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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Use Copywriting Commandment #10 to improve presentations

The audience for this blog, can benefit from Copywriting Commandment #10: Keep your copy clean and concise.
After you write your first round of copy, read it out loud. Also, have someone else read it to see if they understand the message and the call to action. As you edit, cut unnecessary words and consolidate ideas. […]

Kind of Like an Internship … Returnships

Sara Lee rolls out a Returnship program

Quick Excel XY Chart Utility

Use John Peltier’s XY chart add-in to create XY charts in record time.

HLOOKUP & VLOOKUP

How to use HLOOKUP and VLOOKUP together.

Google Chrome is out of Beta

Google Chrome is out of Beta

Video Resumes, the Virtual Interview

The hiring process for new employees takes a lot of time.  For good reason, you want to hire someone who will be a great fit in your organization.
In tough economic times, candidates have started posting video resumes.  I think this is a great idea.  It saves the interviewer and the candidate time in the pre-screen […]

What happens when you don’t get consensus?

I’ve written a few posts that infer that getting full consensus is an unachievable goal, that will ultimately land you in the loony bin.  ** Even the US Supreme Court only needs a simple majority to make a decision.
But what happens when you don’t get consensus?  What happens when people disagree?  Over the years, I’ve […]

Trying to explain …

Use demonstrations as a communications tool

HR Holiday Humor

HR Holiday Humor

Twitter for Business

Twitter as an application for Business