October, 2009

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There Is Nothing Better Than a Woman

Office Dynamics

As we approach the holiday season, there is nothing better than a woman. What do I mean by that? I’m glad you asked. Joan and I will be celebrating our 33rd wedding anniversary on Sunday Nov 1st and let me tell you I am the luckiest man on earth. Joan has been the rock for all those years. Having our children Lauren & Brian and going right back to work.

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 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 enjoy our day together.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 October, 2009 A twelve step program to survive as an Admin My grandson has started walking.

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This is your world.

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. You ask a question, I answer! Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Podcast Creation in 3 Easy Steps

Office Organization Success

For a long time I was reluctant to add podcasting to my list building arsenal thinking it was simply another task on my already long To Do list and, to be honest, it sounded tedious … manually submitting my podcast episodes to the various podcast directories so that people knew they were there; I didn’t have time for that! Little did I realize how easy it was to implement this strategy, and reach a whole other audience too – those who prefer to learn by listening!

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There Is Nothing Better Than a Woman

Office Dynamics

As we approach the holiday season, there is nothing better than a woman. What do I mean by that? I’m glad you asked. Joan and I will be celebrating our 33rd wedding anniversary on Sunday Nov 1st and let me tell you I am the luckiest man on earth. Joan has been the rock for all those years. Having our children Lauren & Brian and going right back to work.

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4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt I hear from a lot of people who are out of work. In the early stages of job hunting, Ive found most people are usually pretty confident.

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Dot connectors--I'm looking for you!

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Climate change and the 6 Americas

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Climate change and the 6 Americas Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging , Business Strategies/Perspectives , Life of the Virtual Assistant What do these things have in common? 1. failure to use a condom 2. volcanic eruptions 3. buying imported foods 4. the earth’s tilt 5. leaving the lights on when leaving a room 6. wildfires 7. running unnecessary errands in your car Though some are n

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Get Organized to Get Clients

Office Organization Success

This article has been inspired by one of the respondents to my recent survey who commented “I need clients not organization”. This particular comment really stuck out for me because I feel that a lot of business owners become so focused on getting the clients that they really don’t understand being more organized means getting more clients, and therefore do not put in place the foundational pieces that will allow their business to grow.

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Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In.

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced?

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Executives and Assistants as Drivers of Change

Office Dynamics

(Excerpt from a session at our 16th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence). The audience was ready to hear from Erin, again; this time on a different subject that I had chosen. The overview is as follows: "When executives and assistants create a synergistic relationship, they can actually drive change rather than wait for change to happen to them.

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Could telecommuting be a career mistake? While a lot of people think telecommuting is the answer to all their problems, sometimes you have to be careful of what you wish for. At the same time, this difficult job environment may mean that you have to work even harder and smarter if youre not in the office everyday.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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That is not in my job description.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 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 enjoy our day together.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 11 October, 2009 That is not in my job description.

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Your blog's role in your professional visibility

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Your blog’s role in your professional visibility Monday, October 12, 2009 at 11:11 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging Ever wonder where blogging is headed now that social media web sites have become mainstream tools? If you’ve decided that blogs are so 2008, think again.

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Dealing With Unreasonable Requests

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Dealing With Unreasonable Requests By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 08, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail , among the many others that you receive each and every day. Your colleague or boss calls or comes up to you exactly 2 minutes later and asks if youve read it.

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Bosses Day - October 16

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Thursday, October 15, 2009 Bosses Day - October 16 Bosses Day is a day to celebrate and appreciate your superior or superiors.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Executives and Assistants as Drivers of Change

Office Dynamics

(Excerpt from a session at our 16th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence). The audience was ready to hear from Erin, again; this time on a different subject that I had chosen. The overview is as follows: "When executives and assistants create a synergistic relationship, they can actually drive change rather than wait for change to happen to them.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How to Survive Working for a Jerk

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 7, 2009 How to Survive Working for a Jerk I used to have a boss I detested so much I used to envision her falling down a manhole -- not to kill her, but just injure her enough to put her in the hospital long enough for me to find another job.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 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 enjoy our day together.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 October, 2009 When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

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Whoops! What now?

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Whoops! What now? Friday, October 9, 2009 at 5:08 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives , Life of the Virtual Assistant There are many scenarios that can derail your well-oiled SOHO operation. These’ll getcha, just like a change up in baseball. And next thing you know, you’re out.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy?

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy? By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you have too many applications open on your computer? Have you passed by a co-workers desk and noticed that they have 20 different things running all at once? Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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Pandora's Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Thursday, October 8, 2009 Pandora’s Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box Do you know the story of Pandora’s Box?

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The Visible Administrative Assistant

Office Dynamics

(Excerpt from a session at our 16th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence). We had two exciting presentations by Erin O'Hara Meyer, PHR, and President of Administrative Excellence. Erin worked in the administrative profession and Human Resources for several years before starting her business so she knows this career first hand. She covered many wonderful themes but I will just give you a glance.

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Why I Procrastinate

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha