Theme of the Week: Mess in the Middle
This week marks the middle of the calendar year.
Hopefully you aren’t dealing with a mess. But if you are, you’ll find many helpful resources here this week. Resources that will help you get out of the mess, boosting morale and productivity in the process.
If you aren’t dealing with a mess right now – good for you! The strategies presented this week can serve as preventive measures as well. Or tools for later when you will, unless you’re superhuman, have to deal with a mess.
It all starts today with our Quote of the Week: Mess in the Middle. Read more
To parents of Carolina & Duke students…
“Get Mom-made cakes delivered straight to your student’s door.”
Should your company have a social media policy?
Even though we’ve heard about the ease and ramifications of cyber invasion and heard about some of the stuff that has shown up on Youtube with devastating business impact - very few of us have social media policies.
Maybe that’s because we’ve never done one and have no clue how to do it.
Here’s an article that addresses the 5 W’s – why, what, who, when and where – of adopting such a policy: Read more
Cash for a tweet? Sweet!
It’s called in-stream advertising.
No fees. Easy.
Why not?
Click on the pic or on this link to sign up for ad.ly.
Announcement: We can’t move forward
As part of our mission to boost morale and productivity, we declared this week: Move Forward Week. See related materials below.
Lots of people have joined in. Even the US Census folks.
They want to move forward too!
So PLEASE …..
Spring Forward
If you’re on Day Light Savings Time, be sure to set your clocks one hour forward before you head for bed on Saturday night.
Protect your business from cyber invasion
This is a must read from “USA Today” (Thursday, March 4, 2010): “How cybercriminals invade social networks, companies” by Byron Acohido
Read it if you have anything valuable on your computers….intellectual property, customer lists, patents, strategic documents, passwords, birthdates, hometowns, etc. Read more
Caution to Social Media Users
If you haven’t already done so, visit the site called Please Rob Me.
A quick visit will give you a clear message, but if you’d like more info, read this article by Rachel Metz:
Does posting location online say ‘Please Rob Me’?
Blanket Orange County Update
Here’s an update…..366 blankets…20% over goal!
These blankets were delivered to the homeless in Orange County and to children at The Ronald McDonald House.
THANK YOU to Orange County residents and friends for your generosity!
And thanks to these organizations for serving as drop points for blankets:
And to Rosemary Waldorf for making arrangements with the organizations above and for assisting with publicity.
And to Ryan Watts for assisting with deliveries.
And to The Herald-Sun, WCHL & Chapel Hill News for promoting and covering the effort.
For more information, go to: www.blanketorangecounty.com
A New Year’s Eve Wish & Brainteaser
We send you this wish (below) for tonight.
And for those looking for ways to be a better manager…we invite you to share it with your team. Just a little something to inject a bit of fun and frivolity into the last day of the year.
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Hoping you have a great New Year’s celebration tonight, but that you avoid the situation shown in Brainteaser of the Week #7.
Sending best wishes for a fun but safe New Year’s Eve.
and all on the Business Class Team
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