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Whether your company has 20 employees or 2,000 employees, communications is critical to success. The good communicator knows that good information exchange moves people to action, and that you can never communicate too much.  There’s always a need to emphasize, clarify and enlighten.  Do you need a newsletter?  How about town-hall meetings?  Need an intranet?  How about a blog?  There are a number of places you can go for comunication ideas and recommendations, but here are some best-practice sites I’ve found helpful:

• Importance of Team Communication Skills
  
  
• 5 Tools for Online Business Communication
  
  
• 10 Great Team Communication Apps
  

  photo by: Jhon Alexander Calderón Sanmartìn on flickr.com

·         10 Great Team Communication Apps

It’s a carpenter’s pencil with a level bubble in it… but wait, there’s more!

Apparently it also has some magnets in it to hold it on scaffold or anything else metal. It’s made from recycled stuff.  Read more about them here.

I know how I feel about it, what about you guys?  Pro or Not So Pro?

I’ve worked on some interesting green building jobs in the past.  We had to do things like sorting the waste into different piles: wood without nails, wood with nails, recyclable, etc.  At the time it seemed like a pain, but you’ll be amazed when you see the amount of trash that is generated by building.  Anyone else have any stories to share?

Can you say “OUCH”?

Optical Illusion - But it does look like someone's going to have a bad day right?

I’ve worked with a guy that brought the same thing every day. Bologna, mustard, white bread, potato chips, a snack cake and a can of diet. Every single day. He said it made his grocery list shorter (true). I can’t handle that. I like a little variety, and occasionally a hot meal. With that in mind, I thought I’d see if any of you have a favorite job-site recipe that you’d like to share. My favorite wins a new Bosch 36618-01 18v drill.

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