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Tools
- Landscape by Sprout Social is a free, easy way to resize images for various social media platforms. As Sprout Social writes,
How Landscape Benefits You
Brands need a steady source of fresh images to stand out on social media, but creating unique images perfectly optimized for each network takes time. Landscape makes the social media image sizing process easy, saving social managers time that can be better spent engaging with valued customers. - Want to kick the FB habit? Delete Facebook Account walks you through deleting your account. Free.
- Spitfire Strategies Smart Chart 3.0 (online and PDF) comes highly recommended by friends in the DC communications world. Give it a try. You can use this tool no matter where you are in the planning process. Features include with this online tool you can You'll be able to create charts online, evaluate decisions you've made, and use "planning tips and examples help you break through creative blocks."
- DATA VISUALIZATION - Effective Communication With Maps, Charts, and Graphs (PDF) — The guru of data viz has shared his expertise. Take advantage. Bookmark. Share.
At work
- Forgiveness is a Leadership Trait that Unites and Stabilizes
- Four Common Types of Difficult Employees And How To Deal With Them
- Ideal Ware's new guide Innovating Program Delivery is right for you if you are looking for new ways to do what you do. The guide includes "ideas and exercises learned from a wide variety of people who have found creative ways to reconsider the obvious and avoid stale thinking." Free.
- Did you know it can take up to 23 minutes to get your head back into work once you've been interrupted? Learn more and what you can do about disruptions in This Clever Trick Will Keep Annoying Coworkers From Disrupting Your Day.
Learn something
- Sheila Arnold Jones will present "Freedom! Or Not? Sarah's Story" at the Carter Slave Emancipation Annual Commemoration, Saturday, September 9 at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church (3585 Courthouse Rd, Heathsville). The event is co-hosted by Mary Ball Washington Musuem & Library, Northern Neck Historical Society, Historic Christ Church & Museum, and First Baptist Church. There is a $5 suggested donation. Learn more about Robert Carter III before the event: THE DAY SLAVERY BOWED TO CONSCIENCE and Robert Carter III - The Abolitionist That Time Forgot.
- Fundamentals of Small Business Accounting using Quickbooks Level I, September 5 through October 10. This RCC (Kilmarnock campus) course is designed to help small business owners and those who work for a small biz make the most of Quickbooks accounting software. Topics covered in the course include setting up databases tailored to your company's profile, vendor invoicing and billing, employee payroll, banking services, and documentation and reporting of accounting activities. $179 for six two-hour sessions.
- Read this now: How to Write a Sympathy Card.
- Understanding the Increase in Opioid Overdoses: NDEWS New Hampshire HotSpot Study Results, a free NDEWS webinar takes place Tuesday, September 12, Noon-1:30 pm. Presenters are Lisa A. Marsch, Ph.D. (Director, Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health; Director, Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network; and Andrew G. Wallace Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College) and Marcella H. Sorg, Ph.D. (Research Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, Rural Drug and Alcohol Research Program; and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine).
- Route Fifty's The New Agenda in State and Local Government will take place Tuesday, September 19 from 2:00-3:00 pm.
The fundamental nature of intergovernmental relations is changing. From immigration to climate change, state and local governments sometimes find themselves at odds with federal policy. Governors and mayors are stepping to the forefront on international relations and trade. Funding formulas for healthcare, homeland security, social services, taxation and infrastructure are all up for debate. During this viewcast we'll look at what the Trump administration’s agenda means for state and local governments across the country.
On the lighter side