http://bitts4learning.com/blog Discovering blogging Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:20:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How much time do you spend during your working day handling email? This single task has become one of the biggest time wasters as emails flood in all day long demanding our attention, yet often being trivial. For too many people, and I’ve been one, it becomes a constant interruption tool, preventing ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=428 Do you have a good business practice agenda in your business? How do you decide what is good business practice for your own business and how are others doing it? There is a new online tool that has been created for Australian Small Business providing a platform that will enable ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=426 What does this mean for your business? How do you manage information and knowledge? There is an overload of knowledge out there, but without context effective management it can become a liability instead of an asset. There are four dimensions to consider: people, subjects, software and time. No matter what technology ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=424 We all want to make our working life easier, well at least I know I do! Every business has office work that has to be done and for many of us it means spending a lot of time in that office. Yet we often pay less attention to our office environment ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=422 What value does your site offer that is distinctive from any other site? Now this is not a very different question from one you should be asking yourself about your business in general – what makes your business different from every other similar business in your area, why will someone ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=420 Social networking has become the buzz word for everyone including business. Like it or not, it is becoming a part of the workplace, but should sites like Facebook be used and how? Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites at the moment and it seems that ‘anyone who is ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=418 Business owners and high-level managers suffer burn out all too commonly, because they simply work too hard too long. For many it becomes a case of feeling that taking any time off would be a luxury, and there is simply too much work on the desk to afford such luxuries. Studies show ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=413 Remember being told computers would create a paperless office? I hear complaints that more paper is generated than ever before and the paperless office is a myth. How did we get into this situation and what can we do about it? The obvious place to start is at the printer. Recycling paper whenever possible ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=385 Technology does not guarantee you will become organised! You need to USE the technology in order to achieve this. For example, one thing I used to find with a paper diary was that some days I got so busy that I forgot to even look in the diary once I left home ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=383 Small business owners often find that their time revolves around a stream of little things that are necessary to keep a business running, but don’t seem to have anything to do with what they wanted to be in business for. If you allow them to queue up, it can seem daunting ... http://bitts4learning.com/blog/?p=378