Office Dynamics
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
At our recent Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , I surveyed 350 attendees about the topics they would like me to address at future conferences or training events. When it comes to figuring out your soft skills, enlarge your vision; don’t just look at the tasks such as meeting planning or calendaring.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JANUARY 15, 2010
.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. One of the things they recommended to executives was to use their electronic calendar to leave themselves reminders. I guess he thought I needed the help. Another one I never use.
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All Things Admin
JUNE 23, 2021
Travel planning. Meeting and event planning. Other systems you may want to prioritize, depending on your job duties, include: Disaster recovery planning. Let’s use meeting and event planning as our example, and focus on creating a system for planning monthly staff meetings.
Office Dynamics
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Meetings/Events. Travel Planning. Travel Planning. Event/Meeting Planning. Process your emails OUT of your inbox and into a TASK or CALENDAR appointment so you get them into your system for follow up, tracking, and completion. The answer was overwhelmingly getting (and staying) organized.
Loosely Speaking
JANUARY 16, 2009
Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Calling all Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants: Is there anyone out there? We call ourselves NAVA (Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants) but anyone who meets our description of “seasoned&# is welcome to come, whether or not you are based in our area.
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. I had an event for November 7th and the contract was signed, sealed and delivered, but then I noticed the hotel had put the wrong date on the contract. What are the dates you can cancel by?
Laughing all the Way to Work
APRIL 22, 2009
I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. The one good thing about speaking at an event where nobody knows me is, they have no idea whether my hair is supposed to be this dark. Some good advice to pass along: Never colour your hair the night before an event.
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