Networking is an extremely useful tool, as it opens up doors to opportunities.
It's essential to be polite and courteous to people, to keep your personal brand positive and to show people that you care.
One of the tools I've just decided to use is Google Contacts. If you open up your gmail account, then you will find that on the left hand side, there is a 'Contacts' link. Click on the link, and you can setup groups, and add people's contacts to the groups.
This will ensure you can remember who everyone is (you can add notes), and to keep their contact details handy for whenever the moment might arise that you need their number/address.
It also allows an easy way to organise your contacts into groups.
Social networking websites such as Facebook (for the less formal) or LinkedIn (for the more formal) provide an excellent way to keep in contact with others as well.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
43things.com
43 things is all about setting yourself goals and learning from others that have done what you're trying to achieve.
As with all of the other tools I use, the site is completely free, and there's tonnes of great ideas that may inspire you :)
As with all of the other tools I use, the site is completely free, and there's tonnes of great ideas that may inspire you :)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Google Calendar - keep track of your tasks
You may not be aware, but I'm a bit of a google nut.
It's mainly because google offers so many great programs which you can use for free! Yes, FREEEE! If you didn't already know, blogspot is google's as well! Ok.. too many explanation marks in one paragraph, let's move on.
If you already have a gmail account then you can access google calendar with the same sign in name as your gmail account. Otherwise, go create a google account :)
Once you have a google account, you can access google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/.
Google calendar allows you to organise your life. You can create events, and get notified of the events before they happen via txt message (SMS), email, or popup online (if you have google open at the time).
You can also create tasks that you wish to complete (like a todo list), and tick the tasks off when you're done with them. This is great, because it allows you to see how much work you have to do, and it's always fun ticking off a task when you've completed it :)
Using Google Calendar gives you more control over your life, as you can visually see what you have on in any given day/week/month. It allows you not only to keep track of your progress (have I completed what I was supposed to), but also to plan ahead, and not over commit yourself. It's also pretty cool when you set up txt alerts, and then you get a txt message when you've got something on that you wanted to be reminded about!
It's mainly because google offers so many great programs which you can use for free! Yes, FREEEE! If you didn't already know, blogspot is google's as well! Ok.. too many explanation marks in one paragraph, let's move on.
If you already have a gmail account then you can access google calendar with the same sign in name as your gmail account. Otherwise, go create a google account :)
Once you have a google account, you can access google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/.
Google calendar allows you to organise your life. You can create events, and get notified of the events before they happen via txt message (SMS), email, or popup online (if you have google open at the time).
You can also create tasks that you wish to complete (like a todo list), and tick the tasks off when you're done with them. This is great, because it allows you to see how much work you have to do, and it's always fun ticking off a task when you've completed it :)
Using Google Calendar gives you more control over your life, as you can visually see what you have on in any given day/week/month. It allows you not only to keep track of your progress (have I completed what I was supposed to), but also to plan ahead, and not over commit yourself. It's also pretty cool when you set up txt alerts, and then you get a txt message when you've got something on that you wanted to be reminded about!
blogspot.com
I thought that the first tool I should mention is the one my site is built on! Blogspot.com gives people a free way to express themselves and get their stories out into the community.
Not only do you have a way to put out your thoughts an ideas, but people can comment on your posts to give you feedback - yeyah!
A third thing I like about blogspot.com is that it gives you a history that you can easily look back on. I can see what I was thinking 2 months ago, a year ago, and I can compare my outlook then to my outlook now, and see how far I've come.
As you might be able to see from my site, blogspot.com is highly customisable if you know a bit of CSS (Cascading stylesheets) and html. Even without this geeky knowledge, you can still add and remove gadgets to your blog :)
Not only do you have a way to put out your thoughts an ideas, but people can comment on your posts to give you feedback - yeyah!
A third thing I like about blogspot.com is that it gives you a history that you can easily look back on. I can see what I was thinking 2 months ago, a year ago, and I can compare my outlook then to my outlook now, and see how far I've come.
As you might be able to see from my site, blogspot.com is highly customisable if you know a bit of CSS (Cascading stylesheets) and html. Even without this geeky knowledge, you can still add and remove gadgets to your blog :)
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