Social Media is here to stay. It may be a relatively new term, but I believe we are only just discovering the depth of these word. I believe Social Media will take us places and connect us to people like we have never been connected before. In terms of your job search, understand that networking online is just one form of social networking, and if you are not employing technology in your job search, you are now in the stone ages. It is a critical component to effectively connecting with people and organizations today.
Today I want to focus on the …read more

Have you noticed that social media is becoming less and less about being social or relating to others that you network with and more about seeing who you can get to buy your services or products? As someone who loves to use social media to network with others, I want to encourage social media users to put the “social” back into social media.
What I mean by putting the “social” back into social media is that I want to encourage you to incorporate “relationship building” into your social media outreach. Try to get to know those that you are connected with …read more

How sharp is your saw? Would you know that you are working with a dull saw? How much effort do you invest in all that you do daily? This morning I had the privilege of working with some leaders, facilitating a workshop on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It was not the full blown workshop you might get at a FranklinCovey workshop. My focus today – Sharpen the Saw. The workshop was an opportunity to remind the participants that these principles are things we should be working on to ensure our effectiveness in the workplace and beyond.

Habit 1: …read more

This is the final post in a series about virtual project management teams. Read the rest of the articles: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
As a project manager with almost 15 years of experience, one of the important things that I have learned is that project management tools are very important to the success of a project. I have used Microsoft Project, Zoho Project and tested many others but have found for my business that Zoho Projects is best to use (checkout the Software Review: Zoho Projects). I can integrate it with Zoho’s other products which makes managing …read more

Projects can be personal especially when something like Social Security system failure is looming. This post is part of a blogging “odd couple” duet, hopefully with a lot of engaging conversation to follow, with Mary Emma Allen at www.homebiznotes.com. Her post on the same subject is from a self-employed/home business perspective, mine more from the point of view of an individual. Both are designed to deal with the question:
“At current rates, Social Security payouts will exceed payments made into the system within the next ten years. What should we do about Social Security?”
My preference would be to move the money …read more