Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

I blog in the progressive/political sphere, occasionally spilling over into literature, history, policy, current events and media, but since I’m pretty diligent about maintaining my anonymity, finding a support network has always been borderline impossible. Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 16, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   For example, did you know there is a Dr. Pepper museum ?  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. So if you are interested in future trends (and who isn't?),

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 17, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   The problem is these differences lead to confusion about job creation and what policies are needed to spur employment growth.  economy's new jobs.  employment.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   Intuit, for example, is currently  looking for a group product manager "to drive the creation of data-driven products." 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Hackerspaces  are an example.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.   They are coworking facilities for people who like to hack or make things. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Hackerspaces  are an example.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.   They are coworking facilities for people who like to hack or make things. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 30, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Yet another example of the growing role of the local web and new localism. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. Would they fit into Yahoo?

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 29, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   The trend spotting site PSFK has a great example of lightweight technology meeting frugal innovation.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   It is also an interesting example of open innovation and shows the growing role partnerships are playing between large corporations and smaller firms. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 11, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   In March, for example, Nielsen reported that more than 9 billion video streams were viewed in the U.S.   Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 4, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   For example, a recent San Francisco Groupon offer was $50 for a child photography session normally costing $295. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 3, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. "  For example, today's San Francisco deal is $50 for a kids photography session at a studio in the city.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2010

Below are seven examples to help you do that. For each example, note that the operative word is "positively." Adheres to policies, procedures, and regulations in a way that positively contributes to the achievement of team, office, and organization goals 6.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 26, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   Academic tutoring is a good example of a personal service.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 18, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   While Tim may not be the typical baby boomer, he is a great example of our generation's approach to retirement.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 9, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   The article uses as an example Pasadena Angels, an angel investment club that reviews 400-600 business plans a year.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   Tech Shop is a good example of an industrial coworking facility.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.   This despite a very tough economic climate.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 14, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JULY 1, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   He is an example of someone who is working in retirement because he wants to.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. They wear thin after a while.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   The NY Times article covers a number of examples. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JULY 6, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. manufacturing industrial policy.  Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels. manufacturing.    He is calling for a pro-U.S. most won't. 

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

For instance, consider the following example: We are looking for a Content Guru who will help us out of the content disaster we are currently in– craft well-researched, keyword-optimised articles, maintain our official blogs and work extensively with our SEO Wizard. Ability to travel as necessary.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them."

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www.officearrow.com

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thats especially important for tasks that you handle less frequently - quarterly or annually, for example - or for when youve just come back from a long absence or vacation. They ensure consistency of work results by creating a step-by-step process (a road map, if you will) of your responsibilities so that you are more productive.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

You should have a Twitter account, or maybe even a blog. 8) Be responsive I have a personal policy to respond to all emails within 24 hours if not if within 7 hours at most. I also include my personal business card with my name, cell number, email address, and city, state, and USA printed on it since I do travel overseas sometimes.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

1 trackback } 6 Anti-Rules of Successful Communication and Friendship | Balance In Me July 16, 2010 at 11:59 pm { 37 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michelle March 5, 2010 at 10:14 am Hi Dragos, I just tried to contact you via twitter (I am @tamingtime) because the link to this page, and your contact weren’t working.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Your PayPal accounts, for example. Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? Twitter sucks sometimes. Either way, we have policies on keywording that way. Lexi – Like I told you on Twitter, I love your thoughtful comments.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

For example, all of these books I chose for my marketing class have exercises in them or suggestions on how to apply their advice to your own business, which means – and this is killer – I can give myself assignments. In my case, for example, I want to have a whole marketing campaign planned out by the end of my course. I blog swap.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

Embark on an unexpected travel. For example, when you fall in love with the “wrong&# person, this is the romantic phase. For example, few people experience a business failure. For example, I’m not athletic at all, yet I participated in an office olympics and did rather poorly in terms of score. Fall in love.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 24, 2010

Follow us on Twitter Emergent Research EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy.   Jelly Fish Art is a good example.     Examples include manufacturing service companies like Shapeways and Ponoko.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

I overheard that on Twitter the other day, and it’s a statement I disagree with. He spends lots of time on Twitter and Facebook. We’ve seen deaths reported via Twitter that didn’t actually happen and lies seem to be more viral than truth. Everything on Twitter, Blogs, or elsewhere appears to be opinion.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 25, 2010

Comments Policy A blog is about interaction more than it is about broadcasting. From this level up, I think you could update your comment policy. Twitter It’s a “hit and run” network. A few people told me they discovered me not through Google or direct recommendation, but by Twitter. It’s natural, don’t be upset.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

It might be as simple as a Facebook fan page, a Google Places page, a simple blog (a la tumblr), a Twitter account (some businesses have had success with this), or a (forgive me) Yellow Pages profile page. For example, we recently did a website for a dentist in the Houston area. Instead, advertisers will need a headquarters online.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

For example, if you have a video, you can use the whole video or clips, you now also have access to just audio, you can transcribe what you have and that can be used for articles, blog posts, social media content and posts, and as a manual to go along with your course. 10 Minutes Of Scheduling = A Month Or More Of Content.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I was having a conversation with Deb Ng of Freelance Writing Gigs on Twitter , and I smirked at her comment. Take this blog, for example. People even imply and suggest (or at least the Twitter gang did) that bloggers should be ashamed of asking for money, for any kind of payment for that solid advice and knowledge.

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