Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Today’s Day in the life: Diana Brandl, Senior EA at Mister Spex, Founder and CEO of The Socialista Projects, Head of IMA Berlin and National Social Relations Officer, speaker, coach and mentor and all round superstar EA! Plus, all the calendar management, involvement in projects and of course leading my Office team.

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Success

MARCH 31, 2023

She even signed up for a fear-of-flying seminar to help calm her nerves, but she missed so many classes because of her schedule and constant traveling that her instructor told her, “I don’t know if I should be mad at you or proud of you, but you’re never here because you’re always on a plane.” She kept the project secret for a year.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Now this came from an executive who traveled around the world, would work until 2:00 a.m., This is the best advice you will ever receive on how to build a strategic partnership with your executive, manage their day, and stay on top of the volumes of tasks and projects you have to handle. Daily Calendars. Upcoming Travel.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Of course, there are many pieces that fall under communication. Rarely do executives communicate what happened in yesterday’s meetings to their assistants or take the time to explain the scope of a project. Assistants… don’t wait for your executive to ask you the status of a project, task, follow-up item or other requests.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

Here are some tips and key questions to ask managers and executives as requests for your time are made throughout the week: When possible ask that projects and tasks be given to you verbally so you can ask clarifying questions and better understand the work that is being given to you. Find out who else has information related to the project.

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Worxbee

MAY 3, 2021

Calendar management, email taming, and process design and management are our top three tasks, but executive assistants can do more. An EA might be kept very busy with calendars and emails for two executives, leaving little time for other tasks. Of course, everyone will think that their work is the priority!

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications. They are proficient use of all Microsoft tools and have great calendar management experience. In larger organisations, there could also be a chance to become involved in special projects.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 10, 2017

Instead of having study times and important due dates on the calendar, we fill our calendar with appointments and meetings. I sit down and plan out the larger projects I want to do and the goals I want to accomplish. The first step I take in planning out my year is to get a full-year wall calendar.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Are there review points throughout the course of the objective? Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. Arrange 1-2-1 meetings with him once a week (either on the phone or face to face) so that we can plan all of his travel arrangements as far in advance as possible.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Are there review points throughout the course of the objective? Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. Arrange 1-2-1 meetings with him once a week (either on the phone or face to face) so that we can plan all of his travel arrangements as far in advance as possible.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Are there review points throughout the course of the objective? Develop the 2014 content marketing strategy in line with business activities and the 2014 events calendar. Arrange 1-2-1 meetings with him once a week (either on the phone or face to face) so that we can plan all of his travel arrangements as far in advance as possible.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

For example, if I’m trying to align tasks up for a long-term project, I’ll use a Monthly Theme to accomplish that. Over the course of a month, I’ll give emphasis to a specific project. Whenever I do this, I know I have a greater chance of completing the project at hand. Maybe I’m tired or traveling (like I am now).

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some of the tasks that executive assistants can take on include: Become your right-hand gatekeeper by managing complex personal and professional calendars and scheduling internal and external meetings.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I have my brekkie and coffee while I respond to anything urgent, check in on the calendars and update my to-do list. It’s the Dropbox app , of course! What do you have for lunch? This is an easy one!

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Karen Vivarelli

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Check out my VA Course here to help you get started. In this course, I am your biz bestie, showing you the ropes and sharing the lessons I learned when I first started as a VA. They could be looking for someone to manage their calendar and travel. You can charge hourly, by project, or by package.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

As for time management, built in calendar and reminders applications that can sync over the air with your other devices will make organising appointments and projects a breeze. If your profession requires a lot of travel but you always need to stay connected, the wireless capabilities of your phone and tablet may not be enough.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

As the Personal Assistant to a quite renowned chef, my tasks might vary from the ones of a regular PA, like calendar and email management, to most specific tasks such as taking care of the journalists that come visit the restaurants and to interview Albert. Additionally, I take care of offsite events coordination.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2017

That doesn’t mean that other projects don’t get attention during those months, but there is one particular project or aspect of my life that does receive more attention than all others. Monthly Themes can be project-based, category-based, or even based on a particular quality you want to bring to the forefront. Click here. ).

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Allwork

MARCH 7, 2023

But we started reinstalling travel processes and saying, no, the executive team needs to go to where the work team is. So, let’s get our executive team traveling out to where the remote workers are or where the distributed workforce is on an ongoing basis. And we’re doing a project right now.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I traveled the country doing assembly programs in middle schools and high schools. The gig economy is huge and it’s just because a lot of employees are like, well, I want to do my own thing, I want to work on a project to project basis. Josh Drean [00:08:48] Hey, you know what? Like Josh Drean, right?

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Productivityist

JANUARY 16, 2017

He is the author of Conquering the Calendar and Getting More Done and it’s available for a free download today. You fill up your coffee cup, sit down in your chair, and start working on the project. But how do we instead maintain focus when it comes to a new creative project? You know the drill. The Primer of Focus.

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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For most administrative professionals, the majority of our roles contain functions that recur, such as calendar management, expense reporting and travel arrangements. Bracket your recurring functions - I came up with this idea on my own, after running it by my very intelligent adult son and my engineer, linear-brained husband.

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Productivityist

APRIL 15, 2014

Elise has access to all of my calendars, with varying permissions. She can make changes to my Productivityist calendar but can''t to my personal calendar (the one that isn''t work-related). I learned that having less calendars is the way to go. The 3 Things I Learned.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

I was hoping that you might have insight/advice on how to create project work/better assist a C-Level exec that has never had an admin before. Since we are both somewhat green, I was hoping that you might have some suggestions to spark project work (both business and personal related projects would be helpful).

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

There will always be 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year (unless it is a leap year of course). Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Are they smarter?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. However, sometimes you are also given fun work and special projects. Often, the battle over work is being bored, not challenged, or one's job not being fulfilling.

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Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Categories 30-Day Projects Business Communication Expectations Fees Legalese Moxie Relationships Self-Care Standards Web/Tech Moxie Archives Feb, 05 to Today Search Translate Moxie Also Mine « Same Words, Different Voice | Main | How much success can you stand? The myth of transitioning When "it" isnt happening fast enough.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. The most important fact to think about is 'what do I need to do next' By short-sighting yourself, you can take each step one-by-one without the chaos of the bigger project in your sights.

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 7, 2010

Of course, running a blog competition is not as simple as posting what you want people to do. If it can travel through already established relationships, make it something that travels via Facebook. While there aren’t any rules, there are “best practices&# that you should stick to. 2) Explain it in one sentence.

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 7, 2010

Of course, running a blog competition is not as simple as posting what you want people to do. If it can travel through already established relationships, make it something that travels via Facebook. While there aren’t any rules, there are “best practices&# that you should stick to. 2) Explain it in one sentence.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 20, 2009

Other than the reality check of the above three items, it was a great way to see how I project myself and how other people see me. Of course, the reason could have been that I was up all night with a sick child or wasnt feeling well myself or I just had an argument with my spouse and was still stewing about it. Dealing in real time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

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. I travel by car to see many of my clients, in their homes. Organize by project, and even use custom tags.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

I also handle his executive calendar and work in the office with him. You know deep down what he is asking of you is par for the course and totally reasonable, but your reaction isn’t congruent to the situation. I love your question because no one has ever asked this question on the blog. I mentored other younger assistants.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

When I started to work for this project (and yes, it was just a pet project in the beginning), all I did was to log daily my progress. Learned how to create a project and what the folder structure means. Did a few tests with some sample projects to see how the building process works. Can be tricky at times. Got some rest.

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