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A day in the life: Katrina Wardell, EA at Dropbox

Practically Perfect PA

Before Dropbox, I worked for a tech start-up and was the executive assistant (EA) to the CEO of an aircraft leasing firm. For the past year and a half, I have worked as the EA to the Head of Dropbox Europe and the Global Head of Customer Experience, but my role has recently changed. What are the main aspects of your role?

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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

Here’s how you can implement color coding: Physical Files : Use colored folders or labels to differentiate between different projects or document types. I love translucent colored poly pockets combined with colored file folders to create instant visual distinction of what’s waiting for me each day in my priority sorter.

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What Is The Importance Of Task Automation In Productivity And Well-being?

Allwork

Use Google Calendar for all of your important events – personal and business . Use DropBox to organize and share your files . Here are some ways workers can automate their own tasks on their own time: . Program your coffee maker to begin brewing right before you typically wake up . Use Python to consolidate your data .

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

Office Dynamics

Cloud-Based File Storage: Tired of attaching documents to emails and relying on track changes to keep up with multiple people editing the same files? Dropbox , Box , or OneDrive may be the solution. Update, backup, and share files with your executive and team – no flash drives needed!

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Today’s Admin Needs to Become a Mobile Office Pro

Office Dynamics

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. Backup and store your files via a cloud service. Share and collaborate on files. Folders can be shared.

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13 Ways You Should be Using Your Smartphone for Business

Tips From T. Marie

Need a presentation for an upcoming event? Yet another reason to ditch the file cabinet and move your files to the cloud; file access on your smartphone. Adobe Scan , but there is also ABBYY Scan and the Dropbox app has a scan feature as well. You can create a slideshow right on your smartphone. My favorite?

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How We Pulled Off a Huge Event Through Outsourcing

Productivityist

Clarissa is the co-founder of Startup Safary, a Berlin-based company that creates new event formats and builds the technology to run them. File exchange: Dropbox, WeTransfer. This saved me the trouble of checking Dropbox regularly and uploading files one by one.). Review: Google Docs.

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