Posts by Carrie Ann Green
Fighting Cancer All Night Long: Relay For Life
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Global Resources employees were happy to collect donations for the ‘Meme Team’ at the recent Relay For Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The overnight walking event was held at a local high school with teams of people taking turns walking around the track. Jon and his wife, Ellen, attended the event as chaperones while their daughter Amy and her team mates participated in the walk.
The Relay For Life is a real community and family orientated gathering with camping, food and entertainment. The event celebrates everyone who has been touched by cancer. There is an opening lap for …
Global Resources Cheers on the Chicago Cubs!
Global Resources LLC Reviews: Critical in a Difficult Business Transition from Father to Son
Situation
Global Resources, LLC assisted in addressing and overcoming the many issues and concerns in helping a family firm in the automotive industry organize a seamless succession plan.
Process
Focusing on productivity, Global Resources, LLC, restructured the business in order to unravel years of inefficient practices and procedures; successfully engaged and accommodated a myriad of personalities to implement the new processes; and, finally, established a good relationship with a local bank—all vital for future growth.
Result
“Highest of recommendations for any and all situations,” if the Global Resources’ consultant could conquer this challenge, “he could conquer anything. We’re tremendously satisfied.”…
Global Resources: Supporting the Walk to End Hunger
Working to end hunger is a family tradition for sisters Jocelyn and Venus. They remember helping their grandmother, when they were very young, to bring shopping carts of food to people in need. Their grandmother was one of the founders of the Keystone Baptist Church’s pantry, organizing the first food drives held there and being an advocate for ending hunger.
Once again, as they do every year, Jocelyn and Venus went from office to office collecting donations to support the Keystone Baptist Church team walking in the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s 28th Annual Hunger Walk. Scheduled for June …
Global Resources, LLC Scam Update: WordPress Sites Are Under Attack
Our site, like many of our clients’ sites, features a WordPress blog. Recently, we become aware that there are ongoing ‘brute force attacks’ aimed at a weakness in this platform, specifically, that WordPress allows unlimited sign-in attempts on the login page. In this type of hacking, someone is running a program that utilizes a list of common passwords, words or letters and the bot cycles through them until gaining access. It can run for hours, days, weeks or months.
HostGator, a major website hosting provider, reported last month that this is a well-organized, global attack on WordPress and that it …
It’s SWEET Working at Global Resources!
Office snacks abound at Global Resources.
A wide variety of treats beckon from numerous desks and credenzas.
From fully stocked coffee bar stations with cookies
to colorful gumballs and fun size candy bars,
you’re sure to find something yummy.
There are even some healthy options such as granola bars and nut & fruit mixes.
This empty container clearly had the best office munchies—all gone!…
Office Sweet Office
One of the most attractive offices at Global Resources belongs to Donna. Her decorating style stems from the realization that the average person will spend more waking hours at work than any other place, meaning that it was well worth the extra time and attention to give her office all the comfort and serenity of home.
Her office is traditional, yet, feminine. A collection of cut crystal desk accessories is another beautiful focal point for visitors’ eyes. Several lamps provide soft indirect lighting, which is less harsh than the standard overhead light fixtures that she normally turns off (it was …
Global Resources LLC Reviews: Thanks for the Excellent Service!
Situation
Retail industry client needed assistance setting up and implementing their new Point of Sale/Inventory System.
Process
New POS system was seamlessly installed.
Result
“I doubted that we could have accomplished this own our own. In addition, Global Resources took my budget projections and placed them in a format that will be more complete and efficient. We look forward to an ongoing relationship,” John, President.…
Duck, Duck, Goose—Rescue!
“I believe I can fly!”
An abandoned gosling was found by a Global Resources employee on the side of a busy road while driving to work. After a quick check to see that its family was not in the area, she picked up the bird and brought it to Jenifer, our resident wildlife rescue expert. Jenifer has rescued numerous abandoned and injured animals due to having grown up in a household where her mother was a certified wildlife rehabilitator.
“Nobody put Baby in a corner.”
The baby goose, after a bit of energetic exploring of Jenifer’s office, was soon settled …
Want Higher Rates of Social Media Engagement? Check Out Infographics!
One of the hottest trends in Social Media today is the migration to content formats that are highly visual and work well on mobile devices (witness the rapid growth of Pinterest). Various platforms are responding by making large graphics/photographs front and center in their applications as in Facebook’s timeline tweaks and LinkedIn’s dramatically redesigned company pages.
Engagement is in the Eye of the Beholder!
As many Social Media users can attest, the infographic, which is an information graphic—sort of the Cliff Notes of the Internet, has experienced growing popularity online when compared to traditional content. A recent infographic researched by …
