COOL TOOL: Simple Screen Captures

• Take a picture of your computer screen

• Crop, edit, add effects, & share

• www.snagit.com

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COOL TOOL: Color Code Your Files

• www.foldermarker.com

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COOL TOOL: Access to your “Stuff”

• www.dropbox.com

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COOL TOOL: Online Stopwatch

• Perfect for Training Seminars, Meetings

• www.online-stopwatch.com

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COOL TOOL: State Protected Classes

Surprising Source: Craigslisthttp://tinyurl.com/24xzut7

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NEWS: Proposed Protected Class: LGBT

Find more info on HUD’s website here:

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TREND: Hello, Home Schoolers

• More than 1.5 million home-schooled in US

• Relative increase of 74% from 1999 - 2007

• Assorted drivers

• http://nces.ed.gov

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TREND: “Frugal Cocooning”

• Americans still cash-strapped & cautious

• Meals eaten at home; wine & alcohol sales up

• Adios, extras: family photos, gyms

• Global Consumer Confidence Survey: http://en-us.nielsen.com

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TREND: Intersection of Green & Frugal

• Commuter bicycling, Ride Shares up

• Repurposing, Yard Sales more mainstream

• Gardening, canning food on the rise

• www.swaptreasures.com, www.freecycle.org

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TREND: Wallets, Hearts & Souls

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TREND: Social Media/HR Concerns

• SM poses a minefield of HR concerns, like:

– Can you use SM to research job candidates?

– Should you be friends w/ the boss on Facebook?

– What happens if you vent about work online?

– http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com

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