Grammar Repair Shop: Flesh it or flush it?
What’s the difference between flesh out and flush out?
Plan your day, without tying your hands
How often do you start the day with a to-do list? And how often does that list fly out the window by 10 a.m.? The trouble is, says time management coach Patricia Hutchings, we don’t build enough flexibility into our calendars.
Forget the water cooler: Try a powwow
Gather everyone in your office—or on your team if you work for a large company—for a quick morning huddle to create a more efficient company culture. Morning meetings work for a lot of companies, according to a recent article in Inc.
5 new ways to do slide shows online
Thanks to flashy tools, you can compose and distribute business slide shows online in novel ways. You may have heard about Google’s web-based presentation tool, where several collaborators can work on a slide deck simultaneously in real time. Here are other ways to give your bullet points added impact.
PowerPoint rule: Lead, end with a bang
Take a PowerPoint presentation from good to great with these six tips from Presentation S.O.S. by Mark Wiskup.
Spruce up cell phones with widgets
If you didn’t jump on the iPhone bandwagon, it doesn’t mean you can’t have a phone with oodles of bells and whistles. How? With widgets: small applications that appear on your phone’s menu pages.
Search with Google tips and ye shall find
Avoid wading through page after page of search results by making your Google searches more targeted. Here’s how to get exactly what you need.
Do you work with a ‘bragaholic’?
Work with a shameless self-promoter? You know, the one who shows off relentlessly and even takes credit for things you’ve done? Here’s how to handle the situation.
Health corner: Position yourself to avoid strain
About 70 percent of American workers sit on the job. That helps explain the explosion in neck and back pain complaints among employees in recent years.
Email’s little helpers: Cool Outlook how-to’s
Drowning in information overflow? Try these cool Outlook tips: Click-and-drag names to your Contacts list. Eliminate the auto-complete names that appear in the “To” field of your emails. Share calendars with others in Outlook 2007 …