Windows - Give your Windows some flare. Right-click on your desktop, click the Appearance tab, and then click the Effects button. You will find some really neat options.

Internet - Sometimes web pages do not quite print the way they look on your screen. Before printing a long page, pull down the Internet Explorer File menu and choose "Print Preview."

Word - Tables can be messy. Sometimes, it is easier to simply start over. To remove a table without harming the text, pull down the Table menu and choose Convert...Table to Text.

Excel - Need to make a list? Use Excel -  When done, pull down the Data menu and choose Sort. Use Excel when the list is too big for a Word table and too simple for Access.

Everyone wants it, everyone needs it, but not everyone gets it or gives it. The 'it' is RESPECT...and it is something we all need to ratchet up in varying degrees.

There are two types of respect. First, is basic human respect - the kind you are entitled to merely by being born. Everyone deserves it equally because through birth, everyone is equal - we are all living breathing human beings.

This type of respect is based on the fact that other peoples needs, hopes, rights, dreams, ideas, and inherent worth are just as
important and valuable as your own  RETYPE THISEarning the additional respect of character you need in order to succeed

• Treating everyone with dignity, courtesy, and equality
• Appreciating different backgrounds, cultures, and ideas - not expecting everyone to be just like you...unless you?re perfect
• Avoiding ethnic and sexually oriented references and 'humor' (which by the way, isn?t all that humorous and is usually
  illegal)
• Talking with people - not at them...and especially not about them

The first kind of respect is purely and simply an entitlement (a right) - one that comes with our human  skin... regardless of its color or condition. We all deserve it.

The second type of respect if the kind you EARN by your actions. This kind is different from the first because it is based on who you are, the quality of your character, rather than what you are (a human being). It comes from behavior rather than mere birth. And since not everyone exhibits the same behavior and character, not everyone gets the same amount of respect.

Want your judgments, opinions, and skills respected? Well, you have to earn that by demonstrating judgment, opinions, and skills respect-worthy. Wanted to be respected for dependability? You need to earn that too - by consistently being dependable. Feel it?is important to be trusted? You guessed it - trust must be earned in order to be deserved. Finally, for leaders of all levels: Need the respect of your people in order to lead effectively? The response is the same - you must EARN it...by being a person of integrity.

If you are looking to hold a prominent place in the ranks of the truly successful, you must devote constant effort and attention to treating everyone with the dignity he or she deserves as a human being and earning the additional respect of character you need in order to succeed.

Executive Training Resources is pleased to announce our  Key To Your Success  Annual Scholarship.

This years scholarship is sponsored by the City of Idaho Falls Community Festival, LaDonna Foster, Chairperson.

Executive Training Resources offers over 200 popular computer, graphic, programming, web design, and professional development courses in the area. Each year a deserving candidate is selected to further their education and benefit from our knowledge and know-how.

The winner of this scholarship will receive up to 40 training classes and seminars, including course manuals, exercise files and certificates. The scholarship also includes the cost of up to three Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Tests. To apply for the scholarship or to nominate a candidate, please submit the following information:

1. Name of Applicant, Address, and Phone Number
2. Highest level of education completed (High School, GED, Some College, etc.)
3. Has applicant ever attended training at ETR?
4. Why you believe the applicant should receive this free education?
5. What is the most important quality an employee could offer their employer?

Applications must be submitted no later than October 31st at 5:00 pm. Scholarship will be awarded on November 12, 2007.
Please send application information to:

Janet Stiffler, ETR
2300 North Yellowstone, Suite 103
Idaho Falls, ID 83401

                                                             
Training is one area that typically gets cut when employers need to save money. A survey from American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) found that when US Companies spent 12 percent less on employee training in just one year earlier those
employers had significantly lower profit margins.

The ASTD also points out that employers who invested an average of $1595 on training per employee, per year, have a gross profit
margin of 24% percent HIGHER than companies that spent less than $1000 per employee. Consider these facts:

• Fortune 500 Companies Spend More on Employee Training than they do on Advertising
• The relationship between training and performance shows a positive correlation between both training investments and overall profitability

Results: Continue to invest in your employees and their training.