Step It Up VA Coaching

JUNE 26, 2014

Here are some ideas for utilizing this upcoming slow time productively: Organize and clean your office. Catch up on your filing. Create more efficient organizing systems for your office. But don’t forget your PC – go through and eliminate unused files. Organize your folders. Go through those business magazines.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Kallout To Research Information By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 20, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity , Research Y ou’re reading an article for some research that you are doing for our boss. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 3, 2011

We talked about 3 different areas of productivity for your speaking business: Be Powerful – Productivity tips to keep you and your business in control. Be Unforgettable – Organization techniques that make you easy to work with and easy for them to market you. Give All of Your Information On-line on an Organized Page.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Closing Shared Files While Away From Desk By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you share files on a network within your office? If someone else needs to access information, they can just click the "Read-Only" button.

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 5, 2016

Spending time on organizing is a great investment because it always gives you a high return (unlike many investments these days). When you go look for it again, you’ll think, “where is that information about ?” If your file cabinet is a disaster area, consider getting a temporary file box to use until you can revamp it.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 17, 2012

Here are some ideas for utilizing this upcoming slow time productively: Organize and clean your office. Catch up on your filing. Create more efficient organizing systems for your office. But don’t forget your PC – go through and eliminate unused files. Organize your folders. Go through those business magazines.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

Working at an organizations’ head office, we see a lot of paper. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday. Once you’ve completed these items, the paper should be filed, re-routed to someone else or discarded. DELEGATE IT.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Use the Internet or call the company for an information packet before the event so that you’re prepared to ask questions of the recruiter. Be organized. Once you’ve researched the employers, keep your information in files to be reviewed before each conversation. How could your skills fit into that environment?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday or at least until someone cleans out those files. Despite improvements in document handling technology, despite the convenience of PDF files, we still produce a lot of paper. DELAY IT.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 24, 2011

Still, don’t you deserve a workspace that’s organized, bright, cheerful, and attractive? A good place to start is to streamline your files and documents. Clean out your file cabinet. Put old client files into storage and only keep active files in your immediate office area. Update your databases.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JUNE 16, 2011

Here are some ideas for utilizing this slow time productively: Organize and clean your office. Catch up on your filing. Create more efficient organizing systems for your office. But don’t forget your PC – go through and eliminate unused files. Organize your folders. Organize your folders.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

If you’re not familiar with Evernote, it’s an application that helps you get organized and remember everything. Share Information – Instead of filling up everybody’s e-mail inbox with all the bits of information you feel it is important to share, store that information in Evernote.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Organize Tasks Effectively By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize A task here, a task there! The question is, “How do I prioritize and organize my tasks? When does it ever end? Well, you are not alone.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 5, 2011

The software allows you to speak into the phone and then it writes the words into a text file of some type. Bump: Bump is a business app for the iPhone that makes it easy to swap information with business partners or contacts. Fuze Meeting: Fuze Meeting is a great mobile app for the entrepreneur with an iPhone.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity Y our boss calls you over to their office and asks that you send her a list of something that you’ve created in Microsoft Excel. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Click Transpose! Click Transpose!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 16, 2011

I keep it with my digital profile stored on my phone so when I give out my contact information, my client’s have the number handy. If you don’t have one and are considering going into business for yourself you can get sorted out rather quickly and simply from the IRS. This means putting away old files too.    6.   

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Going Green" With Your Documents By The Professional Assistant on Monday, July 13, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity D o you recycle your unwanted papers at work? Do you try to "go green" by not printing e-mails or other documents that you could be e-mailing to others that you want to share this information with?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail from your manager. Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Make No Mistakes With Meeting Request Attachments in Outlook 2007 By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 20, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook Y ou sent a meeting request to a bunch of people. Thanks, Richard Posted on 4 January, 2010 11:32 AM soruba Thanks for the information.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007s Formula Bar Size By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity D o you find that trying to either write or fix formulas in Microsoft Excel can be a pain? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 4 Easy Steps to Finding Old E-mails By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, December 13, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you have trouble sifting through hundreds or even thousands of e-mails ? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Different sites allow you to share different levels of information.    This is the back of my card as a sample of what I mean: Creating Your Online Business Card An online business card is one site that lists all of your connection points online. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 30, 2007 Filed Under: A re you looking for a way to make sure that others don’t open your letters or packages? Do you have confidential information that you need to send to someone, but want to make sure that it gets treated like registered mail?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? Then a new person comes in, taking over the work and wonders why they cant find the old file.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Would you prefer the client to calmly and rationally give you information on their issue? 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? How would you feel?

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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. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 27, 2008 Filed Under: D o you have a question? There are over 200 articles of information so far and growing. If you feel that you want to remain anonymous, please note that I never disclose any personal information such as your name, company, etc.,

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Dealing With Unreasonable Requests By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 08, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail , among the many others that you receive each and every day. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 08, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you wite reccurring e-mails on a regular basis? On the File menu, point to New , then click Mail Message. On the File menu, click Save As.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Ask organizers what is the best way to move through the fair, and who are key employers attending. Use the Internet or call the company for an information packet before the event so that you’re prepared to ask questions of the recruiter. Be organized. How could your skills fit into that environment? will be noticed. ·

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 19, 2009 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D oes your department have an administrative procedures manual? One of my readers asks: The organization I work for has no administrative procedure manual.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Filed Under: Ergonomics , Productivity D o you find yourself typing too much? Click on the picture to find out more information. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Hands Hurt From Typing?

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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? You can make the reservation directly through this site and the information gets forwarded over to the restaurant itself.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 4, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 04, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity A re you being asked to check your companys website stats? I have been updating my firms website stats for quite some time now and wanted to share some tips on getting the information correct - the first time. Do you have software in place for it?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself being bored out of your mind at times with nothing to do? I always need to keep myself occupied with some sort of task, whether it be filing, updating our companys database with client information, etc.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 25, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Write Effective E-mails By The Professional Assistant on Saturday, August 25, 2007 Filed Under: A re you the type of person that likes to ramble on and on about something? If you chatter away in your e-mails and are trying to get your point across, this information will be quite juicy for your fingertips.

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