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A day in the life: Katrina Wardell, EA at Dropbox

Practically Perfect PA

Before Dropbox, I worked for a tech start-up and was the executive assistant (EA) to the CEO of an aircraft leasing firm. For the past year and a half, I have worked as the EA to the Head of Dropbox Europe and the Global Head of Customer Experience, but my role has recently changed. What are the main aspects of your role?

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

Of course, managing a freelancer is not the same as managing a full-time employee or agency. ‍ We recommend setting up a shared Google Drive or Dropbox folder. Set up a calendar for regular check-ins and deadlines. The company hired four agencies and five consultants in its first two years. ‍ Don’t have these?

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3 Tips for Breaking the Clutter Cycle at Your Desk

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Over the course of history, plenty of landmark scientific breakthroughs and literary masterpieces have resulted from the minds of people with messy desks. Guest post by Kenneth McCall. Albert Einstein himself is often cited as inspiration (or justification) by the worst clutter offenders.

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The Admin’s Guide to Organizing Digital Files

Office Dynamics

Now my team and I use Dropbox , so it’s become my default digital filing cabinet. When I view it by file name, all of these past webinar alerts that I downloaded to add to my calendar appear together. These are already on my calendar so they can be deleted completely from my Sorting Folder.

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Tracking How to Get It All Done & Avoid Information Overload-Interview With @Springpad CEO @jeffjaner

Stephanie LH Calahan

     Can you really coordinate calendars using Springpad?  The actual coordination of calendars happens external to Springpad, but personal events and reminders set in Springpad can be automatically synced to iCal and Google Calendar. You can get more detail here.   How does that work?

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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Of course, there are many other features, but these are the highlights, in my opinion. Oh, did I mention that your meeting confirmation hits your google, outlook or web calendar as well as generates a confirmation email. LNM LOVES Dropbox! Then we found out about Dropbox. Find here: steph.bz/jI9HDF. Find here: steph.bz/iB5cj3.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Podcasting Productivity

Productivityist

Since most of the shows I''ve hosted have had an interview or guest component of some sort, I go into Google Calendar and create a new calendar under the Productivityist banner that I can use for guest bookings. As with anything, doing that "front end work" may slow you down at first but will speed up things later on. Production.

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