2006

Connect ceases publication

After fourteen years of publication Christchurch City Libraries has made the decision to cease publication of Connect and provide business information by other means. We are looking at other ways of providing current business information and welcome your feedback and suggestions. Please continue to contact us. Thank you for your readership.

Our redesigned website devotes a zone to your information needs and new business and management titles are listed in our monthly New Titles listings.

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No 156, February 2006

• Cover story: Canterbury Business should think big
• Accountants add value
• Business tips for 2006
• Book Reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Megatrends 2010
  • The skeptical business searcher
  • Broken windows, broken business
• Website: Market New Zealand

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No 155, December 2005

• Cover Story : Canterbury business on the world stage
• Connecting with customers
• Office Partnerships
• Obituary: Peter Drucker 1909 - 2005
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Interview skills that win the job: simple techniques for answering all the tough questions
  • Was your boss raised by wolves? Surviving the organizational food chain
• Website: Statisphere

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No 154, November 2005

• Cover Story : Picture perfect home business
• Avian Influenza
• Business Round Table does book reviews
• Time Management
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Competition demystified
  • The New Zealanders' guide to small business
  • New Zealand's favourite brands
• Website: Manufacturing

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No 153, October 2005

• Cover Story : Small business - big community, big ideas
• Expert energy auditing
• Retire rich - banking on your business
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • eMarketing excellence: the heart of business
  • The first-time manager: the first steps to a brilliant management career
  • Why most things fail: evolution, extinction and economic
• Website: Phone and trade directories

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No 152, September 2005

• Cover Story : Expansion help for entrepreneurs exists
• A new era for online advertising as the internet speeds up
• SMART Seminars at the Business Centre Central Library
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Open source solutions for small business problems
  • Tough management: the 7 ways to make tough decisions easier, deliver the numbers, and grow business in good times and bad
  • The streetsmart negotiator: how to outwit, outmaneuver, and outlast your opponents
• Website: Biotechnology

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No 151, August 2005

• Cover Story : Workplace productivity is better business
• Women valued in consumer statistics
• Knowing names fosters a friendly workplace
• SMART Seminars at the Business Centre Central Library
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Smart retail: how to turn your store into a sales phenomenon
  • You can't win a fight with your boss and 55 other rules for success
  • Class acts: how good manners create good relationships and good relationships create good business
• Website: ZDNet News- IT

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No 150, July 2005

• Cover Story : Mentors make good business sense
• Close business relationships can have a dark side
• Translation work
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Spies among us: how to stop the spies, terrorists, hackers, and criminals you don't even know you encounter every day
  • The 7 hidden reasons employees leave: how to recognize the subtle signs and act before it's too late
  • The next global stage: challenges and opportunities in our borderless world
• Website: PropertyTalk.co.nz: property investment in New Zealand

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No 149, June 2005

• Cover Story: Property management properly planned
• Design for impact
• Economic and employment growth continues
• Motivation makes happy employees
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Financial Times handbook of management
  • The profitable business manager
  • Slash your compliance costs: getting your business through the compliance law maze
• Website: Building and Construction - Building Act 2004

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No 148, May 2005

• Cover Story: Virtual solutions open new markets
• Cheques final settlement
• Sorting out software for your business
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Jacquard's web: how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age
  • The secrets of successful team management: how to lead a team to innovation, creativity and success
  • Winning habits: 4 secrets that will change the rest of your life
• Website: Sustainable Business

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No 147, April 2005

• Cover Story: Dunsandel Store a local success
• Usability - Good Business
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Does IT matter? Information technology and the corrosion of competitive advantage
  • Weirdos in the workplace: the new normal - thriving in the age of the individual
  • The complete guide to good governance in organizations and companies
• Website: Small Business

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No 146, March 2005

• Cover Story: Technology innovation a family affair
• Accounting Tips
• Sharemarket making informed decisions
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Changing careers: how to make a successful career change
  • Managing your e-mail: thinking outside the in-box
  • Marketing for success: a practical down-to-earth approach to marketing your small business in New Zealand on a limited budget
• Website: Primary production industries

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No 145, February 2005

• Cover Story: Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
• Trade and exports more freedom to work
• Choosing childcare
• Helpful tax tips for 2005
• Book reviews - these titles can be reserved online
  • Rewind: forty years of design and advertising
  • Getting it right
  • New Zealand property magazine
• Website: Trade

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