Check it out!  We have just created a link to a great new site that you will find to be an awesome resource for your life, your home, and your work.  We’re just getting started so there’s a lot more to come.  New webinars are presented live every month and we’ll post the date, time, and connection information right here so you can join in and ask questions of the presenter.  If your life is too chaotic to sit in live (like mine often is), you’ll be able to view and listen to the archived webinars here whenever it is convenient for you.  Click on the Webinar Library.  You’ll find access information on the page.  Enjoy!

Are you familiar with BNI? You can learn more at bni.com. Or check out the great site we have in Colorado - bnicolorado.com. I have been a member since late 2005 and was president of the Rocky Mountain Business Builders chapter from October 2006 through September 2007. Our chapter received the BNI Founders Award in 2007 and we have a great group of business people. I am happy to get up at 0 dark 30 to meet with them every Wednesday morning at 7am. If you would like to belong to an organization where everyone shows up once a week just to give you referrals :-), then check out this organization. Make a commitment to grow your business by connections with other business people that you get to know, like, and trust.

If you happen to be a BNI member and Realtor in another state or country, I’d love to hear from you.

Take your laptop to one of the main PPLD library branches and you can use the wireless access to connect to the library and internet sites.  Since library branches are all over the Pikes Peak Region from Monument to Fountain, you’ll find this to be a great solution to meeting with someone when you need internet access.  My other favorite wireless locations are the Panera restaurants around town.

While you are at the library, take note of the great resources we have locally through the Pikes Peak Library District.  There is a wealth of information, no matter what the topic, at your fingertips.  Plus, the library staff are always happy to help you make the best use of the tools you’ll find there for business, hobbies, and other topics you may want to learn more about.

To get started, here’s the link to the library branches: Pikes Peak Library District

Google and MSN have come out with some really great new tools. You can now look at satelite photos of your potential new home. More illuminating than a map, you can see schools, parks and playgrounds. You can zoom in and in some cases even determine if your next door neighbor has a swingset.

Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/
MSN Terra Earth: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

I was looking for information on the White House today and discovered a website that you may find useful as well.  It is a portal to the US Government sites.  You can see what is available by going to www.firstgov.gov.