What’s New: August 20, 2010
Support—You Need It But There’s That Darn Asking Part In one of my past lives, I was a technical writer. I wrote user manuals for computer softer, I created and taught classes, wrote frequently asked question pages; you name it. If it had to do clicking the “Help” button, I was involved. Typically, when I […]
What’s New: August 13, 2010
To Plan or Not to Plan Last month, we put a significant amount of energy into creating a detailed strategic plan, one that accounts for now a team of folks making Heart of Business happen. It’s been a strenuous journey for me as someone who appreciates guidelines, pathways, and sign posts to introduce such things […]
What’s New: August 6, 2010
Hey Everyone, Judy Murdoch here. I’m taking a little break as I prepare to pack and head out to a workshop I’m taking this weekend. You might not think a workshop entitled, How to Walk with God, is the type of thing someone might take for business purposes. However, in my own experience, the health […]
What’s New: July 30, 2010
Why am I here? (And what about you?) Hey there! It’s me, Yollana – Oasis Guide and Organic Business Development Program coach. I’m pleased to be reaching out to you all through these Friday notes… and you can expect to hear more from Judy here too, as well as the wonderful and familiar Kate. It’s […]
What’s New: July 23, 2010
Is Your Business Bumping on Square Wheels? I remember 2001-2004 as years of intense financial struggle. Things were getting gradually better as I was establishing myself and getting a handle on how to run my business. But it was really hard. It wasn’t until 2005 that things started to really improve. I began to understand […]
What’s New: July 16, 2010
Are You an Expert in the Community? We want to know if you have expertise in an area that can benefit other Oasis community members succeed in their business. You know we have our Guides here dropping into conversations and adding support, but we’d also like to be able to point to members who might […]
What’s New: July 9, 2010
Stymied by Social Media: Don’t Wanna, How, How Much, Why, When? This past week Mark had a great interview with social media maven, Laura Roeder. If you know your marketing would improve by having a stronger social media presence, but have a block to stepping in, poor yourself an iced tea (it’s going to hit […]
What’s New: July 2, 2010
Cheers to Frans De Waal and His Call to Empathy Years ago, I learned a couple of really valuable lessons as a wildlife biology major at UC Davis, in California. The first one, revealed in a Philosophy of the Biological Sciences Science class, took the ground out from under me. I realized that what I […]
What’s New: June 25, 2010
Accepting What’s Before Us Early this morning in that half awake, half dreaming place of lucid betweenness, I had some brilliant insights for you for the week. I even went over them several times to assure there making it into this ordinary reality. (You see where this is going.) The insights didn’t survive the journey […]
What’s New: June 18, 2010
Many Miles From Home With Family So I’m on my way to witness my niece, Rachel’s, high school graduation. This will be the third high school graduation I’ve sat through in as many years. It will also be the third one I’ll have sat shoulder to shoulder on football field bleachers with hundreds of other […]