are prepared and cover all the angles, then you would probably perform better, right? Well, Not exactly. Planning ahead and over planning have an invisible line between them, a line that once crossed, takes you from getting things done to procrastinating.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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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I Can Do This, and This, and This. No, Really I Can!

Virtual Moxie

I've been helping more and more clients connect with amazing Virtual Assistants via our Registry Gold referral product. As part of what I do for the clients, I screen responses from VAs and present to them only the best of the bunch. The more I do this, the more Virtual Assistant sites I visit--to see, as the clients would see, if what's talked about in the response is reflected on the site.

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Must be good to be stupid to start a business.

The Small Business Blog

“Are you stupid?&# or “What are the chances of that happening?&# – these are some of the common statements people make when confronted with business ideas of others.

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The Pros and Cons of Being Selfish

Eat Your Career

This article is the eighth in a 10-part series on the topic of overcoming career-limiting habits. I’d like to admit something right off the bat: I’m a little selfish. Okay, maybe I’m a lot selfish. Sometimes, you have to be. I’m making this bold statement today because the 8th career limiting habit we’re discussing is selfishness, and I may not be the best person to advise you on this topic.

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Be An Unforgettable Speaker – Organization Techniques That Make You Easy to Work With

Stephanie LH Calahan

As a speaker you have a number of things to juggle -- proposals, marketing collateral, networking conversations, presentation material, contracts, travel, etc.  Unless you have business processes in place, you may find your business growing "out of control." How well you balance everything that needs to get done determines how fast your business can grow.

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Have you heard the news… Suzanne Evans is hiring!

Office Organization Success

That’s right! Suzanne is looking to add new members to her team. When you get bigger. You better get better. And now Suzanne is on the verge of launching and announcing some amazing new stuff and is looking for — YOU! A big expansion is taking place and she is looking to fill four new positions… yes you heard correctly! When most businesses are laying off… she is hiring!

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Who's Advocating For You and Sharing Your Buzz?

Virtual Moxie

You know I don't often blather on about products or services I use; I hope that means that when I do, you know it's something I really endorse and suggest you check out--because that's what I mean it to be. Today, I want to tell you about the Social Buzz Club. I know bunches of you are managing the Social Media presence of your clients, and are growing ever more savvy in your own use of Social Media.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Women in Management - How Far We've Come, How Far We Have to Go

Small Business Labs

The chart below is from Catalyst , a nonprofit membership organization focused on expanding opportunities for women and business.         The purpose of the chart is to show how few women there are in senior management and on the boards of public companies.  While it's clear we have a long way to go in terms of senior exec gender equality, I'm also struck by how far we've come.  Despite being less than half the workforce, wo

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Five Carbon Footprint Saving iPhone Apps for Business

Eco-Office Gals

Have you ever wondered what you can do to help your company or business reduce its carbon footprint? Here are some great apps available for your smartphone, which can also help the environment. Conference Calls – PowWowNow. The first app applies to conference calls. Why should you have to spend money on gas or waste your time in traffic when you can simply use your own phone for a conference call?

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How to Be Respectful: My 4 Essential Rules

Eat Your Career

This article is the sixth in a 10-part series on the topic of overcoming career-limiting habits. The other day on my free coaching call an attendee asked about how to handle someone who is disrespectful. I gave her advice regarding opening up communication and giving the person straight-forward “instructions” on how she wanted to be treated, and somewhere along the line it dawned on me: There are so many people out there who just don’t understand respect.

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Is Your Mindset Holding You Back?

Stephanie LH Calahan

"Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear." ~Anthony Robbins. Robbins helps us to remember that a positive focus aimed in your desired direction is way more productive than focusing on the things that make us afraid or nervous.   Success and productivity is sometimes about effective systems and sometimes about the mindset that you have about your situation.  Often it is both.

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Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Steps for Every Professional

Unlock your full potential with our comprehensive guide on productivity. This detailed resource explores the three fundamental pillars of effective task management: Todo List Mastery, Time Management, and Habit Optimization. Learn to capture and prioritize your tasks effectively, schedule them using proven strategies like the Pomodoro Technique, and maintain your productivity through consistent habit tracking.

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Insurance

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 entirely understand your business insurance needs before shopping around for a new policy. Conduct research or speak to a professional if you have any doubts. 2.

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5 Steps to Increasing Your Cash Flow

Office Organization Success

One critical element of running a successful business is that you need consistent and regular cash flow coming into our business so that you can pay your bills and, more importantly, pay yourself! I come across too many business owners who do not have this crucial foundational system in place. As a result they’re on a constant feast or famine cycle … you know, some months they have a massive surge in income and the following month they hardly have two pennies to rub together.

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Offering Love to New and Aspiring VAs

Virtual Moxie

As many of you know, 2010 was a super-huge year of change for me, among the biggies, my VA of 11 years closed her practice and I found (luckily!) another who is amazing, I entirely refocused my entire life on my highest value--love, changed my first name to the name of my heart (and my full first name), rebranded myself everywhere, and reworked the way I coach--choosing to coach for love offerings rather than big bucks.

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Fascinating Findings from the 2010 Census

Small Business Labs

I know "fascinating" and "demographic data" aren't words that often appear together.  But as much as I hate to admit it, I couldn't put down the Population Reference Bureau's report on the findings of the 2010 Census until I finished it. It's only 18 pages - and very wonky at times - but kudos to the authors for packing so much information into so few pages.      There's way too much to summarize in a blog post, but one thin

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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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Go Green And Minimize Business Waste

Eco-Office Gals

As concerns over climate change and our impact on the environment increases, there has never been a better time to start going green. Many businesses still believe that going green is too expensive or time-consuming, with the current economic climate adding to the notion that reduction of waste is not a priority. However, there are many simple ways a business can reduce their impact on the environment and it doesn’t necessarily have to involve drastic or expensive changes.

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How to Organize Business Cards & Networking Conversations - Interview & Giveaway @ContactKeeper

Stephanie LH Calahan

When you attend tradeshows or networking meetings, do you later experience the business card pile up? Do you have great conversations and then get back to your office and either forget action steps or details from the conversation? Do you prefer to keep your contacts in a more traditional / less electronic format? Do you need an easy way to delegate the input of contact and conversation information into a customer relationship management (CRM) tool?

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Influence

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. Building a powerful network of contacts is a major part of gaining influence in small business circles. You can then leverage your contacts within that network to call in favours or collaborate. 2.

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5 Awesome Productivity Apps for Android Phones

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. This is a guest article by Ruben Corbo, a writer for the website Broadband Expert where you can find internet providers in your area and compare prices on different deals for your wireless internet necessities. I n the age of smart phones and apps, having information at your fingertips is simple.

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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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What Preparing For Irene Can Teach You About Your Biz

Virtual Moxie

As many of you know all too well, the east coast of the United States just lived through one of the biggest, baddest hurricanes to ever make landfall here, and it came on the heels of a not-insignificant earthquake. Did I ever think I’d really experience something like this one/two punch from Mother Nature here in Baltimore? Nope. This stuff really doesn’t happen here.

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Do Online Social Networks Make Us Better Social Beings?

Small Business Labs

The Smithsonian's How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings covers research showing that online social networks like Facebook may make us more social.  Key quote: “There has been a great deal of speculation about the impact of social networking site use on people’s social lives, and much of it has centered on the possibility that these sites are hurting users’ relationships and pushing them away from participating in the world,”.

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When You Need A Break: 4 Fantastic Eco Spas

Eco-Office Gals

While at Eco-Office Gals we tend to give tips for green biz, everyone needs a break once in a while. Take some time to yourself, away from the worries of everyday life, at a fantastic spa away from home. Don’t just visit any spa, though; visit an eco spa to show your support for the environment. These four fantastic eco spas can be found all over the world, in beautiful, secluded locations.

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Change Your Mindset / Focus and Get More Done #Productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

We all know that "If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you've always got." Wildly successful professionals modify to stay alive and running. They take chances. They take risks.  Most fail over and over, but they often turn those failures into great successes. Here are some ideas to get you started: Remove Old Conditioning.

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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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Top 5 Tips for Online Freelancing

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. As a freelancer it is essential to make the most of your time.

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Some out-of-office messages for your e-mail

Ian's Messy Desk

Summer vacation is a prime time to have to create an out-of-office message for your e-mail client. You could use some of the examples below. However, depending on your boss, you might find your vacation has been extended permanently. ( Read more on leaving a good out-of-office message.). I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position.

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Moxie Tip 14: Saying No

Virtual Moxie

You can. You should. If you always do what's best for your biz, there's no way around doing it. And guess what? There's never a reason to feel guilty for doing what's best for you. You can't please the world all the time, but you can and should please yourself. Saying no to things that don't fit for you (for whatever reason) is a very good way to craft a business and life you adore!

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Planning a Green Meeting

Professional Assistant Blog

Image by Office Now. T his is a guest post from Maureen Santoro from Atlas Meetings + Incentives. Across the country, companies large and small are putting “best practices” policies into place. One such resolution concerns measures that a company can take to mitigate the environmental footprint that their actions have on the planet as a whole and on their small corner of the world in particular.

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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.