Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally? Do you want to fax some documents to a client, but not sure if the fax number you are dialing will be correct? Do you want to fax some documents to a client, but not sure if the fax number you are dialing will be correct? You have yourself the dialing instructions.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 31, 2010

Many cell phone owners are not aware that both cell phones and portable computers have the capability to access the Internet from anywhere using wireless Bluetooth technology. Furthermore, they may already be paying for Bluetooth wireless access in their monthly cell phone plan.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 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. Or have you played the popular “phone tag&# game? This may be a case when you pick up the phone and discuss the issue.

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The Marq

OCTOBER 10, 2019

I was speaking with a buddy about the Persistence blog post I've been working on. I told him about online resources, including the HubSpot Blog Topic Generator , as well as my own approach. During this time, I know I'm not doing anything else: no emails, texts, browsing (unless I'm researching), or phone calls. Of course not.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 26, 2018

We all know about texting, calling and emailing from our phones, but are you collaborating from it as well? With a plethora of collaboration tools online, it’s as simple as finding one with an awesome phone app that works for your business. Connecting with your market via social media or a business blog is the new full color brochure.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 31, 2017

Slack is an instant messenger service that allows teams to communicate with each other over a number of platforms (website, phone, tablet etc.). Lastly, users can drag and drop all types of documents to share with other members of staff and colleagues. The Slack blog is also quite helpful for workflow and time management tips.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Whether your employees bring their own phones to work or you have issued smartphones to everyone on your team to help stay in touch, check out the following ways that smartphones can help everyone stay safe: Long Battery Life for Improved Communication. Use the Camera as a Documentation Tool. A great example of this is battery life.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

Chat by phone or video conferencing, record meetings, and share screens to keep each other up to date, even if you’re continents apart! Cloud-Based File Storage: Tired of attaching documents to emails and relying on track changes to keep up with multiple people editing the same files? This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 31, 2017

Slack is an instant messenger service that allows teams to communicate with each other over a number of platforms (website, phone, tablet etc.). Lastly, users can drag and drop all types of documents to share with other members of staff and colleagues. The Slack blog is also quite helpful for workflow and time management tips.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

For assistants who have managers that engage with social media it is important that they have a variety of great images that they can use when tweeting, updating LinkedIn and writing for the corporate blog. I wrote a blog about this a few months ago that gives tips on keeping your social media organised. Be relevant. Twitter Ads.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 15, 2015

With Assist Travel coming up in September in London I wanted to share one of our most popular blogs with you – The Ultimate Travel Itinerary. At the bottom of the blog I have uploaded the template I use for my Directors. If your Director has a smart phone or tablet then do make use of online city guide apps.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 28, 2012

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog on how to work effectively in an open plan office and I did touch on this subject but considering we often get asked in interviews how we maintain confidentiality I felt it was well worth revisiting this crucial skill. Confidential electronic documents (anything that is visible on your computer screen).

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 22, 2010

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. How many times do you search through those piles in an attempt to look for a document that isn’t there? Lets grow together!

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 18, 2010

Depending on the time difference, you probably want to have a regular phone time set up at least once and possibly twice a day. If anything of an emergent nature comes up, how should you contact him (e-mail, phone, texting, etc.)? Get follow-up instructions by e-mail even when you’ve discussed a project by phone already.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 18, 2010

Depending on the time difference, you probably want to have a regular phone time set up at least once and possibly twice a day. If anything of an emergent nature comes up, how should you contact him (e-mail, phone, texting, etc.)? Get follow-up instructions by e-mail even when you’ve discussed a project by phone already.

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Success

AUGUST 19, 2022

It was a simple one: Find 30 extra minutes each day to do something productive and document it. On her blog, GoneForLunch.com , she shared her experiences and challenged others to explore a range of sitting, active, indoor and outdoor activities. She depended on caffeine more and more. That wasn’t much better.

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 30, 2010

Oftentimes, you review the document so many times it starts to blur and you can miss something glaring. The following is some guidelines to make sure you are delivering a error free document: - Use a dictionary / thesaurus when you write. All punctuation should be consistent throughout the document. CONSISTENCY IS KING.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Do you find that your staff are not being consistent with their memos, e-mails , the way they answer the phone , etc.? This way, everyone will be using the exact same documents , spreadsheet , etc. Just make sure to protect the documents, spreadsheets, etc. so that they dont get changed.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

At the bottom of the blog I have uploaded the template I use for my Directors. Included with the travel itinerary you should have the following as separate documents: Maps and directions for all hotels and meeting points. If your Director has a smart phone or tablet then do make use of online city guide apps.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 7, 2010

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. My suggestion would be to backup your documents, electronic files, spreadsheets, etc. Lets grow together! Backup SMARTPhone Data.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2015

We also expect to get the odd phone call in the evening / middle of the night / break of dawn. When the boss calls we simply have to be there to pick up the phone. Here is a blog that I wrote a while ago about productivity and working smarter. This makes it difficult to have any kind of work life balance.

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Most of the time, presentations and documents can be sent via email instead of giving a hard copy to the intended person. In order to organize these papers, set up a box where each document type can be placed on your desk. An accordion file is also a great way to organize documents. Tip #2: Manage Your Papers. 100% No Spam.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 19, 2010

A guest blog post by Kemetia Foley, CPS/CAP. Kemetia operates the blog superppn.blogspot.com. It doesn’t take a brain scientist to see that more and more firms are counting on employees and middle management to handle their own calls, prepare their own documents and make their own travel arrangements. The choice is yours.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 19, 2010

A guest blog post by Kemetia Foley, CPS/CAP. Kemetia operates the blog superppn.blogspot.com. It doesn’t take a brain scientist to see that more and more firms are counting on employees and middle management to handle their own calls, prepare their own documents and make their own travel arrangements. The choice is yours.

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Tips From T. Marie

DECEMBER 30, 2014

You can no longer deny the benefits of cloud services like document storage, subscription based cloud software services and virtual office space with shared project management. So called experts claimed that blogging had died several years ago when Twitter and Facebook exploded in popularity. CONTENT Will Be King…Again.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I recently upgraded my GTD Toolkit with the upgrade of my phone to the BlackBerry Bold 9780 with RIM’s latest OS BlackBerry version 6.0 (my my old phone was Nokia E71 ). I think this is a great phone and I have no complaints so far. The performance of the phone and its battery capacity are excellent.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

O ne of my readers asks: With Word 2007, is it possible to create a “cliff notes&# version of a document using the Styles function or Macros? Here are the 7 steps to creating a “cliff notes&# version of your document: Cut the piece of text that you would like to remove from your document. Whats next?

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Republished by Blog Post Promoter Ah, the plague of the daily mail. Do you really need to get a better phone plan, or would it just be a nice idea to know what’s out there? manuals and documentation for stuff you no longer own; electric toothbrush, car, medical insurance plan. Have a tray for to-be-filed documents.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 19, 2012

I keep one good pen, preferably a fountain pen, for signing documents and a red pen for ticking things off my to-do list. Files – see my previous blog on my filing system. The phone should be on the desk as near to your keyboard and computer screen as possible. Follow my blog with Bloglovin. Office Equipment.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 26, 2010

I always thought he would be great at blogging, but he never took it up. I convinced him that this is the perfect time to document his story, his preparation, and his biking adventure through a blog, social media, and his mobile phone. This is his Travel log, his moblog, his mobile blogging project.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

In a nutshell, you can save anything to this program and access it from your computer, from the web, or even your phone. Document Storage - When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I’ll need again, I forward it to Evernote. Evernote on a mobile phone can geotag the photo.

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The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

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. Lets grow together! Thursday, January 21, 2010 Are you Ga Ga For Google? Google is an office professional’s best friend.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

I am writing my blog post in one now in ABQ while waiting for my plane. I like having a long battery life and having the full functionality of the Windows Platform on my phone. I have Dropbox on my phone as well so I can easily send documents to my consultants while on the road.

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Imagine that your boss comes to you and asks you to merge several files into one main file ( Microsoft Word document). Then at the end, you just accept all changes to get the final document. Do you find that you are being bombarded with updates to the same files time and time again? I completely forgot about that.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 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. You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files?

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