Joni Rose - Profile
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Joni Rose has extensive experience in adult education, corporate training and management.
Her business, Career Minded Consulting Services, offers career coaching and workshops to help clients focus their career paths, develop soft skills or resolve professional challenges.
She has developed, administered and led training programs for the Surrey School Board, Douglas College, UBC, Kwantlen University College and various corporate clients since 1989. She has taught career development over the last 14 years to adults starting their career or making a career transition later in life.
Her ability to motivate and inspire self exploration and career growth has enabled students and coaching clients to reach their full potential
Joni is the writer for the topic Training and Professional Development for Suite 101.
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* Strategies to Improve Memorization
* Office Spring Cleaning
* Presenting to Upper Management
* How to Improve as an Assistant
* Aligning Priorities with Goals
* Criticizing a Colleague with Class
* Outsourced Training Advantages
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* Customer Service Orientation
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Apr 12, 2008
Strategies to Improve Memorization
Posted by Feature Writer Joni Rose
Do you have a great deal of information that you need to remember? Here are some strategies to help improve your ability to memorize information.
To memorize a large amount of information, try one or more of the following strategies.
Break Information into Chunks
To retain a large amount of information, break it into smaller sections. Can you break the information into three or five groups? Can you find common themes that can be used to group the information? If it is a large text or book, break your studying into chapters or sets of pages and colour coding each chunk to aid retention.
Flash Cards
Create flash cards if you need to remember definitions of terms or concepts. Recipe cards are handy as they can be bought in a rainbow of colours and can be hole-punched (use a single ring to keep them bound) and are portable. Write a term or short phrase on the blank side of the card, and use the back to elaborate with details. To make the cards quickly, photocopy information to glue onto the back of the card.
To memorize the information, test yourself by looking at term or phrase to see if you know the information on the reverse of the card. If you get it right, put it in the “right” pile. If you get it wrong, put it in the “wrong” pile. Go through your stack of flash cards and then pick up the “wrong” pile and work through it again. Your goal is to get all the cards in the “right” pile.
Summary Sheets
Summarize the information using:
* flow charts to demonstrate a process
* tables comparing similarities and differences
* bullet points of important notes
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Mar 29, 2008
Office Spring Cleaning
Posted by Feature Writer Joni Rose
Spring is a great time to do a thorough clean of your office or workspace. The freshly organized space will increase productivity and efficiency.
A radical spring cleaning of your office space is a great idea if you’ve found that over time the clutter has taken over and the furniture and equipment needs to be rearranged for a better work flow.
Start by packing the most important items that will return to the office after cleaning. Purge old files, out-of-date reading materials and office supplies that are not used. Wipe out drawers, desk tops, shelves and filing cabinet exteriors. If possible, put a new coat of paint to unify mismatched office furniture.
Once all the furniture and office supplies have been removed, clean windows and wash down the walls and window sills. Have carpets cleaned or wash hardwood floors. If possible, give the walls a fresh coat of paint in a trendy color that unifies the decorative scheme.
Create a floor plan that will allow a better work flow. If the office felt cluttered before, reduce the amount of furniture to create more of an open space. Put office supplies back grouping like supplies together. Rearrange files so the ones that are used daily are in the desk filing drawer and files used less frequently are in a filing cabinet.
Other tips to update the work space:
* Purchase new matching desk accessories – business card holder, pencil cup, letter tray, stapler and organizer for paper clips and sticky notes.
* Replace an older monitor with a flat screen monitor
* Replace a wired key board and mouse with a wireless model
* Replace dated art with contemporary photos or prints
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Mar 25, 2008
Presenting to Upper Management
Posted by Feature Writer Joni Rose
Present to busy executives by keeping presentations concise and relevant to their areas of concern. Engage executives by seeking their input.
Executives are busy people. When presenting to them, consider that they need the information in small chunks that show relevance to their areas of concern. Consider the audience.
If the CFO is present, relate the information presented back to the bottom line. In other words consider how the information presented will cut expenses or generate revenue. If the CEO is present, show a link between the information presented to one or more top corporate goals you know they are passionate about. If the CIO is present, make sure that the presentation is technically flawless and that technical implications have been considered in any proposals.
If using a PowerPoint presentation, use the rule of 5 - use no more than 5 bullet points per slide and 5 words per bullet. This will prevent slides that are text heavy and miss delivering key points. If more detailed information is necessary, then provide a take-away document for the executives to review after the presentation.
Avoid the temptation to present without audience interaction for more than 6 minutes. Engage the executives by asking for their input, suggestions and answers to questions that will aid in the delivery of the information. The more they feel that they are part of the suggestion and decision making process the better.
Another important tip is never to present just the problems. Present problems with viable, well researched solutions and be prepared to answer any questions about your solution and how you arrived at it.
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