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• Links: 2008-08-08

  August 8th, 2008 | Tags: PowerPoint
  

  W00t! I love 8/8/08. Too bad I couldn’t make anything special happen today. So I’ll have to settle for sharing great links instead! Let the games begin! 21 Online Free Web-Based Applications The Real Problem with PowerPoint 24 Things to do When Stuck for a Topic to [...]

• Book Review: The Perfect Board

  August 5th, 2008 | Tags: board of directors
  

  Knowing how to balance a checkbook provides us with an important life skill. A person who can’t balance a checkbook (or these days, reconcile a credit card as few write checks) will struggle to ensure s/he has enough money to pay bills. Not everyone needs to understand how a board works, the process for running board [...]

• Links: 2008-08-02

  August 2nd, 2008 |
  

  192 Creative, Smart and Clever Advertisements Anagram Genius, Instant Anagram and Instant Rhymes Four Jugs and a Writer’s Tricks I Don’t Care About You (Not me, of course! Loves ya bunches!) Negative Self Talk for Writers: I need to [...]

• The Freelancing Flexibility Advantage

  July 30th, 2008 | Tags: freelancing, vacation
  

  A previous blog entry discusses Freelance vs. Full Time Writing. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been discovering a big benefit of working as a freelancer. My mom role collided with my freelancer role when my son’s medical challenges erupted. Not to worry — he’s fine. I don’t mind talking about it, but it doesn’t [...]

• Great Conference! Now What?

  July 28th, 2008 | Tags: conference, education, organization, presentation
  

  I went to a conference in Austin this past weekend for leaders of an education organization. I lucked out that the first speaker made an important point for all of us to remember. A teacher goes to a conference and picks up great ideas to take back to her classroom. She gets home and puts all [...]

• Links: 2008-07-25

  July 25th, 2008 | Tags: Japan, New York, NYC, PTA
  

  9 Ideas for a More Creative and Effective Brainstorming Process Driving Traffic Using Smaller Shots of Power Personality Page: Character Traits for Writers The ‘Get It Done’ Challenge for Freelance Writers Which Comes First, Your Book or Your Business? [...]

• The Easy and Hard Way to Start a Blog

  July 21st, 2008 | Tags: design, software, web site
  

  In all these years, I don’t think I’ve ever posted anything about starting a blog. Someone emailed me asking how to get a blog and start blogging. So here you go. There’s an easy way and there’s a hard way. The Easy Way Here you just fill out a form, make a few choices, and you’re in business. [...]

• Links: 2008-07-18

  July 18th, 2008 | Tags: software, vacation
  

  Merriam-Webster releases new words to its Collegiate Dictionary including… Air quotes: My brother makes fun of me whenever I do this — which ain’t often. Edamame: What took so long? Fanboy Malware: Yuck, but at least we all know [...]

• Business Client Gift Ideas

  July 16th, 2008 | Tags: gifts
  

  I wanted to send my clients a little something as a thank you now instead of waiting until holiday time. Every day, I’m grateful for them and I want to show it. But what? I don’t want to send food especially since I’m in Texas. Besides, you never know who has what food allergy. Searching for [...]

• Freelance vs. Full Time Writing

  July 14th, 2008 | Tags: freelance, writer
  

  Deb Ng no longer works as a freelance writer and has a full-time gig. However, she still works from a home office and doesn’t sit in meetings or watch presentations that bore. The differences between full-time work from home and freelance work from home … Hours: Freelancers have more flexibility in the [...]

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