Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

Kathy is an executive assistant who wants to know more about travel preparation for her executive and what can be included with the itinerary or on the itinerary to make the executive more comfortable during travel. First, get to know your executive’s travel preferences and keep a running list. Happy travel planning everyone!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 6, 2011

Anyone that travels frequently knows that a well organized set of travel documents makes the trip much less stressful.    Some that I made myself and some that were pre-manufactured for travel. When you purchase a travel organizer package from Smead, you get 2 different organizers.  What You Get.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Having booked business travel to Houston more times than I can actually remember I am very aware of how little time executives have when they arrive in Houston. Most business travellers attend their meetings and leave so I always try to book my executives into a hotel that allows them to see at least a little bit of Houston.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

Booking travel – Concur helps ensure that corporate travel is booked within policy before the trip is taken and reconciles expenses after travel is completed. AnyPerk has partnerships with hundreds of vendors that provide employee discounts in fitness, entertainment, travel and much more.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

But as a starting point, I would say there has been a flight to quality that’s well being documented. They pop up in, I was about to say the most unlikely of places, but they are actually obvious places because you get lots of people passing through, business travelers and so on, who might need to pop in and use a desk for a few hours.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

On the day I reverted to ‘show and tell’ and picked up the annual catalogue of restaurants for both of my bosses which greatly impressed them. If I was ever impressed by a particular restaurant or hotel I would send them the link or bring them in the hard copy brochure to examine. Places are still available for the conference.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

When I travel, I take my laptop and Kindle Fire.   Tips for Health Conscious Travelers. Many of clients travel for work and pleasure, crossing multiple time zones. Even while traveling, they implement very doable and easy practices that give them the healthy edge to keep them on track!   Keeping It Simple.

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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. My current boss travels a lot so I put his travel schedule in the calendar as well.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 8, 2014

Assistants will no longer have to get their manager’s permission to travel to London or other major cities for networking opportunities which can be a major hurdle. Technology really does touch every part of our role in 2014, particularly when it comes to arranging travel for our assistants.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 8, 2017

What do emotional intelligence and travel planning have in common? I have been traveling extensively for business (and a little pleasure) for 3 straight months. I have been a business traveler for 27 years. While the typical person thinks traveling is glamorous, the business traveler has a different perspective.

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

You may want to keep one as a historical document for future generations; as a prewriting activity for longer works you plan to publish; as a private means of expressing emotions and ideas; or much more. Solo & Alone: Journals and Traveling. It is a place to record your deepest thoughts without fear of judgment. brodyleven.com).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 7, 2017

Travel planning is infamous for being a huge time, patience, and sanity suck for administrative professionals. What seems like a simple there-and-back trip to a traveler is a whirlwind of coordination and research for the admin. And can you try to get me reservations to my favorite restaurant and hotel.

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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.©

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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

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 3, 2013

Travel Planning for Executive & Administrative Assistants. But I really didn’t understand the intricacies of travel until I became an executive and traveled often. For 22 years, I have been traveling; mostly within the United States. For 22 years, I have been traveling; mostly within the United States.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Many times it is evident that I need to do something such as book the boardroom, start planning travel, or bring forward the email for when the meeting takes place, etc. If I go ahead and take action I send a quick email to him to let him know I did that or I let him know the next time I am speaking with him.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Providing administrative support is a big statement and can be anything from arranging a meeting, making a reservation at a restaurant for a business luncheon, bringing items forward for action, following up for your boss, making travel arrangements, data entry, taking minutes, drafting letters, preparing correspondence for distribution, typing reports, (..)

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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.

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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.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

She is a lawyer, freelance writer, and dedicated traveler. That childlike wonder of experiencing a new place for the first time is what draws me to travel as much as possible, both internationally and domestically within the US. Start reading travel sites online (Trip Advisor, Frommer''s, Lonely Planet, Yelp, etc.),

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Lets enjoy our day together.© © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 January, 2009 Happy New Year! After all, weve been doing it for a whole year now.

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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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

Proofing documents can also be funny. In between spurts of laughter, he said that he hadnt been to my desk yet, but I should go and see the junior lawyer because he had asked him to put a letter on my desk earlier. I left his office to the sound of his chuckles behind me. What a start to a Monday morning.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 19, 2010

Tags and Categories: #ivaa10 , audio blogs , audioboo , blogpress iphone app , ivaa , ivaa live blogging , mobile blogging , Mobile Devices , theivaa.tk , travel moblog , video blog , virtualassist.net Related content WooHoo!

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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!

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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.

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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. Many times I need to proof text and comment with my thoughts before he even looks at it.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc. Are there favorites of anything your boss likes - their coffee, restaurants, cafeteria lunch food, etc? If you want to be CEO or CFO maybe offer to help on budgets, financials, and with Excel documents.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

If he is travelling, I send it by e-mail, but it has been my experience that I will get better results with a face-to-face meeting. This also works with your Calendar, which comes in handy if you want to either insert the agenda or another document from Word, or if you need to insert an e-mail.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 29, 2015

According to a recent survey conducted by PA Life assistants spend at least 20% of their time organising travel. It’s like having a super-fast, all-knowing travel agent in your pocket. If your manager travels on one airline frequently it is worth downloading their app. For more details check out the Assist Travel event page.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 24, 2019

Try to use electronic documents as well when signing contracts like a statement of work or NDA. This allows them to work from home without wasting gas traveling as well as gives the consultant a less biased opinion of what should happen versus coming to the office and meeting staff physically.

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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.

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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.

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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. It is comical watching everyone trying to sort out which way to hold the paper.

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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.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 26, 2010

This is a document you will refer to every step of the way. 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. Over time, I built on it to include more information, such as my learnings from rolling out my plans and what to do differently.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 4, 2016

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. If there is a particular business trip coming up I will spend time working on an itinerary and preparing travel arrangements. What has been your career highlight?

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