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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Office Dynamics

MAY 29, 2018

She was an eager student even though she was a very seasoned executive assistant in a high-level position supporting a President in a large organization in Denver. 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.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 9, 2014

Her books, website, podcast and tweets are worth keeping close by. PatriciaRossi Etiquette Expert, Author EVERYDAY ETIQUETTE, Professional Speaker,NBC Daytime’s National Manners Correspondent,Kindness not Formality,Relationships not Rules. Entrepreneur. Founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A Gallup Organization survey found that having close friendships at work can boost employee satisfaction by as much as 50%. So using a 1950s etiquette book called “Betty Cornell’s Teen-Age Popularity Guide,” Van Wagenen began to follow advice such as being yourself, not putting on “airs” and treating everyone with the same kindness.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

I left employment there when a union was successful in organizing the clerical staff. I then review the list and organize it by priority and then copy and paste it into a “touch base” email I send to my CEO. Any books or reading up on this would be helpful too please. I jumped around 4 other jobs and then landed my dream job.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 18, 2014

I would like to start some books this week, to give myself those refreshers. So, this is why I am turning to you, perhaps with all of the knowledge you’ve garnered in your time as an EA and an avid reader, you’ve come across some valuable books that truly affected how you perform your role.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The recurring theme in the book centers around the Golden Rule; if you treat people well and the way you would like to be treated, they will do the same. Sharp begins the book with his personal story. Bottomline : The book is unpretentious, inspirational, and offers excellent advice about the importance of customer service.

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BioTeams

JUNE 30, 2020

So how do you stay focused for example in a Zoom meeting where, in aggregate: There are many participants, some with virtual backgrounds, fancy workstations with a tonne of books (or even those dialling in wearing their pyjamas). The term ‘sterile cockpit’ is relevant here for virtual meetings and can be borrowed to foster focus.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 5, 2016

What are your top 3 recommended books for assistants? T he Organized Admin. Is it appropriate to wear a skirt above your knee when you’re over the age of 55? Please share your recommendations in the comments below.). The Compound Effect, Darren Hardy. The Innovative Admin. The Proactive Professional. Not Just An Admin.

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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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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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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Have an employee who has his nose in a book the minute he’s on his lunch break? Grab a gift certificate to a local used bookstore or delight him with a Jane Eyre Bookshelf Bandit tote bag (bonus: a book is donated to a community in need for every tote sold). For the Bookworm. For the Music Lover. For the Tech Geek. For the Movie Lover.

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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? Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! Do you feel like you are going to lots of websites to find the best deal?

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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?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? Do you need to have some sort of written confirmation to make sure that the reservation has been booked? Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? All e-mail distribution lists are bolded.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

Also, a benefit of working with a smaller organization like Office Dynamics is the personal touch. Or that your organization requires a degree before you can move up? While many organizations are starting to require a 2-year degree, you should be able to communicate the serious work you did to obtain your CWCA and eventually CEAP.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 10, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by James of Organize IT. How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity?

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Yellow Post-It Notes By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity A re you looking for some innovative ways on using your yellow Post-It notes? Heres an article I found on a fellow Administrative Assistants website for some great uses.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

How often I have organized a conference or arranged a Board meeting and after all the organization and planning it goes off without a hitch. I like organizing and feel satisfied when everything comes together nicely, but it takes a lot of work to get there. Have you ever been at an event that isnt well organized?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

Does your boss ever organize a meeting behind your back? That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Culture is how an organization operates whether you chalk it up to customs, attitudes, or etiquette. It’s my opinion that all elements help to mold a company, and it starts from the top executive office and works its way down through every crevice of an organization. Let us begin with hiring employees. There are no.

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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? Expand your mind.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 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?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. I organize my desk so everything is within easy reach and makes sense to the way I like to work. I too, love to be organized and it only makes sense to be prepared.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

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 will explain this later. I am going to show you how to record a simple macro function and to implement it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 03, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Brian McCullough of TheJobBored.com. But even if you don’t go to such lengths, the key to surviving downtimes is to make sure you have copied your address book over to all your email accounts.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

They had great expertise in protocol, etiquette, and how to dress, speak and act as executive assistants. Years ago, we used to deal with office organization,” she explained, “but now we have ‘Optimizing Space & Time’ because of all the technology coming straight at us on a continual basis.”. “As

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

They had great expertise in protocol, etiquette, and how to dress, speak and act as executive assistants. Years ago, we used to deal with office organization,” she explained, “but now we have ‘Optimizing Space & Time’ because of all the technology coming straight at us on a continual basis.”. “As

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Here are the top qualities that an assistant must have: Be organized. Can I say that again – BE ORGANIZED! An assistant’s job is to organize the boss and in order to do that we must be organized ourselves. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

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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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Training customer service representatives to understand and value what the organization is seeking will provide that sense of purpose, enthusiasm, and commitment; it just requires a meaningful platform to be used in a successful training program. It’s different from the competition; it makes them stand out.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 December, 2009 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline I organize a lot of meetings in a day, week, month; heck, even into next year. There are a lot of good organizing tricks out there and whenever I find one that works, I pounce on it and it becomes something I cant work without. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Would you take a job just to get your foot in the door of an organization you really wanted to work for, even if it was a position that you didnt want to make a career out of? You should stay in the position for long enough to make what youve learned stick to be fair to yourself and the organization who hired you. Excellent material!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Assuming an organization has quality products, and they are reasonably priced, can we find different ways to market both our wares and our abilities? Where would I be if I didn’t recommend that organizations create a blog? Let’s look at some of the possibilities.

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AUGUST 27, 2010

Without a process-focused organization, employees are stomping out fires, missing out on opportunities, and generally wasting time and money because of poor planning and lack of vision. Leaders need to get organized and have vision. Engineer a customer-centric organization Customers make their decisions based on their emotions and how.

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