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Technology Tip of the Month- FSMA Connection


Tips to Managing Interruptions: Taking Down Notes & Action Items Using Your Technology Tools Find out how to use the appropriate method or app to get the information you need quickly into place for future reference. Stop losing information on post-its, back of napkins, or worse yet, altogether!  

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"Using Technology to Increase Your Productivity on the Road"


With the multitude of devices available for business (smartphones, laptops, netbooks and tablets) how do you chose the right one? Just as importantly, how do you make sure you are maximizing your productivity/ effectiveness with the device(s) you use? This short article will give you some basic concepts and tools that you can use to...

"Leveraging Technology for Increased Productivity"


Today’s technology tools for business: smartphones, laptop/desktop computers, netbooks, and tablets. For virtually all of us, these technology tools mean we have more information than ever before, and we are spending more and more time trying to manage, prioritize, and sort that information. How can you effectively manage this...

"Practical Tools for Making the Most Out of Technology"


With all the new devices technology offers us, what is best for you and your organization?  What will enhance your employees' effectiveness and maximize their productivity? 

by Steve Turner, reprinted from the PTDA 2011 Annual Report

"Mastering Productive Tech Tools"


Probably at no time before in history has technology impacted us more in general — and independent manufacturers’ reps specifically. Years ago, veteran reps maintain, all they needed to perform their jobs was a car full of gas, samples in the trunk, a bag full of change for the payphone and a well-maintained day planner...

Editorial: "Technology is calling, should you answer?"


Technology has created new communication methods for our customers and prospects over and above the traditional telephone and face-to-face communication.  You already know these methods well: e-mail, text messages, Twitter, social media, webinars and video conferencing. On top of that, we now have more devices that aid in...

"Quick Tips to Extend Battery Life on Mobile Devices"


Tip #1 Keep your mobile device plugged in anytime your battery is less than 100 percent charged (at your desk, in your car, etc.)...

by Steve Turner, reprinted from Rep Success (American Lighting Association), April 2010

"10 Tips to Get Control of Your e-Mail"


Tip #1: When responding to e-mails, start with the newest e-mail first. Have you ever responded to an e-mail only to find someone had already addressed it? In many cases this is because you responded to an older e-mail... 

by Steve Turner, reprinted from Independent Dealer Magazine, December 2007

"Leveraging Technology to Put Time on Your Side"


Time-it usually seems we never have enough of it.  In this day of "high technology", we sell technology, but we con't always use it to make ourselves more effective in our own daily business activities...

by Steve Turner, reprinted from The Partner Channel Magazine, Winter 2008

Editorial: "Buying Time With The Currency Of Technology"


About four years ago, I set out to test the notion that I could be more productive using the standard readily available “tools,” including Microsoft Outlook and Office. What I found was a world of difference between how we as businesspeople currently operate our computers and how we should operate them to best achieve...