Peri Pakroo | Author, Coach https://peripakroo.com/ Author, Coach, Advisor Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:53:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://peripakroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-pflap_bluegreen_logo_1000-32x32.png Peri Pakroo | Author, Coach https://peripakroo.com/ 32 32 Vintage Sale and Dance Party Events to Benefit United Voices for Newcomer Rights (UVNR) https://peripakroo.com/2024/12/09/vintage-sale-and-dance-party-events-to-benefit-united-voices-for-newcomer-rights-uvnr/ https://peripakroo.com/2024/12/09/vintage-sale-and-dance-party-events-to-benefit-united-voices-for-newcomer-rights-uvnr/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:21:53 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=31918 I serve on UVNR's Board of Directors and had the idea to turn my downsizing into cash to support UVNR's fantastic work. So for the next two weekends I'll be doing a few sales; here are the deets.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2024/12/09/vintage-sale-and-dance-party-events-to-benefit-united-voices-for-newcomer-rights-uvnr/feed/ 0 Communities Grow Where Info Flows https://peripakroo.com/2024/11/27/communities-grow-where-info-flows/ https://peripakroo.com/2024/11/27/communities-grow-where-info-flows/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:55:33 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=31894 Deciding where to share information — email? Slack? Notion? — is one of the first things that needs to happen when people start collaborating

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2024/11/27/communities-grow-where-info-flows/feed/ 0 To Track Metrics, Set the Bar Low https://peripakroo.com/2024/06/06/to-track-metrics-set-the-bar-low/ https://peripakroo.com/2024/06/06/to-track-metrics-set-the-bar-low/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:21:08 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=31523 The tricky part is that your important numbers may come from diverse data sources; it can be annoying and demoralizing to figure out how to most efficiently collect and organize those numbers to see meaningful trends.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2024/06/06/to-track-metrics-set-the-bar-low/feed/ 0 Notes from a Systems Nerd https://peripakroo.com/2024/04/30/notes-from-a-systems-nerd/ https://peripakroo.com/2024/04/30/notes-from-a-systems-nerd/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:13:08 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=31411 A healthy portion of our everyday project discussions touch on how we could improve our processes, so that the next time we do a similar task it will go even more easily, smoothly, quickly, etc. It's part of the flow of doing business — and yes, it does slow things down. Accepting that pace and developing a sense for what's too fast or too slow is, for me, a big part of the art of management.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2024/04/30/notes-from-a-systems-nerd/feed/ 0 Business Systems and Resource Flows: Venture Anatomy https://peripakroo.com/2023/05/05/business-systems-and-resource-flows-venture-anatomy/ https://peripakroo.com/2023/05/05/business-systems-and-resource-flows-venture-anatomy/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 11:05:16 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=30697 This Venture Anatomy animated diagram shows the fundamental anatomy for just about any venture, for-profit or nonprofit. By "venture" I'm talking about essentially any undertaking to offer something to an audience, things like information, products and services. The diagram shows systems and resource flows that are typical of most ventures.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2023/05/05/business-systems-and-resource-flows-venture-anatomy/feed/ 0 New edition alert! Women’s Small Business Start-Up Kit 7th Ed Coming this Summer https://peripakroo.com/2023/04/21/new-edition-alert-womens-small-business-start-up-kit-7th-ed-coming-this-summer/ https://peripakroo.com/2023/04/21/new-edition-alert-womens-small-business-start-up-kit-7th-ed-coming-this-summer/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:13:19 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=30656 To help tame the tangled, overgrown jungle of digital marketing info, I added a new section with a roadmap for effective DIY digital strategy, aiming for just enough depth to help busy business owners plan modest, realistic marketing activities. The final, full version will be in the edition released this summer; below I'm sharing an excerpt.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2023/04/21/new-edition-alert-womens-small-business-start-up-kit-7th-ed-coming-this-summer/feed/ 0 Virtual Biz Clinic and FAQs show this week https://peripakroo.com/2023/03/13/virtual-biz-clinic-and-faqs-show-this-week/ https://peripakroo.com/2023/03/13/virtual-biz-clinic-and-faqs-show-this-week/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:03:52 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=30596 This Wednesday March 15 my web tech firm P-Brain Media is hosting a Virtual Biz Clinic, a free drop-in event where you can come ask questions about business challenges you're dealing with, and how you can address them with tech integrations such as WordPress plugins and other platforms (MailChimp and Google Drive, for example).

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2023/03/13/virtual-biz-clinic-and-faqs-show-this-week/feed/ 0 Tracking the 2023 NM Legislative Session https://peripakroo.com/2023/02/09/tracking-the-2023-nm-legislative-session/ https://peripakroo.com/2023/02/09/tracking-the-2023-nm-legislative-session/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:35:08 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=30494 As a busy self-employed person, keeping up with legislative developments is easier said than done! So I asked around and pulled together a little list of good sources of info, which you'll find below.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2023/02/09/tracking-the-2023-nm-legislative-session/feed/ 0 Rear View 2022 https://peripakroo.com/2023/01/05/rear-view-2022/ https://peripakroo.com/2023/01/05/rear-view-2022/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:05:53 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=30141 The past year is exceedingly hard to summarize as it was absurdly packed with intense events, including the worsening of an awful year-and-a-half long flare-up of my daughter's autoimmune condition, requiring a white-knuckle cross-country drive to Cincinnati for treatment with her specialists.

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]]> https://peripakroo.com/2023/01/05/rear-view-2022/feed/ 0 Seeds of Sustainability: Angela Merkert of Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity https://peripakroo.com/2022/11/21/seeds-of-sustainability-angela-merkert-of-alliance-for-local-economic-prosperity/ https://peripakroo.com/2022/11/21/seeds-of-sustainability-angela-merkert-of-alliance-for-local-economic-prosperity/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:05:49 +0000 https://peripakroo.com/?p=30029 I talk with Angela Merkert, the executive director of Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity, about her organization’s efforts to create a public bank owned by the State of New Mexico and how it could support more equitable access to capital in the state.

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