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How to Make Your Life Better by Sending Five Simple Emails

17/07/2014 /

Eric Barker from Time Online Magazine has found out how to improve our lives in a simple way, by just sending 5 emails:

• Every morning send a friend, family member or co-worker an email to say thanks for something.
• At the end of the week, send your boss an email and sum up what you’ve accomplished.
• Once a week email a potential mentor.
• Email a good friend and make plans.
• Send an email to someone you know (but don’t know very well) and check in.

More on: How to Make Your Life Better by Sending Five Simple Emails

 

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Image source: Flickr – Biscarotte (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Posted by Camilla Sicuro.

10 Effective Ways To Get More Followers On Twitter

15/07/2014 /

If you aim at broadening your influence, it is very likely that you are already acquainted with Twitter. With over 500 million registered users in 2012, and 200 million active users, Twitter is quite a large pool to fish in. That is, if you get people to follow you. In order to maximize your twitting experience and to keep your followers counter on the rise, here is a list of 10 useful tips, drafted by Malika Rani:

  1. Come up with an effective tweet;
  2. Make sure your Twitter profile is complete;
  3. Follow followers of people that are like you;
  4. Ask for retweet;
  5. Follow back your followers;
  6. Be active on twitter chat;
  7. Include hashtags in your tweets;
  8. Use twitter searching sites;
  9. Post content on a regular basis;
  10. Explore “follow me on twitter” Links.

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Image source: Megachix on http://goo.gl/pRMpkl

Gain The Upper Hand in Negotiations

08/07/2014 /

Are you able to keep your emotions in check when negotiating that big deal? According to Ananda Laberge – associate tutor for Scotwork North America – there are six proven strategies to help gain the upper hand in your next negotiation:

1. Thoroughly prepare
2. Draw the emotion out first
3. Give them what they want… on your terms
4. Watch for signals from the individuals
5. Don’t go into an important negotiation alone
6. When necessary, adjourn

Read the full article at: http://onforb.es/1mLPyb7

 

1Image source: Flickr – koencobbaert –  http://bit.ly/1tjQsxE

 

6 Things Really Productive People Do

03/07/2014 /

Sometimes, the key to success lies in organization. Kevin Daum, author of  the best seller Video Marketing for Dummies, has agreed to share with the online magazine Inc.com a series of suggestions on how to increase productivity so as to maximize those 24 hours we have each day.

The list includes:

  1. Prioritization
  2. Focusing on efficiency
  3. Integration of different activities
  4. Time management
  5. Active learning and, most importantly,
  6. Lightness

To find out more about the best path to productivity, read whole article at: bit.ly/1cm458c

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Posted by Alice Rubini

Cybersecurity: Downloads

01/07/2014 /

The Diplocalendar 2014 realised by S. Baldi and E. Gelbstein is dedicated to “Cybersecurity: Guidelines for diplomats” and is based on the assumption that “Cyberspace is inherently insecure“.

For the month of July the attention is drawn on “Downloads“

Diplocalendar2014_Page_16Image: Diplofoundation

The set of images used in the Diplocalendar 2014 can also be consulted on Slideshare

Be a better writer

26/06/2014 /

The manual “Be A Better Writer“, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, includes tips that will help you improve your writing (and actually get your writing done faster and easier) no matter what type of writing you need to do.

Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.

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A day in life of an E-diplomat

24/06/2014 /

Diplomatic activities are now mainly based on the daily use of internet. This illustration realised by Diplofoundation summarises one day in the life of an e-diplomat: the series of drawings shows how a diplomat dealing with an environmental crisis uses knowledge management to organise her work.

E-diplomatImage source: http://goo.gl/Pk28Ku

You can see more illustrations of the original gallery at: http://goo.gl/sAUQrK

 

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