I got an invitation today to a Webex conference. Webex provides businesses with the tools they need to host or attendee interactive, online conferences. The event is “Overcoming the 7 Most Common Challenges to Presenting Online.” It’s free, it’s happening on October 21, and I plan to be there. If you have never attended an … Continue reading
Category Archives: Business Tools
Party Planning Ideas and Help
This week is my oldest daughter’s fifth birthday. It’s a big week for us! So in honor or Lily I’m going to share some fun party-planning sites. (Some are good for grown up parties too.) I have tried not to include sites with pop-up ads; most party sites seem to include ads. E-Invite – template … Continue reading
Find your Finance Avenue
With absolutely no modesty the tool I’m going to talk about is one I have developed – with the help of my tech-friend Doug and my design-friend Jan. Finance Avenue helps entrepreneurs find funding. The entrepreneur answers 7 questions and then receives a list of funders that are most likely to fund the business. Actually … Continue reading
Five Great Sites
If I were on a desert island and I got to choose 5 web sites to bring with me this is what I’d choose: MapQuest Sometimes they directions aren’t the most direct but out of the 100 or so times I’ve used them they have steered me wrong only once. Qwestdex The phone book online … Continue reading
Need to create a PDF?
I have a neat free tool to tell you about this week. I don’t think it’s new to the world – but it’s new to me. It creates PDF documents for free! It’s called PDF995. PDF is short for portable document format – most of us run into PDFs when we download larger documents, such … Continue reading
Learn More about the Hill Library
The City Pages lists the James J Hill Library as the Best Library for 2003. The title is well earned. The library is a beautiful space to do research – and a lot of the collection is available online – for those who can’t or don’t want to go downtown. If you can visit the … Continue reading
Need information on who lives where and does what?
The Census has published a great “Facts for Features” page for Mother’s Day. It’s full of fun facts and it’s a great reminder that Mother’s Day is this weekend. It’s also a great reminder of the Census. Census information can be great if you are doing industry research for a business or marketing plan, if … Continue reading
BizPathways is on the Radio
I’m posting Byte of the Week a day early today to share some fun, timely news. Tonight at 5:20 BizPathways is going to be mentioned as KCCO-James J Hill Reference Web ‘O Week! Listen in at 5:20 at KCCO 950 AM. If you miss the broadcast you can read about us on the web. BizPathways … Continue reading
Online Tax Time Tips
For those of you who have done your taxes – good for you! For the rest of us here are a few online tools to help the process: TurboTax Tax Estimator Calculator: A neat tool that lets you know how much you owe or how much will be refunded. H & R Block Tax Paycheck … Continue reading
Need a template for a résumé, a brochure, a garage sale flier?
Most of us use Microsoft and many have probably used their templates to create a fax or business letter. Did you know that they have a whole library of templates available online? They have a template for every document you can imagine for professional and personal use. Templates include baby shower party planner, apartment lease, … Continue reading
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