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• Savoring the Season: Tips & Tricks + Free Office 2010 Templates

  7 Nov 2011

  The Halloween candy isn't even gone and you've likely started thinking about the 2011 holiday season. It's that time to collect wish lists, decide where to shop, and prepare for all those big meals with family and friends. This is certainly one of the busiest times of the year. But all that time and...
• Announcing templates contest WINNERS!

  8 Sep 2009

  Here you are, back from a long weekend, thinking nothing could get you interested in work today, but . . . what about the winners of our latest templates contest!? Congratulations to Joy Miller, Maggie O., SMcGinnis and Honorable Mention to our very own Crabby Office Lady . (Yes, she qualifies - since...
• Hurry! Last chance to enter our templates contest

  24 Aug 2009

  Have you created a terrific looking Award Certificate for use in your classroom? Why not submit it to our School Rules Award Certificate Templates contest by August 28th . (Here’s a step-by-step guide to submitting your template.) We will be featuring the winning templates the week of September 7th ...
• Share the goodness: Tools for tracking submissions

  5 Aug 2009

  Last month, I posted a video on how I track submissions in a Microsoft Word document. In fact, I've been using the same simple document for about 10 years. It includes all the submissions I've sent to journals, reviews, quarterlies, and magazines—both print and online. To share that long-term goodness...
• Game On! Share your best templates in our new contest

  4 Aug 2009

  Earlier today, Leslie shared a number of great Back-to-School templates available on our site. Did you know most of our best templates come from you, our loyal users? That's why we love to have contests, and feature the winning templates for all users to see and download. And, just in time for Back-to...
• Show me the money: grants, loans, and support for jobs and education

  22 Jul 2009

  Dear readers and job seekers, Be you a student, small-business owner, veteran, grant-writer, or someone wanting to start a business, there could be money out there for you. You need a smart idea, excellent study habits, and the willingness to fill out forms. Grants.gov - Find and apply for federal government...
• Senior jobs: older workers adding value

  10 Jul 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, 69% of workers over age 55 plan to work beyond retirement, making 50-plus folks one of the fastest growing labor groups in the US. They're supplementing retirement income, working in jobs that inspire them, and starting new careers. I found some good information and resources...
• From active duty to civilian careers: jobs for veterans

  1 Jul 2009

  Dear readers and job seekers, veterans from Iraq start coming home this month and there will be many of them searching for jobs as they transition to civilian life. I'd like to welcome them back with some resources to help with new challenges. Helmets to Hardhats - Military, reservists, and guardsmen...
• Crabby's criteria for effective meetings

  5 Jun 2009

  So you want to call a meeting. What's the best way to do it? And once everyone is gathered together and staring at you, anticipating your pearls of wisdom, what's next? It's your meeting and you have every right to run it how you please, right? I suppose so, and everyone has a unique style of leading...
• Women's labor: finding the right career path

  3 Jun 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, today's post is the final chapter in series on women making career choices, rising from the ashes of lay-offs, and finding positive outcomes from situations that seemed less-than-optimal. I've found these stories inspirational and impressive. Wendy (Portland, OR) - I left...
• Women on layoffs, education, and their futures

  27 May 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, this is the second-to-last episode of a series about women handling career moves, layoffs, education, and personal choices in the workforce. These are friends of mine and I've come to feel new respect and admiration for their attitudes and clarity: Le Ann (Seattle) - The...
• Quick—Before you hide your financial records again

  15 Apr 2009

  Now that you've (hopefully) completed the annual obstacle course of tax time, see if you can make next year's financials easier to wrangle with any of the free financial planning and analysis templates at Office Online. Right now the Templates home page has all the money-management templates on display...
• No more Death by PowerPoint: Free downloads by a savvy pro sharpen your presentations

  11 Dec 2008

  In a rush? Jump straight to the example decks . The PowerPoint team here had a great idea: Instead of relying on Help articles, why not use PowerPoint 2007 to explain and show off PowerPoint 2007? So they hired Julie Terberg , a presentation design expert and PowerPoint MVP , to create 157 top-notch...
• Get a grip on the holidays with our "Piece of cake" guide.

  2 Dec 2008

  Our Holiday Guide includes everything from budget trackers and greeting card templates to calendars, party planners, and photo albums. Plus some ideas for trimming your to-do list so you'll have time for fun. Check it out and save yourself some breathing space. And if you come across a nifty trick for...
• Sudden deadline? "How to write a PowerPoint presentation in five minutes."

  14 Nov 2008

  Okay, say it's Friday. Have you ever found yourself decompressing in true TGIF spirit one minute and scrambling to meet some deadline-from-Hell the next? (Maybe even today?) If that deadline happens to involve a presentation, this tongue-in-cheek video by VideoJug.com, How to write a PowerPoint Presentation...
• Another 240,000 and counting. Worried about your job?

  13 Nov 2008

  The October employment news was not good. Another 240,000 people lost their jobs. The unemployment rate reached a 14-year high of 6.5 percent, with 2.8 million more people unemployed than at this time last year. The double whammy of mortgage woes and unemployment is hitting home. How can we help? Over...
• Happy Holidays, already?

  4 Nov 2008

  If you are anything like me the Halloween pumpkins are still on the front porch, so the winter holidays seem a long way off. But somehow every year they creep up on me and I find myself in a frantic cyclone of cards, wrapping paper, and postage stamps. Each fall I vow that I’ll start preparing earlier...
• Looking for a new identity? Try free small business templates

  20 May 2008

  The free templates we offer on our site are consistently among our most popular content with Office users. That's in part thanks to the fact our templates team keeps coming up with great ideas. In the past few months, they have been busy pulling together some design collections to help people who don...