Summer Singing In The City was a huge success on Tuesday. A dozen ladies singing their hearts out in Dot-Art's gallery. And believe everything the Liverpool Echo says, it was therapy and is a total stress buster. So much so, that North West Tonight will be joining us for a good old singalong next Tuesday (17th June).
See you there - or be very stessed - and very square.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Thursday, 22 May 2008
You've heard of Sex and the City ...
... new, exciting, stimulating and fun at lunchtime ... now there's
Singing and the City!
Gotchya!
This six week course will help you de-stress, improve your shower voice, network with your business comunity and make tuesday lunchtimes something to look forward to. You will sing African songs, songs fromour city and more. It may even lead to a performance for your colleagues and friends.
Each session costs a fiver and your first one is totally free.
So don't be shy and call Su to let her know you're coming on 07717 181 826. I'll be there - you'll hear me for miles!
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Listen on Sunday at 11am on BBC Radio Merseyside
And my day just gets better.
If you ever listen in to BBC Radio Merseyside, you'll perhaps know about Linda McDermott's late night live show which starts at 10pm. Myself, Christine Corscaden, Jo Lambe and Moureen Nolan have a girlie night in on the radio show with her on a Wednesday. It's pure therapy (for my part).
But we've been asked to give it up! Instead, we've been promoted to prime time at 11am on Sunday mornings. No more late nights on a Wednesday. And thank God it's radio, so if I look dog rough after a Saturday night out only those in the studio will see!
Listen in - you may get a mention!
If you ever listen in to BBC Radio Merseyside, you'll perhaps know about Linda McDermott's late night live show which starts at 10pm. Myself, Christine Corscaden, Jo Lambe and Moureen Nolan have a girlie night in on the radio show with her on a Wednesday. It's pure therapy (for my part).
But we've been asked to give it up! Instead, we've been promoted to prime time at 11am on Sunday mornings. No more late nights on a Wednesday. And thank God it's radio, so if I look dog rough after a Saturday night out only those in the studio will see!
Listen in - you may get a mention!
Bighand round of applause for Outsourcing
It's been a great day! After weeks of blood, sweat and tears Document Direct is now compatible with Bighand's digital dictation system. "Uh?" I hear you say.
Bighand are one of the major suppliers of digital dictation systems in the country. In fact they have about 80% of the top law firms in the UK as customers. And boy, would I like to have just a few of those 80% of law firms as customers. But there was a problem. Bighand digital recordings are in a different format to my system and that meant that I couldn't play their sound files to transcribe them. My problem was I was trying to put a Betamax video tape into a VHS video player - square peg/round hole. Our systems were just not compatible.
So we invested in some serious software development and computer programming to make all of this work. Graham Pengelley of Mainline Consultants has been stress tested today (and his software too) and the results have been brilliant! We passed all of Bighand's tests and checks and we're now working with Bighand as one of their approved outsourcing partners. Woo hoo!
Bighand are one of the major suppliers of digital dictation systems in the country. In fact they have about 80% of the top law firms in the UK as customers. And boy, would I like to have just a few of those 80% of law firms as customers. But there was a problem. Bighand digital recordings are in a different format to my system and that meant that I couldn't play their sound files to transcribe them. My problem was I was trying to put a Betamax video tape into a VHS video player - square peg/round hole. Our systems were just not compatible.
So we invested in some serious software development and computer programming to make all of this work. Graham Pengelley of Mainline Consultants has been stress tested today (and his software too) and the results have been brilliant! We passed all of Bighand's tests and checks and we're now working with Bighand as one of their approved outsourcing partners. Woo hoo!
Thursday, 1 May 2008
New Website-New Blog
I'm very guilty of not updating my blog. But I do have a good excuse. I've been working on our new website for Document Direct which also contains a blog.
I'll be focussing on getting some more typing work for our fantastic team so they can be kept busy and live their work-from-home dreams (pictured left).
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Is it flexibility you're looking for?
There are many reasons why people want to work from home and one of the most powerful motivations is the flexibility it gives you. When you're your own boss, you can choose when you earn and when you learn.
I've met a few virtual assistants recently who started their business because it will give them the flexibility to spent more time doing the things they really like - spending time with horses; studying to become a personal trainer; or studying for an alternative career.
If you're looking for an alternative career, why not consider I.T. There are many online training courses available which are affordable, offer flexibility which means you can learn whenever and wherever it suits you. And the area of IT is vast - so if you want to become a web developer, a support technician, computer programmer or an applications specialist, there are the right courses available for you.
The Learning Space is one such company which has a whole catalogue of training courses to suit any individual interested in any area of I.T. My particular favourite is Microsoft User Specialist.
With this course we can learn how to use Microsoft Office 2007 to its fullest and it comes with a whole host of resources which would be a dream to anybody who trains other in this field.
If you would like to learn more about the careers and courses available then fill in the form below and you will receive information by email.
I've met a few virtual assistants recently who started their business because it will give them the flexibility to spent more time doing the things they really like - spending time with horses; studying to become a personal trainer; or studying for an alternative career.
If you're looking for an alternative career, why not consider I.T. There are many online training courses available which are affordable, offer flexibility which means you can learn whenever and wherever it suits you. And the area of IT is vast - so if you want to become a web developer, a support technician, computer programmer or an applications specialist, there are the right courses available for you.
The Learning Space is one such company which has a whole catalogue of training courses to suit any individual interested in any area of I.T. My particular favourite is Microsoft User Specialist.
With this course we can learn how to use Microsoft Office 2007 to its fullest and it comes with a whole host of resources which would be a dream to anybody who trains other in this field.
If you would like to learn more about the careers and courses available then fill in the form below and you will receive information by email.
Thursday, 20 March 2008
This is an emailed joke but it made me smile ...
The European Commission has just announced that English will be the official language of the European Union. German, which was the other possibility, narrowly missed out.
During negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly this will make sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer pepl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und after zis fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German; lik zey vunted in ze forst plas.
During negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly this will make sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer pepl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und after zis fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German; lik zey vunted in ze forst plas.
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