Crystal Darby
Crystal Darby started her sole proprietorship in 1999, offering training and facilitation services to businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. She has won SBA awards for Home Based Business Advocate of the Year and Women in Business Advocate of the Year. She serves on her County's Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program Advisory Committee, and coordinates over 150 volunteers at an annual Small Business Conference, attended by over 3000 small businesses each year. She has over thirty years experience writing for corporations, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies, and twenty years of training and public speaking experience.
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MPA, University of New Orleans; BS, University of Texas, 11 years as small business ownerInterests
careers, small business, self employment, communication, creativity, goal setting, San Antonio, Texas, business writing, marketing, grant writing, grammar, volunteers, public speaking, training, higher education, politicsAffiliations
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What Stops You from Being Creative?There are two major reasons why we do not fulfill our true creative selves: lack of prioritization and fear. When you can overcome these hurdles, you will give yourself permission to be creative.
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Suspend Judgment to Increase Your CreativityThe best solution to a problem might not be the first one you come up with. Suspend your judgment and practice fluency of ideation.
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Five Quick Ideas for Branding Yourself as an ExpertLimited budgets make marketing for small business difficult. Learn five quick, practical ideas you can put to use today to get your future customers to see you as THE person to go to for your product or service.
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Business Networking is More Than Collecting Business CardsTraditional business networking focuses on finding customers for your company. Long term success is more likely when you find ways to create relationships.
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Three Steps to SuccessDefining what success means to you and having a clear picture in your head of what that success looks like are the first steps to fulfilling what you want.
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The Problems with Multi-TaskingResearch shows that although we think we multi-task, we really don't. We shift from one activity to another. This shifting has some disadvantages, not the least of which is not paying attention to your friends and family.
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Figuring the Odds in the Texas Governor's RaceThe odds of winning the governor's race in Texas may have more to do with what's on top of the candidate's head than what's in it.
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Nurturing Your Creative IdeasWhen you are coming up with new ideas, it is important not to share them too early, especially with people who tend to be overly practical.
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Sending Complete Messages the First TimeAvoid the back-and-forth of multiple emails, text, and phone messages, and send complete information the first time by asking five simple questions before you hit send.