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Microsoft Announces New AI: Copilot

Allwork

Today, Microsoft announced the new Business Chat, which offers comprehensive language models, the Microsoft 365 apps, plus customer’s calendars, emails, conversations, documents, appointments, and contacts.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

A good system is documentable, sharable, and repeatable. The best way to explain how to document your systems on paper is to show you. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Determine what types of audio-visual equipment you need. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Step 1: Brainstorm.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

There are so many ways we can help them with this from managing their calendar effectively, minimising interruptions and generally keeping them on track. Administration of documents. Assistants should manage the administration of documents on behalf of their manager. The same applies for board papers and board level reports.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

This resource is intended to equip you with the knowledge and tools to streamline the hiring process, ensuring a successful addition to your team. Organizational abilities: Experts in managing multiple tasks and schedules efficiently, an executive assistant must keep everything on track, from managing calendars to coordinating meetings.

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Eight Ways to Keep Your Office Clutter-Free

Ian's Messy Desk

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday. Invest in equipment and software. We really didn’t need the manual.

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Help Desk

Practically Perfect PA

I keep one good pen, preferably a fountain pen, for signing documents and a red pen for ticking things off my to-do list. Calendar – For quick reference I have a one sheet per day calendar block on my desk. Office Equipment. Highlighter pen – I don’t seem to use these much anymore but worth keeping handy.

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications. For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork.