Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

How often I have organized a conference or arranged a Board meeting and after all the organization and planning it goes off without a hitch. I like organizing and feel satisfied when everything comes together nicely, but it takes a lot of work to get there. Have you ever been at an event that isnt well organized?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

Does your boss ever organize a meeting behind your back? That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password?

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Be one step ahead of your boss.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

The Stevie® Awards is a prestigious award honouring the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide. The fact that they have a category for Support Staffer of the Year is recognition of the important role support staff play in any organization. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. I organize my desk so everything is within easy reach and makes sense to the way I like to work. I too, love to be organized and it only makes sense to be prepared.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

One person can be great at software programs and know all sorts of tricks to get things done quickly and another might be excellent at organizing and managing their email account. I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Her office encouraged her when they saw her knack for numbers and she pursued further education and is now a junior accountant. There are some assistants however who enjoy the organizing and the business of being an administrative or executive assistant and they are good at their job and get great satisfaction in what they do.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 December, 2009 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline I organize a lot of meetings in a day, week, month; heck, even into next year. There are a lot of good organizing tricks out there and whenever I find one that works, I pounce on it and it becomes something I cant work without. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The argument could be said that the role of the assistant is to assist and keep your boss organized so we shouldnt complain when we have to do it. I have found the best way to cope is to keep yourself organized. Keep an organized filing system and file list. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

The person sending out the request for the meeting and asking for dates would usually be considered the meeting organizer. If you are not the organizer, you still have a responsibility to provide available dates in a timely manner, set a reminder to make sure there is an agenda and if there isnt, email to ask for one.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 September, 2008 Going Checklist Crazy I am organizing a Board meeting and I have checklists and to-do lists coming out of my ears. Being organized helps de-clutter any task and makes it more manageable and doable. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Why I love my job?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 September, 2008 Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your Boss Of all the articles I have written, the one I wrote on the bring-forward system by far gets the most views. As an Executive Assistant to a busy CEO, I have to organize my boss and I needed a bring-forward system to meet his needs.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Manage: Consider these points as you organize your workload. It reduces confusion by improving organization and leaves your work space clean. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 10, 2009

I find the best way for me to keep my Inbox organized is to immediately deal with the e-mail when it arrives. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. Ensure that prior to the meeting you have received everything your boss will need, which may require follow up with meeting organizer. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meeting with Mr. Brown and Ms.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

Another office raised almost $1,000 in a fundraising effort they organized. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. He raised over $1,000. The old adage `every little bit helps`, really does.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

The head of your organization can often set the tone for how the rest of the office functions. Everyone helping each other and working together to achieve the goals of the organization. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. To work effectively, I have always found working as a team is the best working situation.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. I think we should not underestimate the contribution we are making to our companys success and should evaluate ourselves accordingly. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

If I deal with someone and can see that they have organized something well, I will make sure to ask them about it. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

If a conference comes up and they are looking for someone to do the registration, we can step in and do that or we can organize it from start to finish. There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Pay attention or it could cost your company money. It was going to cost our company $5,000 plus in cancellation fees. It could save your company some money. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. One time we had to cancel at the last minute, but we were a few days past the cancellation date.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

We do have to keep our company privacy in mind when sharing and never give specific details, but it is easy to give a general work situation and no one is the wiser as to who it is about and no company secrets are shared. Check out some of the sites and organizations and see which you would find to be most useful. I understand!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. Imagine, if we had assistants at home to pay the bills, do the budget, organize dinners, answer our calls and follow up with reminders -- it is starting to sound pretty good.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Each organization we work for will have their own acronyms that we have to get familiar with fairly quickly if you want to know what they are talking about. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 8, 2009

Is everything organized and in the proper place so when you need it you can just grab it? Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. What about your work space? Is it neat and tidy?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

If the letterhead has the name of the organization on it you do not have to repeat it again under the name and title, unless that is your boss’s preference. Some organizations like you to list the attachments, i.e. Enclosure: 2008 Annual Report. As you have discovered half the battle is getting organized.

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Show your boss that you want to contribute to their success and to the organization. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Take initiative and do some tasks that you know need to get done.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

I find talking it over with a friend can be a good way to organize your thoughts. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. It is always worse to have things in writing and harder to take back.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

It is owned by the company and should be used for work. Going through some major organizing and filing here at our office and this is another 'a propos' topic that hits home. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Dont think of your e-mail account as yours, because it isnt. Very good article Patricia!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

This of course prompted me to write the following thought of the day on my blog, "The location of your Office Suggestion Box can give you a good idea of how important it is to your organization. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

69 Responses to “Is Your Education Useless?&# If you want to improve your mind, than I think there is no substitute for a quality education. I think my life experiences have provided me with the best education possible – and I’m still learning, every single day. You spent ages getting your degree.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 13, 2008

The office party can be a good time for some networking with the different people in your organization. It doesnt have to be a long conversation, just a short introduction and if you work in a large company you might want to say which department you work in. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 17, 2010

Now that I knew what was taking the time, I could do something about it and make adjustments to organize my day better. Keep your desk organized with a place for everything. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. So dont let all that work get you down. Someone else just might have the answer that will help you.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

Send a Meeting Request, without getting replies You know how it is when you send a meeting request to the whole organization and then get 40 replies in your Inbox. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. There is little chance that someone will miss that and double book them. To do so choose Invite Attendees.

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