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Administrative Assistants Broaden Your Skillset

Office Dynamics

At our recent Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , I surveyed 350 attendees about the topics they would like me to address at future conferences or training events. When it comes to figuring out your soft skills, enlarge your vision; don’t just look at the tasks such as meeting planning or calendaring. Persuasion.

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Training On-line

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 January, 2009 Training On-line Recently someone asked me a question about training on-line so I thought I would share the answer in a post. I use a place based in Toronto, Canada called Last Minute Training. Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!"

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

The diverse team has combined organizational and time management skills, event and meeting planning, business savvy, continued professional development drive and so much more to ensure success and positive outcomes. Time to read and share professional blogs, articles, books, and webinars (most are free!).

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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

Create a Template When I train people on creating office procedures, I start by encouraging them to use a template so that they have a standardized tool to help them keep their procedures consistent from page to page whether they are typed or handwritten. Go through the links section by section.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Using the staff meeting planning example, here are the batches or segments: Date Selection and Participants. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Invitations. Meeting Catering. Meeting Materials. Conference Room Logistics. You can get a 30% discount when you subscribe through us. com to find out more.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just recently read an article on it and was surprised when I really paid attention to the messages I was sending myself that some of them were negative. I recently was at a friend’s place and her husband has an elaborate train set. Lets enjoy our day together.© Have you ever heard of negative and positive self talk ?

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I wrote an article called We Dont Know What We Dont Know. I think the first reason is what I put in my original article. Share any special training you have received with others in the office or online. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.