AdvantEdge Workspaces Blog

With more and more businesses using virtual and temporary offices, email has become the primary form of professional communication. Whether between co-workers or with a potential prospect, your emails should always be professional and concise. With many of us constantly on-the-go, it’s easy to shoot someone a quick email from your mobile sans proofreading. So here are a few reminders to ensure that your emails remain polished and pithy:

At AdvantEdge Business Centers we pride ourselves on offering all employees and clients with gourmet coffee (and tea) selections in our sleek business lounges and cafe areas.  Many people find that they cannot make it through the workday without their morning cup of Joe (or second cup at lunch … or third in the afternoon). 

Just like any other industry, the executive suites industry has a specific terminology that can be slightly confusing to someone in search of available office space.  Luckily, the AdvantEdge blog is here to help!  So polish up your office lexicon with the following lingo*:

Now that the parties are over and the confetti has been swept up it’s time to get to work on improving your business this year. Such a broad, abstract goal can be difficult to tackle, so we've compiled a list of the top 10 business tips for 2012:

With Chicago's historic Hull House closing today, it's evident nonprofit organizations are among the entities hardest hit by the stumbling economy. If you run a non-profit and are looking for creative solutions to stretch donations further, an executive suite may be just the solution for your organization.  Claudia Gwilliam, Executive Director of the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, says our staff is a big help in keeping her organization's daily operations running smoothly. Here are just a few reasons why non-profits & business centers are an excellent match.

Steve Jobs had such a monumental impact on this world that a device he invented informed many of us that he'd left it. His vision and innovation fostered the creation of Apple and its later dominance of the tech industry. Jobs was a titan of the industry who affected the way businesses think and the way they conduct business. The following are just 10 ways Steve Jobs changed the business world unlike anyone else of his generation:

Gone are the days of making house calls and running across town to meet with clients and secure business deals. Many workers spend the majority of their day staring at a screen; whether it is a computer, tablet or smartphone. Virtual offices and teleconferencing are great for the modern business; we can work together regardless of time or location, but the unintended impact of being stuck at a desk all day can start to show up in our waistline.

Why settle for weekly or monthly staff meetings when you could be collaborating on a daily basis? Social media savvy businesses are increasingly utilizing internal social networks, which promote increased employee collaboration and productivity while simultaneously minimizing costs.

Smart Executive Update (SEU) is a digital publication dedicated to picking the minds of some of today's most forward thinking executives. The publication defines Smart Executives as: