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SCH087If you look back over the past year, what kinds of things have you done in the community? Probably a lot if you're the typical Kaua`i business. According to the Hawai`i Community Foundation's (HCF) "Hawai`i Giving Study 2002," "Kaua`i led the other counties in terms of the percent of households that contribute at 97 percent." Why are we so generous? HCF says "Kauai's impressive charitable giving participation can be linked to the high levels of civic engagement, or social capital, among its residents. This connectedness is referred to by many Kaua`i residents as The Iniki Effect - when they all came together after Hurricane Iniki devastated the island in 1992."
14 December, 2012 /
The following is an excerpt from “The PR Fix for the Everyday Person” © 2013 by Jenny Fujita and Joy Miura Koerte. “The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.” - Ann Landers Thinking before speaking seems obvious but most people don’t do it consistently. We have become a society of blurting out things without regard for the consequences.  We see it in politics when politicians put their foot in their mouth in front of a news camera. We see it in the grocery store when impatient people berate the cashier.  We see it at public hearings when people yell out their opinions.  We see it in high-drama reality TV shows and think, “Can you believe she said that?”
02 July, 2012 /
The following is an excerpt from “The PR Fix for the Everyday Person” © 2013 by Jenny Fujita and Joy Miura Koerte. Have you ever been caught up in a drama with family, friends or co-workers? Those incidents usually boil down to what someone told so-and-so about someone else who told the next person, and so on.  In the midst of it, you feel like you’re back in high school, where everyone is acting pouty and impulsive.  One of the reasons we celebrated our high school graduations was to be done with those shenanigans!
09 May, 2012 /
LinkedInlogoThere are so many social media options these days, though for professionals, few have the benefits of LinkedIn, without the downsides. LinkedIn started out in the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman in 2002 and the site officially launched in 2003. At the end of the first month in operation, LinkedIn had a total of 4,500 members in the network.  As of February 2012, LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 150 million members in over 200 countries and territories.  To us, this makes having a LinkedIn profile as basic as being a member of your local Chamber of Commerce.
10 April, 2012 /