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Four Tips on Working Together More Efficiently at the Office

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Joe.

Anyone who’s ever worked in an office setting knows how overwhelming it can sometimes be; there’s office politics, difficult personalities, and deadlines, among other stressful elements. Teamwork is considered a pillar of corporate culture, but sometimes working together efficiently at the office can feel like an assignment of its own.
Have you seen The Office?…Who hasn’t! [...]

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How Can Web Conferencing Help Your Business?

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Joe.

Whether it’s a simple small-scale project collaboration or a much bigger long term collaborative project, web conferencing can prove to be an indispensable tool to have in your business toolbox. Why? Well, web conferencing allows you, as a business owner or employee, to reach new levels of productivity, reduce operating costs, boost efficiency and more.

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7 Reasons Your Business Needs Online Document Management Software

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Joe.

The days of having to file away thousands and thousands of of paper documents each year in gigantic file cabinets that take up more space than most offices will soon to be a thing of the past. The reason?…Online document management software is able to replace those bulky file cabinets, but that’s not its only [...]

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Building Teamwork: 10 Quick and Easy Team Building Exercises for Improving Planning Skills and Building Trust [Part 2]

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by Joe.

In Part 1 of this series on building teamwork through team building exercises, we focused on communication skills and problem solving. Part 2 of this series will focus on 10 more team building exercises, and each will focus on planning skills and building trust amongst a team of peers. As most managers already know, team [...]

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Building Teamwork: 10 Quick and Easy Team Building Exercises for Improving Communication and Problem Solving Skills [Part 1]

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Joe.

There are many different reasons why companies use team building exercises. A small sampling of these reasons include: Improving communication, boosting morale, motivation, ice breakers to help get to know each other better, learning effective strategies, improving productivity, learning about one’s strengths and weaknesses and many others. Team building exercises can be used by any [...]

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9 Incredibly Useful Charity Sites for Philanthropists

Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Joe.

So you have some money you’d like to contribute to a charity, but which one do you choose? Contributing to charities is one of the greatest things you can do to help improve your community, help others who may be less fortunate, or to support an initiative of your choice, such as wildlife conservation. Charitable [...]

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Free P2P File Sharing Software Apps: Legal or Not?

Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by Joe.

There’s a great debate in recent years about whether file sharing software applications are legal or not, and while most people believe they are in violation of copyright laws, they continue to be used to share files, programs, music, videos and more. Peer to peer file sharing software, or P2P file sharing, is the biggest [...]

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Teamwork at its Best: The 17 Greatest Video Game Duos Ever

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Joe.

Just as great teamwork is an essential aspect of any successful business, so to is teamwork a vital piece of the puzzle when it comes to video games. Examples of teamwork in video games can be seen in any of the dynamic duos listed below. They are the best video game duos ever – from [...]

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15 Tools to Help Manage Your Social Networking Profiles More Efficiently

Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by Joe.

With so many social networking websites available today, it leaves little to wonder how people get in over their head when it comes to managing 10, 20, or more social media profiles. To manage your online profiles at Facebook, LinkedIN, Digg, Reddit, Flickr, MySpace and YouTube is virtually a full-time job! In order to keep [...]

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10 Surefire Ways to Get Your Coworkers to Hate You

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Joe.

Working together as a team in an office environment is vitally important to a company’s success, but we all know that sometimes that’s easier said than done. Every office has one…two…three…or more annoying employees who make it impossible to get any work done during the day because of their bad habits, distracting antics, and overall [...]

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The 10 Greatest On-Screen Duos of this Millennium

Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Joe.

We all enjoy watching films that feature a good on-screen chemistry between the characters, such as Batman and Robin, Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels (Dumb and Dumber), and Harrison Ford and Sean Connery (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). Those are all great movies in their own right, but what are the great on-screen duos [...]

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