Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I arrived before my room was available so decided to sit in the lobby bar, check my emails and people watch. There is a large mall near by with restaurants and bars that your executive would enjoy if they are the type to venture outside of their hotel. The amenities include: ARA restaurant. AXIS lounge. 24 hour health club.

Travel 100

Travel Restaurants 2014 Equipment 100

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. Ask for confirmation. ” 8.

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Keyboards Email 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Whether you are an Executive Assistant or an Administrative Assistant, email management of our boss's account has become a big part of our jobs. I have my own emails to read and process so when I go into his account, I am thankful for the emails I can skip over. Even though there is no action, these emails are worth reading.

Email 100

Email Restaurants Travel Management 100

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 9, 2016

I read my emails on the way in so I’m aware of anything urgent that has come in that morning or from the night before. In my current role, I have the opportunity to go out and work in Pizza Express restaurants and meet our guests. It’s my own 60 minutes where I don’t have to think or worry. What does an average look like?

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Email International Phones 100

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 4, 2016

and the first thing I do is check my emails and the diary for the day. First thing I’ll make a cup of coffee, and print the diary for the day and address any urgent emails. I will then meet with Sophie for half an hour at the start of the day to run through the diary and any urgent questions or documents for her to sign.

Social Media 100

Social Media Email Travel Restaurants 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

I received an email a while back from Kathy. Is there a suggested restaurant in the area you can tell them about? The finished product should be a brief, easy to carry document – I have included a sample itinerary for you. Hello, Joan Burge Blog readers! How long of a drive is it from the airport to their hotel?

Travel 100

Travel Restaurants Email UPS 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

I received an email a while back from Kathy. Is there a suggested restaurant in the area you can tell them about? The finished product should be a brief, easy to carry document – I have included a sample itinerary for you. Hello, Joan Burge Blog readers! How long of a drive is it from the airport to their hotel?

Travel 100

Travel Restaurants Training Email 100

Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 23, 2011

If possible print on both sides of the paper, send memos via email and store documents digitally. Provide all necessary facilities for staff to heat, prepare and enjoy their lunch on-site to avoid the need to drive to local restaurants and cafes. One of the easiest ways of doing this is reducing paperwork and print-outs.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers Environment Expenses Restaurants 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

I have gotten in the habit of doing this frequently during the day and hardly even think about it until the system shuts down for some reason and then I breathe a sigh of relief when I open the document (by pressing Ctrl + o by the way) and find that I have not lost any of my work. Ctrl + a - Selects the whole document.

Keyboards 100

Keyboards Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 2, 2010

For instance: Subject: Patricia, Adele and Rita meeting to discuss Christmas Party Location: Large Boardroom, 5th Floor If it is a lunch meeting I enter the restaurant name, street address and whether a reservation was made. Toronto to Vienna OPEN FOR FLIGHT AND HOTEL DETAILS You can put a lot of things in a meeting request.

Calendars 100

Calendars Holidays Agenda Administrative Professionals 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Google 100

The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 15, 2009

So a gift card to their favorite restaurant or clothing store would be appropriate. Order Lunch In If your department or office is approaching a deadline and things are getting on edge, order lunch from your boss’ favorite restaurant and deliver it to them in their office.

Gifts 100

Gifts Clothes Filing Restaurants 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

Save a restaurant and we'll add contact information, menu pages, reviews, a link to make reservations and we'll even notify you if there's a Groupon or Living Social deal for that restaurant. In short, our goal is to save you time and money when you're ready to do something with what you've saved.

Interviewing 100

Interviewing Microsoft Outlook Restaurants Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

spacing To insert a document i.d. or a filename path to your document Insert Footer, Edit Footer On Insert Tab, click on drop down menu for Quick Parts. Then open a new document and paste (Ctrl v). To print the entire screen, press the PrintScreen key and then paste it into a blank document. Choose Field.

2007 100

2007 Time Zones IAAP 2003 100

Allwork

MAY 20, 2024

Are you good at using it to create better documents, but to resist it, I think, ends up leaving other people the ability to bypass you. They actually sit inside those companies and they are, they have email addresses that are from that company. And you need to find out what you’re good at. Works beautifully. Embrace them.

AT&T 274

AT&T Interviewing Learning Medical 274

The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 5, 2009

He was thinking this guy would have taken a job at a fast food restaurant just to get away from his co-workers. While exchanging pleasantries, Stanley was really thinking that this guy left the company because he didnt like the staff and wasnt happy with the company.

Filing 100

Filing IAAP Fax Social Media 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Unlike Word you will only see the header repeated when you do a print preview or print the document. To automatically insert a new row at the end of a table.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Dates (Writing out dates) Diagnosis or Diagnoses Dictionaries Due to Electronic dictionaries Email Salutations Exclamation marks versus question marks Expressing Currencies Expressing Time Fewer vs. Less Further vs Farther Grammar or Style Hope: the Word??

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones ASAP IAAP International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

Meeting documents: some people have it printed single sided and others double sided. It is very hard to follow along when not all members have the document printed the same way. I have a love/hate relationship with the email autofill. It is comical watching everyone trying to sort out which way to hold the paper. I shut it off!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

The Marq

JANUARY 7, 2010

In other words, I wanted to be able to access my email, calendar, tasks, and notes from anywhere. I used to use Google Documents for this purpose. In fact, I stopped using Google Documents altogether since all remaining documents I transferred to Google Wave, a collaboration and document management tool.

Google Docs 40

Google Docs Google Calendars Phones 40

The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 17, 2010

If you practice good etiquette, not only will your guests remember you in a positive manner as a representative of your company, but the staff at the restaurant will remember you as well (good or bad!). I didnt mention the obvious rules like arrive at least 10 minutes early – never be late and never leave before your guests.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette Filing 2010 IAAP 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. Dates (Writing out dates) Diagnosis or Diagnoses Dictionaries Due to Electronic dictionaries Email Salutations Exclamation marks versus question marks Expressing Currencies Expressing Time Fewer vs. Less Further vs Farther Grammar or Style Hope: the Word??

Time Zones 100

Time Zones 2009 IAAP 2008 100

Andrea Kalli

APRIL 19, 2010

Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? - Vicky Leave a Comment Andrea is based out of the Denver area of Colorado, yet serves the global entrepreneur. >>

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2007 Twitter 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Try to set up the communication of the office so your boss checks their own emails and responds, but you are in charge of all the mtg coordination, phones, and anything that happens in the office. Are there favorites of anything your boss likes - their coffee, restaurants, cafeteria lunch food, etc?

Holidays 40

Holidays Calendars Credit Card Restaurants 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Be prepared and think ahead. Maintaining a good bring-forward system is important to have things ready when needed. Be good at tracking things down.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Filing IAAP 2008 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

For paper things that I need to remember to follow up on, I put the letter or document in my Wait Bin (which is a tray for things I am waiting on). That wouldnt work for me because I dont have that many paper documents to bring forward, but I can see it being necessary if you have lots of items. Where can I put this paper? Thats great!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

Proofing documents can also be funny. Dates (Writing out dates) Diagnosis or Diagnoses Dictionaries Due to Electronic dictionaries Email Salutations Exclamation marks versus question marks Expressing Currencies Expressing Time Fewer vs. Less Further vs Farther Grammar or Style Hope: the Word?? What a start to a Monday morning.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

i.e. My boss will send an email with a cc to me and on the last line or buried in the message he will write something like “I have copied Patricia to set up a teleconference at a mutually convenient time.&# This is especially helpful in the case that there are attachments in the email. There could be a message for you.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

Of course my comments are limited because the subject matter is not my expertise, but he relies on my input and corrections to make the document look good. Some emails are obviously junk. Many times I need to proof text and comment with my thoughts before he even looks at it. Is this something that I can Delete to unclutter his Inbox?

Management 100

Management Time Zones IAAP 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. There are still jobs to be had, you just have to find them.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Resume IAAP Interviewing 100

Productivityist

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

That same curiosity about new people and places, along with the desire not to be totally "ignorant of almost everything," means that I''ve logged lots of hours online researching my destinations, their history and culture, restaurants, hotels, and local attractions over the years. Consider your itinerary a fluid document.

Google 40

Google Google Docs Travel AT&T 40

Productivityist

MAY 12, 2016

Go to their list of videos and just copy the links and names to the document. You don’t go to a restaurant and order “half a pound of burger”, you just order a burger. Pro tip : Set a reminder both as a notification on your phone and an email, to make it more likely you’ll catch it in time before your learning session.

Learning 40

Learning Calendars Social Media 2015 40

Brilliantly Better

JULY 6, 2010

I started to test a few projects and also begun to write the documentation. I wasn’t from their league, I was just a strange guy who gave up a fancy job at a radio just to write stupid documentations in French. Bloggers seek validation from their commenters, restaurants seek validation from customers. Everything was cool.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Promotion Learning 40

Brilliantly Better

APRIL 26, 2010

This is a document you will refer to every step of the way. I recently made a new friend at a networking event and I sent her a few emails about getting up and running with her blog. A few weeks ago when she was at a dinner she met the owners of a major restaurant chain who were looking for somebody to run their social media.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Goals Social Media 40