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Health and Wellness

Fall is Wonderful

If Fall lasted longer I might get tired of this view. But since the leaves change color so quick and drop so fast I savor every minute.

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Health and Wellness

No Commute: One of the Many Benefits of Working from Home

Ford Europe has an interactive tool for calculating time and costs of commuting. I work from home so the results are not surprising. If you have a long commute I hope you find some enjoyment in it and can work to make it shorter.

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Operations

Duties of Every Employee

Every job, every employee, and every employer has these essential duties or job function: Sales Customer Service Education Maintenance How do these functions manifest in your workplace? Sales EMS, especially when provided by a public agency, doesn’t have to do traditional sales and marketing. What EMS does need to do is communicate its value to […]

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EMS Tips

Prioritizing Work Tasks

52 days until the end of 2010! Last week as I looked at my ever expanding work to-do list I wanted to prioritize what I could realistically get done between now and the end of the year. While keeping in mind three holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years). 1. List tasks. I made a list […]

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EMS Tips Operations Students

Which kind of person are you?

Today a group of trainees visited our station. My partner introduced himself and then offered this great bit of advice about work and relationships: “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt //

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Social Media Tips

Finding Work with Social Media

In 2009 I have gone all in with social media. The connections I have made have led to a podcast (EMSEduCast.com), a new live online EMS education training program (EMSBootCamp.com), and a new website (PIOSocialMediaTraining.com). Together these projects have broadened my audience and exponentially expanded my network. They are also becoming a small and growing […]

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News and Events

National Coffee Day Production and Consumption Tips

As a fan of national days of no particular importance I am especially pleased to tell you that today is National Coffee Day. I celebrated with my usual morning cup of coffee from my single cup maker (Amazon link) – no more, no less. Thanks Coffee Nate for bringing this important day to my attention. […]