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6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.    I LOVE basecamp I have used it to coordinate many different projects where team members are all over the place. How will you use Basecamp?

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Top 5 Tips for Making Email the Cornerstone of Your Business

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. It’s more difficult and requires a lot more specialist knowledge to intercept an email than it does to get hold of a letter or fax. Email is still one of the more secure and private ways to message people.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

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. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates. Do you think. My personal favourite is #4.

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9 Steps to Quickly Increase Team Productivity

Office Dynamics

Do you touch base with your assistant every morning (face-to-face or by telephone) to discuss the day’s priorities, appointments, meeting preparation, department issues, phone calls, and project updates. An example is a red file for urgent mail and faxes, yellow for interoffice reports, green for general mail, blue for junk mail, etc.

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3 Steps Toward a Paperless Office

Productivity Bits

Organize your folders by project, client, document or by any other means necessary. It is entirely possible for you to essentially eliminate the use of paper faxes by using electronic faxing, in which you generate an in-bound fax to the computer system you use. Back them up to an external hard drive off-site.

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The Freedom to Work from Anywhere: Your Virtual Business Tips (Part 4)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Having VAs I can simply fax order forms to. I am writing my blog post in one now in ABQ while waiting for my plane. So, lets say I am brainstorming blog posts. As a mobile must-have, my notebook is my "back of the napkin" solution, and evernote is where I store the project in progress or completed project.

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

Professional Assistant Blog

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool.

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