ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 6, 2012

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

Procrastination is the #1 reason business owners find that their business stalls. Recently, we conducted an informal poll of the 1000 participants that signed up for Fire Up Your Biz - Enrich Your Life and found that over half of our respondents had questions around procrastination, lack of motivation and generally just not getting things done! So, I asked my expert panel: Putting off critical tasks for a later date can break a business.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 21, 2012

The recent Global Coworking Unconference Conference left many with the same impression it did Shareable's Neil Gorenflo - that " coworking's all grow'd up "   GigaOm's Jessica Stillman echoes this view, writing in her article The conversion to coworking 2.0 continues : "Coworking, it seems, is growing up and moving out of its original geographic and industry-specific enclaves, penetrating the consciousness of more mainstream institutions."   Cont

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Office Organization Success

MARCH 2, 2012

Whenever you receive an email from me you will ALWAYS see my contact information at the bottom and know exactly how you can get in touch with me. You will see: My name. My company’s name. My telephone and fax number. My email address (with an active hyperlink). My website address (with an active hyperlink). And an active hyperlink to the signup page of my newsletter.

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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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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 14, 2012

The four basic types of speeches are: to inform, to instruct, to entertain, and to persuade. These are not mutually exclusive of one another. You may have several purposes in mind when giving your presentation. For example, you may try to inform in an entertaining style. Another speaker might inform the audience and try to persuade them to act on the information.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 22, 2012

S ometimes being productive means having the right tools at the right time. Sometimes having the right tools means having to shell out extra dollars just to get them. I wanted to do stuff over the internet when I am at home during the weekend. Being productive for me also means I have time to do things that I like to do on the side. I have a laptop that I use for everything I do online.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 23, 2012

  One of the questions that I frequently get when I work with clients is "What is the best way to ensure that I get things done? What type of to do list should I use?"   And I often answer: "It depends!" You see, managing your tasks is a personal thing.  There are many fantastic systems out there for managing tasks.  The best tool is one that you will actually use and trust.  Often, people fail with their to do system because they simply don't tr

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 8, 2012

Here’s a lesson I’m still learning: Changing your mind isn’t the same as giving up. You see, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about goals— how to set them properly , how to see them through, how to keep your perspective about achieving them. As most of you know, I’m kind of a goal junkie. But recently, I’ve had to make some…corrections. And it’s been hard.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 5, 2012

Top 5 Tips posts are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. With the price of fuel so high, now is a good time to make sure that everyone who is expected to drive for your business understands how they should be expected to drive.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 8, 2012

According to The Book of Lists , the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority of people. Far above the fear of death and disease comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd. I was a member of Toastmasters for a number of years. I enjoyed the applause and after effects of successful speeches, but I hated the nerves and stress that went with the delivery.

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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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Productivity Bits

MARCH 5, 2012

E piphany. Eureka. Idea. How much is an idea worth? It is virtually worth nothing. Really. The great products we see today are brought forth by some kind of thinking process. We call them concepts. Or imagination. Dream. Before we see products, a thought process must take place. But how important is an idea? If we are to put a tag price to a very important idea, how valuable is that idea in dollar terms?

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 19, 2012

My deep thanks to Tami for suggesting this topic--it's a goodie! Divorcing, firing, ending the relationship with, telling them to eff off--by whatever name you give it, this is one aspect of owning a VA practice that often creates a lot of anxiety for people. I think the reason for that is often because we don't like confrontation, and we see this kind of conversation in that light.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 21, 2012

Sometimes not getting a task done really is okay and other times it is a symptom of something going awry in your business.  Recently, Debra shared the following comment to me on Facebook : " I echo what Gina and Michelle shared - I'm still here at the computer. It's the end of the day and I feel "guilty" about taking time to go walk the dog as I haven't gotten everything done.

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Job Advice Blog

MARCH 23, 2012

Starting around 2008, many organizations’ human resources departments needed to eliminate their own staffs, and thus many of the traditional human resources functions got bounced over to the respective hiring managers. Unfortunately, those discrete departments couldn’t always afford expensive job boards, so they needed to think out of the box in order to meet their [.].

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 28, 2012

We don’t know what we don’t know I always chuckle to myself when big companies that sponsor awards to start up and existing small business give, as part of the prize, mentoring or advice from a senior executive in their company. Perhaps it is no laughing matter.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel! Tips for the Tourist in All of Us. I have been hosting the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence for 19 years. I also host a high-end training program for executive assistants and administrative assistants called World Class Assistant , in Las Vegas. I have observed hundreds of assistants travel and heard numerous stories about their travel experiences both while in transit to Las Vegas and during their stay in Las Vegas.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 29, 2012

Email has been around for quite some time now. Email holds a very important role in our daily interaction with our fellow human beings. For many of us, email is a simplistic form of communication – one that wouldn’t take too much of our brain power to do. But if you are like some people, email is not as intuitive as it’s supposed to be.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 6, 2012

When something goes wrong for you, what’s your reaction? For many people, it’s “Who eff’d it up?” or some version of, “SoAndSo eff’d up the __ (fill in the blank with whatever was messed up)!”. That’s the blame game. If your hair-trigger reaction is about the “who” of the matter, it’s a sign that you’re wanting to point a finger at someone. I used to be like that.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 1, 2012

by Donna Toothaker. As a VA, one of your most valuable assets is your passion for helping people, and one of the great sources of job satisfaction is seeing your clients happy and their businesses growing. Yes, most VAs are ‘helpful’ in nature and we want to do what we can for people. But are you doing too much, for too little? If you are holding on to low paying clients, you are hindering your own business growth.

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Job Advice Blog

MARCH 8, 2012

If you have been unemployed for some time now or a recent victim to this economy, there is one thing that you can do to keep your resume current. Instead of having a gap from your last job to your current status, how about volunteering and adding that to your resume? It will make a [.].

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

Entrepreneur Conferences need a business health warning. November and March are always the biggest months for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship conferences. Last week, I was lucky enough to be in Liverpool for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 28, 2012

With the advent of cloud computing, advancing mobile technology, and the overwhelming majority of products and services being made available through digital means, the ability to switch to a completely virtual plane of business operations has never been more possible. Needless to say, dumping a real-world office and everything that goes along with it will undoubtedly lead to greener business practices.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 29, 2012

So, you’re not happy at work. “But,” you wonder, “is anyone?”. Maybe you expect too much. Maybe you have some unrealistic idea of what career fulfillment looks like. Maybe this is as good as it gets. Maybe. After all, no job is perfect. But, there might be one that’s a little closer to perfect. Or a way to make your existing career MORE perfect. Here’s one way of looking at it: If you were to rate your career satisfaction on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is perfectly satisfied and 1 is perfectly

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 8, 2012

Magic happens only when hopes and wishes become desires, and actions are then taken to move toward the desires. What action can you take today that will move you closer to realize what you want most? .

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 8, 2012

by Donna Toothaker. Is it really true that the more technical training and certifications you receive, the more valuable you are to clients? There are many classes and services readily available, but is it really necessary to do it all? In reality, this approach could backfire because it’s impossible to be everything to everyone. There is a good reason why Virtual Assistant specialists are more valuable than generalists who try to know and do everything.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2012

The Edelman 2012 Trust Barometer is out.  Edelman is a large public relations firm and they've been conducting an annual trust survey for 12 years. They cover a lot of ground.  The survey is global and they look at trust levels for media, government and corporations.   The key data for small businesses, I think, is their data on who is credible.  The groups they asked about the and the percent who felt they are credible are: Academic or Expert - 68%.

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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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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 28, 2012

At the SME Blog we are always keen to promote great ideas that help small businesses. That’s why we want to tell our readers all about this great idea from the folks at Social Bizzle.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 14, 2012

$99 can get you the chance of increasing your “learning rates.” But are you willing to spend that if it involves sending your brain “increased amount of electrical current”? The DIY Kit, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), as described in a BGR report , is “a safe and effective means of increasing cognitive performance.” The way I understand it is it stimulates some part of your brain which then somehow increases neuronal excitability.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 6, 2012

There are a range of methods which can be employed to make your workplace more environmentally sound. Though they may be harder to implement, due to the requisite approval from your employer(s), they are definitely worth being mindful of; this article outlines a few ways in which improvements can be made. Minimize the amount of paper used. A nice starting point; this can be achieved in many ways.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 6, 2012

Trusting your intuition is incredibly wise, especially when your clients and colleagues are at a distance from you. All opportunities aren't necessarily opportunities for you, or opportunities for now. If something feels right, move toward it. If something feels wrong or uncomfortable, move away from it--at least while you figure out what's really going on.

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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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