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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain. Can you really fit in another meeting on Wednesday? Are you being practical about meeting scheduling?

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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 April, 2010 Keeping focussed in a busy environment There are so many distractions in the office -- the telephone, your co-workers, email and your boss! I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Lets enjoy our day together.© Excellent material!

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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

History When you are working in a collaborative environment, it’s important to keep track of who’s making changes and where. procedures, meeting minutes, travel itinerary, meeting planning, project plans) On the INSERT ribbon, click on Page Templates. OneNote allows you to track this with the History feature.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

The diverse team has combined organizational and time management skills, event and meeting planning, business savvy, continued professional development drive and so much more to ensure success and positive outcomes. Time to read and share professional blogs, articles, books, and webinars (most are free!).

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12 Days of Christmas Webinar: The Organized Admin with Julie Perrine

Office Dynamics

What was the inspiration for writing your new book, The Organized Admin? So I wanted to provide a plan of action for these assistants that would help them get and stay organized. Travel Planning. Event/Meeting Planning. Your systems will need to evolve to match the personalities and work environments you are in.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? When booking meetings ownership of the meeting has to be established. Is the boardroom booked?

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Just before my book was published I promised I would have a contest on my blog and someone could win a copy of my book. Here is how you can win: The tenth person to e-mail me at pattyannrobb@rogers.com will receive a free copy of my book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I am remiss.