Trudy Brunot reports:
"A strategic plan serves as a road map for an organization in terms of its vision, mission statement, core values, objectives and goals. It gives functional areas such as distribution, manufacturing, marketing, finance, operations, research and development[,] and human resources a framework for contributing to goal achievement...The planning process becomes smoother with preparation. During this preliminary 'plan-to-plan' stage, individuals who will be involved, the project’s time frame, information needed and sources for that information are identified. Odds for success increase by devoting time to ensure that no one (customers, investors and employees) and nothing has been overlooked. Small businesses may opt to base their HR plan on a set number of quarters or on a half-year basis depending on growth projections and whether they are in the start-up stage...The first step in writing a strategic human resource plan involves a thorough study of external factors affecting the business: economic conditions, political/legislative atmosphere, competitive climate, market conditions, industry outlook and trends in technology. This 'environmental scanning' identifies threats the organization faces and opportunities to exploit...The internal analysis centers on corporate culture, employee competencies and workforce composition by location in terms of workers with general knowledge versus specific skills, contract labor and what author and professor emeritus George W. Bohlander calls 'alliance/partners' — those whose skills do not relate directly to the organization’s strategy. Taking stock of the human capital currently employed provides a foundation for determining future staffing needs...Forecasting encompasses labor demand and supply predictions to indicate any surplus or shortage that the HR strategic plan must address. Demand estimates must consider the organization’s objectives, business unit goals, budgets and historic turnover, absenteeism, retirement and attrition rates. A small business likely will use the qualitative method to forecast demand when it has little or no historical data, rather than crunch statistics. The qualitative method takes advantage of management expertise, intuition and prior experience to assess future employment needs...Supply estimates are based on labor market characteristics such as unemployment rate, demographic trends, government regulations, education levels and worker mobility. Small businesses should consult local, state and government agencies as sources if national and international data is not relevant to their situation...The final step in writing a strategic human resources plan compares the current workforce inventory with the labor forecasts. Gaps related to skills, position types...and workforce size are addressed with action plans based on organizational structure, employee development, succession planning, outsourcing, recruitment and technology strategies." Gary Ewer reports:
"A song’s refrain is often thought of as sounding like a very short chorus. But it’s actually operating more accurately as the final line of a verse. That’s important to keep in mind, because a refrain needs to sound like the logical conclusion of a melody in a verse-only structure, bringing the entire section to a satisfying close...A refrain is usually one or two lines long, and does three things:
D. Laverne O'Neal reports:
"An internal newsletter is not only a communications tool, but also [something that] serves to unite disparate teams, departments and divisions. When employees know what a company is about, it can make them feel better about coming to work every day. Internal newsletters are also good tools for acknowledging and lauding individuals and teams for their contributions, helping to boost morale. Writing an internal newsletter requires a focused, coordinated effort...Choose an appropriate length for the publication. Employees are already bombarded with a lot of information from their department heads and the human resources department...Gather and compile updates from department or project team heads. In many companies, departments function separately. Letting one department know what another is doing helps inspire a sense of teamwork and community...Interview a company newsmaker or client. Newsmakers do not have to be top executives. Project managers and successful sales staff also qualify. Interviewing clients about how they use company products helps employee[s] understand how the end result of their work is being put to use...Solicit employee contributions. An employee opinion column, written by a different staffer each month[,] can offer an individual perspective on life in each department of your company. A cartoon creation contest allows employees of varied stations to flex their creative muscles in an attempt to amuse their co-workers...Ask human resources about notable recent hires. Reading blurbs about new personnel helps employees feel they are in the know. It also serves to make new employees feel warmly welcomed...Compile the material into an easily digestible format. Lead with the newsmaker interview. Put department updates and new hire information in the middle of the newsletter. Put the employee contributions on the back cover, so employees can easily find and comment on them...Create rules for employee-solicited content. Foul language, personal attacks and other negatives should[,] of course[,] be discouraged. Ask yourself whether certain company news is too sensitive or tentative to be released, even internally...Visuals are key. Include photographs of interviewees and of employee contributors, for example." Luisa Brenton reports:
"If you have a talent for writing[,] you could put it [to] use making money from home, writing reviews for various brands. There are quite a few services that will pay you to write a review on their business and products. Having said that, you also need to provide honest reviews both positive and negative on items or services you have actually used...There are many freelance writers finding work and earning money using these review services; before you scramble off to find a bunch of review services, keep reading for tips, and a list of sites that pay reviewers...You must remember that other people who are looking for a product or service will base their decision on the reviews that are available. For that reason, those reviews should be honest...[Negative reviews affect] the product or service being reviewed and there have been a few lawsuits over it...This does not mean [you need to] write a glowing review of every product or service[;] just be careful how you word your reviews...It truly is best to review products or services you have personally tried. Some of the services will reimburse your purchase price for the product or service as well as pay for an honest review, [but] you will have to check out the service to find out if they do this or not...It is all part of [I]nternet marketing and businesses are willing to pay for the service in order to get their brand, product, or service in front of millions of potential customers. By getting honest reviews of the products or service in front of millions of potential customers[,] they can have a higher conversion of potential to the actual customer...If you wish to make money writing reviews, we have some tips to help you get started.
Scott Neuffer reports:
"Narrative essays serve a simple purpose -- to tell a compelling story. Many colleges and universities request a narrative essay as part of their admissions application, but they aren’t looking for fanciful accounts of werewolves or vampires. They’re looking for meaningful stories revealed in personal essays. The essay form requires a coherent structure, with a beginning, middle and end...Students applying for college are probably familiar with the idea of a thesis -- a clear and compelling assertion or argument introduced somewhere in the beginning of the essay and supported throughout. In narrative writing, the thesis takes on a slightly different role. As many narrative essays focus on personal experience, the thesis then becomes the lesson of that experience. It answers the question of why the experience is important in the first place...One golden rule of narrative writing is to show rather than tell. This means that the writer should not simply tell the reader what occurred in the story but rather show the reader the events of the story in vivid detail...After writing a captivating introduction, the writer should develop the plot, or the sequential events of the story. In other types of essay writing, the writer would use the main body of the essay to lay out subtopics, quotes and research that supports the thesis. In narrative essays, the main body should be the experience itself. The writer should unfold events chronologically, using transitions from paragraph to paragraph that don’t halt the reader...As in any good story, the events in a narrative essay should culminate in a dramatic moment of significant change, otherwise known as the climax. In a personal essay about a car wreck, the accident itself may be the climax, or the climax may occur later when the victim passes out or nearly dies on the operating table. The climax should reveal the point where the character changes, for better or worse. It should lead back to the thesis that was touched upon in the introduction, which in turn should be reiterated, even nuanced, in the conclusion. Requirements for narrative essays vary from college to college." Anna T. reports:
"Have you ever wondered how you can get paid to write greeting cards? This sounds like very fun, interesting work to me because as we all know, greeting cards are very short and to the point. Usually you don't need to write more than three or four lines max. Almost all greeting card companies (with the exception of Hallmark who doesn't openly accept submissions) will consider work from freelancers. You may also be in luck if you're an artist or a photographer because many of these places will accept freelance submissions in those fields too!...Most greeting card companies are very picky about what they will accept and even though what you write doesn't have to be long, it has to be catchy and engaging. Think about it — how long does it take you to decide whether or not you like a particular greeting card when you're browsing around in the store before you put it down and go find another? Probably not that long. So your writing has to be really, really good! It may also help if you can be funny since so many greeting cards are humorous...Your pay for accepted greeting card submissions will vary depending on the company you're writing for. In most cases, the amount is anywhere from $25 up to $300 per approved submission...They are all pretty selective, and they have to be because they need to know their cards will sell. But the ones that are the most selective are the more well-known companies...[F]rom what I've read you can't earn as much money with electronic greeting cards. Writing-World has an insightful interview here with Nadia Ali, an experienced greeting card writer who has done work for both the online and [the] offline markets." Karen S. Johnson reports:
"Unless you plan to seek financing from a bank or private investors, your bakery business plan as a finished product is actually less important than the process of writing it. Writing the plan forces you to meticulously analyze every aspect of your business...Write a description of your bakery. This will be the 'Company Overview' of your business plan. Include details about how you started it or plan to start it. For example, perhaps you started baking out of your home as a cottage industry, then demand for your baked goods outpaced your ability to produce them. If you’ve inherited a bakery from a family member, include a brief history and description. If you’ve incorporated or found a partner for the bakery, include that in this section as well...Write your market analysis to justify the demand for your baked goods...Get as much demographic information about your prospective customers as you can, such as income level and amount they spend eating out. Look at existing demographic information such as government census figures or from a trade group...Write what baked goods you will sell. This is called your 'Business Offering.' Obviously you will serve baked goods, but detail if it will be pies, cakes, doughnuts, breads, ethnic-baked goods or specialty items...If you plan to include custom-made orders...mention that in this section. Provide a rationale for what you are offering...Detail the bakery’s management. This will include your expertise and qualifications in running a bakery, as well as those of any partners. If your strength is baking but not accounting or operations, explain how you will handle that...If you are using the business plan to seek investors or get a line of bank credit, include your attorney and any others who will be included in daily decision-making and operations...Write your marketing plan, which is what you will do to get customers to come to your bakery. A marketing plan needs to include products, pricing, place or distribution, and promotion. Outline the products you will sell, what your pricing strategy will be, your bakery location, any delivery services you will offer and any growth plans. Promotions includes your advertising or public relations efforts, as well as daily specials or late afternoon discounts for products that aren’t selling so that you aren’t stuck with day-old goods the next day...Make your financial projections. In this section you will detail what you expect to make within a certain time period to break even or make a profit, such as a fiscal or calendar year. To do this, you need to outline all of your costs...Revenue will include bakery sales plus other services...Write your executive summary. This is the first section of your business plan[,] but it contains one or two of the most important points from each section of your plan, which you won’t usually know until after you write the bulk of your plan...In [your] marketing promotions, include a plan to utilize baking smells to attract customers. For example, schedule a baker for doughnuts during morning rush-hour to appeal to passers-by. If you are concerned about writing a plan, research available software to help you...Do not include commitments or statements from friends or family that they would buy your baked goods as the sole justification for opening a bakery." Patricia Hunt reports:
"Often essays incorporate lists that pose challenges to manuscript design, paragraph structure and grammar. However, readers quickly grasp your point when you list subtopics or themes; assessment checklists; complicated lists of recommendations; steps in process analysis; or component parts of an item. Key aids in composing lists are punctuation and parallelism in grammar. Introduce the list with an independent clause or a sentence with a colon before the list. In punctuation, the colon signals that a long list follows. If the list contains a series of one-word items, separate items with commas. If the list requires more separation between items, use semicolons to separate individual items of more than three words and items that contain commas. Set off a short list from the rest of a sentence with a dash, an informal punctuation mark that also often marks a sudden or dramatic change...Use dashes sparingly in a formal essay. If you have to choose between using a dash and using a colon before a short list, use a colon. A dash has much in common with a T-shirt; neither signals high style. Write an introductory sentence for steps in a sequence. Use numerals followed by periods for each step...Use bullets to list items when order is unimportant. As always, provide a sentence to introduce the list to follow. Bulleted lists must warrant the use of space, meaning do not use bullets for a list of two to four small items. The reader may assume you are wasting space to make your essay appear longer...If possible, ask your instructor or editor for style guidelines about preferred format. Beware of punctuating merely a list of items as a complete sentence. In grammar, parallelism requires that each item in a series begin with the same kind of word...Do not use more than one bulleted list in a three-page essay, if you want your composition to look like a prose composition." SFGate reports:
"Writing a letter of default to the creditor--also known as a hardship letter--opens up a means to communicate with the lender to discuss the situation and seek terms for resolution...Request help in the opening paragraph of the letter detailing the type of terms you hope to obtain...Outline the reasons for your payments falling into arrears, specifying hardship issues...Detail when the event began, if or when you foresee being back on track, and give an estimated time period for the duration of the hardship...Provide proof of hardship...backing the outlined issues with verifiable documentation...Detail the current financial condition of your account, including outstanding balances, payments missed and accumulated interest. Verify with the company you have the correct understanding of the details of the account and offer a solution you can reasonably abide until your income or debt issues are resolved...Sign the letter--both borrower and co-borrower--and mail by certified mail...Always include the account number, the name and address of the creditor, and your legal name and address at the top of the letter. Include any reference numbers received on default notices...Always tell the truth when outlining financial circumstances and future payment details, and never make promises you cannot keep when trying to negotiate with creditors." Rose Wright reports:
"A defense statement is a legal document which contains the answer a defendant gives in response to an accusation, summons or complaint in a certain legal action. The response can be a denial, an admission or a non-admission to the allegations contained in the statement of claim. The information and explanations presented in the statement of defense determine the facts of the case which the defendant will present in the trial...Read through the statement of claim you have received. Note the contents of each paragraph; each represents a separate allegation that you have to answer...Visit the clerk of the courthouse that issued the statement form -- the court that will preside over your legal issue -- and obtain the required forms on which to prepare your defense statement...Write down the name of the presiding court, the subject of the legal proceedings, the parties involved and the role they play in the legal claim and proceedings in the beginning of the form. Include the physical address of the parties and their contact information, such as their phone number...Write a response for every allegation given in the statement of complaint. Arrange your answers to coincide with the arrangement of the claims in the statement of complaint...Give a short explanation to back up your answer after each response; avoid long explanations which are difficult to support. Keep the information clear and to the point under the relevant headings and subheadings...Attach supporting documents to the defense statement that support your defense and dispute what the plaintiff is alleging against you. Date and sign the document and include your current physical address and personal contact information, such as your phone number...Conduct research on the rules and regulations in your state governing the drafting of defense statements in your state by visiting the law library in your county to investigate on the court laws relating to your case. If you want to raise an action such as a counter- or cross-claim against the plaintiff arising from the facts of the case, you need to attach a document stating this action to the defense statement." |
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