PowerPoint Presentations; We’ve all seen them, some of us fear them, they’ve even been known to fill a few of us with dread! When someone mentions that they are bringing along their PowerPoint to show us we sometimes can’t help but shudder at the thought of having to sit through a multitude of bland, boring slides all crammed to the brim with mind numbing facts and figures. Have you ever wondered if that’s what’s...

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Highrise is a great product for managing and tracking conversations and todo lists for yourself, and between your team. It’s a very simple system, so simple in fact that it can sometimes be a little confusing! I use Highrise for managing several aspects of my businesses, and I also use it to organise my work with several different teams and team members. It’s a brilliant tool for getting rid of Inbox Clutter and keeping your tasks...

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I have some great news to share today. From Sunday 19th September at 9:00am The Business Hub will be also be  broadcasting on KLFM 96.7 We cannot get over just how popular The Business Hub has become in only a few months, and Mark and I would sincerely like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of the wonderful people who listen to our show every week, either on-air, on-line, or by downloading our podcasts. If you’ve listened to The...

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“Britain is open for business” and apparently the government have the funds and support you need to get started. This week The Business Hub teamed up with UKTI in a show entirely dedicated to export and investment. The show begins with an interview with David Hurley of Anglia Business Solutions who shared his experience of how UK Trade and Investment is…

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Every week, for the next 100 weeks I will be going to a new, inspiring location where I will use AudioBoo to record an interview with the accomplished author Joe St Clair. Joe will be describing not only the scenery and the surroundings but also why he chose each unique location to demonstrate a connection with one of the inspiring tips drawn from his best-selling book “100 Tips for Total Life Fulfilment”. This is part of a comprehensive social...

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The media loves a good story, particularly when comparing what is ‘currently ‘hot’ and what is ‘not’. Take the phenomenon of social networking for example. First it was ‘Facebook’ and ‘MySpace’ that was hot news and then it was ‘YouTube’ followed by hordes of others. Now it is the simple concept of ‘Twitter’ that is suddenly everywhere. Such is the media frenzy about Twitter that recently we have started seeing reports that ‘blogging is dead’....

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Yes we have all heard about mind mapping. It’s those funny squiggly lines and pictures that we draw in order to remember things right? Cute child-like drawings that are meant to trigger our memory because they branch like natural objects whether branches of a tree or the inner workings of our brains. This isn’t a lecture on mind mapping though; you can find out everything you know by contacting the leading thinkers in this field like Barry Mapp...

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