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RENEWAL REMINDER
Don't forget we are in a new year. That means it is time for many of you to renew!!! |
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KEN BECKER!! He is almost that famous. Ken is part of the Dayton region, a chapter leader and has taken the lead in some of the Dayton special events. Ken is a 30 year plus pulpit pastor who took a leap of faith a couple of years ago. He and his wife Kathy left the comfort of a salary and a current flock to form a new ministry called Groundz4Living. That ministry is a first of its kind chaplaincy to a major shopping destination, The Greene, in Dayton. Ken and Kathy have already helped and blessed thousands in this ministry, including daily live nativities at The Greene the past two years.
Thanks Ken and Kathy and thanks for blessing CBN-USA,
If you have a suggestion for Featured Member, please send it to the editor. |
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Family Life's "A Weekend to Remember" is coming to Dayton and Cincinnati the last weekend of February and the first weekend in March with events in those two cities. These events are typically a sell out. Family Life has offered a special discount to CBN-USA members and friends. Visit the web site for more information.
Be watching for the 2008 CBN-USA charity golf outing. Information will be on the web site in the next week.
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The Gathering has announced their spring event. It will be held on March 5th at 7:30 AM at the Columbus Convention Center. The keynote speaker will be Lovey Smith, coach of the Chicago Bears.
MOREAt Work on Purpose will be holding its next event on Saturday, Feb 16th from 8-11:30 in Cincinnati with CBN-USA participation. AWOP is a business partner. These are always great events and there will be a special "commissioning". Don't miss it.
MORE INFORMATION OR 513-253-8879. Tell them you want information on the February event.
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Are you tired of all the spam e-mail? Here is a hint to eliminate some of it.
Create a Yahoo or Hotmail account. When you request information, respond to a rebate, etc use that account. That way you can easily get rid of it.
We are always looking for tips for saving time and/or money or help with producing addtional revenue. Please share them with others. |
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Don't forget CBN-USA is a business partner of Constant Contact. By subscribing to Constant Contact through CBN-USA you can save additional money and provide us with a little income.
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From the Editor...
by Bill Gaffney
First
of all I want to apologize as you have received an extra e-mail from us in the last 24 hours. For our Dayton constituency that means 3 e-mails total as we also send them a mid-month calendar reminder. But we were so excited about the AWOP event we had to forward a special announcement. Hopefully some of you can attend.
As our Ohio readers know there is a political primary coming up here the first week in March. This is not a political, but rather a civic announcement. GET OUT AND VOTE. For the first time in a number of presidential elections we still have some real opportunity to make some impact.
Also don't forget to take a day and volunteer to work at the polls, especially in November. The pay is minimal but the rewards are great. My mother is 84 and still doing it. (Way to go Mom!!) Unfortunately many of the poll workers are of that generation. They won't be with us that much longer. Fresh volunteers are needed.
Enjoy this month's newsletter.
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CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
by Carmine Gallo from Businessweek
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Griffin Hospital created an award-winning work environment by honoring its commitment to open communication. Our columnist explains how.
Carmine Gallo, a business communications coach and Emmy-Award winning former TV journalist, is the author of Fire Them Up! and 10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Business Communicators.
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You might wonder if it's even possible to have a safe computing experience in this day and age, beyond unplugging your broadband connection and never installing any software. Of course it's possible, but it will take some work on your part. You need to install tools to protect yourself, learn good practices, and most important: Exercise common sense. Here's what you need to do, from the bare minimum on up.
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Eric Griffith is a technology journalist with a decade of experience in print and online publishing. He was an editor at Windows Sources, FamilyPC, and Access Internet Magazine, and a producer/editor for Web sites including ZDNet and the (now defunct) Andover.net and WildWeb.com. He has written content for magazines and sites like PC Magazine, Sony Style, CNET, ZDNet, SmartPlanet.com, and PC/Computing.
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THE ROLE OF A LEADER
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Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence
and persuade others to do things is indispensable to everything you
accomplish in life. The most effective men and women are those who can
competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people to
accomplish goals and objectives.
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Brian Tracy is the most-listened-to audio author on personal and business success in the world. His talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness and business strategy provide people with proven ideas and strategies that they can implement immediately for improved results. For more information, visit WWW.BrianTracy.com.
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BLOG-a-THONG
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Your company's blog could be one of your strongest marketing tools--so get talking.
I know a fair amount about evangelism and a little bit about blogging, so I've combined the two to provide some insights into the evangelism of a blog.
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Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Web Site
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Recently I have read a couple very good articles from Gene Marks in BusinessWeek.com.
These articles both provided great business tips in the technology area. I thougt I would share them.
Wothwhile Small Business Technologies 10 great ideas
Ten Penny-Pinching Ideas for 2008
Gene Marks owns and operates the Marks Group PC, a highly successful ten-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses. There are more great ideas here.
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GREAT NETWORKING NEWSLETTER
From Bill Gaffney
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There is a new networking organization in Dayton, Small Biz Success Network, some of us have become involved with. They put out a pretty good weekly newsletter with excellent networking tips. See it here.
Besides being editor for this august publication and CBN-USA Dayton Region co-director Bill is also a career coach and an executive recruiter. He can be reached at 937-567-5267.
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