Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Thursday, September 22: My excitement over what the second day of the Conference for Administrative Excellence might bring had me awake at dawn; I saw the bright golden sun dazzle over the mountain horizon. Sherry told me, “This is a phenomenal conference for leadership. By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 1, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore practical strategies to help you overcome work-from-home guilt and reclaim your confidence. Utilize task management apps, time-tracking tools, or the Pomodoro Technique to boost your efficiency. Schedule virtual meetings, video conferences, or phone calls to stay connected and aligned.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

There was less sharing of information, silos in place and limited collaboration. If you request to attend a Training Day and they say that time away from the office is the main issue, then you need to make the conference seem as undisruptive as possible. You need to reinforce that your work is under control and manage expectations.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 3, 2016

Why not take a few moments during our blog-a-thon for the administrative profession to highlight YOUR stories and why we’re here? It’s a great conference to network in an intimate setting and get to know each other. Thank you for your great focus, energy, attitude, collaboration and fantastic support.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 9, 2014

Julie will be speaking more on this subject at the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. lucybrazier CEO of Marcham Publishing – Publisher, Speaker & Conference Chairperson. She can be found speaking at administrative conferences and events around the world. Share in the comments below.

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BioTeams

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

A lot of my work involves facilitating large meetings where groups need to collaborate to resolve difficult issues or develop future plans for working together. From a collaboration point of view this is much more productive than making the people you work with earn your trust first. Guess what - nobody was able to collaborate.

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Productivity Bits

JULY 11, 2017

Many organizations tend to neglect team collaboration in remote workers, and that is a concern. The real challenge is how to manage your team so that productivity levels are high and the can still deliver expected, if not surpassed results. To solve this issue, choose an overlapping period to host conference calls or virtual meetings.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2015

The overall concept is to share best practice and information and to create a unified sense of collaboration between all Assistants. With Personal Assistants wanting to take on more responsibility this will free up time for management and avoid unnecessary duplication in teams. Have a launch event to promote the PA network.

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BioTeams

AUGUST 20, 2012

The Guardian reports on the growth in "Persona Management Software" which individuals use to engage in web conversations using multiple identities on forums and social sites. The aim is to create the perception of a (fake) upswell in sentiment on a given topic (a practice is known as astroturfing ). Photograph: Jeff Blackler/Rex Features.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Live streams, blog posts, articles, Instagram/Facebook/Snapchat stories, posts, short-form or long-form media — it can all seem like too much sometimes. 2 – Answer questions you receive in a Facebook or LinkedIn group that you manage or are a member of. 58 – Share an event or conference.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I never realized there were so many good c-words related to career success: communication, collaboration, courage…. With confidence, you’ll be a better communicator and more effective collaborator. Earlier this year, I was asked to emcee one of the largest conferences in the world for administrative professionals, APC.

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BioTeams

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Bioteams readers might be interested to know that I have just launched Cohort - an Online Change Management Game which challenges players to explore different strategies to gain the support of a group of senior executives for a major change initiative. You can also totally customise the change scenario and the executive profiles.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 25, 2012

Cover and title was designed by Office Dynamics conference attendees at the 18th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. This book was a result of a collaborative effort by authors: Joan Burge, Nancy Fraze and Jasmine Freeman. You will learn how to: Earn the respect of peers and managers. Who Took My Pen.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 4, 2014

Effortless navigation provides essential information with clarity at this highly readable, solution-oriented website chock full of numerous helpful articles, free educational videos, whitepapers, case studies, an ebook, nearly 1,000 blog posts… and a spunky, happy approach to work and life. Numerous blog posts, categorized by topic area.

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BioTeams

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The Guardian reports on the growth in "Persona Management Software" which individuals use to engage in web conversations using multiple identities on forums and social sites. The aim is to create the perception of a (fake) upswell in sentiment on a given topic (a practice is known as astroturfing ). Photograph: Jeff Blackler/Rex Features.

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BioTeams

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I am always on the lookout for good simple visualisation techniques to support change management. In other words you start with a Maturity Model for the particular Change Management area you are working on. The River Diagram idea is quite straightforward. First you assess each group individually across each of the behaviours.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 2, 2015

I attended the Assist Conference earlier this year. However – if we are not willing to speak up and actively list our duties how can we expect colleagues and managers to be aware of this change in office dynamics? There was less sharing of information and limited collaboration. Where to begin?

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BioTeams

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This 15-page executive guide, aimed at leaders and managers in all sizes and types of organisation, proposes and explains a pragmatic and comprehensive framework for the necessary interventions required to successfully introduce High Performing Teams (HPTs) into organisations. 1) A team health-check calculator (written in Microsoft Excel ).

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 22, 2010

Spending time with people over food is MUCH different than spending time with them in conference rooms. Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? -

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 20, 2010

Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? - We miss those of not able to make it. >> New Clients – START HERE Ready to get started?

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 27, 2017

Joan would give me an assignment like writing a blog or recording a video, or speaking on stage to our sold-out conference of 250 attendees for my first time. Innovation and creativity are best when melded with collaboration. There is a reason we had a conference about resilience in 2016. Be kind to everyone you meet.

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Customers Rock!

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I have been reading quite a few blogs and comments lately about how social media and customer service need to come together. I wholeheartedly agree, and as you might imagine, I have a few quick thoughts on the subject which I will share below (inspired by some comments on left on Esteban Kolsky ’s post at the blog TheSocialCustomer ).

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BioTeams

DECEMBER 13, 2012

ISEE Systems , a leading developer of business simulation tools, have published reviews of two of the new Bioteams online/offline collaboration games developed using the ithink platform. The first game is a "company war game" where the HR teams become the senior executive team in their own business.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 20, 2010

Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? - We miss those of not able to make it. >> New Clients – START HERE Ready to get started?

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 2, 2010

By AndreaKalli The Birth of Podcast Production Since this is my first guest blog post for VirtualAssist.net, I guess I should introduce myself and tell you a little bit about my company. AudioFile Solutions said: New Guest Blog: 3 Podcast Production Styles–Which is Right For You. I hope you will check it out. Life coaching?

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BioTeams

APRIL 8, 2011

The manifesto is the foundation of the Bioteams book, published March 2008, and is a comprehensive conceptual framework for the effective management of today's Virtual Teams , Multi-Enterprise Teams and Cross-Functional teams. To download a free copy of The Bioteaming Manifesto (34 pages).

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BioTeams

JUNE 23, 2011

The BBC Nature site reports on research published in the journal Naturwissenschaften which has discovered that a certain species of stinging ant may grab a fellow worker in their jaws and take them with them to help manage large food items they cannot carry by themselves. Image : [link]. Read Ants carry over a friend to help.

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BioTeams

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I am pleased to announce a new team business simulation game, CHAPTER, which in a half-day puts you through your paces as the newly appointed manager of a ten-person team. You have two big challenges as team manager: Firstly you need to get all your new team members committed and competent as high-performing team leaders and members.

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 28, 2010

Here’s some takeaways from a recent content marketing conference – [link] 3 Mark (1 comments.) Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? -

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BioTeams

DECEMBER 25, 2012

The discipline of making and managing promises is part of a management discipline known as Commitment-Based Management (CbM). You can download an excellent introductory paper on CbM published in the Harvard Business Review Promise-Based Management - The Essence of Execution by Donald Sull and Charles Spinosa.

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BioTeams

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Just imagine a tool which let a user, who understands a business area but has no technical skills, build and deploy sophisticated graphical management simulations in under an hour! Tags: Online Collaboration Tools. If you are interested in exploring this opportunity get in touch with me (Ken Thompson) by email.

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BioTeams

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Learning about what works - changing the focus to understanding what works and providing information on it so that managers can decide what methods suit their circumstances. instead of "Are your following the standard process?". Read Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: The Failure of the Reform Regime.

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BioTeams

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Management Principles: A Contemporary Edition for Africa by P. Leading IT Projects: The IT Manager's Guide by Jessica Keyes, 2008. The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies by Dennis M. The 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management , 2008. Smit, 2007. Social by Social by Andy Gibson.

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BioTeams

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

However when you think about "Change Management" you could be excused for thinking its all about detailed road maps and large tomes of procedures and checklists. Finally the FEET, or HEELS if you simply must have alliteration, represents the feet on the ground to project manage the change.

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Denise Aday

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

There are many other ways to use these easy spreadsheet forms: customer satisfaction surveys, quick opinion polls (post the results to your blog!), post conference/teleseminar feedback, etc. How do you use Google Docs? Do you have how-to questions?

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BioTeams

AUGUST 27, 2012

What's neat is that PPT to Video also manages to preserve your animations and transition effects from your original PowerPoint presentation. iSpring (free and paid). Website: [link]. iSpring converts your powerpoint presentations into flash videos which you can share on the web.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Aside from incredible networking, most professional associations also give you access to valuable learning opportunities—whether through featured speakers at meetings, annual training conferences, or newsletters highlighting trends in your field. When I started my first blog so many years ago, I was looking for a hobby.

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