Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Tips for Company Blogs By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you blog for your company? If you read my recent article on blogging at work, read on. A person with high authority would help the blog the most.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 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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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 19, 2017

This is the second of three blogs that we are producing based on all the great information and feedback we got from our workshop participants. Read the first one, on what to look for in an event supplier , and watch out for the third and final blog, on how to ensure organisations value PA work!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 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 Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

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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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 14, 2008

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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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. My three favourites: Don’t abuse your visuals – Usually your visuals are posters, charts, or even a PowerPoint presentation. I learned this from Guy Kawasaki and if you ever hear any of his speeches you’ll understand why. Learn to tell stories.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 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 Alexis Bonari is a freelance writer and blog junkie.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 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 Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 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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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 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 Great blog - just found it via twitter! Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 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 Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of an original post from the OfficeNinjas blog. It brings a whole new meaning to learning on the job. “ I consider the biggest perks learning by osmosis by being in the same room as Fortune 100 execs. ” – Kiyomi D. Author: OfficeNinjas. Always In the Know.

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Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Others may raise an eyebrow at my online technology services when they view my rates thinking that it can’t be that hard to create PowerPoint presentations, assist with business blogs, or help create information products. After all, many of the tools I use are available to everyone aren’t they? How hard could it be?”.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

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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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Learn how to set a password in the event you lost your device, access Wi-Fi points, turn app notifications on and off, run software updates, know how much available storage you have left, how to uninstall apps you no longer need. Learn more by using the guides. Know Your Mobile Device. Put that on your action list. Cloud Storage.

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Tips From T. Marie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

One day creating PowerPoint slides, the next managing a small guest blogging project, could I leave that flexibility? It’s rare that you learn to appreciate what you have before you’ve left it behind. And what about the diversity my online technology services gave me? Could I do it? I should have been disappointed.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

MG: My deepest learning in 34 years has been recognizing that it is not all about me. So I learned a great lesson that it wasn’t about me being smart, it was about great people who work hard. That’s not being a phony,(read the rest on Intuit's Quickbase blog here ). It’s about the clients.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Believe it or not, this was quite an easy system to learn. Just click on any of the links below to take a look at the particular task you would like to learn about. In one of my previous jobs, when I was working for an Investment Advisor, he gave me the installation CD-ROM and asked me to read up on how to use it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 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 Lunch n learns are also a good way to learn from each other.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 25, 2008

What do they learn the hard way? What do people struggle with, or what have they had to learn the hard way? My biggest was learning a new language again, since Ive lived in Switzerland as well. What trips people up? What puzzles people? Are these social things, business things, language things. What are they puzzling over?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

People have to learn that they are not the only ones that need things to get done quickly. Apparently, everyone comes to me all at the same time. Then there are times when I am bored out of my mind and start either asking others for work or updating the company database. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

You have access to more resources, such as better technology and online learning (which is usually provided by the company). You can voice your opinion more so, since there are few executive personnel. Large Firms: Your job is more stable, since there are more funds reserved, due to larger profits.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Ive been in these types of situations quite often, but have learned over time that many photocopiers these days have functions so advanced that it can clean your floors, do your dishes and tuck your kids in at night. She also mentions that she needs it completed urgently, since she had to schedule a meeting with some clients right away.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

A guest blog entry by Nancy Fraze. Everywhere you go…there’s somebody new to learn to know! The great thing is that networking is a “soft skill” that can be learned by anyone. Ask questions and learn about the members near you. It’s all in who you know.” How often have you heard that stated?

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

A guest blog entry by Nancy Fraze. Everywhere you go…there’s somebody new to learn to know! The great thing is that networking is a “soft skill” that can be learned by anyone. Ask questions and learn about the members near you. It’s all in who you know.” How often have you heard that stated?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? Our lives are increasingly hectic and we are bombarded by so much stuff on a daily basis that learning to be productive, so as to handle the stresses of modern life, is a wise move.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 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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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Check them out and see what else you can learn! If you ever feel discouraged, just remember that there have been and are people out there just like you right now. You have to make yourself shine through the crowd. Here are some more articles on job seeking tips. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Learn from them and build on your weaknesses to make them into strengths. If someone is being negative with you, ask them why they are raising their voice or why they are being pessimistic. At times, the person that conveys this tone doesn’t realize they are coming across in a harmful manner. Try to forget about work outside of work.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

4comments for this post Patricia Hi, I also have a similar blog I started. Ive been working as an assistant for quite a number of years, but theres always something new to learn. I will definitely check out your blog as well for more ideas. I enjoyed the position for the same reasons that you mentioned in your blog post.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 6, 2010

Learn to easily split information across multiple cells in excel. The PDF instructions is a great visual guide if you’re better learning through screenshots. As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. The most common use for this is splitting first and last names, phone numbers, titles etc.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 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 Admit your mistakes and try to learn from them. Dealing in real time.

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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 Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 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 But, as I learned the hard way it doesn't work on all systems.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 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 Lesson learned and will now put me on high gut alert.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 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 If you are a new hire, take the time to learn and ask questions.

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