101 DALMATIANS Posted: 17/05/2012 Getting Down to Basics ... Views: 544

The theme for this month has been an interesting and challenging one - Disney themes, linked with social media? Hmm... now where do we start? We have written an eBook called The 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media and I thought that would link well to Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, however Snow White had already been taken ... let's start at the very beginning So what else could we link it to? 101 Dalmatians sprang to mind; did you know that 101 means "basic introduction"? I didn't until I went onto Wikipedia! So here are the basic introductions to social media - how's that for a Disney link? Read more ...

SLEEPING BEAUTY Posted: 14/05/2012 Get In The Way! Views: 562

The England football team has a new manager, Kate and William have been married for a year but haven't done anything remotely interesting since the Big Day and someone doesn't want a nine-year-old to be on Britain's Got Talent ...

CINDERELLA Posted: 10/05/2012 10 Tips For Successful Delegation ... Views: 668

Do you subscribe to: ''If you want something done properly you have to do it yourself'' or ''Never spread yourself too thin''? Like most business owners I find there just isn't enough time in the day and I have to delegate tasks ...

SNOW WHITE Posted: 07/05/2012 Reflections On Fitness ... Views: 583

Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all? Most of us spend more time looking at our computer screens than we do looking in a mirror. Whether that has an impact on our reflections remains to be seen ...

THE INCREDIBLES Posted: 03/05/2012 Will The Olympics Disrupt Your Business? Views: 730

There are only 85 days left until the London 2012 Olympic Games; have you got your contingency plans in place? Contingency, you might ask, it's a sporting event not a disaster ...

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU ... Posted: 30/04/2012 With a Little Help From My Friends!! Views: 682

One of the things I love the most about working for The Office Genie is the variety that we experience everyday. We answer the phones and provide PA and secretarial support for a variety of businesses ...

THROUGH THICK AND THIN Posted: 26/04/2012 Is Shorthand A Dying Art? Views: 806

There was a time when you could not get a job as a Secretary without demonstrating your audio typing speed and/or your shorthand skills. But with the advent of laptops, is there still a need for audio typing and shorthand skills?

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS Posted: 23/04/2012 How Social Media Has Changed The Workplace Views: 825

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest - to name but a few familiar names which trip off the tongues of most people these days - and if you are below 25, it will probably be your daily mode of communication with anyone and everyone...

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS Posted: 19/04/2012 How clean is your desk? Views: 742

With virtual working on the rise and hot desking becoming a normal part of working life, sharing your workspace is becoming more of a norm. But what does that mean for working practices?

IT'S WHO YOU KNOW Posted: 16/04/2012 How to make your networking count ... Views: 1001

I have grown my business from recommendations and referrals. Mostly these come from our existing client base and from my networking contacts. The hardest part was not knowing if, or when, these new enquiries were coming ...

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS ... Posted: 12/04/2012 Really? Views: 894

There's an saying that no news is good news, although that's not true when you are trying to fill the pages of a newspaper. It stems from the fact that if you haven't heard anything, then the chances are nothing bad has happened ...

CHOCOLATE DOESN'T MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND Posted: 09/04/2012 But It Certainly Makes The Trip Worthwhile! Views: 671

It's Easter Monday and I suspect that many of you are gorging yourselves on beautiful, silky, melt in the mouth chocolate Easter Eggs. It has been a quiet weekend and a slightly disappointing one here at Genie Towers ...

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