Category Archives: Business

June 13, 2011 · 3:36 pm

Site-Member Profile: Promoting Brilliance, Inc!

Organizational Name Promoting Brilliance, Inc. Lighting up your career and workplace.

Established: 1995

Organizational Owner & Leaders

Beth Wellesley Founder | Leadership, Career & Collaboration Consultant. As a career and communication consultant, Beth Wellesley has spent over 20 years in the role of career coach and cultural change agent.
Contact Info: beth@promotingbrilliance.com (612) 824-0454

Michael Peterson Board Member | Partner | SVP Client Services
Contact Info: michael@promotingbrilliance.com (612) 824-0098

Websites
Biz Site: www.promotingbrilliance.com
Blog: http://news.promotingbrilliance.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/BethWellesley
Facebook: http://bit.ly/4hdwV6
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bethwellesley

Programs & Services Promoting Brilliance, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides services fundamental to change and innovation. Our mission is to support people in taking responsibility for their career and organizational brilliance. We work with organizations and individuals to create effective communication and collaboration as well as career development success. Our services and tools address the necessary connections that lead to sustainability and fulfillment at work.

Our service offerings include:

– Leadership consulting and training – Manager and performance coaching – Collaboration learning and off-sites – Communication development and training – Career transition consulting – Career development planning – Learning assessments – New work/life balance consulting programs – On-boarding strategic consulting – Business partnership consulting – Succession planning – Offsite design and facilitation – Customized workshops and seminars – Guest speaking

Unique Features We design our own programs, learning and development tools to address communication, collaboration, and career development. These include: Drama Busting™ Tools, Keyssential™ Communication Insights, Career & Life Blending™ programs, Team Brilliance™, Collaboration Pilots™, and Leadership Brilliance to increase your competency currency.

We support the vital connection between values-based decision making and leadership for your business and career growth.

Promoting Brilliance provides workshops, seminars and other Brilliant Connections events.

Upcoming events include:

June 28 | Aligning Your Professional Identity | Authenticity In The Real & Virtual Worlds

July 21 | Hit The Refresh Button For Your Career | Sustainable Progress & Continuous Innovation

August 18 | Sincere Connections | Utilizing Your Authentic Assets for Career Fulfillment

Check back soon for more events!

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June 6, 2011 · 11:14 am

Site-Member Profile: E & L Bindery!

Business Name: E & L Bindery

Year Established: 1960

Business Owner: Jeff Dahlin

Product/Service: Custom Hardcover Bookbinding services Unique Features/Competitive Advantage: Serving the niche market of binding and book restoration for individuals, schools, companies & organizations. Print runs for 1 copy to 200 copies.

Examples: Limited Editions binding: Family histories, poetry collections… Professional Journals and Thesis binding: Also includes dissertations, honors projects… Periodicals binding (Newspaper, Bulletin, Newsletter file volumes): Bind those stacks of back issues into protective hardcover volumes for easy storage and reference. Book restorations and repairs,Custom binders, portfolios, and boxes.

Contact Information:
Phone: 651/251-2255
Email: jeff@elbindery.com
Website: http://www.elbindery.com/

Other Community Activities: Jeff Dahlin, owner of E & L Bindery, also participates in the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. At Windrose Mil as “Master LooseLeaf,” Jeff demonstrates the art of bookbinding alongside other specialized artisans who demonstrated paper making, printing and calligraphy. Jeff/Master LooseLeaf has been honored by the King as a Master Artisan over the years.

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May 31, 2011 · 11:44 am

Site-Member Profile: KJE Design LLC[ design that works ]™

Year established: 1987

Business name:KJE Design LLC[ design that works ]™

Owner/Executive Director name:Karen Engelbretson

Service:Graphic design. I help small businesses succeed with identity and brand design, direct marketing, advertising, promotions, website design and development. For large companies, I create engaging employee communications that help workers understand the value and complexities of their compensation and benefits. For local and state governments, I design and illustrate communications that encourage water quality protection and wildlife habitat restoration.

Unique features, competitive advantage:KJE Design is a collaboration of talented professionals working in design, content development, illustration, animation, photography, web development and printing. I match my clients and their projects with extraordinary talent and services. Together we consistently exceed expectations.

Contact information:Karen Engelbretson
KJE Design LLC
651-602-9440
karen@kje.comwww.kje.com

Notes:

Recent comment about a compensation brochure…”I thought this communication was extremely well done. You took a complex issue with a lot of moving parts and presented it in a very straight-forward manner. The design was very aesthetically pleasing… the charts, tables and graphs very helpful. We often underestimate the impact of a well designed document. Personally I know I am much more likely to read material that looks good.”

A local small business responds to their website…”Your design is crisp, very unique and fun. It well represents our company’s slogan and service. Ease of navigation, clear and readable – almost lyrical – text. You’ve captured our essence. You really know us, to be able to boil us down to the bare bones, and distill our flavor.”

During her conference, a client takes time to email…”Thank you so much for your hard work. We love you! Can’t tell you how much everyone thinks the booklet, banners, postcards are amazing. Yes, they are being hoarded.”

Following a branding and web development project, music to my ears…”What a classy job you did for us, Karen. Thank you!”

Karen’s *other* emerging business: KJE Felties! There is a Facebook page for that business as well, and here is the photo page from it:

http://www.facebook.com/kjefelties?v=photos

Special Bonus:

Native plant illustrations!

See the full collection here:

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20845&id=1252340139&l=3704e8d25f

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May 19, 2011 · 5:17 pm

This article from the Center for Media & Democracy about B Corporations is so exciting! Vermont is the 4th state to allow the establishment of these type of organizations, which recognize the value of the public good.

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March 24, 2011 · 3:42 pm

It takes focus, drive and motivation (via WeJungo Network)

Great information, thanks!

Living Success. Being an entrepreneur involves much discipline and self-confidence, two things that are vital to being successful in your career and life. Recently, statistics show that women are starting their own businesses at twice the rate of men. There are many different paths women can take in starting their businesses and becoming successful, and once you map out your plan it’s important to learn what you will need to commit to ensure your … Read More

via WeJungo Network

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March 9, 2011 · 8:04 pm

The End of the Dollar Bill? High Cotton Prices Could Force $1 Coin (via NewsFeed)

Makes sense..

It turns out $1 bills are worth less than the paper they're printed on. So-called "paper money" is composed of 75% cotton and 25% linen. This means that money printers are being badly hit by the global increase in cotton prices. In 2010, the cost of making one bill was 50% more than it had been in 2008. That's a hell of a leap for such a little piece of "paper". (More on TIME.com: See pictures of the dangerous history of printing money) Multiply … Read More

via NewsFeed

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March 9, 2011 · 7:22 pm

Qualify More Effectively: The New ‘BANT’ (via Alex Krawchick)

Like how people will say about themselves that they like any *good* music, so I believe, for those of us following the entrepreneurial path, nearly all *good* content about the world of business can be of interest. This marketing-anchored post being a great example. I don’t do marketing/sales, but it’s interesting to see things from this point of view.

The 'BANT' sales qualification methodology (Budget, Authority, Need and Timing) has always seemed underwhelming and incomplete to me. Fortunately, I was recently reading something about BANT (though I can't remember where) and it suggested a new sheriff in town—his name is 'FAINT.' I really like it. FAINT: Funds, Authority, Interest, Need and Timing Funds: The thesis here is that it's not just enough to look at Budget in a traditional sense, i.e. … Read More

via Alex Krawchick

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February 16, 2011 · 4:14 pm

Discounting your fees? Strategies to consider..

This article from Six Revisions offers thoughts on the practice of fee-discounting, and ways to make sure the practice doesn’t cause more harm than good.

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February 4, 2011 · 9:11 pm

10 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs (via The Educated Entrepreneur’s Blog)

Fascinating, thanks for making these known!

A fellow entrepreneur gave me a slight nudge today that motivated me to post today's blog. I think you will certainly find value in it as it incorporates some of the best minds of the 21st century. Remember….. The secret to learning as an entrepreneur is to mix equal parts of inspiration and perspiration. Hard work without a vision is futile, while a great idea without execution is similarly worthless. In these TED talks, you'll find the in … Read More