Entrepreneurs who work from home often report a sense of isolation, caused by, well, working in isolation much of the time.
Strategies for managing those feelings include volunteering, participating in face-to-face networking, and hosting gatherings of one’s peers.
In Arizona, we’re gearing up for a late summer meeting for Virtual Assistants. This will be our first-ever overnight [...]

While you may already have seen, heard, read or otherwise somehow found out that the Online International Virtual Assistant Convention (OIVAC) scheduled for May 14-16 has been postponed and rescheduled to October 1-3, 2009!
Although it is necessary to make this adjustment in the OIVAC schedule, organizers are happy to confirm that the International Virtual Assistant [...]

Debra Dorrell, owner of “A Good Yarn” in Prescott wants help spreading this news:
A Good Yarn, located in The Old Firehouse Plaza at 220 W Goodwin in Prescott, is proud to announce a book signing with Debbie Macomber on Saturday June 7th, at 1:00 P.M. The bestselling author of A Good Yarn, The Shop on [...]

Just a reminder that I am participating in CSS Naked Day, so my blog will probably look a little bit odd if you are visiting on April 9, 2008! (Please take a minute to read my original post on why I am joining web designers all over the world today to observe CSS Naked [...]

You never know when your next networking opportunity may arise. Or where you’ll be when it does.
I was asked about my profession last week, while I was lying on a gurney, just before being sedated for a “medical procedure.”
Used to having to explain my industry, Virtual Assistance, I was surprised when the person who [...]

When I was a Brownie Scout, we learned that to build a fire you needed tinder, kindling, and fuel + spark + oxygen.
I never “flew up” to Girl Scouts since my troop leader abdicated (thanks, Mom!) and no one else stepped in to take us girls to the next level. I will say that the [...]

A few years ago while on vacation in Mexico, I conceived of a new, organic approach to finding clients. I decided to approach businesses that were doing things that really interested me and get acquainted with the owners or management.
No advertising, no direct mail, just a phone call or email to begin a conversation.
As a [...]

Obviously you will only be reading this if you share my joy of reading about America’s Pasttime. Apologies otherwise, and please skip to another post.
This is great. I just about passed out when I discovered this site: The Baseball Bookshelf, the creation of Hank Brockett.
I offered up my own list of favorite baseball reads awhile [...]

I wrote a few months ago about the great wealth of “Digital Asset Management” to be found in Peter Krogh’s excellent book, The Dam Book.
Now that I have spent a few months using his process of preparing images for storage and retrieval, I was ready to take a second look at what cataloging software is [...]

The season is about to start! For now, we have spring training, college and high school baseball to satisfy the need to watch the sport.
In celebration of opening day being right around the corner, here is my personal list of favorite books on baseball, my favorite sport:

9 Sides of the Diamond, David Falkner
Men at Work, [...]