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Monday, February 14, 2005
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VOLUME 1
ISSUE 46
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Bartering! It's Business, But It's Fun
Swap Goods and Services for the Good of Your Business
by Jack Schact
Have you ever needed something for your business, but not been able to spare the cash? Jack Schact, President of the National Trade Association, discusses the benefits, and fun, of establishing barter relationships for your company. Getting what you want never sounded so win-win.
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Keep the Fires Burning
Move Your Romantic Priorities to the Front Burner and Watch Things Heat Up
by Lisa Martin, PCC
The plight of the working woman is that there's always something more she should/could be doing. Often that something more is spending more time with her significant other. While most men and women make time on Valentine's Day, Lisa Martin offers advice on how to make romantic relationships fit into their busy schedules, year-round.
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The Care and Feeding of Internal Champions
Selling Skills for Non-Sales People
by Janet Ryan
When the corporate users who most need your product aren’t interested enough to buy your product, you need to find someone inside their organization who does care, and support that individual to help you sell it through. Salespeople call these people "Champions", because they help you, and their own firm, win the deal.
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Ask Liz
Dear Liz,
I am a college graduate with a BS in business management and a minor in computer information systems. I have eight years legal experience, six years technical experience, four years HR experience, and a solid administrative background. I have all this experience and I don’t have a clue as to what I want to do with my life. I have tried everything from the medical field to the basic data entry clerk job. I am 25 and I feel like time is running out....
Signed,
Confused
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Valentine's Day Survey Shows Office Place to Meet a Mate
61% of WorldWIT Responders Have Been Involved with a Colleague and 20% Have Been Intimate IN the Workplace
Liz Ryan responds to WorldWIT’s survey results on love in the office and offers useful tips on how to date your peers while maintaining professionalism. If you’ve been eyeing that certain someone in the office down the hall, read on to discover whether you’re out of line, or next in line for a potential lover.
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The Talk of Shame
Pinch Me...or Don't!
Once when I was working as an administrative assistant at an investment company I answered my boss's phone as I normally would. The caller immediately said, "I just wanted to let you know that I'm going through your closet for walk home clothes." I replied, "Is that the message you'd like to leave?" The line went dead. Apparently my boss's one night stand wanted to playfully avoid the walk of shame, but ended up shamefully embarrassed. I didn't pass on the message.
AJ, RockyWIT
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WorldWIT Radio
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Featured WorldWIT Radio Guest Janene Brenneman
Janene Brenneman, RN, MBA & CEO of Wise Passage (www.wisepassage.com), speaks on WorldWIT Radio with Liz Ryan and educates listeners on symptom relief for menopause. She explains what the lifestyle and medical options are and also clears up the myths about hormone therapy; why it has a bad reputation, what alternative treatments might be right for you and what you should be asking your healthcare provider.
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Stop Corporate Lactose Intolerance
by Liz Ryan
WorldWIT Founder and CEO Liz Ryan tackles the hush-hush subject of breast feeding at work in her recent BusinessWeek Online article. She provides advice on how to improve HR policies to accommodate (and validate) new moms. "Wouldn't such a modest gesture suggest that we mean what we say about employees being our greatest asset, about our support for working women, and about our commitment to work-life priorities? Doesn't our silence speak volumes as well?"
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