Jira 101, Part 1: Getting Started with Jira
Blog Barista: Sam Nadarajan | January 8, 2020 | Developer Tools | Brew time: 6 min
If you are reading this post, then you are probably new to Jira! If so, congratulations on choosing one of the best online tools for project collaboration. This first post from the five part Jira 101 series will help you become familiar with some basic Jira concepts. By the end of this post, you will…
Delicious JavaScript Array Methods
Tips & Tricks to Up Your JavaScript Game
Blog Barista: Ian DesJardins | Dec 18, 2019 | Development Practices | Brew time: 6 min
JavaScript. If you’re a web developer, you write it. Many of us have been writing it for years and have gotten comfortable with certain patterns and language features. Those patterns and features let us write code efficiently and …
A Night of Luxury: Celebrating Employees with the Annual KL&A Holiday Party
Blog Barista: Katelyn Cripps | December 11, 2019 | Culture | Brew time: 3 min
Every year, KL&A employees work diligently on various projects. All year long. Each project has its own set of setbacks and triumphs. The setbacks are handled gracefully with patience and perseverance. While the triumphs are proudly celebrated among everyone…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 7: Using Building Blocks
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | December 4, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 7 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. The series has covered a lot of ground, from editing and navigation features, to creating templates and styles, and enhancing your styles with numbering schemes, as well as using custom properties to support content reuse…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 6: Inserting Dynamic Cross-References
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 27, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 6 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, my last post covered custom properties which support content reuse and are a wonderful accoutrement to templates…
Continuous Improvement: The Real Reward for Being a Top Workplace
Blog Barista: Kim Spagnuolo | November 21, 2019 | Workplace | Brew time: 4 min
When prepping for last week’s press release, I spoke with some of the leadership team to discuss KL&A making the Top Workplace list for the second year in a row. With last year’s recognition being a monumental moment for KL&A…
The Detroit Free Press Declares Kunz, Leigh & Associates a 2019 Top Workplace
Maintaining a Happy, Healthy Culture is the Key to KL&A’s Success
OKEMOS, MI, Nov. 13, 2019 — Kunz, Leigh & Associates (KL&A) has been named a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press for the second year in a row.
Awardees are selected based solely on employee feedback gathered through a survey administered by a reputable, third-party research firm. The anonymous survey measures 15 cultural drivers to determine if employees feel aligned, connected, supported and heard…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 5: Creating & Managing Custom Properties
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 6, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 8 min
Welcome to Part 5 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, the last post explained how to add multilevel numbering schemes to your paragraph styles to create styles for writing instructions…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 4: Building Numbered Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 30, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 11 min
Welcome to Part 4 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. So far, I’ve covered some often unknown but immensely helpful editing and navigation features and explained how to create and access templates and how to create and apply paragraph and character styles. Today’s post will take your…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 3: Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 24, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 15 min
Welcome to Part 3 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In the last post, I covered how to create and access templates. Today’s post will walk you through paragraph and character styles. Although you can use these concepts at the document level, defining styles in your templates will make them…
Jira 101, Part 1: Getting Started with Jira
Blog Barista: Sam Nadarajan | January 8, 2020 | Developer Tools | Brew time: 6 min
If you are reading this post, then you are probably new to Jira! If so, congratulations on choosing one of the best online tools for project collaboration. This first post from the five part Jira 101 series will help you become familiar with some basic Jira concepts. By the end of this post, you will…
Delicious JavaScript Array Methods
Tips & Tricks to Up Your JavaScript Game
Blog Barista: Ian DesJardins | Dec 18, 2019 | Development Practices | Brew time: 6 min
JavaScript. If you’re a web developer, you write it. Many of us have been writing it for years and have gotten comfortable with certain patterns and language features. Those patterns and features let us write code efficiently and …
A Night of Luxury: Celebrating Employees with the Annual KL&A Holiday Party
Blog Barista: Katelyn Cripps | December 11, 2019 | Culture | Brew time: 3 min
Every year, KL&A employees work diligently on various projects. All year long. Each project has its own set of setbacks and triumphs. The setbacks are handled gracefully with patience and perseverance. While the triumphs are proudly celebrated among everyone…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 7: Using Building Blocks
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | December 4, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 7 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. The series has covered a lot of ground, from editing and navigation features, to creating templates and styles, and enhancing your styles with numbering schemes, as well as using custom properties to support content reuse…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 6: Inserting Dynamic Cross-References
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 27, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 6 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, my last post covered custom properties which support content reuse and are a wonderful accoutrement to templates…
Continuous Improvement: The Real Reward for Being a Top Workplace
Blog Barista: Kim Spagnuolo | November 21, 2019 | Workplace | Brew time: 4 min
When prepping for last week’s press release, I spoke with some of the leadership team to discuss KL&A making the Top Workplace list for the second year in a row. With last year’s recognition being a monumental moment for KL&A…
The Detroit Free Press Declares Kunz, Leigh & Associates a 2019 Top Workplace
Maintaining a Happy, Healthy Culture is the Key to KL&A’s Success
OKEMOS, MI, Nov. 13, 2019 — Kunz, Leigh & Associates (KL&A) has been named a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press for the second year in a row.
Awardees are selected based solely on employee feedback gathered through a survey administered by a reputable, third-party research firm. The anonymous survey measures 15 cultural drivers to determine if employees feel aligned, connected, supported and heard…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 5: Creating & Managing Custom Properties
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 6, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 8 min
Welcome to Part 5 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, the last post explained how to add multilevel numbering schemes to your paragraph styles to create styles for writing instructions…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 4: Building Numbered Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 30, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 11 min
Welcome to Part 4 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. So far, I’ve covered some often unknown but immensely helpful editing and navigation features and explained how to create and access templates and how to create and apply paragraph and character styles. Today’s post will take your…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 3: Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 24, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 15 min
Welcome to Part 3 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In the last post, I covered how to create and access templates. Today’s post will walk you through paragraph and character styles. Although you can use these concepts at the document level, defining styles in your templates will make them…