Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Document Storage - When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I’ll need again, I forward it to Evernote. Blogging - Evernote for blogging is great because it keeps all blog-related ideas together in one place. Whenever you want to save something blog-related, put it in here.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Book formats on Smashwords include PDF documents and formats that can be read by ebook readers and devices like Kindle, Sony Reader, iPod, and Palm. Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 17, 2014

A few years ago I wrote a blog post about minute taking which has proven to be really popular so I thought I would write a follow-up post with 10 more minute taking tips. Here are a few examples: The paper / report was noted. Remembering names. It can be quite daunting taking minutes for a Committee that you have never met.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

I recently added a post called " Outlook Rules That Rule " from a fellow Administrative Assistants blog. For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. Do you feel overwhelmed with trying to figure out who you should respond to first? There is another method to this madness though.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 8, 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. For example, files related to finances can be green (for obvious reasons, right?), Lets grow together! Template images by luoman.

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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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Productivityist

JUNE 19, 2015

I use Byword to blog, so blog posts are synced to Dropbox so I can work on them anywhere. Whenever someone sends me a book to read or a PDF to view, I save it in a folder in Dropbox called “To Read” so that I can view it easily on my iPad. Everything I write (almost). I have a folder I share with my speaking agent.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Here is how to calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage: For example, your earnings are $2,342 in November and $2,500 in December. It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for. I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

For example, if I have Microsoft Excel XP and would like to send a file to a client that only has Microsoft Excel 97 (which was a horrible disaster for Microsoft, since there were quite a few bugs in this version), you could save the file as a Microsoft Excel 97 version. I remember in the past that you can always downgrade files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Another thing that helps people to get motivated is by writing some sort of mantra on a piece of paper or printing it out. This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. But of course, you don’t want to disturb others around you with the bell going off or some even have chickens clucking as the alarm. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead. Virtual Stopwatch gives you the option to set a predetermined amount of time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Narrow them down to the amount that you can manage (usually 3 - 5), but some people can do more or less. Move all of the other tasks to the next day or time that you can tackle them. Next, add a time frame to each task. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. 2comments for this post Anonymous HI Richard, Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 14, 2016

For my first Productivityist blog post, I figured I should write about a topic on which I’m an expert: hitting the snooze button. Writing a blog post? For example, my theme for Tuesdays is Writing. For anyone who doesn’t use their phone as an alarm, I’ve created a PDF download of these nine steps action for you here.

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Admins4Admins

DECEMBER 16, 2009

For example; if you are searching for Telephone sound clips, enter the word “Telephone&# in the Search for: text box. Click on the link below to download a printable step-by-step pdf. H ow to hide the sound icon in PowerPoint 2007 (PDF) As always, let us know if there are things you need help with.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example. And lastly, don’t forget to turn it on. Thanks, Richard Posted on 23 September, 2008 10:40 AM Delilah Thanks for the tip.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Note: Make sure to add the time in the meeting schedule (for example: Meeting with client, 1:00 pm Calgary time), so the manager knows that this is the correct time to meet with this client. Now you can see by the picture below that the new time zone has been added. You can now add in the meeting details for this time zone.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 11, 2010

You can receive these updates automatically through email by clicking below: Subscribe to admins4admins.com by Email DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: Word 2007 | How To Insert Track Changes (PDF) HOW TO INSERT TRACK CHANGES ON A DOCUMENT 1. Choose the new format (in this example we choose “BOLD”). Type in the new text.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog.

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On The Job

MAY 26, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Does It Matter Whether You Have Friends at Work? Methot says that’s a prime example of how workplace friendships can cause problems and impact productivity. “If

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. I usually follow up ever 3 business days on outstanding items. Another thing that I can suggest is to have a meeting with your boss. M ention him that you are here to help in any way you can. Remind him that this is why he hired you.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 13, 2010

For example, you can enter a number from 1 to 999 for this field. DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: How To Play Sound Across Multiple Slides (PDF) Share this on del.icio.us Then the sound will play throughout the specified slides. Next, check the settings in the Timing tab. Then click ok. Stumble upon something good?

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Ryan is the founder of masterpresenting.com , a blog dedicated to creating courageous presenters. For example, if I was talking about the benefits of burnout with these questions: Not bad. Ryan is the founder of masterpresenting.com, a blog dedicated to creating courageous presenters. The following is a guest post by Ryan McRae.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Ryan is the founder of masterpresenting.com, a blog dedicated to creating courageous presenters. For example, if I was talking about the benefits of burnout with these questions: Not bad. Ryan is the founder of masterpresenting.com, a blog dedicated to creating courageous presenters. The following is a guest post by Ryan McRae.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Outlook Rules That Rule By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant. It was getting out of control.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Beyond Trying is an eBook that compiles some of the best work I’ve written at Productivityist since its transition from a personal blog to its present state. Featuring three formats (PDF, EPUB, and MOBI), you’ll get 23 articles of various lengths delivered in one easy-to-digest eBook format.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Beyond Trying is an eBook that compiles some of the best work I''ve written at Productivityist since its transition from a personal blog to its present state. Featuring three formats (PDF, EPUB, and MOBI), you''ll get 23 articles of various lengths delivered in one easy-to-digest eBook format.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

These are all examples of someone choosing not to ask permission to get me interested in their stuff. Chris Mower´s last blog. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Business Logos´s last blog. Lucy Thorpe´s last blog. They’re Splogs – Spam Blogs – and google hates them.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

For example, if all you need is a place to store contact information and keep your calendar, that is much different than a system that can prompt you for different types of follow up, keep templates, etc. For example, techno-phobes shouldn't force themselves to use a computerized calendar if they are more comfortable with a paper planner.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Online business and blogging are changing every day. As the early-adopter generation of the internet, of blogging, of online business, we have an opportunity. Jordan Cooper´s last blog. I believe anyone who can build an audience for their blog in the first place can also offer paid content successfully.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Written by James - 106 Comments “I’ve been blogging for five years. We blog our hearts out, pouring creativity, knowledge and advice into each post we write. Blogging is bloody hard work. Take this blog, for example. No One to Blame But Ourselves Blogging started as personal online journals.

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