Gilford Flooring
I'm speaking at Gilford Flooring's GAP Dealer conference, on March 9, 2012. My topic is Getting Down to Business with Social Media.
I'll be posting resources for Gilford's folks on this page, as we get closer. So for now, consider this a placeholder and a reminder that I'm a speaker on rural, small business topics and what urban business can learn from small town business.
Review: The official guide to QuickBooks 2012
I’m not a QuickBooks user. I don’t run a small business. But I’m a family member, the family member that understands computers. I’ve spent time with parents and in-laws trying to troubleshoot and explain and update and install. Recently, a family client wanted to update the QuickBooks version used to run a family business. Since I had installed the previous version, I was asked. I didn’t realize how long ago I installed the previous version. They were running QuickBooks 99. Perfectly good, of course, but things have changed since then. About the same time, I was offered the opportunity to look at QuickBooks 2012: the Official Guide as a review copy.
The timing was perfect.
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entrepreneurship,
Jon Swanson,
review
We build the Brag Basket together
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. Together, we build something meaningful.
The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Jan 20-22, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket.
Don't hold back because of that word, "brag." When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others. Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it's not really about bragging. It's about sharing.
What can you do in the Brag Basket?
Speak up and add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. We all cheer, and everyone feels great. It lets you meet each other a bit. Reading each others' stories brings us a bit closer to being a community.
How does it work? You write a comment on this post.
This is not an ad. (I delete the ads.) It's a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
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| Basket makers working together. Photo (CC) by Steve Lospalluto |
Don't hold back because of that word, "brag." When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others. Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it's not really about bragging. It's about sharing.
What can you do in the Brag Basket?
- introduce yourself
- share some great news from this week
- congratulate a friend
- laugh about something wonderful that you tried that failed
- applaud for each other
Speak up and add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. We all cheer, and everyone feels great. It lets you meet each other a bit. Reading each others' stories brings us a bit closer to being a community.
How does it work? You write a comment on this post.
This is not an ad. (I delete the ads.) It's a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
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brag basket
Lessons Learned from Jellyweek
By Andrea Cook
There are over 14.5 million self-employed independent professionals throughout our country. Working hard to provide jobs, solve problems and succeed day in and day out, without burning out, these individuals are some of our most bravest, boldest and innovative leaders in our country's workforce. Yet, many independent professionals work from home, isolated with little- to no personal interaction throughout their forty-plus hour work week. Even introverts and especially extroverts need a little wiggle and jiggle in their work day.
Self-employed professionals together out-number the jobs of our country's largest employers including the US Department of Defense (3.2 million jobs), Wal-Mart (2.1 million jobs) and McDonalds (1.7 million). Working solo and in a silo is like being confined in a bag in a box of gelatin.
Gelatin, dry and contained in a tiny little box can get lost and forgotten in a dark pantry. But, add some heated liquid, stir it, cool it and give it some time, that boxed bag of colorless sand becomes a gelatin bliss, delighting people of all ages with color, flavor and flair. Like granular dry gelatin in boxes, independent professionals can become more successful and thrive when stirred with some synergy that can be found in a community of like-minded professionals.
Jellyweek and Coworking
This week marks the second annual Worldwide Jellyweek, a global movement to bring awareness to coworking. Coworking is an emerging trend that provides a collaborative environment of shared workspace and equipment for independent professionals. Like a gym for individuals who share equipment and talk fitness tips, coworking can provide work space, equipment and community to get more productivity and success in your work day and career path.
There are over 14.5 million self-employed independent professionals throughout our country. Working hard to provide jobs, solve problems and succeed day in and day out, without burning out, these individuals are some of our most bravest, boldest and innovative leaders in our country's workforce. Yet, many independent professionals work from home, isolated with little- to no personal interaction throughout their forty-plus hour work week. Even introverts and especially extroverts need a little wiggle and jiggle in their work day.
Self-employed professionals together out-number the jobs of our country's largest employers including the US Department of Defense (3.2 million jobs), Wal-Mart (2.1 million jobs) and McDonalds (1.7 million). Working solo and in a silo is like being confined in a bag in a box of gelatin.
Jellyweek and Coworking
This week marks the second annual Worldwide Jellyweek, a global movement to bring awareness to coworking. Coworking is an emerging trend that provides a collaborative environment of shared workspace and equipment for independent professionals. Like a gym for individuals who share equipment and talk fitness tips, coworking can provide work space, equipment and community to get more productivity and success in your work day and career path.
Categories:
community,
entrepreneurship,
social media
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