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WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 6 – Karen Brelsford

WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 6 – Karen Brelsford

This week’s podcast features tips on simple ways to get through the holidays and an interview with theatrical artistic director Karen Brelsford.

Karen has been working in theatre for years and WorkAwesome editor Mike Vardy discusses with her how she is able to balance her work as well as handle the rigors of working in such a demanding field. Karen shares her insights on how she manages her time in order to deal with multiple productions and how she went from studying tree rings for a living to the world of theatre.
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WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 5 – David Allen

WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 5 – David Allen

On this week’s podcast, WorkAwesome editor Mike Vardy speaks with someone who many consider to be the preeminent productivity expert on the planet: David Allen.

David is the author of Getting Things Done (and creator of the methodology with the same name — or GTD for short) and is the “go to guy” for all things productivity-related. We talk about New Year’s resolutions, the common misconceptions about GTD and even get into the real secret behind the methodology. This is an exclusive interview on the WorkAwesome podcast with the creator of GTD — and shouldn’t be missed.

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Advertiser Accolades

While our readership (and now, listenership) are the two main reasons we deliver quality content here at WorkAwesome on a regular basis, we’d like to take the time to give our appreciation to our advertisers. Without them we’d have a harder time bringing you the articles, tips, tricks and interviews that we do.
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WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 4 – Brett Kelly

WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 4 – Brett Kelly

This week’s podcast features an interview with Brett Kelly of Bridging the Nerd Gap and author of the popular ebook, Evernote Essentials. Brett has been a part of the productivity scene on the web for years now, with a myriad of blogs and projects to his credit. Brett and WorkAwesome editor Mike Vardy discuss the use of Evernote in terms of a productive workflow, what features of Evernote often go under-utilized and what he feels is the best coffee maker there is.

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How I Fell in Love with Research

One of the primary elements of ensuring a job is well done is often through the use of research. But a lot of people simply hate research. With the internet busting at the seams with sites that offer information that can be applied to projects, you would think that doing awesome work with the assistance of these resources would be easily achievable.

Yet it really isn’t.

But you can fall in love with research if you know where to look. That, however, requires — you guessed it — research.
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Top 10 Powerpoint Resume Presentations on Slideshare

As the landscape of job hunting changes, so does the way job hunters need to present themselves. While the traditional written resume is going to be a staple for most, there are others who have taken it upon themselves to enhance their resumes through unique design implementation or delivery method.

Bringing your resume to life with a slidedeck is becoming increasingly popular. We’ve highlighted the top 10 PowerPoint resume presentations on Slideshare below to give you an idea of what you can do to elevate your resume — and land that next gig.
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Secret Santa 101: 5 Great Rules to Gift By

Well, December is here.

As the year comes closer to an end, the current atmosphere around the workplace falls somewhere between ultra-stressed for some and collective relief for others. It’s more likely that if you’re reading this post you’re feeling more of a sense of accomplishment, mixed with optimism for what’s to come — and perhaps a little dash of regret as well. To that end, the holiday season has begun, and if your office is like so many others you’re holding a piece of paper with someone’s name on it that reminds you as much.

That’s because you’re their Secret Santa.
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WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 3

This week’s episode of the WorkAwesome Podcast features an interview with Nathan Hangen and Oleg Mokhov. These two gentlemen who not only have their own ventures that they foster on a daily basis, such as Nathan’s Building Digital Empires site and Oleg’s own site Mokhov.com, but they have forged a partnership with two projects: SoundTrackster (a site that offers “royalty-free music that doesn’t suck”) and BlueRize, which offers electronic music and podcasts that are a serve to energize entrepreneurs.
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