28/01/2009 by Phil.

Are you into Facebook? No neither am I. But as these social networking sites take over the world (as it seems to me!) it would be a lost opportunity not to try them to improve networking for your business.

Have you tried LinkedIn yet? I looked at it as part of a marketing plan for EMS and I have to say I find it very useful. I have re-connected with some respected and valued colleagues from years and years ago and in places like China, Belgium and the USA. If I have a question, or need information, I can ask my connections or the whole community (currently 30,000,000+++) and get answers quickly. Likewise if they have a need they can easily contact me. You can even read this BLOG on my LinedIn profile. Like all good network system it relies on connections. Although I have under 100 1st level contacts at the second level (my contacts, contacts) there are 13,000+, and at the third level almost 1.4 million!!

So why not take a look and give it a go. 15 minutes spent entering your profile (tip: copy and paste from your CV, it’s quicker) is well worth the investment. And if you want to send myself or Geoff an invitation to join your contacts you are going to get a ‘YES’     http://www.linkedin.com/?trk=hb_logo     philt@emseff.co.uk     geoff@emseff.co.uk

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29/12/2008 by Geoff.

Linda Trapnell has been invited to speak at the 14th International Conference on Thinking in Kuala Lumpar in June of next year. Other speakers include. Edward De Bono and Tony Buzan. For more information on the conference go to: http://www.14ththinkingconference.com

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15/12/2008 by Geoff.

As we mentioned some time ago in this blog we have been trying to recruit Linda Trapnell to EMS. We’re pleased to report success! Linda brings valuable leadership skills to our offering with the potential of adding value to our clients. For more details of Linda (skillsets, full rpofile and projects completed) follow this link - http://www.emseff.co.uk/company.html.

Together with Geoff we now have two authorised practitioners in Motivational Maps. If you want to know more about motivating your team read our article - http://www.emseff.co.uk/motivation.html and visit www.motivationalmaps.com (for business) and www.motivationalmapseducation.com

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07/12/2008 by Phil.

Our new website has just been verified as W3C (The World Wide Web Consortium) compliant. In a direct quote from the W3C website ‘The social value of the Web is that it enables human communication, commerce, and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C’s primary goals is to make these benefits available to all people, whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental ability.’ For example you will see that on our site all the fonts are scalable, so that visitors with sight difficulties can view the site at a comfortable font size for them.

Just beware though. There are some companies testing your site and cold calling to talk to you about W3C in a marketing drive for their business. As always just beware and check things out with your website designer or developer first.

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01/12/2008 by Phil.

Phil has just taken on a long term project to assist a printing company in attaining Business Improvement Techniques  NVQ II qualifications for a good proportion of it’s workforce. The program consists of workshops and coaching sessions aimed at LEAN improvements identified, implemented and monitored by the students. When I say that some of the students have worked there for 39+ years and the average length of service is 28years, then you will see they have a lot of experience to draw on. More reports as the work progresses.

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23/11/2008 by Geoff.

We at EMS have a Goal to improve the performance of our customers. One of the ways we do this is to ensure our resources are effective which we do by ensuring that all our consultants have the necessary key skills. We have a training program for consultants which is also applicable to those with limited experience of the business support field. If you are someone who is considering a career in business consultancy then have a look at our website http://www.emseff.co.uk/index.html and if you like what you see contact us http://www.emseff.co.uk/contact.html

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23/11/2008 by Geoff.

Linda Trapnell, one of our trusted suppliers, has just returned from 10 days in the Middle East where she delivered leadership training at two venues to a total of 60 people. As always with Linda the feedback on the training was 5 star. We are keen to convert Linda to a member of EMS so watch this blog for further news! If your business wants to improve its leadership skills then contact us.

http://www.emseff.co.uk/contact.html

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16/11/2008 by Geoff.

We launched our new website in October with the aim of providing business people with access to useful business advice and support. Whilst of course it promotes EMS you’ll find details of our philosophy of business support, key resources, articles of interest and use, our workshops and solutions. We hope you find the site and this blog (ensuring we don’t give you yet another newsletter!) useful. If you’ve not already visited us go to http://www.emseff.co.uk/index.html 

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09/11/2008 by Geoff.

We have just completed a major piece of work for one of our clients enabling them to analyse and forecast the turnover, cash flow and profitability of their business on a month by month basis. The work was headed up by Trevor and involved a detail understanding of how the business worked to produce a model which enabled the business to work through as many ‘what if’ scenarios they wanted. The result is a much better understanding of how the business works and an ability to react quickly to the ever changing economic conditions.

http://www.emseff.co.uk/company.html

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03/11/2008 by Geoff.

We have just finished delivering a 1.5 day workshop on business English for a certified institute. We identified the need in conversation with the client and we have aimed the content on avoiding miss interpretation and hence upsetting clients and suppliers. This will continue to form the basis of a key service to our customers.

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