Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Worxbee

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Once you have a preferred set of tools, it’s important to agree to some sort of system for how to use them. Video communication is often only used for team meetings that have been booked. It’s not generally good etiquette to try calling in without a booked meeting.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

One question I would like to ask you is how to set up meetings when schedules constantly change? Now the client tells me how about January 30th at 6:30 pm for the overseas time zone? I think along with this question I would also like to know if you have etiquette tips about emailing with the other EA’s on the client side of things.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 29, 2018

I also cover how to market yourself with the portfolio. After her live World Class Assistant course, she continued to learn from my webinars , books, Monday Motivators , and online courses. Learn business etiquette and protocol. Learn excellent communication skills and how to have human moments. It does matter.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 9, 2014

With more assistants and professionals advocating for and teaching others how to use this valuable communication tool, assistants are seeing the value and deciding to jump on board. Her books, website, podcast and tweets are worth keeping close by. Entrepreneur. Founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 21 March, 2009 How to get Office fat fast. How to gain weight in six easy steps: Do not eat breakfast before going to work. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. How to get Office fat fast. Lets enjoy our day together.© Excellent material!

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2016

How to segment parts of the trip so you can manage the various aspects more effectively and avoid missing any step. TRAVO is not a corporate booking tool. Flight / Hotel availability is real time so you should be able to book on any internal corporate booking site or travel agency for the exact same selections.

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Success

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But it begs the question: How can we ensure guests feel acknowledged, especially when it comes to something as personal as sharing a meal? How to host a potluck that’s culturally inclusive? Facilitate authentic interactions Now that you’ve planned the meal, how do you ensure everyone has a great time?

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Basically, if it doesn’t need a daily (or weekly) update, don’t book one! Many companies seem to book hour-long meetings because it’s a neat slot on a calendar, but often, a lot of side-tracking and daydreaming happens during a full hour (especially when people are sitting at home or in co-working spaces!). There are several options!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Checking In" to a Better Flight By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity , Research , Travel Y ou get an urgent e-mail from your boss asking you to book a flight and hotel. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here are my etiquette tips when it comes to working with the Executive team. If the Executive team find out you have talked about what happened in last week’s board meeting when one of the Directors went mental – well you’re not going to be in their good books are you!? Do remember that they are people too.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives How to overcome negative brand perception Cheryl October 22, 2010 Customer Satisfaction , Customer Service Experience , Specific Companies 1 Comment It’s the elephant in the room when consumers become disenchanted with a company’s brand.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 15, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives How to diffuse an angry customer Cheryl January 15, 2010 Angry Customers , Customer Service , Etiquette 3 Comments A friend of mine purchased a pair of shoes from a popular discount shoe store in our local area. photo credit: michale No related posts to display.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007? Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Service Untitled

JUNE 22, 2010

How SEO can help customer service When you have a new online business, how others see. One Response to “How to use a customer satisfaction survey to evaluate business performance&# klbarbe said: Jun 23, 10 at 10:39 am Are there tricks to help keep response rates to these types of survey high?

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Uncover the challenges faced by flexible workspace providers and gain insights on how to overcome them. Explore the importance of cultivating a thriving community within flexible workspaces and learn how it contributes to success. They have to book this. That’s the big one there with the flexible office sector.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Outlook Calendar Properly By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity A re you trying to book a meeting with someone or a group of people? This happens to me quite frequently.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity | Main | 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites » Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day Think about this today!  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   What is your 20? Go here if you are reading this in your email.) To your success!

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On The Job

AUGUST 23, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, August 23, 2010 7 Tips for Getting Off to a Great Start in a New Job Its a tough time to be entering the workforce. If youre in your first "real" job, there is a lot expected of you.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I usually snap my fingers and say "Hey, over here!" We joke about it, but it is distracting.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Do you need to have some sort of written confirmation to make sure that the reservation has been booked? T here is a great site called OpenTable.com , which allows you to book reservations online with particular restaurants all over the world. Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Do you know how to create them? The more difficult macros are the ones that are programming code related and require knowledge of Visual Basic (you can find some books here) , which unfortunately, I have no training in. I am going to show you how to record a simple macro function and to implement it. I will explain this later.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Or it is that we just dont know how to address them so revert to last names? What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Click on the arrow down button right beside the "New" button, then click "Distribution List" Here you can either "Select Members" or "Add New" Select Members is used to find contacts that are already in your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

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? Whose responsibility is it anyway?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

  A while back I wrote How to Waste Time and Lose Money Networking where I shared that follow up is the most important step to networking.    But, how do you make sure to organize all of those business cards so that you CAN do the right FOLLOW UP? Booking Notebook. How To Handle Business Cards? -

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

If you are more of a person who likes to use Outlook for reminders to pop up a few minutes, hours or days before the task needs to be completed or you need to attend a meeting, here are some tips on how to go about it: Write up the task in your Outlook, but make sure to give yourself enough time to be able to complete the task.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. How many times I have booked a meeting thinking the day was free, only to notice later that an all-day event was put in unnoticed at the top. I guess he thought I needed the help. Another one I never use.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Take classes, read a book, read current events about new trends that are happening in your field. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

There are some certification programs out there that, unfortunately, don’t teach you how to build partnership with your executive or how to manage your executive’s day; but our programs do. (JB). How do I find out more about the World Class Assistant curriculum based designation and program?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 16, 2008

E-magazines, blogs and feeds are now readily available to pass on information, and I have seen the early stages of on-line books that you can take along with you just as we do with paper books today. E-mail etiquette rules will also be essential to follow, and will become the new standard for business writing.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

The 10th person was someone by the first name of Tammy and once I get her address I will be sending her a copy of the book. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 November, 2008 We have a winner! Well that didnt take long. Congratulations Tammy! 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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On The Job

MAY 21, 2009

Theyre given numerous tips on how to be successful. Take an etiquette class. Many universities or even local business groups will offer etiquette classes, which many college kids dont even consider until theyre seniors and realize their manners border on the ape-like. Its like a job. Join networking groups.

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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? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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