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Adding up Points for LEED - a numbers game for SIPs
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| Structural Insulated Panels, or SIPs, is a product that is becoming more popular with it's high energy saving potential and value in construction material and labor costs. A common marketing trend is to promote the many points that are achievable by using said product, and the common adage Caveat Emptor still applies.
When rating a particular product that will be implemented into a building application being constructed for LEED credits, we have to consider two points of view that I refer to as Direct Application, or Indirect Application. |
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Company Stages Revisted
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| A few days ago I wrote about the transition from a small to medium to large business. I had a few people write to me with additional questions, including requests to define the sizes, talk more about the issues during the transition, and make suggestions about how to address things. One of the notes came from a long time friend – Barry Culman – who is currently the president of SPADAC (Spacial Data Analytics Corp.) I’m not involved in SPADAC, but Barry shared a framework that he used recently at a management retreat to explain his view of the evolution of a company. Following is a quick summary of the stages according to Barry.
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The Designated Guerrilla
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| Reality in running a small business means knowing exactly what you've got to do but not having enough time to do it. If you understand how guerrilla marketing can propel you into hyperprofitability but can't take the steps to activate and maintain the process, your understanding is wasted. |
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Ten Simple Tips to Make a Good First Impression at a Job Interview
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| Recently I overheard two business men saying that in the first 2 minutes of an interview they know whether they want to hire the candidate. That doesn't give the job seeker much time. Here are ten tips that will allow you to make a good first impression in the first few minutes of the interview |
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53 Playing As One- Teambuilding NFL Style
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| Teambulding NFL Style |
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Remembering The Three W's Of Recruiting Board Members
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| The success of nonprofit organizations is contingent on many factors, including the recruitment and development of board members who are committed to helping the organization accomplish its mission. This article provides a tool for recruiting board members who are in the best position to aid the organization. |
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Leadership: The Power of Extemporaneous Speaking
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| It's a mistake to sound too slick, too smooth, too over-rehearsed; but it's a greater mistake to sound unprepared, inept, and unprofessional. In case you'd like to acquire the reputation for giving great extemporaneous speeches, here's a checklist
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Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 5 Tips to Feng Shui Your Mind and Get Your Listings Sold
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| Have you been struggling with how to get rid of the clutter an let the good energy flow? This article gives you some great tips on how to let your mindset work for you. |
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Two Minute Truth: Are you MOTIVATED to succeed?
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| Another quick truth about business success... not for the "in a box" thinker and certainly not for anyone who would turn me into the National Speakers Bureau for committing the sin of speaker "heresy"! |
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Celebrate Your Talents
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| As an adult with ADHD, it is very easy to focus on your weaknesses and areas “to be worked on.” So much thought can be given to these areas that it’s easy to forget about your talents. Many adults with ADHD are humble to a fault and dismiss their talents because they come so easily. Naturally, they don’t feel they can be proud of these traits, or that they aren’t valuable. Nothing could be further from the truth. When you notice what you are good at, you can spend more time utilizing your strengths and less time worrying about your weaknesses. |
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Top 12 Attributes Of Effective Leaders
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| Have you ever wondered why some people make great leaders yet others fail at it? I believe that effective leaders share a common set of attributes. This article identifies 12 attributes I feel best exemplify great leaders. Do you possess any or all of these attributes? |
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Motivating people -how do leaders do it?
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| Good leaders expand the horizons of what is possible through a stream of ideas. They make work worthwhile. They go beyond knowledge and skills and evaluate, counsel, and place people using a framework of values and critical-to-work behaviors. They ensure process improvements. Great leaders develop good leaders by investing their expertise and time in people. Such great leaders regenerate their organizations. They are truly regenerative leaders. |
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Garber on Business: Breaking in to Trade Magazine writing
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| No matter how much experience one has as a journeyman writer, any new area of expertise presents certain challenges... |
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Smart Women Know What They Want
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| This article is about taking the time to decide what you really want to happen in your life. It seems like a simple question but if can be a challenge for women to answer truthfully. Women can have what they dream about but they must be willing to take the time to determine what it really is. Not what feels “safe” and not what others may feel is best for them but what they authentically want. |
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Managing Yourself in Uncertainty
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| If you’re one of the many leaders dealing with potential reorganizations, staff ‘realigning’ or program restructuring – just to pick a few – it can become tricky to keep everyone on course. This article looks at how to mange in uncertain and ambiguous times - starting with strengthening your own leadership presence. |
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Increase Sales By Energizing Your Message
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| You can’t bore someone into doing business with you were the words uttered by David Ogilvy, advertising giant and direct marketing advocate. So the question is how is your message creating energy? |
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Building Confidence~ Be a Rebel in Questionable Times
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| Develop assets that no one can take away. Build reserves of confidence that are unshakeable. Open your mind to see circumstances from various perspectives, and choose actions that are unique. Read on to learn 10 tips to build confidence and be a rebel when tomorrow seems uncertain. |
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Is Your Website's Color Scheme Costing you Customers?
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| You may not think something as simple as a color scheme would actually cause you to lose business, right? But the truth is, people all around the world see color in different ways. Here are some common ways that color is perceived internationally.
Think about your website's current color scheme and consider if you're making your customers think about things such as soap - or even death! See what I mean by reading each color's symbolism.
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The Power of a Sales Playbook Embedding Discipline and Best Practices in Your Sales Force
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| Sales people have a bad reputation in the business world. With movies like Boiler Room and Glengerry GlenRoss, Hollywood has only reinforced this. Frankly, some of this bad reputation is deserved. In many companies, the sales people may be hitting their numbers, but management knows they are only operating at a fraction of their potential. Is there a way to put discipline into the sales function? Won’t discipline kill the spirit and motivation of a good sales team? Good sales people are typically high-energy, relationship-oriented people with a low tolerance for structure. Their talents lie in handling the nuances of multiple relationships in an uncertain and dynamic environment. A Sales Playbook is the answer. |
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The Conflict Transformation of a Leader
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| How well do you handle conflict? Do you avoid it? Do you act immediately? Do you let it resolve itself? Is conflict destructive? Let's read further to determine the answers to these questions. |
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Sell, Sell, Sell, Sell
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| What is a business without sales? If you want to survive and thrive you must have customers that purchase goods and services. This is true for all organizations, even non-profit. Sales people can be the hardest to manage and motivate as they tend to be high energy and independent types. |
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Becoming the Best: Speaking of Motivating Those around You
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| How good a deal are your customers or your people or your partners or your bosses getting when you get them to buy into what you’re selling? And what can you do to make it better? |
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Are You a Change Seeker? Make Your Skills Work for You
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| In terms of your career, are you always on the move? Do you quickly tire of repetitive tasks and working with the same people day in and day out? Do you jump from profession to profession, industry to industry, and job to job? If so, you are a change seeker.
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Energize Your Life
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| Is it time for you to get plugged in and find some more energy? |
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