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AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

River City Express Network - Archived Reading

Member Recommendations
 

Recession Cost-Cutting No-Nos
Resist the temptation to make these bad business decisions during this downturn
by Jennifer Wang
Entrepreneur.com,
December 15, 2008

 

Alternative Places to Network
by Jessica Chen
Entrepreneur.com,
November 13, 2008

 

I Love You. Now What?
Why do companies make it so hard to say thank you to the right people?

by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Fast Company, October 2008

 

The Importance of Being Sticky: Five Ways to Boost Customer Loyalty
by Jack and Suzy Welch
BusinessWeek, September 22, 2008

 

Take Charge of Your Career: 10 Ways to Survive in Today's Work World by Finding Satisfaction - on Your Own Terms
by Marshall Brown
Training + Development, June 2008

 

The Heroic Checklist: Why you should learn to love checking boxes
by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Fast Company, March 2008

 
Interview Questions to Avoid: What Questions Should You Never Ask Job Applicants?
by Jennifer Wolfe
PinkMagazine.com
 

 

Speaker Recommendations
 
Doug Lucy, President of Allegro Consultants, presented a number of recommendations for free and nearly-free websites and software for individuals and small businesses. He has shared his presentation slides and a resource list.
 
David Tesroet of FranklinCovey shared the Time Matrix, a tool designed to help you understand exactly where you are spending your time and to help you filter out meaningless urgencies. The model was developed as part of Stephen R. Covey's bestseller, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and can be found as part of a comprehensive online assessment.
 
Olivia Acree and Caitlin Shear from A Sorted Affair offered participants a handout of Our 5 Favorite Books.
 
Answering an audience question, the members of the Women at the Top panel suggested a number of books that were valuable to them. In case you missed them, particular titles and authors mentioned were: Ayn Rand, John Steinbeck, The Book of Common Prayer and Profiles in Courage.
 

Laura Posey has provided a motivational reading/listening list as recommended in her presentation at the "Best Business Practices" panel.

 

Click here for Resource List from the "Communications 101" RCEN program presented by Casey Quinlan and Sue Brown.

 
Leesa Wilcher has made available the reading list suggested in her November presentation "Act Like What You Want to Be."