Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

We had hundreds of administrative professionals around the world respond to our Blogs or just post their own great tips -- and even some just wanted to say, "I love being an Admin!". This year, we promise great information will be posted by me and special guest bloggers and a host of fun gifts.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

We had hundreds of administrative professionals around the world respond to our Blogs or just post their own great tips -- and even some just wanted to say, "I love being an Admin!". This year, we promise great information will be posted by me and special guest bloggers and a host of fun gifts.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 10 Tips to Help Keep Your Desk Clean Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on July 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

What is your 1 favorite tip/technique? Procrastination Tips. I've written hundreds of blog posts and a couple of books this way! Thanks to Margit Crane of Gifted With ADD. The one area I find most challenging to concur procrastination is writing articles for my blog. Keep An Editorial Calendar And Stick To It!

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Gift Cards You can’t go wrong with a gift card to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts. Lets grow together!

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Shop for Christmas Year Round Anytime you are out shopping keep an eye open for Christmas gifts. At the least, you spread the cost of buying gifts over twelve months rather than breaking the bank at the end of the year. Thanks for visiting!

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2011

Don’t get me wrong; you can have a totally groovy experience at lesser-known sites and accomplish many valuable blogging goals through those avenues. Given the choice between blogging for the big dogs and blogging for the little dogs, the benefits of going for the higher-ranking option are obvious. It‘s a no-brainer.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. In my blog article " Giving Thanks to Customers, Employees, and Others " you will find 10 sample thank-you messages. Thank-Yous for Holiday Greetings and Gifts.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Here are some tips to prepare home and family for getting into the back-to-school groove. Have a Centralized Calendar. A family calendar can help you track what is going on for all family members. Thanks for visiting!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets A nice Christmas gift to her boss who is a dad of five children.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. For individual rewards, how about gift certificates for DVD rentals, music CD purchases, theme park tickets or “Dinner for 2″ at a local eatery? Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. My mother has gotten things done by using heavily annotated paper calendars. Thanks for visiting! I learned from my mother.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 5, 2019

So, here are three stories of what not to do, one example of what to do, and 7 tips. They admit they completely forgot as they had a personal emergency and no one has access to their calendar. 7 Tips to recover from canceling/rescheduling with grace and diplomacy: The greater the offense the more profuse the apology should be.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You | Main | 6 Areas of Your Business Life that You MUST Have Flow to Make More Money (be like Bamboo) » What if You’re Working Harder Than You Need to Be? Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Unfortunately, our calendars and to-do lists often get in the way of common sense. And thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my blog. Thanks for visiting! The following eight points summarize her findings. Comments This is a great list.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 12, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. List #1 – The weekly calendar. Tips for making best use of your time: Post visual reminders about your goals and objective. Thanks for visiting! If you’re anything like me, your day is full of things to do. All time management begins with planning.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Review last year’s calendar to determine what may come up in the next few months, then meet with your boss about what she hopes to accomplish. Thanks for visiting! When your boss is having a bad day, it can be easy to pass that mood along to you.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Here are 10 random tips I’ve culled over the years on how to be a better assistant. Money/gifts contributions etiquette. When it comes to donating money to causes, gifts, or anything else where a lot of people are also pitching in, don’t be shy to ask how much everyone else is contributing. This is part 1. Yes, No Boxes.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 22, 2012

I must admit I’ve been struggling to start writing the blog this week, I knew I would be discussing the dreaded task of processing expenses and as I’m sure you can imagine the subject hasn’t really stirred my creative juices! Here are a few of my hints and tips. If you like my blog you’ll love my tweets: @PracticalPA.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

So, recycle those papers you have written and turn them into your next blog or book! To begin, write a very detailed blog with several parts to it. So a story in an Active Rain Blog has parts linked to parts of a Wordpress Blog and a another part included in the content of your website linking to parts of a facebook content.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 24, 2010

Blogs that are not getting enough traffic can be energized by you placing an important clue to the contest on it. Leave your customers a tip that the clue is hidden behind the banner, and then simply hide a clue on that affiliate page. Do you have a banner that needs more attention? Feel free to grab the code below.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Here are some other ideas on what to do with the some of that unexpected windfall of free time that comes with a work slowdown: Gave That ‘s post: “ 50 Simple Gifts to Give Yourself.&# A Virtual Assistant’s Blog » 5 Tips for Out-of-Work Freelancers Pingback // December 9th, 2008 // 11:32 am [.]

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Can have up to 10 separate incidences of individual coded areas Facebook Notes – the only place to put blog rss feed where it updates the Page Wall. Extended idea: create Friendfeed account and create a combined rss feed for multiple blogs, twitter posts, youtube posts, etc. Best fitting tips, etc. - Think banner ads.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. I talked to over 40 of my international colleagues and asked them for their one favorite tip on setting and managing priorities. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week.

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On The Job

JANUARY 4, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, January 4, 2010 Eat your salad first, and other career strategies Every year I get loads of candy over the holidays, and every year I feel compelled to eat it as fast as possible.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

"I recently stumbled across your blog and have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts! Dear KC, So glad you like my blog and hope I can be of help! Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. I have only been an EA for 1.5 You ask a very good question!

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Last week, I wrote about how you have more time than you think to do more meaningful activities than you are now, and I even gave you tips to start reclaiming just five out of every 168 hours so you could start living a life you love. You started a blog or committed to a regular guest posting gig on someone else’s.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. However, sometimes you are also given fun work and special projects.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 11, 2012

They have ranged from gifts, event tickets/access, to swag, and cash. However, the best "gifts" bosses have given me were the intangibles - their investment in my career, mentoring me, grooming me, a sincere thank you, showing heartfelt concern, and giving me insight to how they think and why, their time, effort, and energy.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Communication Productivity Tip: Dont Make People Search for You.   So, I asked my colleagues if they would share their favorite tips for overcoming overwhelm.    I do not suggest that you adopt all the tips below. .    I do not suggest that you adopt all the tips below.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

I also handle his executive calendar and work in the office with him. I love your question because no one has ever asked this question on the blog. I would also volunteer at work and socialize with my co-workers during the holiday gift wrapping parties. I do applaud you for NOT talking to him about it. You can just write “Thx!”

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