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August 11, 2020

Four Summer Paper Crafts to Try Right Now

Simple papercraft is fun and rewarding.  It’s also a great way to pass the time with bored kids.  And because all you need is a piece […]
August 6, 2020

Summer Staycation: 4 Ways to Unwind

With many of us continuing to work from home, the boundaries between working life and home life, and increasingly blurred.  So how can we ensure we […]
August 4, 2020

Switching Off: Why It’s More Important than Ever

We’re living through strange and unusual times. And that makes the ability to switch off and relax at the end of the day a skill even […]
July 31, 2020

Celebrating Anne Frank’s Birthday

In today’s troubled world, it seems more important than ever to remember the remarkable schoolgirl who wrote one of the most important diaries of the twentieth […]
July 29, 2020

The productivity tip that will never fail you: the notebook

A pencil never runs out of battery.  You don’t need to think about how to securely access the local WiFi network before you can add a […]
July 23, 2020

Happy Birthday to the Envelope!

The humble envelope was 200 years old in July 2020.  The Association of the German Envelope Industry was planning a 200th birthday celebration, but this celebration […]
July 22, 2020

How to Prepare Your Office after COVID-19: 11 rules

As the world slowly returns to the office after the lockdowns of the initial response to the current coronavirus pandemic, we are all concerned about how […]
July 16, 2020

7 Free Resume Templates

Putting your best self forward on your resume is about more than just good writing, your resume design, and the paper on which you print it […]
July 14, 2020

How can your remote team communicate effectively?

Remote communication doesn’t always come naturally. While more of us are working in remote teams right now, we need to learn the new rules of effective […]
July 9, 2020

Why we should celebrate Paper Bag Day

July 12 is National Paper Bag Day.  The day was established to celebrate the humble paper bag – in a bid to encourage a move back […]
July 7, 2020

How Safe is Paper in the Time of COVID-19?

Well, paper is actually pretty safe! There are still many things we don’t know about the pandemic the world is experiencing right now, but one of […]
June 30, 2020

Types of Paper for Art

With many of us finding we have extra time on our hands at home, many of us are turning to traditional crafts to keep ourselves occupied.  […]
June 23, 2020

When Engineering and Origami get together

The Japanese art of paper folding brings together the disciplines of art and mathematics, as this former NASA scientist explains. Scientist Robert Lang quit his job […]
June 18, 2020

The Future of Work – What’s Next?

COVID-19 has already so many aspects of our lives and work.  How much of this change is irrevocable?  And what does it mean for the future […]
June 16, 2020

Creative Ways to Stay Connected through Paper

Not being together does not mean we are unable to reach out to our loved ones; it only means we must be more creative.  Here are […]
June 11, 2020

Home school printing tips for busy parents: the best print tips ever

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, homeschooling has become a new reality for many parents around the world.  How can parents best keep up with […]
June 9, 2020

How to Choose the Best Paper to Print from Home: A Quick Guide

Did you know that choosing the right paper can solve many of the challenges of home printing?  Business Optimizer shows you how to avoid those niggling […]
June 4, 2020

8 Hacks on How to Be Productive When Working from Home

Business Optimizer considers the eight essential productivity hacks to helps you be more productive when working from home. Even as the lockdown eases for many of […]
May 28, 2020

How Paper Helps Us Keep Focus at Work

People are reporting a lack of focus and difficulty during this pandemic.  Could the humble sheet of paper offer some solutions? It should be no surprise […]
May 26, 2020

Office Design after COVID-19

In many countries around the world, societies are slowly and cautiously emerging from lockdown.  But the world will never be quite the same again… and neither […]