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At a Loss for Words? 25 Ways to Master the Art of Small Talk

Success

To the company party, a friend’s wedding or maybe a community group outing—whatever it is, it’s on your calendar. These tips can help take the stress out of small talk and create a quality conversation: 1. This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated. You’re invited! All great chances to meet new people.

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Today’s Admin Needs to Become a Mobile Office Pro

Office Dynamics

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. Gone are the days of being tethered to a desktop computer to conduct day-to-day business tasks. Microsoft OneDrive.

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The Art of Efficient Thinking (How to Reduce Cognitive Load)

Productivityist

The typed dictation is sent to my assistant who updates my calendar and assigns me tasks as needed. Do you have any tips or tricks for how you improve your thinking? I’ve got an upcoming book called The Productivity Playbook that is coming out in 2016. You get the point. I’d love to hear about them in the comments.

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Your business travel tips

Practically Perfect PA

A few weeks ago I asked you to send in your best travel tips – and well loads of you did! Here are your business travel tips… Travel Apps . Outlook Calendar . Enter all travel details at appropriate times in his/her Outlook calendar, if used. I want more tips. Thank you, thank you! Heathrow Airport .

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Assistant to the Assistant: Breaking down the AI hype

Who's the Real Boss?

And then other times when you feel like throwing Siri across the room from sheer frustration because she can’t even tell you what time your first meeting is in your calendar tomorrow morning! But voice assistants aren’t the be all and end all of AI, although presumably they will be the biggest threat to our roles in the future.

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

Office Dynamics

Our conference was held in October 2016 in Las Vegas. Our team-building activity for 2016 was called Compression Planning®: From Idea to Action and Results Faster. Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar.

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How To Learn Something New Every Day (And Actually Do Something With It)

Productivityist

Pro tip : Just assign your starting date to the first one, then click on it and drag it down the column to automatically fill the column. Open your calendar, make sure you find a spot with sufficient time, and add it in. Youtube : Here’s how simple it is to make a vlog which can be seen by the entire world in 2016. Press record.