BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Cloud-based project management software has revolutionized how companies manage their workflows, time-tracking, and communications for years now. That is unless you’ve yet to upgrade to a project management app, in which case you’re still stuck with the hassles of managing projects across multiple locations.

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My EA Career

APRIL 5, 2023

Clarifying expectations and clear communication are two of the essential building blocks of building a strong partnership between a manager and their Executive Assistant. In the latest episode of the Assist With Impact podcast (Episode 170), I discuss the challenge of assistants needing to manage the needs and priorities of multiple managers.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 28, 2016

Let me share a secret with you that many successful online solopreneurs already know — you have to learn how to “manage” your business before you can “market” your business. You don’t have your core systems in place and your business is running you when it should be you running your business!

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It pains me to announce that my grand experiment with using electronic time management systems has officially come to an end (sort of). In fact, I’m going to give you a complete overview of my brand new time management system. I moved to electronic systems after I lost my paper planner on an airplane in 2010.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

There are so many ways we can help them with this from managing their calendar effectively, minimising interruptions and generally keeping them on track. Assistants should conduct research on behalf of their manager. Assistants should manage the administration of documents on behalf of their manager.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

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? 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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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 27, 2011

Do not keep a bunch of calendars around. Photocopy your message for your own files then send off the original. Have a simple filing system and keep it up to date. Time Management Tip #1 (yourislandrunners.com). Use Time Management To Improve Your Life (wheelingabout.wordpress.com). Turn off the television.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

5 Steps to Meal Planning Success | Main | Productivity and Organization Link Lineup » 10 Reminder Systems for You To Consider Do you have difficulty remembering important dates?  Great reminder system. Google tells about their Google Calendar tool in this way: " Organize your schedule and share events with friends.  With

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 27, 2015

Ideally the list should be on the same email system that you use to manage their inbox and schedule (Microsoft Outlook for example). Here are my top ten do’s and don’ts for managing your boss’s task list: Do complete as many tasks, on their behalf, as you can.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2017

An app such as Evernote can be linked to task running apps like Trello and Asana and even to your Google calendar. IFTTT has the ability to connect to just about any application and even has a platform that allows app developers to integrate new apps with the IFTTT system, making it easier for clients to see the new app, download and use it.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But even the most productive and enthusiastic individuals, teams, and corporations require careful management, planning, and collaboration. Many apps are also available as desktop or web programs for Linux and Windows operating systems. Calendar – Integration with Others. Systems: Web Browsers.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

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!!    One item frequently purchased at this time of year is a calendar or planner for the upcoming year. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 2 Measures of effective productivity systems… Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 30, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. Thanks for visiting!

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 30, 2013

Hopefully you would have been interviewed by your new manager so you will have gained some understanding of what they are like and what they require from you. Here are some of my tips on how to make sure you build a good rapport with your new manager and get off on the right foot. How does your manager prefer to communicate?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 27, 2012

Delete” whenever possible: Eliminate clutter, file the completed, delegate wisely, learn to say NO. Check your calendar: Have a good system to track time-sensitive events. and ask it often: Always evaluate what you are doing to ensure the most productive use of your time.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 2, 2012

If you need color and pictures, use a lot on your calendar or planning book. Some people need to have papers filed away; others get their creative energy from their piles. Goals give your time management direction. Such people may combine a To Do list with a calendar or schedule. Organize in a way that makes sense to you.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Hire an accountant, bookkeeper, and/or tax professional to help you manage the money. They’ll make sure all the numbers add up, taxes are filed on time, and may even help maximize your revenue by finding tax write-offs and advantages. A VA can help you with tasks like calendar and inbox management. Financial Team.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Hire an accountant, bookkeeper, and/or tax professional to help you manage the money. They’ll make sure all the numbers add up, taxes are filed on time, and may even help maximize your revenue by finding tax write-offs and advantages. A VA can help you with tasks like calendar and inbox management. Financial Team.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 17, 2015

These days, a personal assistant is more likely to be involved in making key decisions, even managing budgets. Secretaries that were retained were required to work for more than one executive, occasionally taking on roles that were traditionally assigned to middle management. Develop your system. Write everything down.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The phone comes with 2GB microSD (capacity is up to 32GB) which makes it a decent storage device for documents and other files. My BlackBerry Bold 9780 became an extension of my productivity system right out of the box. The Calendar app is slick. The native file manager of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is not intuitive in my opinion.

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Office Organization Success

JULY 31, 2009

Let me share a secret with you that many successful online solopreneurs already know – you have to manage your business before you can market your business, and if you’ve been with me for a while you’ve no doubt heard me say this many times! Review your current systems. Set about creating your core office organization systems.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 13, 2012

It’s a two-part system, a message board and a calendar (see images below). The dry-erase calendar is magnetic on the back and is stuck to our refrigerator. The calendar serves to track what is going on in the month. Both my wife and I use separate PDA-based calendars. Setting up your system.

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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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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

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. Start with the 4 D’s of Effective Paper Management : DO IT.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 1, 2013

You should work to manage of your incoming data with the fewest possible moves; including e-mail, voice mail, real-time phone calls and regular mail. If it takes less than two minutes to answer a message, do it then file or delete the message. Use follow-up flags or dated calendar alarms to bring forward e-mail when it needs attention.

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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. The system I use is quite simple and has been around for a long time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

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.    I don't care what tool you receive your e-mail in, you still have to manage it or it will run you. 

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 2, 2016

A handful of assistants still had to manage paper diaries, print off and file emails along with every other bit of paper that passed by their Exec’s desk, type up hand written notes and take dictation. There are plenty of articles out there that will help you manage people resistant to change. Old school stuff! AHHHHHHHHH!

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Productivity Bits

MAY 12, 2011

And since it is a web-based device, you always have access to all your applications and files anytime and anywhere – that is if you have an access to the internet (a downside?). No applications (except the operating system that runs the device and other modules of its subsystem) are locally stored in the device. Google Calendar.

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

You can delegate all the work that keeps you “busy” - like filling out paperwork, filing, scheduling, budgeting, and making “quick” phone calls. They Manage the Mundane Stuff Who said running a business doesn’t take creativity? Partnering with your Worxbee admin according to our proven systems will save you time, money, and stress.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

If you have a business partner but not an office manager, divide up responsibilities. This category includes bills, medical forms to file, an insurance or telephone plan to compare with what you have now, information about a product you intend to buy and a list of activities put on by a group you belong to. Everyone needs an in box.

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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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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? The most successful business owners and professionals effectively use tools to manage their time, space and information.  Then get in on this giveaway.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 10, 2014

I’ve spent many many hours searching for bits of paper my manager has lost (or never actually had…), I’ve tried to remember hotels and restaurants they visited five years ago and clients they met briefly at a conference the previous summer. Calendars are not just for appointments. Archive and search rather than file.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

The Major Meltdown in Time Management - Have You Been Hit? » Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You Productivity Fact: You can be busy all day and still have gotten nothing done. .    Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. To dos in back. Tear out when done.

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