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The 5 levels of Entrepreneurship

Posted on Monday, April 3, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

The 5 levels of EntrepreneurshipFRESH CONTENT
Embarking on the road of entrepreneurship can be frightening, uncertain and turbulent — especially at the start. On your journey, it's helpful to have a mental roadmap and to know what to expect from yourself along the way. Nobody is 100% clear and consistent from the onset and you'll naturally have fluctuating states of mind about the whole...

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Tip: Mini Ghosting that we may not realize we are doing

Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Tip: Mini Ghosting that we may not realize we are doing
Ghosting is usually defined as when someone intentionally cuts off communication with a person they have a relationship with (or met on a dating site). But ghosting happens in the work world as well. It’s usually unintentional. Everyone is just so busy that they ignore emails or messages that could be responded to in less than a...

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Save Your Troubled Project By Using The RACI Matrix

Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Save Your Troubled Project By Using The RACI Matrix
The RACI matrix is a simple method of assigning roles within a team. It's adaptable even for the most complicated projects and can be used for a single team or multiple teams completing different phases of the project.

What is the RACI Matrix?
RACI is an acronym for the four roles that stakeholders hold in a...

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Monthly Piece Published in the Reading Eagle - March 2023

Posted on Monday, March 6, 2023
By: Eileen Dautrich
Categories: General

Monthly Piece Published in the Reading Eagle - March 2023The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce within the last two months has held a very successful Membership Breakfast, Pottstown Progress Luncheon, and Boyertown Area Progress Dinner. In January we had a panel presentation at our Membership Breakfast focused on “Internships – Are They Right for My Business.”
The...

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Tip: Be aware of the blinker-ed conversation

Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Tip: Be aware of the blinker-ed conversationThere’s a school of thought that says, 'when you are speaking to someone, give them 100% of your focus.' We don’t think that’s exactly right...

Have you ever been THE person standing at the periphery of a conversation (and wanting to say hi to one or both people) and either they don’t see you, or just ignore you? This...

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Tip: The 8-minute phone call

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Tip: The 8-minute phone call
In her 7-Day Happiness Challenge, Jancee Dunn, a columnist for The New York Times, shares lots of great ideas on how to improve the relationships in your work and life. Here is one that resonated with us: The Secret Power of the 8-Minute Phone Call.

Jancee suggests you think of someone you haven’t talked to in a while who you would like to...

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Tip: Take 10 Seconds to Diffuse a Conversation

Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Tip: Take 10 seconds to diffuse a conversation.

Jason Aten’s Inc. article How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Embrace the 10-Second Rule to Handle Difficult Situations, explains how, when a conversation is going off-track, you stop and wait 10 seconds before continuing. Here is the logic:

“There are several reasons this works. First, it allows you to take a...

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Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

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Tip: Prep Your Conversation

Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Tip: Prep Your ConversationWe recently revised our 88 Positive Networking® Tips for Conferences Quick Guide because this is the year that many of you will be attending in-person conferences again. We thought this tip from our guide was a helpful one to share.PREP YOUR CONVERSATION:
Andrew Reid, CEO of Rival Technologies, says, “Have something that’s current, on topic, and...

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Tip: Should you be a cheerleader or content sponge?

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2023
By: Hailey Heimbach
Categories: General

Tip: Should you be a cheerleader or content sponge?
Good listening skills are usually referred to as “active listening,” but we like this new term, “adaptive listening.”

Communication expert, Nancy Duarte, in this MIT Sloan Review article says we all have a "default listening style" but "great listeners adapt the way they listen in each situation to help...

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