A Mom’s Blog

Before I started my Internet company, I spent most of my career working for a legal and news company. A good bit of that time was spent in the Training and Development department. As a result, I spent years learning (and seeing) the importance of good training of employees–from the top to the bottom. Studies actually showed that employees often view training as an employment perk. Depending on the number of employees in your company, you need to decide whether you need a training management system. If you do, you should definitely check out Conductor.

The Conductor Learning Management System not only helps you organize your training program but also allows you to easily track the progress of your employees. The ability to track and measure training performance is a key to helping you justify your return on investment to your company executives (which is always a challenge when you are in charge of training!).

Their website is very well done and you can get a good feel for what they offer. Plus, they have a 30 day free trial that you can download. If you are in the market, you should definitely check out www.conductit.com.

This week I will be teaching Vacation Bible School to 4 and 5 year olds. I’m not a teacher by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel compelled to help with VBS each year because I got so much out of it when I was a kid.

This year I told the VBS leader just to put me wherever she wanted me. I felt as though I should serve wherever I was called to serve. But 5 nights of 4 and 5 year olds is going to be quite a challenge for me!

I’ve been working through the material this weekend and trying to find ways to inspire the children to learn about “God’s Heroes.” It will be an interesting week and one that I approach with both excitement and trepidation. I’ll let you know how it goes.

My girls love Radio Disney! We have XM Radio and it is by far their favorite station. I have to say that it is quite a step up from all of the preschool CDs that we used to listen to over and over and over again in the car.

If you are looking for things to do in New Jersey area, you should check out the Radio Disney Summer Concert Series that is going to be held in Wildwood in July. The concerts are totally free and great entertainment for the whole family.

The free concerts start on July 7th and run “Magic Mondays” through July 21st. Each of those is at 1pm and 4pm. There will also be a finale concert at 2pm on Saturday, July 26, at the Wildwoods Convention Center Oceanfront Area. It will feature Raven-Symone from “That’s So Raven” as well as Mitchell Musso from Hannah Montana. If you are a ticket holder for that concert, you can get a $10 discount for an all-day waterpark ticket for either Raging Waters or Ocean Oasis or a $10 discount off of an amusement pier wristband for all of Morey’s Piers.

Get ready for a fun summer visiting the Wildwood nj hotels and checking out Radio Disney!

Helping Moms Connect is moving up in the world! I just upgraded my blog to the most recent version of Wordpress yesterday. I have to admit that I had been putting it off for over a year because I was afraid it was going to ruin my template. But I really wanted to upgrade because I love 2.5.1.

The good news is that the upgrade was without much drama! It literally took about 15 minutes. I can’t stress enough how much I love Wordpress. There are so many plugins and ways to customize it. I still need to add the plugins to Helping Moms Connect that I have on my other sites though.

If you see anything weird in the next few days, let me know. I might have missed something here or there. But it is great to be upgraded!! And the best thing is that it was f-r-e-e!

I love a good contest. Especially one by a major national brand with a prize as big as $20,000. And given that I love Renuzit, I wish that I was a semi-finalist in this one! Alas, I am not. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t go vote on the other semi-finalists.

I’m all about video these days, so I love this contest. The videos are done in completely different styles, from songs to voiceovers. A few of the submissions are pictures or sets of pictures. Some are funny and some are heartfelt. The winner of the contest will get a $20,000 home makeover with Tayna Memme.

My favorite is the last one in the first row because it is both funny and heartfelt. The couple purchased the husband’s grandparents’ house after they died. I love that they want to live in the house that his grandparents lived in. I can just imagine the memories that he has of that house. But it absolutely needs some help! Getting rid of the lead paint and asbestos would be the first step. But given the look of the decor (including multiple carpet colors and old fashioned wallpaper), they could definitely use a makeover.

The other thing that I like about the video is that it talk about the product, the Renuzit TriScents. If I were the sponsor, I would want someone who actually researched the product to win the contest.

Visit the semi-finalist gallery at Renuzit and vote for your favorite of the 10 semi-finalists. You can vote once a day through June 7. And while you are there, don’t forget to print out the Renuzit coupon on the main page!