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Five Tips for Great Speeches

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Organize a simple outline – Some variation on the following three points will always form a coherent presentation: This is where I was. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Five Tips for Great Speeches Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 21, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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The 12 Privacy Tips of Christmas

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Ask to use other forms of identification. Six points for merchants : Make protection of personal information a company priority; designate someone in your business to coordinate privacy policies and practices. Do not provide a Social Insurance Number unless absolutely necessary.

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Improve Communication

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Users see it as a form of instant communication and therefore, doesn’t require the same care and attention that a letter might. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! with 7 Tips for Effective Email There is something about e-mail that fosters poor communication habits.

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A Telephone Etiquette Test

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While forms of technology are making inroads into the communication process, the telephone is still an important source of contact with people. Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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8 Work-Life Balance Myths

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Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Different people need different forms of flexibility at different points in their lives (i.e., Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels.

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2 Measures of effective productivity systems…

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There are people that make getting ready to get things done an art form. I learned from my mother. I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. They have the slickest looking DayTimers , the latest PDAs and the most powerful software, but they never put it to use.”

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How to be an Effective Mentor

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The successful protégé -mentor cycle requires that the protégé move on and the relationship either ends ortakes a different form. .� Be prepared for the relationship to end. Don’t: Don’t give up right away if your protégé initially resists your help. They may not recognize the value of what you have to offer.

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