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The 5 questions you need to ask before you minute a meeting

Practically Perfect PA

Love it or hate it minute taking is part and parcel of the day to day role of the PA/EA for the most part. Personally, I have always found them slightly painful, but through experience and training I have made my peace with them and gotten my technique down to a fine art! Having worked […].

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The Rise of Coworking Lifestyle Brands

Small Business Labs

Coworking has always been about much more than just a place to work.  In the early years of the coworking, for example, the industry's tagline was "come for the space, stay for the community."  But as the industry evolves and hybridizes, we're seeing more spaces going beyond just being workplaces and communities. They are becoming lifestyle brands.

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How the Holiday Season Can Help Your Career

On The Job

The holiday season is beginning to ramp up, and your thoughts may be consumed by Black Friday deals or how to make your nana's pecan pie. Amidst all these celebrations, however, it's time to also do a little career celebration. That's right -- it's time to give yourself the gift of new connections, better communications and making nice with teammates.

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Podcast 078: The iterative process

Clutter Coach

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! This is podcast 78 and it’s about the iterative process. In the design world, an iterative process is one in which a prototype is tested to see if it fulfills its purpose. Feedback from users can show flaws and shortcomings that the designers didn’t notice or didn’t anticipate.

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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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Tech of the week: Followupthen

Practically Perfect PA

Today’s Technology of the week: Followupthen. Here are all the details… What is Followupthen? Followupthen is a really simple tool that allows you to schedule a reminder on your email system. That’s it. It is an email address. But it does lots of cool stuff! The tool will allow you to keep your inbox fairly organised […].

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How to Use APIs to Strengthen Customer Interactions

Small Business CEO

While many small business owners and entrepreneurs might not yet know what “APIs” stands for, the good news is that they don’t have to be developers to use these application programming interfaces and bring value to their companies. With APIs, projects are completed faster and operations are more efficient, meaning that this technology is quickly revolutionizing the business world.

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The killer app for productivity

Clutter Coach

by One of my clients sent me a list of focus and productivity apps. Some of them sound pretty intriguing. . Forest gets you to focus on your project for 30 minutes. At the beginning of your work time, you plant a tree. As you continue working, it grows. If you stop, all the leaves fall off and it dies. You’ve selfishly killed off an innocent digital tree!

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Time Management for Remote Workers

Practically Perfect PA

When you’re a remote worker, such as a PA, EA or VA, time management is essential to your business success, as often you’re billing on an hourly basis or for the time spent on a specific project. But time management isn’t limited to just knowing where your time goes – it also means ensuring your […].

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I Tried To Juggle Life, But This Is Better

Productivityist

Today’s guest post is by Nick Snapp. Nick is an engineer, p odcaster , and recovering perfectionist. He is also in charge of innovation at Snappier , a platform designed to train you to become a Finisher. For Nick’s free, in-depth guide on how to test your next business idea without wasting time and money, go to Snappier.co/idea. I won’t say that Dementia runs in my family, but I’ve seen my fair share of it.

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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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Equipment You Need When Remodeling The Office

Small Business CEO

As a small business owner, success and growth go hand in hand. Sooner or later, you realize it’s time for your office to grow, too. You may need to create space for more employees or an expanded range of products and services, or it may just be time for a refresh so your physical environment feels welcoming and current. Whatever your remodeling goals are, you need the right equipment to turn them into reality.

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Guerrilla Tactics.Results & Lessons

The Marq

I left you folks last week with my thoughts about guerrilla tactics I planned to use at Dreamforce 2017. In today's video I speak about how that came to fruition and some lessons I learned, especially about trickle marketing of our services to other product company sales staff. Copyright(c) 2017 TheMarq.com.

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How To Survive As A Human In The Upcoming Robots Era

Brilliantly Better

I know the title is a bit gloomy, but believe me, things are going into that direction. I don’t know if you read about the first robot who got an official identity, Sophia. Sophia is now an official citizen of… The post How To Survive As A Human In The Upcoming Robots Era appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Why "Nobodies" Are the Key to Innovation

On The Job

Companies often are protective of the innovation process, taking steps to protect their ideas from “outsiders” and trying to ensure competitors don’t get even a whiff of what they’re thinking. The problem is that such a mentality ends up shutting out so many people, even from inside the organization, that the ideas aren’t as innovative or as viable as they would be if more people were included.

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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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Why Every Business Needs to Hire Content Writers

Small Business CEO

It is not always rosy for businesses that want to edge competition. Well, one of the reasons why this is the case is that while there are many marketing strategies that can be executed, customers nowadays deploy changing attitudes with respect to from places where they get access to quality information about products and services. Business owners must take note that such information is properly packaged to address needs and concerns of buyers.

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5 Common Writing Mistakes to Watch Out For

Office Dynamics

by Barbara McNichol. What can professional editors tell you about improving your business writing? Consider these five mistakes every conscientious administrator should watch out for as you craft and revise your messages (especially your emails and marketing copy). Mistake #1: Addressing readers as readers (plural) rather than a single key person whose interest you want to capture.

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Being Adaptive with Karim Bishay

Productivityist

Karim Bishay helps companies become insanely efficient. His purpose at Living Orgs is to empower organizations towards a clear, agile structure and stronger purpose. He is an industry leading consultant in the areas of Holacracy and building Adaptive Organizations. During this episode we talk about why he started Living Orgs, what drew him to Holacracy, how he works with organizations to make them more adaptive, and how he deals with the challenges that aligning teams can bring when change is ne

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Proposed Senate Tax Bill Would Change Gig Worker Classification and the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

Senate Republicans are turning to the gig economy for new revenue to offset their proposed tax cuts. They are including a safe harbor provision for gig workers in their tax bill proposal (for those who are so inclined, see the section starting on page 151 of the document). This provision would provide a relatively simple 3-part test which, if satisfied, would legally classify a gig worker as an independent contractor (the safe harbor).

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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.

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CEOs: 7 Ways to Improve Your Australian Visa Application

Small Business CEO

Year upon year, the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection will receive thousands of work, family, student and migrant visas – many applications will be deemed successful, but there are still those thousands that will, unfortunately, be knocked back. Are you someone who is about to submit a visa application of your own in? If so, you may want to read this article first.