Small Business Tips – Quality Information Partners

Implementing Successful Project Management for Small Business

For the increasingly busy video and graphic design team, using project management software was a game changer. Having all project information in one place saved them from hunting through emails for relevant information, helped predict work, and established stronger processes…

How to Raise a Teenage Business

I remember when QIP was a newborn. I wanted to introduce it to the world much like I had my real children, as though “Quality,” “Information,” and “Partners” were first, middle, and last names and “QIP” was a cute nickname.…

Growing a Woman-Owned Small Business

When my business partner and I founded Quality Information Partners (QIP), we envisioned growing sustainably and offering substantive services for our clients. We never imagined that after 15 years we would be working on more than 10 different contracts with…

Happy Anniversary to Us

This month, Quality Information Partners is celebrating 15 years in business. Since we opened in 2004, we have grown from a two-person company into an organization of more than 30 people committed to our employee-developed core values. We recently gathered…

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Time and Productivity

What part of the work day is most productive for you? While many employers might like to hear a response along the lines of, “all day, every day,” research into organizational science and behavioral economics suggests otherwise. “Although managers expect…

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Corporate Giving Gets Personal

Corporate giving has recently increased among American companies. Bolstered by $405 million in contributions related to disaster relief last year, it totaled $20.77 billion—up 8 percent from 2016, according to Charity Navigator. Tax breaks for charitable giving are an obvious benefit,…

QIP in a Word

QIP collectively developed core values based on our experiences working for the company and its clients. Team members then shared a favorite word that, to them, embodies those values.

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Maximize the Benefits of Your Next Professional Conference

Attending a professional conference should not be an exercise in hoop jumping, but an opportunity to enhance your career in meaningful ways. After all, attending a conference consumes more resources—including money and time, for you and your organization—than staying at…

Crafting Core Values with Employee Input

Standard operating procedures are critical to the efficiency of most organizations. But real success in business (and life) also requires a thorough understanding of one’s values. In 2017, QIP had been in business for more than a decade, and we…

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Evaluations: Because We All Can Improve

The holiday season has ramped up, and everyone is busy with work and personal obligations. It’s a time of busyness not just for our company, but also for education stakeholders in federal, state, and local agencies. But even in the…

Category: Small Business Tips

Category: Small Business Tips

Implementing Successful Project Management for Small Business

How to Raise a Teenage Business

Growing a Woman-Owned Small Business

Happy Anniversary to Us

Time and Productivity

Corporate Giving Gets Personal

QIP in a Word

Maximize the Benefits of Your Next Professional Conference

Crafting Core Values with Employee Input

Evaluations: Because We All Can Improve

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Category: Small Business Tips