Elevator speeches and 30 second introductions come in for some bad press – let’s face it, in theory it’s straightforward but in practice it isn’t that easy to summarize what you do in 30 seconds, especially when you want to grab attention.

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Renard Beavers, El Camino Real assistant Girls basketball Coach and Head basketball coach for Threat Basketball teaches female athletes of all ages the skills they need for middle school, high school and college levels of basketball. Threat is a travel team that offers year-round training. ...Read More

What does it take to really put your restaurant on the must visit list for people in your community? Is it merely good food, excellent service or good ambiance, or is it something else which you haven’t yet figured out. The dining business can be ...Read More

Joe went to the hardware store on a fact-finding mission to look at a new gadget he had heard about. He asked the clerk were to find the whatchmacallits, but instead of pointing, the clerk led the way, picked one up and asked, “How many?” ...Read More

Many employees work occasionally from home. There could be a number of reasons for home working: for example, adverse weather conditions may affect public transport, thus making it difficult for employees to get to work; unexpected child care problems could occur if an employee’s child ...Read More

With all the discussion about how sales training may not necessarily contribute to sales success, many training managers will still have to implement sales training, simply because it will be very difficult to explain to management why sales training as been taken out.

However, management will ...Read More

You may have noticed, if you are investigating the LifeVantage home based business opportunity that there is not a tremendous amount of “unbiased” information out there on the net. The majority of the reviews are written by distributors of the company for marketing purposes. I ...Read More

Common scheduling conflicts occur when two events compete for an employee’s attention. This type of occurrence can be stressful for staff, and bad for productivity. For this reason it is vital that managers do all they can to prevent these problems from occurring, and if ...Read More

As an eBay consultant, a common question from eBay sellers is, “How can my competition be selling this product so cheaply? I can’t even buy it for what they are selling it for.” This observation is correct. Many large sellers offer their products on eBay ...Read More

Step One: Selecting the Rough

If you are interested in cutting your own gemstones, the starting point for any gem cutting is, of course, the rough. There are places in the US where you can actually dig and mine your own gemstones, but for most folks, ...Read More