What's New at DeskDemon in February 2008
Hello everyone,

Welcome to the February issue of What's New @ DeskDemon, where we give you a heads up on the fabulous articles, offers and competitions taking place on the site. This month there's a chance to win yourself a great laptop and two copies of Microsoft Office 2007 (one for you and one for your boss). You also have the opportunity of finding out more about SharePoint services and how it enables collaboration across boundaries. Plus, we bring you a wonderful selection of helpful Microsoft Templates - there's loads of them for you to choose from.

Continuing the offers and competition theme, the Management Support Fellowship Award has a January winner - congratulations to Carolann McGarrity who wins £250 - will you be in with a chance to win £250 next month? Get nominating!!! If that's not enough, there are also free £5 shopping vouchers up for grabs with Nescafé - great for sprucing up your wardrobe. Plus, learn how your smile could win you a day's pampering!

DeskDemon is also looking for a venue scout and a colleague to take an all-expenses-paid trip to Ireland. You'll be viewing some top Irish venues with www.FindaConferenceVenue.com and giving us the low-down in your review of the venues you visit. We think this is a great opportunity to really get to know the venues available in Ireland.

All in all, this is a good month to be a part of the DeskDemon community!


Win a Laptop and Two Copies of Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Our Microsoft competition continues this month, with a demo on Microsoft Office 2007 Sharepoint Services. Simply view the demo, which is all about how Sharepoint Services can help you collaborate better across boundaries, and answer the simple question for your chance to win. With a first prize of a laptop plus two copies of Microsoft Office 2007 up for grabs each month, and two runners-up prizes of two copies of Microsoft Office 2007 each, it's well worth your while. Not only that, each demo is packed full of useful information. Go to ourMicrosoft Demos page to take a look at the fantastic demos to choose from.

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Free £5 Shopping Voucher
Nescafe

Free £5 Shopping Voucher with every tin of Nescafé you buy in February and March through your local stationery supplier. Plus there's a chance to win VIP tickets to Britain's favourite events including: Grand Prix, Rugby International, Wimbledon Final, O2 Concerts, Film Premieres...& Lots more. See Tin for details. Terms & Conditions Apply.

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Become Our Venue Scout in Ireland
Findaconferencevenue.com

Ireland's premier venue finder, www.FindaConferenceVenue.com, has asked DeskDemon to review a selection of Ireland's top venues and how they cater for meetings, conferences and other events. And who better to undertake this weighty task than you, the DeskDemon users. We are looking for a PA with meeting, conference and event organising responsibilities to take a trip, with a colleague, to Ireland.

With Ciara Feely Cahalane, the Managing Director of www.FindaConferenceVenue.com as your host, you will be taken to the finest venues in some stunning locations around Ireland. On your journey you will be staying in top hotels and dining in award-winning restaurants. Your flights, accommodation and meals will be included and all you will need is spending money. Simply follow the link for more details and register your interest in this wonderful job.

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Fifty Slick and Useful Microsoft Templates to Download
Microsoft Office

Take a look at our Microsoft Templates page, where you will find fifty stylish templates for all of your document needs. Simply go to the page, select the template or templates relevant to your requirements and click to download. It leaves you free to focus on your content, happy in the knowledge that you have a document template that looks professional and works well.

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Management Support Fellowship Award
Management Support Fellowship Award

The final of our Management Support Fellowship Award 2007 gets ever closer. Each month DeskDemon users have been voting from that month's nominations for a monthly winner to add to the finalists for the annual award. January's winner was Carolann McGarrity, an Office Administrator and Publishing Assistant with Connect Communications (Scotland) Ltd. Congratulations go to both Carolann and her nominator Alan Ramsay who receive £250 and £100 respectively.

Carolann now goes through to the final, the glittering awards ceremony of which will be held in June. If DeskDemon users vote her as the overall winner, she'll become an overnight celebrity, and take home an amazing £10,000 in cash and get six months of executive PA performance coaching and a host of other prizes. Alan, as her nominator, would be presented with a cool £2,500 too. Why not take part in this fantastic competition, by voting, nominating or both!

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Put on a Happy Face
Put on a Happy Face

A smile brightens up the day. Why not use your smile to spread the happiness even further by submitting it to our "Put on a Happy Face" competition. Give us your best smile for our gallery of beaming smiles. Take a look at the gallery to see what smiles are already brightening the day of DeskDemon users and then get in on the action. Just take a picture of your smile and either upload it to the site or e-mail it to us. Your smile could even win you a day's pampering - enjoying lunch, massages, sauna, steam, pool and a facial, manicure or pedicure.

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Cleaning Your Computer Desktop
Cleaning Your Computer Desktop

We all know how important it is to have a tidy desk. It helps reduce stress and keep you organised. But less is written about the importance of a tidy computer desktop. Really, this is as important, if not more so, with computers being so central to work these days. This article explains how to tidy up your computer desktop, which has the added advantage of speeding up the boot-up time of your computer.

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Go Green! Reduce Your Carbon Footprint With These Easy Steps
Go Green

Reducing your carbon footprint is pretty easy. All it takes is a little thought and knowledge. Through simple lifestyle and product choices it's possible to reduce your impact on the environment and often save yourself money in the process.

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So there you go! Another month stuffed full of prizes, useful tool and information from your very own professional website, DeskDemon.com. Enjoy what's on offer, and we'll catch you again next month!

Best wishes,
The DeskDemon Team
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