Good management skills are essential for the success of small businesses, large businesses and any formal organization. The basic functions of management are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. For many small business owners, there is always a shortfall in one ...

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In an effort to become more organized and more environmentally friendly, I am attempting to make my life paperless (or at least, my work life paperless). Throughout the course of any attorney’s day, he or she will review documents, draft ...

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Sheela Murthy, president and founder of Murthy Law Firm, has been named to the board of Pratham DC. Pratham, which means “first” in Sanskrit, is the largest non-governmental organization in India and provides quality education to rural and urban children ...

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As I read Sarah’s post about time spent outside the office, a flood of different thoughts passed through my mind. First, I always feel like I have no time for anything. Second, bar associations? I can’t even figure out why ...

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Ten years and 240 columns about the role philanthropy plays in our community and our world! It gives me pause as I reflect on the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmaker’s biweekly column in The Daily Record. In the initial 2001 ...

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With much of the stress of the holidays over now and work not as busy as normal this week, it’s a good time for many of us to reflect on the past year and set personal and professional goals for ...

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As we approach the end of summer, so begins the bar year. State and local bar associations are gearing up for the upcoming season of activities, including networking events, CLEs and pro bono activities. As a young lawyer fresh out ...

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In a busy litigation practice, order and organization are vital. If you looked at my desk and office right now, you would seriously question whether I understood this basic principal on any level. I promise, however, there is order beneath ...

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It pays to make a good impression on an employee of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation — literally. Fifteen Maryland nonprofits each received a $10,000 grant through the foundation’s fifth annual Employee Giving Program, which allows support staff to ...

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More than half of emerging nonprofit news sites produce content with a clear ideological bent, according to a study released Monday by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. The report examined 46 national and state nonprofit news ...

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