Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 27, 2018

I put items in my calendar as a reminder, but the problem with calendar reminders is unless you know which day you put it on or what you named it, you can't easily find it. I'm either organizing a meeting or responding to someone else about my boss's availability. So I document that as well.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Check out this great tool » Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out There are many ways to manage your time and activities.  What is your favorite planning/calendar tool and why? Of all the calendar tools I know, this one handles tasks the best.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 29, 2019

Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. Pay attention to non-verbal cues when working with others to schedule meetings, if you are talking face-to-face or on the telephone or even in an email. Organize your executive’s meeting materials. Does this make sense?

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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. Maybe it’s a 10% increase in email sales in Q1 — but is that a year-over-year increase, or a quarter-over-quarter one?

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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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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 28, 2024

To further understand the increasing importance of EAs, Tyler Griffen has explored the multifaceted role of an executive assistant , highlighting how they add significant value to any organization. You can mention specific examples of team events, leadership styles, and company missions.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 29, 2011

I have always believed the key to productivity is organization. And what’s organization? I would say organization is to have everything under control and be confident enough about what needs to be done. Organization is to have everything under control and be confident enough about what needs to be done.

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Success

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For example, “Create a 30-day social media calendar and captions for five posts per day. We’re organizing a seven-day life transformation retreat in Costa Rica in January, something so huge and exciting that I may need prescription drugs. Human ingenuity isn’t obsolete, after all. And, voilà! And it all sounded like me!

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Let’s use meeting and event planning as our example, and focus on creating a system for planning monthly staff meetings. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Meeting Agenda.

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Tips From T. Marie

DECEMBER 7, 2018

With the increase in virtual services and communication done entirely via email, Skype and Slack, you may not even have a physical address to send a gift to. For example, real estate agents often give their buyers a gift upon the successful purchase of a new home. For example, one year I created personalized notecards for clients.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2017

One of the greatest advantages organizations achieves from automating various processes is saving time, among other resources. Phenomenal examples include manufacturing, mechanized farming, retail, and many other sectors. An app such as Evernote can be linked to task running apps like Trello and Asana and even to your Google calendar.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 28, 2016

Are you continually searching around looking for an email address? Set about creating your core office organization systems. For example, how do you create a new client file? One example could be you’re answering the same client enquiries again and again. Create a calendar template.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Call, write, pay, scan, enter data, read, file and write are all examples of the verbs you might have. 4 -- Pick up your SMEAD Stadium File Organizer (you can find them at most office supply stores) and take it out of the packaging. Viewing this in email?  " Think VERB.   I call this the storm before the calm.).

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On The Job

MAY 23, 2018

If you're like most people, you will still check your email (this is why smartphones were invented, right?) You tell yourself you're doing this because it's easier to keep up with some work while you're away and then not face an avalanche of emails when you return. Daddy needs to finish this email to his work!" You need to: 1.

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The solution is simple … you plan it in your calendar. The first step, and most important step, is to actually schedule your time off in your calendar. Once it’s on your calendar and you can see it you’re unlikely to accidentally schedule in a client call, meeting, or other event that will encroach upon your down time.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

For example…. Checking emails instead of reaching out to potential joint venture partners or organizations to secure speaking gigs. Don’t be a slave to your emails or your phone. Plan to check your emails twice a day (morning and afternoon) and let unscheduled calls go to voicemail. Plan your calendar.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a company Founder or CEO, you may be looking for an executive assistant to schedule meetings, organize business trips, as well as manage many aspects of your personal life. Last year for example, at C-Suite Assistants, only 7 percent of our total placements in 2020 were for EA/PAs. This role is gaining in popularity.

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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.  Send emails to others that you would like to receive back.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

  I've tried delegating through email, google and drop box.  You can organize tasks by category, track due dates, and access the information from anywhere. You can then organize your tasks into categories. You can set a due date, and even sych the due date to your calendar. 3 - Declutter Your Email Inbox.

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In short, gone are the days of keeping track of umpteen email threads and Slack chats to stay on top of your team’s progress. 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. Engineering.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

  But, how do you make sure to organize all of those business cards so that you CAN do the right FOLLOW UP? The most effective networkers have a system to manage/organize business cards and their contacts.  Thanks to Sharon Lowenheim of Organizing Goddess, Inc.   :-). I File Them (Then I Forget Them).

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Office Organization Success

JUNE 2, 2011

Gmail – I’m a die-hard Outlook fan and really don’t like the Gmail setup; however for when I can’t be in my office but still need access to my emails and calendar, Gmail is a great way for me to access that information. I also use this service with my clients so that they have access to all of their files too.

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Worxbee

APRIL 5, 2021

So a better approach is to match the task to the time on the calendar when you know you’ll have the right kind of energy for it. For example, some people like to schedule “like” tasks in blocks based on the level of focus the task requires. Pairing up “thinking” tasks with tasks that you do on autopilot are good examples.

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Get Organized!

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Thursday, February 18, 2010 Get Organized: 4 Ways to Be Less Forgetful Theres an old Chinese proverb that says,"The palest ink is better than the best memory." An elementary example of alliteration would be "Susy sells sea shells by the sea shore."

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Office Organization Success

JULY 31, 2009

Are you continually searching around looking for an email address? Set about creating your core office organization systems. For example, how do you create a new client file? One example could be you’re answering the same client enquiries again and again. Create a calendar template.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The first step, and most important step, is to actually schedule your time off in your calendar. Once it’s on your calendar and you can see it you’re unlikely to accidentally schedule in a client call, meeting, or other event that will encroach upon your down time. Also plan your programs and trainings around your vacation time.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 9, 2011

Lite – Make quick handwritten ink notes and reminders on the fly… set quick alarms, save notes to your Home Screen and share your “sticky&# notes by email or Twitter… Money & Bills – is the iPhone client for Pageonce. New Easy Calendar iPhone App Promises Less Hassle in Keeping a Calendar (themactrack.com).

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Office Organization Success

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Part of running an efficient and organized business is making full use of the technology and resources available to you. An example I see a lot is using Aweber for list management, and then using Paypal to accept payments. It works with both Outlook and Google calendars. c) 2013 Tracey Lawton.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 23, 2012

The end of 2012 is looming on the horizon, which means it’s once again time to buy new calendars, reset the budget, and start thinking about your business strategy for the coming year. Many feature products that are recycled, organic, sustainable, and even biodegradable. Promotional products. Product packaging. Customer service.

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 26, 2021

With the right technology and communication styles, virtual assistants work in remote locations and can successfully take over tasks such as: Calendar management, such as booking meetings with clients Email filtering and management Data entry Client follow-ups Transcription and note-taking Social media management Recruitment tasks.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The biggest time waster in organizations today is an unproductive meeting… and another under productive meeting…and another. Implementing the simple tips that follow can cut the time and costs of your organization’s meetings in half while multiplying the productive results for you and everyone attending.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The biggest time waster in organizations today is an unproductive meeting….and Implementing the simple tips that follow can cut the time and costs of your organization’s meetings in half while multiplying the productive results for you and everyone attending. and another under productive meeting…and another. Wow, you know your stuff!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Maybe You Should | Main | The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In » Do You Hate Your To-Do List?   Green for work and blue for personal for example.    Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? To your success!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

"I check my email 3 times a day and will respond within 48 hours, if this is an emergency call xxx.xxx.xxxx etc."   At my child's school, at other organizations that I volunteer for, my professional organizations and so on.  PS - I invite you to sign up to get updates in your email. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! For example, write all tasks related to recruitment on blue cards and items related to resident evaluations on red cards. For example, after receiving an e-mail request, don’t let it sit in your in-box until you remember or miss the deadline. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. Like any file storing system, you should create folders to organize your files. Folders can be shared.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

.  She tells me, "Between face-to-face networking, social networking, clients, prospects and people downloading stuff from my website it is tough for me to keep all of my out reach organized!"   Back when I had to keep track of phone conversations, email and face-to-face it was simply much easier to do!

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