Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 6, 2016

What are the main aspects of your role? I am PA to the Four Founding Partners of The Corner and Office Manager. The Corner is an independent Advertising agency based in the heart of Soho it is where people meet and things happen. I look after the diaries and travel for the 4 partners then all office management duties for the 45 staff here. What is your morning routine before you get in to the office?

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Management Travel Agencies Phones 159

Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2016

I’m preparing to attend and present at the Admin Pro Forum event in Orlando, Florida next week. It reminded me that when we attend a major conference we have the opportunity to meet so many great people. We will be exchanging quite a few business cards at this upcoming event. Did you know there are etiquette rules for giving and receiving cards?

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Business Cards Etiquette Networking Skills 156

Small Business Labs

JUNE 6, 2016

The U.S. Commerce's department report  Digital Matching Firms: A New Definition in the “Sharing Economy” Space  is, in our opinion, a pretty balanced view of sharing/digital matching firms and their growing economic role. The report attempts to accomplish two goals.  First, it tries to provide a new name and definition for the sharing/on-demand/gig economy, or at least part of it.

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Agencies Policies Forms AT&T 116

On The Job

JUNE 6, 2016

Vacation season is upon us, and for many people that means heading to the beach for a week or just taking a few days to sit around home and try to chill. The problem is that many of us have forgotten the point of a vacation. It's to relax. Say it with me now: RELAX. But as long as we have our phones or laptops with us, that's not likely to happen. We're going to check email (even though we posted an "on vacation" auto response) and we're likely to keep up with happenings in the office.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 6, 2016

Anyone who has ever worked in a sales environment knows the frustration and disappointment that comes when a big sale falls through — especially when a competitor swoops in and seemingly snatches the customer right out from under your nose. Despite your anger, though, there’s usually not a whole lot that you can do about it. Unless, of course, you registered the deal that you were working on.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 6, 2016

Pinterest is one of the five biggies in social media, but despite this, quite often it’s not used by businesses. Think about the social toolbars that are present on almost every website; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even YouTube are regular features here but quite often Pinterest is nowhere to be seen. photo credit: Larry Miller / Flickr. Not relevant.

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Social Media Twitter Facebook 43

Productivityist

JUNE 6, 2016

On this episode of the podcast, I speak with Jordan Bower. We talk about the power of story, his approach to storytelling, and much more (including a mention of one of my favourite storytellers, Steven Pressfield). Jordan is a strategic storyteller now based in my hometown of Victoria. We had a chance to meet up for the first time at Social Media Camp and had a great face to face conversation and I was excited to carry that over to the podcast.

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