Thursday, December 20, 2007

Flexible Volunteer Opportunities

The Charity Guide volunteer directory makes it possible for busy people like you to make a difference at anytime, from anywhere. Even if you have an unpredictable schedule, you can volunteer for your favorite cause, including: animal welfare, children's issues, community development, environmental protection, healthcare, and overcoming poverty. The volunteer projects featured at CharityGuide can be successfully completed: in 15 minutes, in a few hours (once, or each week), or during volunteer vacations.
Charity Guide is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting flexible volunteerism, by inspiring and facilitating acts of kindness.
Charity Guide understands that you're unable to commit to any volunteer activity that requires a specific time commitment — which is characteristic of most traditional volunteer opportunities. Charity Guide understand that there is enormous, untapped kindness available from well-meaning, "would-be volunteers" like you, who yearn for greater fulfillment through helping others.
As a result, Charity Guide pioneered a revolutionary approach to volunteering: Charity Guide help you volunteer on Demand. Charity Guide presents service projects that are entirely flexible and immediately actionable. You can volunteer whenever you want, from wherever you want, in as few as 15 minutes.
In fact, many of the volunteer opportunities featured at Charity Guide are self-directed, such as Do-It-Yourself Ways to Reduce Global Warming. Charity Guide makes volunteering easy and convenient. You don't even need to register. Just get started.
Best of all, every service project featured at Charity Guide includes step-by-step "How to Make a Difference" instructions. So, whenever you're ready to volunteer, you can accomplish the service project as quickly as possible in Charity Guide.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Tips on Pricing Methods for Product and Services

People believe setting prices is a “black art” in business. Yet your ability to effectively set prices has a deep impact on the success and profitability of your business. There are 2 very simple activities you can complete to get a better grip on your pricing. Let me draw those 2 activities and some very simple exercises you can complete to begin pricing more effectively.
What is "effective" pricing?
Effective pricing achieves a number of outcomes for your business. It:
  • Maximizes your profitability
  • Focuses clients on the outcome and value delivered
  • Enables you to have healthy cash flow
  • Builds competitive differentiation
  • Delivers your business strategy
  • Improving your pricing strategy isn't just about putting your prices up. You need to think widely about the implications for your business.

The facts about pricing strategy:

  • There are a number of different ways to go about setting prices
  • Each method has its strengths and weaknesses
  • The key to setting prices effectively is to learn what you can from each method and use that knowledge to identify an optimum price
  • Whichever method you go with there will be a degree of experimentation before you discover the optimum price.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Tips to Handle Bad News

Preparing ahead and managing the bad news about company’s or brand reputation is a key public relations task. Bad news can be anything from a poor quarter that has to be reported to the surprise resignation of a key executive, a product recall or the loss of a significant contract. Bad news is normally a disappointment, a set back, and an occurrence, which will impact on the organization and how it is viewed. It’s something you usually initiate and the disclosure of which is your hands.
Here are some principles to follow in planning how to handle bad news.
  • Assume that if you know, others will also soon know - Always work on the principle that bad news travels faster than good news. Make an assessment of who is likely to know, when is the earliest they are likely to learn - and plan to give the bad news before that time.
  • Determine to tell the truth - There is no substitute for telling the truth. It doesn’t mean that you have to give every detail. Resist every attempt from management to try and take short cuts or give a version that suits some internal agendas. And beware of legal interference.
  • Gather history, facts and opinions - While it’s important to get the news out quickly it’s equally important to take the time to find out whether there has been any story around the issue and what’s been communicated to whom in the past. It’s also important to know who has opinions and perspectives on the issue.
  • Do your messaging - Determine what you are going to say. Then document it and test it within your own organization by playing the devil’s advocate and trying to pick holes in your messaging.
  • Front up, don’t hide - Don’t resort to an announcement by email, and then say that no one is available for further comment. The email, media statement or notice board message should be just the starting point - it’s only the announcement.

The ultimate aim in handling bad news is to do so in a way that protects, and in some instances, enhances your corporate reputation. All organizations face bad news from time-to-time; those that suffer the least from it are those that respond and handle it in a manner that is open, confident and truthful.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Placing you in a Right Job through Recruitment Agency

Are you looking for a right job? Here is an opportunity to acquire a job of your choice, through the recruitment agency Ireland. There is an efficient agency which provides various services that could recruit you in any services of your preference, which can be a Contract job, or a Temporary job, or a Permanent job. There are many places to be recruited in like, Administration, Management, Logistics, Sales, warehousing, etc in Ireland and abroad.

The recruitment team of the agency is well experienced and talented professionals have developed insights into the industries they are recruiting for. If there is no vacancy which is suitable to your requirements, then the Recruitment Agency will source you in the further vacancies from their vast network of their clients.

This agency will also provides you some other services such as, they can advise you in preparing and presenting the effective CV and can also train you with various interview techniques. This recruitment agency facilitates an abstract relationship with the clients and our candidates, which is beneficial to both of them. They attain a superlative service that allows you to place in the appropriate job roles that meet your skills and expectations.

Just upload your CV and submit it with all the required details. Then you can find a lot of opportunities in huge number of companies.