Maria Pantalone

As a busy business-person it’s challenging to send out a regular newsletter, but it can be done. Here are my top five tips.

If you’re considering hiring the services of a virtual assistant these tips will help you make sure they’re the right person for the job.

Whether you’re working in a team, leading a team or working with a client, an indispensable factor in being effective is the element of trust.

Technological advances have now enabled us to communicate in a variety of ways – Facebook, Twitter, email and text messaging to name a few.

Have you ever been part way through a presentation and suddenly gone blank? You don’t remember where you were up to in your presentation and you look at your audience who in turn are watching your every move.

The secret to better time management is more simple than you ever imagined – we can’t manage our time as we all have the same number of hours in a day. What we can do is manage ourselves within the time. Now, here are some ideas for how to make better use of the hours available to you.

A common error people make when writing business documents is they use words that are familiar to them – not necessarily language that’s familiar to their reader. Here’s some advice for choosing the most appropriate words for your next document.

Do you find it tough to begin the writing process for your business documents, especially reports or proposals? An outline can save you time and can help you to become clear as to the essential components of your document.

Are there any lessons and experiences taught by sports teams that can be applied to a business situation? Maria Pantalone says yes.

Maria Pantalone blogs about improving communication in the workplace.

“Do you find that when you’re tired your communication with those around you isn’t as good as it normally would be?”