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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. She had to set up an away voicemail message and fortunately had kept a script of what her away message usually said, She worked for a doctor so it was important that the proper referral numbers were given.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

As we head into the New Year it will be easy to forget and put 2008 instead of 2009. Until you remember on your own what year you are in, this is a good back up system. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. laughs* I had one boss who was absolutely forbidden to schedule his own appointments because he would foul up his calendar so badly. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. I use this all the time on my calendar and my boss's calendar, and it helps us both to know which events are phone calls which he can take in the office or on the road (yellow) or which events will require travel (blue).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. Recently, I bought a new laptop.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. Come up with a plan on how you are going to improve in the areas you identified as needing improvement. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 September, 2008 Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your Boss Of all the articles I have written, the one I wrote on the bring-forward system by far gets the most views. For instance, if your boss is travelling on the Monday, you will have to give him or her everything they will need on Friday.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ▼ 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ► 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. no tickets.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 November, 2008 We have a winner! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Lets enjoy our day together.© Well that didnt take long.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 9 November, 2008 Contest! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Lets enjoy our day together.© I am remiss. " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

In-camera If the Chair says this part of the meeting is in-camera, take your fingers off the keyboard, or put your pen down. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 November, 2008 Can you afford not to take a vacation? I am busy, busy this week preparing to leave because I dont want to leave any loose ends and I want to cover off on anything that might come up in my absence. It will be a good time to clean up all the e-mails that will be in my Inbox.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 January, 2009 Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary Something you should do every once in awhile is to clean up your dictionary in Word. I have the software at home, but havent gotten the gumption up to load it yet. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

If I am told that I should have it in the next few weeks, or can expect to receive it in a couple of months, that doesn’t really help me with my follow up as it is not a definite date. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

What a blast the last two weeks have been, but I dont think I could have taken any more late nights staying up to watch the Olympics in Eastern Standard Time. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ► 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

A good tip if you flub up your voicemail is to press # and it should give you prompts to get out of it. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right? Having a good filing system and keeping the file list up to date is something every assistant needs to be able to do. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.© 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ► 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

at the bottom and moved the My Favourites up so it would be convenient for your use. Under My Favourites, I have added a Meeting section with some useful sites and combined many of my travel related links under one title simply called Travel. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ▼ 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

This time I came up with a site called Karens Linguistics Issues. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Thank goodness for Google , I use it all the time to get answers.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 23 August, 2009 Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" So how do you word your follow-up e-mail so as not to come across as impatient? It is OK to follow up, but be nice.people have a lot on their plate and your request is probably not the only thing they have to do, so be understanding, but be persistent.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. Bring Forward System or Using Tasks in Outlook Have a system to follow up on items your boss has asked you to do or things you know you need to do. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

I tend to keep my scheduling sheets in chronological order and each morning I go through them to see if there is any action I need to take, i.e. follow up to ask for an agenda or see if I can start scheduling. I dont want to miss a step so always go through the checklist on the travel sheet. 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

By using the template I was able to accomplish everything with enough time to change, touch up my make up and hair and then off to the next event. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 14 October, 2008 October 15th, Blog Action Day: Poverty I am participating in Blog Action Day and the theme this year is Poverty. Take up a cause today at your office and rally your co-workers to reach out and touch someone who is less fortunate than yourself. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

They know that once the issue is resolved, they will then have to scramble to make up for lost time with the person causing the slow down seemingly unaware that what they are doing is hindering everyone else. She could have cleaned the whole house in the time it took her to get her room tidied up. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 4 October, 2008 Kings and Queens of the Office A friend was telling me about an Executive Assistant who has taken on a superior attitude at work and seems to think she is the Queen, looking down her nose on all her subjects, the other assistants. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 September, 2008 Cystic Fibrosis Hello Readers, My great nephew Owen has recently been diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

If a conference comes up and they are looking for someone to do the registration, we can step in and do that or we can organize it from start to finish. Who better than the admins to come up with something that works. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. February 22, 2009 Patricia Robb said. " Warning!

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