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01/31/2022

Ninety percent of businesses have been hit by cyberattacks and a rise in phishing emails.

Since the start of the pandemic, some 83% of those polled by Anomali have seen an increase in attempted cyberattacks, while most have witnessed a rise in phishing emails.

09/14/2021

Phoenix Women Leaders Schedule.

THE YEARLY KICKOFF MEETING (speakers below) will be a little longer than the rest of the monthly web meetings to pack in multiple speakers and again will also be recorded for viewing at your convenience.

Date: 9/21/2021 from 2 pm until 4:30 pm (also recorded for watching later). Speakers/Agenda:

2:00 pm - Welcome and Introduction.
Phoenix Women Leaders.
2:05 pm - Keynote: Owning Your Career.
by Rekha Devarapalli, Senior Manager at Western Alliance Bnk.
2:35pm - Panel: Building you Value in Normal or Crisis Times.
by Vanessa Montero, Director at Merrill Lynch, Kathy Till, Vice President at La-Z-Boy, and Lori Joshweseoma, Director at The Hopi Tribe.
3:20pm - Keynote: Developing Strength in Times of Adversity: Lessons Learned from a Worldwide Pandemic.
by Valerie Pieraccini, Director at United Cerebral Palsy Association of Central Arizona.
3:50pm - Panel: Why Aren't There More Female Leaders?
by Afton Trail, Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield, Angel Brandwein, COO at Institute for Mental Health Research, Additional Panelists to be Added.

4:30 pm - Conclusion and Upcoming Monthly Speakers Schedule (Included).
Phoenix Women Leaders

B. FUTURE MONTHLY WEB DATES.
Please mark these future monthly web dates from 2-3 pm for an hour each (again all recorded for you to watch at your convenience as well):
- 9/21/2021, Oct.11, Nov.15, Dec.6, 2021.
(featuring top women leaders from Southwest Airlines, Symantec, Vanderbilt, Cox, Microsoft, and many more).

C. ONLINE RESOURCES.
You will find past meetings recorded (also completion certificates if you track your development hours), upcoming dates, key articles, book summaries, mentoring resources and more by logging in and your registration includes a full year's access.

12/21/2020

Whether you are fundraising for a charity or needing a Project vs. Budget snapshot, this is a great video on creating an excel goal chart.

Do you want a visual to see how much money you have raised for a charity? A thermometer chart in Excel is a great way to represent data when you have the act...

05/19/2020

The top 10 STEM and tech gadgets to keep kids entertained this summer - Techrepublic has a great article on some great kids summer STEM learning products.
I especially like the Gravity Marble Maze for some logical-thinking skills.

These tech gadgets provide kids with ways to learn coding, build a computer, fly a drone, and more, giving parents who are working from home a no-guilt break.

05/04/2020

Some good points to ponder when choosing between Zoom, Teams and Google Meet. Which is best for your Business?

With Google, Zoom and Microsoft all now offering free versions of their respective video chat apps, we've put together a handy overview of what the three rival services offer, and how they compare.

03/16/2020

Due to the coronavirus, your company might need to create, revise, or implement policies for remote work, travel, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Download these helpful resources.

03/16/2020

With the COVID-19 "de-socializing" environment affecting so many in our country, it would be good to test your home computers to determine if you really can work from home if your workplace demands.

Contact your IT department to find out if your company uses VPN or a Remote Desktop service and what procedures are in place for connecting.

If you have Windows 10 Home edition, you may have to tweak your home computer to enable remote RDP access. Here are some good procedures and information.

Get RDP Wrapper, a free program that unlocks remote desktop access (RDP) in Windows 10 Home edition.

02/27/2020

From my good friends at Buttonwood Financial Group. Advice I agree with!

Here's how to help yourself and your loved ones.

01/23/2020

Another Technology 2020 Resolution - Be nicer online

What would your mother say if she knew what you were typing?

We all know how toxic the internet can be. The question is, are you part of the problem?

I get the need to vent. I get how irritating it can be when someone ranks all the Marvel movies and totally gets it wrong. (Seriously, Ant-Man ahead of Iron Man 3? Are you kidding me?)

In 2020, resolve to just let that stuff go. No author, no video blogger and certainly no fellow commenter deserves to be called fat, crazy, stupid or worse just because you have a difference of opinion -- or even if he or she gets something wrong.

If you must weigh-in, think before you type. Think about the person at the other end. Think about the impact of spreading negativity. Ask yourself how you'd feel to be on the receiving end of what you just typed.

In 2017, the women of CNET revealed just how hateful trolls can be, and it's an eye-opener. A sad, shameful eye-opener. Don't be that guy. Don't be that person. Be nicer online because the world is hateful enough without you adding to it.

01/20/2020

New Year's Technology Resolutions for 2020 - Detox your Inbox

How much time every day do you spend swiping away junk email? (Answer: Too much.) Let's make this the year you banish the junk altogether.

One option: Every day, unsubscribe from five unwanted mailing lists. In any given email, look near the bottom for an "unsubscribe" link. If you're an iOS user, you can also look for an "unsubscribe" option at the top of the email -- though that merely shoots an unsubscribe request back to the sender, which doesn't always work.

Yep, just five per day. Each one should take all of about 20 seconds, so you should be able to knock them out in under two minutes. After a few weeks of this, the flow of junk mail should have decreased significantly.