December has arrived – where did 2008 go? If you haven’t done so already (and I bet you haven’t), it’s time to schedule some time to plan: which weeks in 2009 will be your vacation weeks? which days will be your days “off” work – when you don’t DO anything to do with work or
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Andrew Copping emailed to mention that Thaxted Dental have just completed a refurbishment of their web site. A web site that hasn’t been designed: by a dentist who is on an ego-trip or by a web site designer who wants to win a web site design award at an awards ceremony for web site designers
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Is your business card “bold, outrageous and provocative”? Check out some funky designs here. Thank you to Kim Black for showing me this. Although I still believe that having your portrait photograph on the card is essential in a service industry.

Yesterday was a 4:45am alarm call in Manchester, a 7:05 train to Euston, a full day of IDH meetings and the evening in conversation with a London dentist who is interested in joining our Private Division. I arrived at the Watford Hilton after 10.00pm last night feeling very happy with the day but understandably tired. Normally that
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Take a look at an uber-funky dental practice in Germany….   Click here.

I’m going to use this post to praise one of the best dental teams I have met in 12 years – and thank them for their hospitality and open minds. Click here to see their web site. A bright, happy team of individuals and we didn’t stop laughing during my visit – even though we
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So your patient writes: Dear dentist  Thank you for your letter 14 November 2008, in response to my letter   Tuesday 04 November 2008.  I understand and acknowledge the comments you make.  We greatly appreciate the quality of dental care we received, and thank   you personally on how you treat us as a family.  As I
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click here for The Academy of Clinical Excellence and my colourful friend and former client Prem Semhi click here  for The North of England Dental Academy and my equally talented friend and former client Nigel Hargreaves. Is Yorkshire excluded from the recession? Have they finally declared UDI and separated from the rest of the UK,
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Actually – lets start with the rave. About the new HD Flip Video – fantastic micro-technology and an upgrade on one of the biggest selling “I need it for work – honest” blokes gizmos of 2008 – I love my Flip and I’m now deep in early-adopter envy. Click here to see the beautifully designed
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