ProAssisting Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2010
After going through all of our blog content from the last year and a half, we thought it would be a good idea to take some of our best posts and content and share them in a “best of” blog post… so here we go: General Assisting Blog Posts Wanna know what the number 1 rule of being an assistant is? We tell you right here. What does your career have to do with pizza?
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « 5 Simple Steps to Eliminate Fear and Even Use it as an Asset | Main | 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World » Communication Productivity Tip: Dont Make People Search for You. If you aren't keeping your online profiles complete, you are missing out on some great connections and opportunities. Today I'll share why you should care and
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Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 19, 2010
Each year I partner with a great green company to sponsor Holiday gifts for my clients. This year I connected with Melissa Riviera of Naturally Good Soaps and it has been a true pleasure! A bit of background: Naturally Good Soaps is currently a web based business. All my products are made in small batches to ensure quality control. You will not find any synthetic chemicals, animal by products, parabens, or petroleum based items in my shop.
Job Advice Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2010
People in transition should explore seriously the power of LinkedIn since it often provides the bridge between being in transition and getting that coveted job.
Speaker: Chester Santos
Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform
Complete Organizing Solutions
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Having three children with birthdays around Christmas means our holidays are filled with parties and gift giving galore. In preparation for wrapping some of my daughters gifts I noticed I had an over abundance of baby shower gift bags left over from when she was born. It was then that I realized two things, my daughter is quite spoiled, and there is know way I will ever use all of these bags!
Eat Your Career
DECEMBER 30, 2010
As we enter a brand new year, I know many of you may be facing career changes (both big and small) in the future. While this can be exciting and energizing, it can also easily become overwhelming and draining. Below, I’ve listed a few of my favorite inspiring quotes to help motivate you to take meaningful action towards achieving your career goals now and throughout the year ahead, whatever your goals may be.
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Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 15, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Start 2011 off Organized! | Main | Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement » Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) Every year at this time we start to think about how the current year has progressed and what we want to do in the upcoming year.
Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 7, 2010
One area of our home that is not green is our kitchen cabinets. I confess, our plates, cups and travel mugs… they are littered with plastic. With 3 kids in the home and a husband that walks out the door with cups full of coffee or soda, never to return (the cups, he normally comes back), plastic is a cheap convenience. In our defense, we are paperless in the kitchen, no disposables, no coffee filters, no paper products and we recycle, and compost.
Productivity Bits
DECEMBER 14, 2010
Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Christmas is just around the corner. Chances are you are in the middle of your Holiday shopping. Perhaps it’s quite easy to find gifts for family friends and close friends because we’re familiar of their likes and dislikes.
Job Advice Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2010
The search for Engineers is on. Over the past several months we have seen the need for Engineers growing all across the country. We have been engaged by a dozen companies or so to help supply them with job candidates with experience in Aerospace, Software, Automotive and Manufacturing. JTL Services, Inc. is offering a $1000.00 [.].
Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA
In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.
The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 4, 2010
As readers of my blog will know, I love innovation and entrepreneurship – both of which I am passionate about. Shell Live Wire are currently running a competition and the winners are the people who produced the video that gets the most views on YouTube. One contestant, Becky Blackmore, from Meet Business Partners , took the forward-thinking step of emailing me to ask if I could help her video get more views.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 9, 2010
Each year we publish a Top 10 Small Business Trends list for the coming year. Our 2011 list will be out in the coming weeks. As part of the process of putting together next year's list, we review last year's list. Here is how we did in 2010: 1. The Shift to Contingent Workers Turns Employees into Entrepreneurs : If anything, the shift to contingent workers (part-timers, temps, contractors, freelancers, etc.) has been even more pronounced than we expecte
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Tips to Go Almost Paperless | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST » 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life Have you ever had one of those days or weeks where nothing goes as you originally planned?
Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 20, 2010
This holiday season I discovered Kiss Naturals. I really love their kits and if you have little ones like me I know you will, too! Kiss Naturals makes DIY kits which come with everything needed to make your own natural lip gloss, perfume, soap and bath fizzies. A bit about Kiss Naturals: At Kiss Naturals, we believe that Nature got it right the first time.
Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP
The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.
Office Organization Success
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Just lately I’ve had several business owners approach me for advice and support in adding an affiliate program to their business. And quite often what has prompted them to think about adding this additional income stream is that someone has simply said to them “do you have an affiliate program that I can sign up to?”. Just because someone asks you this doesn’t mean you need to run out and get one set up.
Ian's Messy Desk
DECEMBER 22, 2010
The end of the year is traditionally a time to reflect on the past twelve months and set resolutions for the year to come. We start on January 1 st with high aspirations and motivation to make change in our life, but our resolve doesn’t survive much beyond the end of January. While a desire for self-improvement might get us started, it’s rarely enough to keep us going all year.
The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2010
The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Make sure that your back office process is designed with the greatest amount of flexibility in mind and any potential roadblocks are removed from the process. 2. Don’t turn the process into more of a burden than it needs to be. Staff should not be overburdened with administrative duties if they also have other functions to perform. 3.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 13, 2010
The quick answer is yes - if you see a positive return from the time and effort required to maintain a Twitter presence. Having said that, we believe the answer will be no for most small businesses. The reason is simple. A very small percentage of adult Americans are regular users of Twitter. A recent Pew Internet study reports that about 8% of online, adult Americans use Twitter. Only about 75% of Americans are online, which means about 6% of all adult
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | Main | Tips to Go Almost Paperless » Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers There are a number of simple things that you can tweak to give you loads of extra time in your day, week, month and even year. Today I'll share 13 tips.
Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 2, 2010
What is the business cost of going green? In today’s society most of us are becoming more environmentally conscious, particularly in our personal lives. If the adoption of greener habits and practices are going to accelerate then we need to see more green initiatives in business. The larger organizations and the public sector often have the resources to appoint a green “Tsar”.
Tips From T. Marie
DECEMBER 6, 2010
I’ve talked about Twitter Do’s and Don’ts before. Today I want to talk about making sure you’re not a Twitter menace. So just what is a Twitter menace? Those people that are using Twitter as a bullhorn rather than a communication device. Are you guilty of the following? Hourly auto-posting of advertisement type tweets. Responding to every instance of a keyword you’re following.
Productivity Bits
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. [ Admin's Note: Here's another guest-post from James Adams. If you are interested in guest-posting, please contact me at marlon@productivitybits.com ]. Meetings are an essential part of office life. However, there is no need for them to be as boring as they often seem to be. If you work in one of those offices where meetings are incessant yet nothing ever seems to be accomplished, you probably want to find a way to remedy thi
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2010
For most big businesses customer care is a ‘cost centre’ – in other words it is something that costs them money, they outsource it (often to India, to save some more money) and they generally wish it would all go away so the quarterly results look a little better to their shareholders. Here is the thing – who pays your bills, who do you sell to?
Virtual Moxie
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.
Stephanie LH Calahan
DECEMBER 29, 2010
Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers | Main | 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life » Tips to Go Almost Paperless "Steph, do you have some ideas for how I can go paperless? I have so many piles and I don't want to file it all.
Eco-Office Gals
DECEMBER 31, 2010
Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe 2011! May you achieve the goal you set for yourself, your family and your business. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Happy New Year 2011.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Eat Your Career
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Out of everyone in my group of college friends, I was the only one who still had the same job two years after graduation. Everyone else had changed jobs once, twice, even three times. So, I felt somewhat smug—as if I knew something they didn’t. It wasn’t until many years later that I understood the positive side of job hopping. It hit me when I suddenly discovered that I had forced myself to stay in a job I hated for five years.
Productivity Bits
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. We’re approaching the end of the year. We’re at a point where our hindsight is at its best. What we’ve accomplished this year? Have we accomplished all our goals? What we’ve fallen short of? These are only some of the questions that we need to ask in order for us to look back which enable us to look forward to a yet promising new year.
The Small Business Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2010
I’m a great believer that a business’ greatest source of growth is its existing customer base and anyone that knows me knows that I can ‘harp’ on about it all day and what it takes to harness that growth potential. Today, rather than me telling more stories of how and why that could work, I thought I’d share with you the content and insights of a presentation that I came across recently from Jo Causon, the CEO of the Institute of Customer Service , that she gave at a conference in November of th
Job Advice Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2010
The hiring manager makes biased and subjective decisions when selecting a candidate to be hired.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
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