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A Friday afternoon look at improving productivity!

National Siesta Day   zzzzzzzzzzzz!

This week saw the promotion of National Siesta Day, an initiation which encourages employees to nap during working hours to improve their productivity and alertness in the office, so we have asked the team for their favourite tips for maintaining energy and creativity throughout the day.

Slipping off the shoes!

Oh yes, a few pairs of shoes lurking under desks as staff wiggle their toes and walk about the carpet tiles bare foot!  I'm pleased to confirm that we were wearing shoes when a client visited this afternoon!

Indian Head Massage

A great 20 minute treat that can be performed anywhere - even in the office, and no you don't have to remove any items of clothing!  Alison Goldsmith of Holistic Harmony provides Indian Head Massages and says "regular treatments can help to increase alertness and energy, improve concentration and reduce stress and tension."

Meditation

My personal favourite, some chill out time with some relaxing music really helps to get the creativity flowing again ready to design some more training programmes.

What are your top tips for maintaining energy and creativity throughout the day?

Nothing is too boring for Press

 

Bag by Steven Harkin Design

PR Course Update

Some great lessons were learnt thanks to our recent 'How to Write an Effective Press Release' workshop.  PR trainer, ex journalist and workshop leader Adrienne Lowing boosted the confidence of small businesses by assuring them nothing is too boring for press!  "Some of the delegates came along convinced their subjects were too mundane for press but went away realising they had a lot to talk about!"

The workshop also highlighted the financial benefits of press releases, "Advertising needs to be done regularly to be effective and is often too costly for small businesses, alternatively a small company can write it's own press releases to gain access to editorial space which is free and has more credibility than an advert!"

Barbara Pani from Steven Harkin Design attended the workshop and reaped the benefits of Adrienne's advice, "The workshop was really good and it has given me the confidence I needed to write and send PR already!"  And I for one fell in love with the bags that Barbara brought along to show us!  See above.

And some extra advice

Don't believe the rumours, not all journalists are lazy so make sure your contact details are clear in case they want some extra information!