Ian's Messy Desk
JULY 16, 2010
My three favourites: Don’t abuse your visuals – Usually your visuals are posters, charts, or even a PowerPoint presentation. I have one more tip that I’ve had to learn the hard way: Tell stories – People don’t want to sit through a dry recitation of facts, statistics, policy, etc. Learn to tell stories.
Ian's Messy Desk
MAY 13, 2010
Fifteen minutes later another manager comes by looking for last-minute help with a PowerPoint presentation. For example: typing a 40-slide PowerPoint presentation: two hours, provided all the material is complete. When urgent requests come in from various sources and you’re already pressed for time, how do you handle them?
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Ian's Messy Desk
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
You don’t fire up PowerPoint and start creating slides. When Preparing for Public Speaking The boss e-mails and says you are going to be training employees on the features of the new software roll-out. What’s the first thing you do? You don’t build an outline of your presentation.
Ian's Messy Desk
JUNE 11, 2010
When we are nervous we tend to read our speeches, focus on the Powerpoint notes and hang on to the lectern for dear life. Repeat this exercise until you feel the tension start to drain away. Get Out in Front Don’t hide behind your material. The audience wants to connect with you. Get our from behind the lectern.
Professional Assistant Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number. Who are you?
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 6, 2009
© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 October, 2009 When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem. it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them." 411 Look Up 411.ca
Administrative Arts
AUGUST 16, 2010
This can also include creating and modifying PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets. Look carefully at your personnel policies, and if you think it is a misuse of your time, talk to your boss or someone in HR about it. Copyright: Administrative Arts Administrative Assistant Job Descriptions. Receive and Distribute mail.
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