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Monday, November 6, 2006
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VOLUME 3
ISSUE 133
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November WorldWIT Website Columns
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Contact Info
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Questions? Comments? Write to info@worldwit.org. To submit an article, a question for "Ask Liz" or a story for "Pinch Me...or Don't", send an e-mail to Anne Jennings.
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Harness the Power of PowerPoint Presentations
by Kathy Reiffenstein
PowerPoint presentations are pervasive in our business culture. Yet far too often, they are used, to paraphrase advertising legend David Ogilvy, like a drunk uses a lamppost…more for support than for illumination. This week's guest column looks at how to use PowerPoint for maximum impact.
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Managing an Emerging Sales Staff
Selling Skills for Non-Salespeople
by Janet Ryan
 This week Janet Ryan returns with an article on how to manage a new and growing sales force. She specifically addresses account coverage and territory assignments and how a sales manager or CEO can determine who gets what accounts and how to divide sales priorities and in transom opportunities.
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Ask Liz
Do you have any suggestions for performance appraisal categories?
Dear Liz,
I am creating our company's first performance appraisal process. Can you recommend some categories on which employees should be evaluated? I know that a lot of companies look at Attendance, Punctuality, Customer Service and such items. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Treena
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What's Wrong? Oh Nothin' Honey
Pinch Me...or Don't
In my office it's still 1950. My boss, who is director level, calls everyone on staff "Hun." Even worse, this director is a woman! One would think she would know better since most women have been subjected to this term. On occasion she does say, "Oh, I know I shouldn't call people hun or honey, but it's just my way." Even worse, when she arrives in the morning or returns from a meeting she announces herself by loudly exclaiming, "Hi kids." All of the employees are between the ages of 40 and 60. Telling her to stop is out of the question since I routinely hear her complain that she can't swear around Barbara since Barbara asked her politely not to use the spectrum of four letter words in the office. I finally hit my limit when I manager from another department walked passed me and I said, "Hello Susan," and she responded, "Hi hun." My only thought is I need a new job.
- Caitlyn, MassWIT
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WorldWIT Blogs
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Is it Really About Choice?
In her Life in Progress blog, MassWIT Executive Director Juliann Grant addresses a recent appearance by Jack and Suzy Welch, co-authors of Winning, on The Today Show and their comments on why more women aren't making it into business boardrooms. Take a look at her post and add your opinion on the difference between the choices corporate women are confronted with and the choices with which corporate men are confronted.
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Invite a Friend
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Invite a Friend
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