1st Quarter 2011
In this issue:

I think that hits the proverbial “nail on the head” these days with the way most managers actually run their operations. The critical thing is not “decision making, but decision managing.”

With that thought in mind, I want to focus on what John C. Maxwell said in his book Ethics 101. Underneath his chapter on “Living a 24-Karat-Gold Life,” subtitled Character Counts, John makes a great point about making our decisions based on the Integrity guideline called, “the Golden Rule.”

John says that “decisions, not conditions, determine our ethics.” He goes on to say, “people of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances.” This is a great rule to live by, especially in this day and age where our environment and surroundings seem to be changing every minute of the day sometimes, and chaos seems to be all around us. Managing decisions based on the golden rule will always be a great decision.

Remember that Character Counts as John says, and that we need to lead our lives with Character First. If you would like to know more or would like to schedule Dane Deutsch to come and host a seminar on any of John Maxwell’s 101 books on Ethics, Relationships, Equipping, Attitude, and Leadership just give him a call at 877- 327-6385 (877- DCSNetl). Dane is a well respected and popular inspirational speaker as well as a facilitator for John C. Maxwell’s book “Developing The Leader Within You.”

Recently, Google announced their new offering called Google Cloud Connect. Now you can have Microsoft and Google Docs the way you want it.

Want to be able to continue to use Microsoft Office and yet save your files in the Cloud securely and simply? Now you can.

Want to be able to edit your Microsoft Documents simultaneously with others? Now you can.

Google introduces their “Cloud Connect” offering. Google Cloud Connect is a new way of saving Microsoft Office documents to the Cloud . . . Google’s Cloud.

This ability to connect Microsoft Office to Google’s Cloud is a sure game changer and allows users the flexibility and confidence to use the “Cloud” at anytime, anywhere on the Internet. Amazing stuff!

Give us today to find out how you too can start using Google Cloud Connect – 715-236-7424.

Check it out for yourself! Here is a link to a blog article on Google Cloud Connect: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/110228-141614

Ideas to Help You to Use SharePoint Effectively in Your Business
Author: Andrea Kalli      Andrea Kalli Online Business Services
 

1	Store all your emails on a secure and centralized Website for easy archive.
2	Keep a central task location for assigning tasks to team members. These tasks will automatically show up in your team's Outlook 2007 To-Do List. Those tasks will also link to your projects so you can easily find out what tasks are still open for each project.
3	Organize large events and store the related documents, assigned tasks, and generally post anything and everything related to the events. It will also integrate with Outlook for added efficiency.
4	Collaborate with team members on all documents and stay on top of who did what. Earlier versions can easily be restored in case someone has made too many mistakes. Projects can also be linked to related documents.
5	When tasks are assigned to team members they'll automatically be notified that they've just been assigned a new task. Alerts are sent when there have been updates to the tasks.

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Try our new service desk!

You can go online and chat with our technicians anytime during business hours right from our website.

We will be starting our Character Building Blocks Seminars again based on John C. Maxwell's 101 mini-books. The seminar series consists of 5 books: Ethics, Relationships, Equipping, Attitude, and Leadership. This seminar is business focused and life changing at the same time.

For more information please contact Dane or Kerrie.

Businesses today wrestle and grapple with the thought of hiring their own technology support staff to support their daily need for IT support without fully understanding the risks and the costs associated with having their own team of technology professionals.

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Building a robust recovery plan is all about establishing redundancies (for your staff, technology, communications, etc). These redundancies need to extend to recovery sites as well. When considering a temporary office recovery site you must think of the worst case scenario. Fact is, your obvious first choice may not be available during a large-scale event (think New Orleans post-Katrina, and Manhattan following 9/11).

Take some time to brainstorm multiple location options. Think creatively about how isolated vs. local vs. regional disasters may impact where and how you recover. For example, do you have a good relationship with a vendor in your supply chain? Maybe they can help you out in a pinch. Do you have access to flexible office space like the offerings that Agility provides? Can your employees work remotely? If so, how long before inefficiency creeps in?

The bottom-line is - don't hinge your entire plan on a single recovery site. Flexibility is key.