allen | May 18, 2010
Last Saturday night I watched with pride as my youngest daughter(Debbie) walked across the stage and was given her high school diploma. There was also a sense of relief as I realized that all four of my children were now high school graduates. (The two oldest have also finished college.) There were other moments of [...]
allen | April 29, 2010
Trained Volunteer Presenter – These 3 words have been written across the top of my scratch pad at work for almost a week now. I wrote them there after seeing them in one of our company newsletters that was talking about an upcoming luncheon. The article said that the program would be conducted by trained [...]
allen | April 20, 2010
Michael Hyatt has a guest post on his blog by Joel J. Miller – the author of “The Revolutionary Paul Revere” . Michael will be giving away 100 autographed copies of Joel’s book. See his blog at http://michaelhyatt.com/2010/04/the-leadership-secrets-of-paul-revere.html for more about the book and giveaway details. Thank you Joel for a great book and thanks to Michael for [...]
allen | April 10, 2010
Finish what you start! June and Vicki were on their way back from their grandmother’s house. They enjoyed the walk to and from their grandmother’s house on the other side of the lake almost as much as they did the visit. Grandma had a small house just off the lake in a little cove. There [...]
allen | February 22, 2010
What is “Bait and Switch”? “Bait and switch” is an illegal and unethical sales tactic that has been employed by some stores to enhance their sales. In its simplest form, the potential customer is lured into the store for an item that is on sale at a very low price. When the customer arrives at [...]