Do You Need to Rescue Your Digital Office?

As you go about your day are you easily able to find and navigate the digital things you need in order to do your work? DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE HANDOUT Your Digital Office is a major foundation that should support you. Its purpose is to run in the background and not get in the way.  It should be invisible, simple, and above all supportive. As a professional, you have better things to do than just

Printer Troubleshooting Steps

Here are the elements that make your printer (or scanner) work There must be a connection between the computer and the printer. This could be a cable between your printer and your computer or it could be through your home “network” (Your WiFi) Here is how your WiFi connection works and where it can go wrong. If any of these things is not working your printer will not behave. Your home network (your WiFi) needs

Synchronize Your Calendar and Catch Opportunities

A synchronized calendar is just one element in the larger system of your Digital Office Universe. Once you have chosen your Digital Office Universe setting up your calendar system is easy. Your goal is to have access to your calendar wherever you are so you can take advantage of opportunities when they arise. That means on your smartphone and on the devices (laptops, desktops, tablets) you use to do your work. At a networking event,

The Best Way to Save Your Printables and Worksheets

What is the best format for opt-In freebies, printables, and worksheets? You have just created the perfect document in Word. You used your best fonts and images and arranged them just so, the document looks fantastic on your computer and printed out beautifully. You rocked it! Then, when you sent the fabulous document to your friend who is on a Mac using Pages they were less impressed. They saw all your content, but the way

Just make it work! #!@#*

When something isn’t working right or when a thing is just frustrating and not coming together, it can feel like the entire planet is against you and the powerless feeling can be overwhelming. You have power. This machine is NOT smarter than you and there are a few simple strategies that you can use every time your computer tries to bully you. So, what can you do? These are the things that the “tech experts”

Export Your People to Safety

I tinker – a lot! I mess things up – a lot! It’s how I learn and why I know what I know. So, a while back I was messing with my CRM (Contact Relationship Manager) and linking it to synchronize with my google contacts and I managed to wipe out all my personal contacts. The good news is that I know what I did and why it happened (It was a setting) and I