Friday, July 22, 2011

Thought of the Day!!

May we all live with the "attitude of gratitude" ~:) pass it on!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Free Event- May 25th in Louisville, Colorado - Chuck Blakeman Biz Speaker!!

Thank you for being a part of the Chuck Blakeman Event

by Maria Nikols Thome on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 7:00am
WE had such an awesome turn out around 50 peeps! Thank you to EVERYONE especially Chuck Blakeman, Jen, Nora & the Crankset Group for making this such a great event ~ ideas were flowing ~ friendships made and even a few loan deals! Thank you to all those who donated the great give aways! (CranksetGroup, Liberty Home Loans, JB Group, & Internet Marketing in a  Box) Thank you to Liberty Home Loans for being the big Sponsor! So appreciate all the positive feedback/ glad this event served & was of value ~ all the follow up will begin today and watch for pics of the event to post up next week! May we all find our "Why's" and begin making a significant impact in our lives & in the lives of others!! ~ :)

View the Invite click here!

Note: A very Special Thank you goes out to Megan McDonald, girl you are the ultimate connector and it is YOU and your giving nature that truly made all this possible! I am so GRATEFUL!
    • May 26 at 7:01am

    • Chuck Blakeman Maria - you rock! Had a great time with you. You really know how to put on a professional event. Glad to do more if it serves you and your folks.
      May 26 at 2:49pm · · 1 person

    • Maria Nikols Thome Thanks but it is you and Crankset that ROCK!! I am grateful to provide learning ops for others ~ :)
      May 27 at 12:48am ·

Hi Merchants and Friends of Louisville Colorado

Are you a part of the LCV Merchants group?
Reminder this week is the Monthly meeting - please click on one of the Event invites and RSVP! See you there :)

Facebook Invite for LCV meeting

LinkedIn LCV Merchants Monthly Meeting Invite

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Small Business People supporting and learning from one another!

In small Biz I am a firm believer we are all in this together and supporting each other in Community is what it is all about! Thank you, Julia Gentry, Pam Atherton & Business CPR workshop!
 
 

Sterling Innovations Coordinates 203K continuing education for a Mortage Client

Click here to see pics of the Event!

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Reframing Matrix - Creativity tools from MindTools.com

The Reframing Matrix - Creativity tools from MindTools.com

A Reframing Matrix is a simple technique that helps you to look at business problems from a number of different viewpoints. It expands the range of creative solutions that you can generate.
Things look different when you change perspective.
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The approach relies on the fact that different people with different experience approach problems in different ways. What this technique helps you to do is to put yourself into the minds of different people and imagine the solutions they would come up with.

We do this by putting the question to be asked in the middle of a grid. We use boxes around the grid for the different perspectives. This is just an easy way of laying the problem out, so if it does not suit you, change it.
We will look at two different approaches to the reframing matrix – you could, however, use this approach in many different ways.

The 4 Ps Approach

This relies on looking at a problem from different perspectives within a business. The 4 Ps approach looks at problems from the following viewpoints:
  • Product perspective: Is there something wrong with the product?
  • Planning perspective: Are our business plans or marketing plans at fault?
  • Potential perspective: If we were to seriously increase our targets, how would we achieve these increases?
  • People perspective: Why do people choose one product over another?
An example of this approach is shown below:

The 'Professions Approach'

Another approach to using a reframing matrix is to look at the problem from the viewpoints of different specialists. The way, for example, that a doctor looks at a problem would be different from the approach a civil engineer would use. This would be different from a sales manager's perspective.
The idea of the Reframing Matrix was devised by Michael Morgan in his book 'Creating Workforce Innovation '.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

How to Break a World of Warcraft Addiction - wikiHow

Do you know someone who plays this game? Are you in a relationship with someone who plays this game? You are not alone- encourage that person to READ this article - and seek help! Hopefully your friend will choose REALITY and the REAL people in life ~:) Good luck! 

How to Break a World of Warcraft Addiction - wikiHow

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