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Business Tools Web 2.0

When you are asked to stay home and not travel ….

Take a look at these web-conferencing tools Dim Dim and Twiddla both provide great services for easy web-browser collaboration, whiteboarding, etc. with no downloads. With more online collaboration and less travel, look for these services to be second-nature in no time.

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Web 2.0

IBM takes notice – social networking is for real

The next wave of the internet – Web 2.0 – is for real. Take a read at this recent white paper from IBM on social networking and its implications on telecom providers.

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Entrepreneurship

The cloud can raise you money for your next startup idea

Check out this entrepreneurial site created to provide seed money for your startup. The top idea for the month wins $10,000 as voted on by the cloud community (YOU). Idea Blob is free and easy to use. Check it out.

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Business Tools Productivity

Sweet Outlook tool – FREE

Have you ever wondered who your #1 contact is according to number of emails sent and received across all your folders, including inbox and archive. Well, with Xobni, you can. Xobni – inbox spelled backwards – is a super add-on for MS Outlook that takes your email management and analytics to another level. Not only […]

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Business Tools

A travel site for the traveler

With all the traveling I do for work … the taxis, the hotels, the flights … and with each week varying greatly, I have come to rely on Trip It, which is a super site for the frequent to even the occasional traveler. It automatically compiles all your itineraries into one master itinerary and provides […]

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Networking

What not to put in a resume

Having read hundreds of resumes in a pseudo recruiting position at work I can attest to the following resume words, although used oft, as poorly reflecting true value-add work: – Responsible for– Experienced– Excellent written communication skills– Team player– Detail oriented– Successful When re-tooling your resume consider the ambiguous nature of the aforementioned words and […]

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The next generation of word document collaboration

Check out this tool on word document collaboration. I find the solution simple yet elegant and crucial and absolutely useful when receiving rounds of updates from multiple parties under a tight timeframe … can you say proposal development??

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Books Free

Free Download of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – audiobook

Download this timeless classic here.

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Outlook Productivity Tips tools and techniques

Outlook email to calendar tip

Have you ever received an email with the date and time of an event and wished it would have arrived as a calendar item? Well, one of my favorite tips with Outlook is the easy drag and drop feature turning an email message into a calendar invite. There is a simple screen shot of that […]

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Business Tools Excel

Modeling Links

Over time I have collected a solid list of Excel tips and tricks websites. Some are better than others but all are worthy of a perusal to find what they have to offer. Excel Add-InsAnalytics / Excel BlogExcel Modeling HelpExcel ChartsEnroll in daily Excel tipsMore Excel Tips Do you have any more to add?