How Keeping - And Sharing - A Business Diary Can Save You Time And Money

Did you keep a diary when you were younger? Perhaps you still do. Perhaps sometimes you leaf through the old, trusted pages, casting your eye across the cautious childish letters, across the events and thoughts deeply buried in your memory but here spread so enthusiastically across the page. It's much easier to remember long-past events clearly when you can see them arranged day by day, one after another; time lends to the details a clarity unavailable from memories jumbled together in our minds.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-850-how-keeping-and-sharing-business-diary-can-save-you-time-and-money.html

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Microsoft Office Puts Commands Into Context

The term Contextual Tabs may seem daunting to new users of Microsoft Office 2007. It conjures up images of column alignment and odd text wrapping. But this new feature was introduced following much research and is based on feedback from Microsoft users to make using Office 2007 quicker and easier.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-540-microsoft-office-puts-commands-into-context.html

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Callouts And Data Graphics On Visio

Although not commonly regarded as one of the big hitters in the Microsoft Office suite Visio 2007 can play a big part in conveying your data slickly and accessibly. One of the ways it can transform dry data into vibrant visuals is through data graphics.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-617-callouts-and-data-graphics-on-visio.html

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Hadrian's Wall Scheduled With Office Project

From Hadrian's Wall to the Millennium Dome every new building, ship, car or tacky novelty ashtray has undergone some form of project management in order to calculate such factors as cost and timescale. What Hadrian would have given to have the assistance of Office Project, we don't know, but it would certainly have made life a lot easier. So, by way of demonstration let us picture the great emperor having access to a laptop that had Office Project installed to help him manage the building of the wall.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-549-hadrians-wall-scheduled-with-office-project.html

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Getting A Successful Virtual Manager Via Microsoft Project

If you would like a structured plan that is tailored to the individual needs of your assignments you may like to learn more about Microsoft (MS) Project.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-535-getting-successful-virtual-manager-via-microsoft-project.html

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Utilise Smart Goals For Time Management Success

Entrepreneurs keen to get ahead and achieve great results on their latest workplace tasks ought to consider using the Smart goals systems. As you build a project, there are many applications and guidance techniques that can boost your chances of success.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-861-utilise-smart-goals-time-management-success.html

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Identifying Underperformance After Professional Skills Sessions

Quick fixes in regard to under-performance tend to be rare as issues are usually down to a number of varying factors, which can be highlighted with professional skills training.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-799-identifying-underperformance-after-professional-skills-sessions.html

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Tricky Questions Answered Thanks To Presentation Training

Great presentations can see you winning more clients and securing additional business, which explains why many workers feel under pressure on these occasions.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-798-tricky-questions-answered-thanks-presentation-training.html

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How To Reduce Distractions

Distractions come in many forms and are different for individual people. For example, I often wear headphones and sing while I work which drives my husband nuts since he finds it difficult to work in an environment with any noise. Distraction can cause interruption to your concentration and reduce productivity and performance. It is therefore worthwhile examining the different types of distractions that happen when you work and consider how to minimise them. This will improve your performance and productivity. When you plan your time usage for the day you are more likely to be able to stick to it and work with heightened efficiency.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-826-how-reduce-distractions.html

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How To Identify Tasks And Milestones

Being put in charge of a project is a wonderful position of trust and faith. It is your responsibility to get the job done, utilise the resources and stick to the budget. But where do you start? It may be a mammoth task with an immense amount of work to do and everyone is looking at you for direction. Do not panic! The first thing you need to do is to begin to dissect the project into tasks, both large and small and identify the milestones. Do not underestimate the need for milestones, as these will be morale boosting sections to a project.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-825-how-identify-tasks-and-milestones.html

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Listening Skills For Effective Communication

Developing good listening skills does not mean becoming an agony aunt. You can listen to your Aunt Edith prattle on four three hours without saying a word and she will tell all her friends what a wonderful listener you are. Unfortunately in the workplace this does not make you a good listener, as it has achieved no purpose or productive outcome. It is not your job to make your employees happy by listening to them whinge. Effective communication is about developing your listening skills so that you can get to the point and gain knowledge in order to act and achieve a goal.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-824-listening-skills-effective-communication.html

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How To Organise Your Emails

When I first started working in an office environment I would get hundreds of emails every day. Regardless of the various types of office work I have done since then, I have always had huge numbers of emails each day. If I had not found a method of organising these emails then I would never have achieved anything since I would have been thoroughly overwhelmed. I began by categorising the types of emails I received each day. These generally fell into the following categories; emails from clients, emails from contacts, Spam and junk emails, personal emails, colleague emails and auto-generated system emails. There are several ways to organise them. The aim is to ensure that you can find emails at a later date easily and without the need for extensive searches.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-823-how-organise-your-emails.html

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Show Procrastination Who Is Boss

When you put your mind on one task, you set aside all of the other things on your 'to do' list and focus solely on the project at hand. If this really is the most important task on your schedule you can console yourself with the knowledge that you have not succumbed to procrastination. However, if you are doing something which could be completed later and overrides something more pressing, you need to say hello to your ol' friend Procrastination.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-814-show-procrastination-who-is-boss.html

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How To Make Yourself Recession Proof

The recent credit crunch saw many companies fold and as a result, hundreds of people lost their jobs. It was not just the smaller companies who felt the brunt of the crumbling economy but larger well-known organisations and banks went bust overnight. This left scores of unemployed wondering how they would meet their mortgage payments and stay afloat.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-811-how-make-yourself-recession-proof.html

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Balancing Your Anger Will Balance Your Life

Anger has been a major part of the human psyche since man first roamed the earth. A feeling of rage is not a bi-product of the 21st Century; it is an instinctive response to a situation which triggers strong emotion.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-810-balancing-your-anger-will-balance-your-life.html

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Problem Solving Using The Appreciation Technique

In Conan Doyle's story The Red Headed League, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes is faced with a particularly tricky problem. He utters to Watson that it is "Quite a three-pipe problem, and I pray that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes".

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-806-problem-solving-using-appreciation-technique.html

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Introduction To Management: Key Skills

Being a Newcastle United supporter I am happy to report that I have something in common with our former so-called 'Messiah', Kevin Keegan (no, I didn't have a perm). What connects us is that he was twice manager of my beloved club, and I was once the manager of a video rental store. Yes, we were both managers.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-805-introduction-management-key-skills.html

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Turning Change To Your Advantage

No business can expect to be static and prosper for long; all need to grow and develop. Sometimes the change might be a deliberate and scheduled process - expansion or restructuring of the business; a merger or takeover; a new direction or policy; a significant personnel change perhaps.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-790-turning-change-your-advantage.html

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How Being Assertive Can Make All The Difference

Success in business really can't happen by accident. Prosperity comes with planning and preparation, keeping the enterprise on track, and avoiding wasteful deviations. Any business can be harmed by an unexpected and potentially costly move away from what is intended - or simply by a lack of awareness of what individual parts of the organisation are doing. Significant projects could be delayed or derailed; the day-to-day running of the business could be hindered. So certainly, it's important to make sure that the business progresses as anticipated

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-789-how-being-assertive-can-make-all-difference.html

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