Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) most often effects babies from 1 month to 1 year of age. The cause of death is undetermined. Through awareness and education, the SIDS rate has dropped 50% in the last 20 years.  Here is a great article that includes safe sleeping practices recommended by the American Pediatrics Association. Please share and pass along to parents, grandparents, caretakers and anyone who interacts with children. Let’s keep the downward trend going!

Speaking is an essential business tool, whether you have an audience of 1 or 1,000. When you are in front of a group, you have the opportunity to position yourself as an expert in your field. Learn tips to capture your audience’s attention and deliver a clear, powerful message. Learn tools to feel confident and comfortable with your delivery. Gain confidence, speak your mind and position yourself as the expert!

Susan will be offering this Brown Bag Workshop at the Maui County Business Resource Center on Thursday August 26th from 12noon - 1pm.

For more information visit Susan’s Events Page.

To register call the Maui County Resource Center at 808-873-8247

One of the great things about volunteering with the Maui SCORE chapter is that I meet wonderful business owners and people involved in the business community.  As the host of the SCORE monthly radio show, “Akamai Business” (akamai means smart or clever in Hawaiian), I have an opportunity to share these resources to the listening public.

In July, I talked with Bob Sommers of Internet Marketing Association of Hawaii about internet marketing, what it is and how it could help your business. Bob is the host of Recognized Expert Marketing show on Maui and is a full time Internet Marketer and Podcaster. If you’d like to listen to the audio, listen to it at (click on the date July 6, 2009): http://susankimcoaching.com/blog/score-radio-show/

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“Talk Story with SCORE” Where We Support Akamai Business.
Maui’s ONLY monthly radio show that offers an informative half hour of business information and resources in the state of Hawaii focusing on the county of Maui. Hear business advice and shared experiences from local business resources, SCORE counselors, and business owners who have successfully started a business with the help of SCORE.

OCTOBER 1st, 2008
GUEST - Steve Rose, Business Enrichment Consultant and SCORE Counselor
Steve Rose and Susan Kim will discuss marketing and how to leverage different strategies during economic high’s and low’s.

WHEN TO TUNE IN:
DATE: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
TIME: 12noon
LOCATION: KAOI, 1110am Radio (Maui)

“Talk Story with SCORE” Where We Support Akamai Business.
Maui’s ONLY monthly radio show that offers an informative half hour of business information and resources in the state of Hawaii focusing on the county of Maui. Hear business advice and shared experiences from local business resources, SCORE counselors, and business owners who have successfully started a business with the help of SCORE.

SEPTEMBER 3rd, 2008
GUEST - Jeanette Tan, Quickbooks Expert and SCORE Counselor
Jeanette Tan and Susan Kim will discuss “money” - keeping track of your dollars and cents and how to utilize best practices in your business.

WHEN TO TUNE IN:
DATE: Wednesday September 3, 2008
TIME: 12noon
LOCATION: KAOI, 1110am Radio (Maui)

August 26th, 2008
Maui, Hawaii
Maui County Business Resource Center - 808-873-8247

Speaking is an essential business tool, whether you have an audience of 1 or 1,000. When you are in front of a group, you have the opportunity to position yourself as an expert in your field.
Susan Kim will teach you how to capture your audience’s attention and deliver a clear, powerful message to your audience. Learn tools to feel confident and comfortable with your delivery.

Gain confidence, speak your mind and position yourself as the expert!

July 2, 2008 Show:
“Talk Story with SCORE” Where We Support Akamai Business.
Maui’s ONLY monthly radio show that offers an informative half hour of business information and resources in the state of Hawaii focusing on the county of Maui. Hear business advice and shared experiences from local business resources, SCORE counselors, and business owners who have successfully started a business with the help of SCORE.

July 2, 2008
Host: Susan Kim, SCORE counselor and Life Coach/Professional Trainer
Guests: David Fisher of Hawaii Small Business Development Center

Click on “Audio Programs” to hear the previous months’ shows.

Wednesday, July 2nd at 12noon.
KAOI 1110am Radio
Monthly Radio Show highlighting business information and resources on Maui.
July’s guest will include David Fisher of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center.
He will share information on business planning and starting a venture on Maui.

For Information email: mauiscore@gmail.com

Sometimes the internet can be OVERWHELMING!

Online searches can often bring up hundreds of links to websites for almost anything (and I mean anything). Google is a terrific resource for searching the web, but you can get lost there too. Have you ever started a web search and 3 hours later realized that you’ve clicked yourself away from your original search? It can be fun, but certainly time consuming and confusing!

Here are some websites that will help you navigate the web, as well as some sites that I find interesting and noteworthy. Some have inspired me, while others have just made me laugh.

SEARCH ENGINES:
www.google.com - this is my favorite, more out of habit and ease. Every once and while, click on “I’m feeling lucky.” Doing this will direct you to what Google thinks is the site you’re looking for, based on your search parameters.

www.dogpile.com - this is a compilation of multiple search engines, combining the search results from Google, Yahoo!, LiveSearch, Ask and others.

www.goodsearch.com - this search engine donates 50% of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by the user, YOU! It’s cool, check it out.

INSPIRING SITES:
www.teamhoyt.com - this website is for Team Hoyt. The story about Dick and Rick Hoyt is absolutely amazing. Dick has pushed his disabled son, Rick in over 85 marathons and has completed multiple ironmans with Rick. It’s an amazing story of love and commitment. Read the story and watch the video: http://cjcphoto.com/can/

www.lifeischange.com - this is the official site of inspirational comedian, Judson Laipply. His “The Evolution of Dance” video is a classic and has made the email rounds quite a number of times. If it doesn’t inspire you to dance, it will at least bring a smile to your face.

FUN SITES:
Here are some sites that are just for fun and when you have a spare moment or just need a little get away. I am convinced these help with hand-eye coordination.

Penguins - with the click of your mouse, Big Foot swings the bat and the penguin flies! See how far you can get the penguin to go.

ESCAPA! - another fun game of movement and creativity and memory! The longer you keep at it, the better you get.

www.funnyordie.com - this site was developed by Gary Sanchez Productions, which is made up of Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy. If you like comedy, this is definitely a site worth checking out to exercise your laugh muscles.

www.eepybird.com - you’ve probably seen the Mento’s and Diet Coke fountain videos. Here are more fun videos of people with amazing skills and interesting ideas. Watch out, some can be quite silly.

USEFUL SITES:
www.timeanddate.com - with daylight savings time on March 9th (in the USA), it’s nice to have a resource that will give you the exact time, no matter where you are in the world.

www.about.com - provides information for just about anything you’re curious or concerned about. Experts contribute articles to share their wealth of knowledge.

FOR MORE SITES TO CHECK OUT, VISIT MY WEBSITE’S BLOGROLL.

Wishing you Happiness, Inspiration and Laughter,
Susan

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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
12noon (Hawaii Time)
KAOI 1110am Radio

Do you own, work for or want to start a business on Maui?
Join me, Susan Kim and other business counselors, each month, as we share information and resources to start and grow your business.
SCORE will help you understand how to make the most of business.

Tune in every month at 12noon on the first Tuesday of the month on KAOI 1110am radio for “Talk Story with SCORE” where we support akamai business.

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