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Finding a Good Geriatric Care Manager

You’ve heard us talk about the importance of care management for your parent with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Today’s blog and article support this. The following is from Business Week Magazine: Finding a Good Geriatric Care Manager Such professionals can be a tremendous help if you’re trying to take care of ailing parents but live far away By Lauren Young On a Tuesday night in late July, Jon Meyers, 42, got the call every child with an elderly parent dreads. His 84-year-old mother, Ruth… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on August 18, 2009 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone

This blog is by our guest blogger, Scott Emmett. Scott is a client of Accent On Business. I don’t think I’m going to like this, I said to myself. I was having one of my early sessions with Ellen Dunnigan, my newly acquired speech coach. We were just the two of us in a room and she wanted me to give a speech that was going to push me out of my comfort zone. I did not like this one bit. No sir, not one bit. Told her so and further informed her that I was not ready for this. She just sat there and… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on April 29, 2009 at 11:45am — 2 Comments

Change Your Voice, Change Your Life!

Maybe you’ve seen this clip recently or someone mentioned it to you. The professional involved comes from an acting and drama background and mentions three levels of voicing, including your “head voice” and your “chest voice”. While I understand this theory, that explanation is a little complicated and obscure. It doesn’t need to be. When we work with people we show them how to find their “optimal pitch” by using a very simple and scientific method. In fact, we often use a computer screen to “sh… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on April 27, 2009 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Sharpen Your Skills Before Your Next Interview!

If you've been considering a career change, or know someone interviewing, take time to consider a few additional items critical to the success of your interview, namely your style of presentation and your communication skills. Being mentally prepared for the interview is very important. Presenting yourself as an effective communicator qualification in great demand by employers. Here are a few tips for before and during the interview process: 1. Exercise. A short workout the morning of your int… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on April 7, 2009 at 1:49pm — 2 Comments

Techno-Speak

"That must be wonderful; I have no idea what it means." - Albert Camus Have you ever sat through a proposal that was so full of technical terms ("techno-speak") that you just couldn't make heads or tails out of it? A good reminder to us all that sometimes we get so enamored with our "jargon" (and abbreviations) that we lose our customers in the message. We hope this doesn't happen to you, yet thought we'd share some of the tips we give our technology customers (and our call center customers, a… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on January 28, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

Viewpoints on Viral Video

Article in Today's IBJ- From my boss, Ellen Dunnigan More people are blogging and video broadcasting over the internet these days. True, it can be unnerving to watch your friends and business associates “pop up” in miniature video version on your screen when you’re not expecting it. Yet the interactive video broadcasts can also be quite entertaining and memorable. Get used to them as they’re proven to be productive in combination with the rest of your marketing campaign. In fact, the research s… Continue

Added by Rachel Mahl on August 20, 2008 at 11:38am — 2 Comments

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