Principles That Lead to Successful Meetings
These four principles provide a foundation for leading effective meetings.1) Everyone has valuable ideas. Your job as leader in a meeting to put people to work. And this includes everyone. If you plan to invite someone without expecting contributions, leave that person out. Spectators cost money and slow the meeting process.> Example: Open a meeting by telling the attendees, "I asked you to come to this meeting because I n

Project Management Excellence - Beyond Colourful Status Reports Demands Much More
Project management excellence goes beyond producing project charters, detailed schedules and colourful status reports. Today's project managers must acquire the skills necessary to combat a myriad of modern challenges. Factors such as downsizing, merger mania, restricted finances, an accelerated business pace, a multidisciplinary world, rising competition and seemingly ceaseless change, acting singly and in concert, demand much more.Electricity used to be as simple as flicking a switch. Not any more. The markets have been liberated and the pie has been shared between 6 major suppliers - the ball is now in the customers' court. Not only that, global warming is making us think differently about the way we use energy. By partnering with an electricity supplier that understands their needs, small businesses are finding they can help the environment and save money.

As a Sales & Marketing Director for Electricity4Business, we do not pretend to be a green company, but do believe in helping businesses conserve energy. We are not powered by windmills or solar power - there simply isn’t enough green energy produced yet. At present, the electricity we provide is made from burning fossil fuels just like everyone else's. But by encouraging our customers to cut unnecessary consumption, we can save them money and help protect the environment.

So how do electricity costs mount up? Not so long ago, you could walk into a shop or small business and the only equipment you would find was a telephone, a cash register and possibly a computer. Now there are dozens of gadgets and appliances sucking up energy almost everywhere you look - printers, fax machines, air conditioning units, promotional pieces, laptop and mobile phone chargers, refrigerators, ventilators, modems and routers, coffee machines, power tools, machinery, and the list goes on and on. Many of them are never disconnected from the mains and buzz, whir

g with an electricity supplier that understands their needs, small businesses are finding they can help the environment and save money.

As a Sales & Marketing Director for Electricity4Business, we do not pretend to be a green company, but do believe in helping businesses conserve energy. We are not powered by windmills or solar power - there simply isn’t enough green energy produced yet. At present, the electricity we provide is made from burning fossil fuels just like everyone else's. But by encouraging our customers to cut unnecessary consumption, we can save them money and help protect the environment.

So how do electricity costs mount up? Not so long ago, you could walk into a shop or small business and the only equipment you would find was a telephone, a cash register and possibly a computer. Now there are dozens of gadgets and appliances sucking up energy almost everywhere you look - printers, fax machines, air conditioning units, promotional pieces, laptop and mobile phone chargers, refrigerators, ventilators, modems and routers, coffee machines, power tools, machinery, and the list goes on and on. Many of them are never disconnected from the mains and buzz, whir

e not powered by windmills or solar power - there simply isn’t enough green energy produced yet. At present, the electricity we provide is made from burning fossil fuels just like everyone else's. But by encouraging our customers to cut unnecessary consumption, we can save them money and help protect the environment.

So how do electricity costs mount up? Not so long ago, you could walk into a shop or small business and the only equipment you would find was a telephone, a cash register and possibly a computer. Now there are dozens of gadgets and appliances sucking up energy almost everywhere you look - printers, fax machines, air conditioning units, promotional pieces, laptop and mobile phone chargers, refrigerators, ventilators, modems and routers, coffee machines, power tools, machinery, and the list goes on and on. Many of them are never disconnected from the mains and buzz, whir

t the environment.

So how do electricity costs mount up? Not so long ago, you could walk into a shop or small business and the only equipment you would find was a telephone, a cash register and possibly a computer. Now there are dozens of gadgets and appliances sucking up energy almost everywhere you look - printers, fax machines, air conditioning units, promotional pieces, laptop and mobile phone chargers, refrigerators, ventilators, modems and routers, coffee machines, power tools, machinery, and the list goes on and on. Many of them are never disconnected from the mains and buzz, whir

ere you look - printers, fax machines, air conditioning units, promotional pieces, laptop and mobile phone chargers, refrigerators, ventilators, modems and routers, coffee machines, power tools, machinery, and the list goes on and on. Many of them are never disconnected from the mains and buzz, whir and generate heat even when not in use. Now is the time to consider their cost to you, and to the environment.

The good news is that there are many ways to conserve energy and not even notice it, except when you look at the bill at the end of the month. And with increasing awareness of the impact our actions have on the environment, staff may no longer dismiss the boss as a penny pinching miser for insisting on turning the lights out after work. All it takes to make a difference is a little awareness and some positive thinking.

The most important way to reduce electricity consumption is to instill a culture of energy saving in your company. Typically, electricity is not so much used inefficiently as wasted, leaked and lost. Solving this problem begins by asking some simple questions about how equipment is used and maintained. Is the photocopier used often enough to justify it being on all day? Is the refrigerator door properly sealed and opened as rarely as possible? Are the computer's energy saving settings on? When was the last time that ventilator was cleaned? Why are the windows open if the heating is on?

Then there is the equipment itself. Replacing 38mm (T1