Conference centres are venues that cater for an enormous range of business events. The size and purpose of your event are the two biggest factors when choosing your conference centre. Generally the size of the event you are holding will put restrictions on the venue you choose. An event that looks to cater for 1000 [...]
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I recently started a home based business. As a result of this business I am telephoning people across the United States. I cannot believe the messages that people leave on their answering machine. I know that everyone has their own personality and ways of expressing themselves, but using an answering machine to do this does [...]
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Sending a thank you card is a great way to build and maintain a business or personal relationship. It can be simple and to the point, yet still pack a punch with the receiver in demonstrating that you are a sharing and caring person. In our impersonal world, the simple act of saying [...]
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Having the ability to share your weekly diary with your virtual assistant will be a great asset to your business. There are several tools that allow you to do this, including Google Calendar and MyOffice.
Keeping track of projects with one of these tools will help you organize your business and keep things running smooth between [...]
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Imagine the scene, you go to bed on a seemingly normal March evening having just heard on the news that storms are forecast close to where you live and where you work. During the night you can hear the wind howling outside your window and car alarms going off in the distance. You somehow manage [...]
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Giving feedback is one of the most important interpersonal skills for any manager.
The purpose of constructive feedback is to provide information that will contribute to improvements and create better results. For feedback to be useful, it has to be actionable, otherwise it’s likely that the situation or behaviour will recur.
Whenever you’re giving feedback, keep in [...]
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