Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Decreased organization in the office area has been shown to largely limit productivity. Most of the time, presentations and documents can be sent via email instead of giving a hard copy to the intended person. In order to organize these papers, set up a box where each document type can be placed on your desk.

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For instance, if a task has complicated instructions, you can attach a Word file to the card that explains the work in more detail. For instance, Asana and other programs offer Gantt charts, calendar views, and time-tracking, whereas Trello does not (unless you pay for power-ups, but more on that in a bit). Calendar view.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Patel gave similar, step-by-step advice in his video on hiring great employees and his article on recruiting top marketers : Look for people who’ve achieved the results you want at a similar organization. She shares an onboarding document with every new freelancer. “It Develop a file-sharing system. Her secret?

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

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. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Travel planning.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

Working at an organizations’ head office, we see a lot of paper. 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.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Try This Instead | Main | Be Smart About Using the Telephone » The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In We are in the home stretch of 2009 -- bring on 2010!!    Pros of Planning Tool: Very organized product. Very well laid out.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 19, 2013

It is no secret that you work more efficiently, are more motivated and less stressed out when your workplace is well organized. You can also include file attachments. The app is focused on entering and completing to-dos; moreover, you can add, tag, and organize your to-dos into lists, projects and nested lists. Thoughtback.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Today, going mobile means having instant access to all documents, content and colleagues, and the tools to get any job done – anywhere, anytime. First and foremost , learn how to use a cloud service to backup and access your documents, photos and videos in a flash and I don’t mean from a flash drive! (I Know Your Mobile Device.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

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 or at least until someone cleans out those files.

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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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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   The Esselte company conducted a study of over 2,600 executives and found that the average executive wastes 6 week a year just looking for lost documents and information.    If your business is not effectively organized, it’s costing you money. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." You have access to your documents and photos no matter where you are. No need to load and check USB flash drives or email documents back and forth from work to home. A different take on the to-do list.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 24, 2014

Here are three ways to do this every day of the week: Keep your workspace clean and organized. File away completed projects, and do an assessment of what you really need to keep. Determine if you can digitize any of your printed documents. Clear all the clutter around your desk. Put work in progress neatly in one location.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 7, 2010

If my files were lost, how could I do my job effectively? Backup electronic files. Most businesses have an IT department that may take care ensuring that your files can be accessible if your computer crashed. But what if the IT department couldn’t access those files either? Organize paper files.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. Always proofread a document prior to sending it, good proofreading includes printing the document for review. Utilize spell check and review the document for grammar errors. Need a filing system?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. File it, if necessary. Eighty percent of filed papers are never looked at again. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo. Act on it immediately.

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The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

Now Google can help you do things like…… Google Docs – Create and share your online documents, presentations and spreadsheets Google Voice - Don’t have time to listen to voicemails? Google Health – organize your medical records, prescriptions, etc. We never sell your personal information to third parties.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

            Dawn McCloskey Ultra Organized, LLC. OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds. Microsoft's OneNote is my go-to organizing tool for anything that I do online.I create notebooks and files just like I would with paper, but now it is all organized on my computer.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

The “oops” factor: If you need more than two paragraphs to cover your topic, you’re better off using the phone, or attaching a Word* file. Quick fix: Pretty obvious here: Use your organization's internal phone book’s Employee Search tool to verify names and ensure that you have the right person in mind. Henry,” “Scott,” or “Boris”).

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. And anything stored on your hard drive can be retrieved from backup files (I use Carbonite for those who are interested). and then click back over to my Word document. Aesthetics.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Please welcome today’s guest poster, James Adams, and his collection of apps to organize thoughts. (We Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

Not only did she remember the name of the antibiotic from four years previous, within 45 seconds she had pulled a copy of the prescription from her files. The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 30, 2008

As a secretary I typed letters, answered the phone and did the filing. An executive assistant does this and more, including taking minutes and organizing board meetings. In the past the Administrative Assistant was the face and voice of the organization to anyone who called or visited the office.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

We differ from what I call the "digital filing cabinet" solutions in the market in that we're not only focused on helping you save and access what you want to remember, but also to help you out when you're ready to take action.   So you are kind of like a virtual assistant, to do list and data storage tool all rolled into one?

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 16, 2010

Organize then Prioritize. In order to effectively prioritize tasks, first you must organize your workspace. The ability to be organized allows you to focus and easily find documents and supplies you will need to complete projects. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.  Thanks to Stacey Anderson of Organized Innovations, LLC 2. Do the dump!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   The rhizomes are the organism's growth system.    Rather than having sticky notes all over your desk for things you want to get done, put the tasks on your calendar.    Imagine the wasted time recreating those lost documents. Imagine

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Organize the hidden stuff We focus a lot on the physical things we can see when it comes to removing clutter from our lives. It’s time to get tagging, creating sub-folders, and deleting dead files. If you don’t do any of the other things I’m about to mention, then at least take the time to organize the hidden stuff.

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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. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Trello is an extremely user-friendly tool that primarily uses kanban boards to organize projects, tasks, subtasks, and deadlines. calendar view, Gantt charts, etc.). They’re Trello’s version of add-ons that add new features such as Gantt charts, a file viewer, calendars, threaded comments, and many more. Trello Power-Ups.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. Filing Set up a great filing system now. While you have the time, bust out the label maker, order all the supplies and prep for what all the filing you will have to do. The fewer cooks in the kitchen, the better.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World | Main | Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) » Start 2011 off Organized! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 15 March, 2009 When you need it later: The Bring-Forward System My boss likes me to keep him organized and the way I do that is to have a system to bring forward items, which I then bring to his attention when he needs to see it. Lets enjoy our day together.© Where can I put this paper? Thats great!

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All Things Admin

AUGUST 3, 2022

Procedures are documented processes that explain exactly how to complete a task. They help you provide consistent customer service, make it easier for you to delegate tasks, and showcase the value you bring to your executive and organization. TEMPLATE – Annual Planning Calendar. Network Drives for Digital Procedures.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Book formats on Smashwords include PDF documents and formats that can be read by ebook readers and devices like Kindle, Sony Reader, iPod, and Palm. Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Book formats on Smashwords include PDF documents and formats that can be read by ebook readers and devices like Kindle, Sony Reader, iPod, and Palm. Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 27, 2010

In addition to locating your competitors backlinks, focus on learning about them organically. The most successful websites, particularly those that generate their traffic through multiple methods, are built with research and planning behind them. Observe their website and see what features keep people coming back and back.

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