Author Archives: Anna Blanch Rabe

A Practical Guide To Location Independence

April 5, 2020 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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practical guide to location independence working from anywhere remote business

Here’s the thing, I know that working from anywhere is not possible for everyone; or as I call it, location independence. But what if it could be possible for you? Following a year of 150+ days of work travel in 2017, I wrote Lessons from working from anywhere. Many of those still stand, but after over 180+ days on the road in both 2018 and 2019, including three months working in Hungary, Germany, UAE, Thailand and Australia, I have some updated thoughts on location-independent work and Continue reading →

Want to be a world changer? Pull up a chair or build your own table

March 31, 2020 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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Want to be a world change quit waiting for a gilded invitation

Want to be a world changer? Pull up a chair or build your own table. Quit waiting around for your gilded invitation! I am often so focused on getting things done, that I don’t much care if I’ve been anointed one of the chosen ones. We need to be careful of comparing our messy beginning or middle with someone’s else’s resolution or polished delivery. I know sometimes it might feel like you’re not being given the same opportunities that others get. It’s hard and sometimes Continue reading →

Essential Archival Research Kit

April 26, 2019 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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Preparation is essential to making the most of limited time in an archival research library. One of my secrets to getting the most out of time is archival and reference libraries is my “essential archival research kit”! The Essential Archival Research Kit Readers card Laptop (and chargers/power cord) A pad of paper or research notebook Endnote Pencils, eraser, sharpener Outline of research Business cards Change for lockers, photocopying (though you may need to carry a Plastic form of currency if you’re anything like me), and Continue reading →

The Journey from novice to competent to excellent: 10000 hours to expert.

March 3, 2019 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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10000 hours to expert. It’s what they say. But is it true? Moving from being a newbie to leader, fledgling entrepreneur to business maven, or student to professoriate, is a long journey. In some ways one shouldn’t endeavor to grow out of being a student of your field. There is always something to learn – always new pedagogical techniques to consider, new ways of doing things, and new research being published, and new ways to apply that knowledge and those skills. A bit like life Continue reading →

Registering Your Non-Profit Entity in the System of Award Management (SAM.gov)

December 13, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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Registering a non profit in the system of award management

Registering Your non-profit entity in the System of Award Management – better known by its acronym, SAM – is essential for getting paid! Let me say that another way, to be paid by the US Federal government under a contract – including a services contract for delivery by a non-profit organization – a representative of the non-profit must be registered in the System of Award Management. Why do you need to be registered as a non-profit in the federal award management system? Think of SAM Continue reading →

Making Legal Easy: Ithemes and WordPress Webinars

December 11, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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We are committed to making Legal Easy and one of the ways that we contribute to communicating about the law clearly are through workshops for the tech community on legal topics. Ithemes is a WordPress theme creator and developer. Here is a series of workshops that we have presented for their clients and users of WordPress. If you are looking to invite Anna to speak at your event, please visit: Inviting Anna to Speak at our event. What You Should know about images and US Continue reading →

What exactly is a military influencer?: MIC 2018

October 23, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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three people including Anna Blanch Rabe sit on white armchairs on a stage - Anna is a white woman with dark curly hair wearing all black with a turquoise necklace. There is also another man and woman on the stage, both are white and wearing business professional clothing.

The Military Influencer Conference opened its 2nd year with a bang. Last year, Milblogging was revived and we saw Military Influencer Conference 2017, now we hit the sophomore year and expectations and energies were high. Ostensibly, this is a 2 1/2 day event, however, because it is Sunday through Tuesday, many participants arrive Saturday and stay through Wednesday, and it is also held at the same time as the larger FinCon. FinCon is a premier conference (which I’ve personally never attended) which also sees numerous satellite Continue reading →

How Madskills is Reframing Virtual Work and Moving the Needle

September 7, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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Madskills is Reframing Virtual Work and helping to move the needle which has military spouse unemployment at over 4 times the national average. Their business model includes a B2B revenue model, and an important social impact model – providing qualified and talented military spouse contractors to businesses who need their specialist skills. I will disclose here that Anna Blanch Rabe & Associates provides some services to Madskills. We are proud of this relationship – but we wanted to be upfront in sharing it! Madskills Founders Continue reading →

Why our CEO is working on a Doctoral degree

August 22, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe

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Our CEO is working on a doctoral degree in English Language and Literature. Why? To serve you better. Yes, she knows that doctoral degrees don’t always increase financial earning capacity, but she is insatiable about learning how to write more effectively, develop better arguments, and explain complicated ideas to non-specialist audiences. Audiences like your law firm’s clients. She wants to reinforce her education and experience teaching others how to write well. Her pedagogical training and experience teaching/lecturing/working as a teaching assistant at four universities means Continue reading →