December, 2008

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Make Your Administrative Assistant Your Greatest Asset

Office Dynamics

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, many managers rely on the newest technology to help their company grow. Between e-mail, virtual assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings.

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10 Changes You Might See Coming to Your Workplace

On The Job

While I thought about writing an uplifting, inspirational post today -- the last day of 2008 -- the truth is that I'm very much a realist at heart. Sure, I believe in hoping for the best -- but I'm one of those people who always prepares for the worst. I do have great hopes for 2009. I hope that the economy will improve, that those who have been laid off will find jobs and the St.

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What To Do If You Lose Your Job! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. 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.

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Grab Hundreds of Free Self Improvement Products Now!

Office Organization Success

How would you like instant access to HUNDREDS of self-improvement and personal development products absolutely *Free*? How? Simple… Just click this link and get access now! That’s all there is to it! (Take a look at the site – tons of self-help and personal development materials are included.). Head on over there now and download all these products immediately because Henry Gold, Dr.

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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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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

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 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

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Include Family in Your New Year’s Resolutions

Office Dynamics

Setting goals is a great way to nurture your growth. That’s why it’s important to make New Year’s resolutions for family if you want your family life to change and improve. Consider including these goals this year: Pare down activities. Families are busier than ever, so it’s important to make room for consistent togetherness time. For example, think about cutting back on activities so everyone can eat dinner together most nights.

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Don't Forget That Even in This Job Market, You Can Still Negotiate a Job Offer

On The Job

If you've ever been out of work, you know the feeling when the job offer finally comes. You want to scream, cry, kiss the feet of the hiring manager and dance in the streets. You're a wild mix of emotions and yet it's never been more important that you think clearly and put your brain in charge. It's time to negotiate. Now, some people may think that there's no room for negotiation in this job market.

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Deal with Paper Every Day; Don't Pile It

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Huge Timesaver ~ Get Clients to Self-Schedule!

Office Organization Success

Use a service such as TimeDriver [link]. Works with Outlook and Google calendar. Advantages: You create the available timeslots in your calendar (refer to Key 1 – Planning). You then send a link to your TimeDriver calendar to your client. Your client can only schedule in those times that YOU have made available in your calendar – by default they’re going to be working to YOUR schedule.

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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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Are you worried about job security?

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 12 December, 2008 Are you worried about job security?

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Put a smile on that face

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Put a smile on that face Monday, December 15, 2008 at 9:42 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Family Life Feeling too busy? Not busy enough? Maybe all you need is a little gingerbread house. Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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Make Your Administrative Assistant Your Greatest Asset

Office Dynamics

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, many managers rely on the newest technology to help their company grow. Between e-mail, virtual assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings.

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When You've Fallen and Can't Get Up

On The Job

I've been impressed by the number of blog posts I've read lately that urge people not to give in to despair in these despairing times, to remember that most of us have all that we really need: our friends, our family, our health. At the same time, I know that despite these pep talks there are people who, no matter how much they try, aren't feeling better.

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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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Making Notes on the Go

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The 2008 Holiday Giveaway Event … Grab your free gifts!

Office Organization Success

One of the joys of the holiday season is giving. Sharing with others is one of the true joys of life. So in the spirit of giving, I asked some of my friends and business associates what gifts they had that they could share with others. Well I was pleasantly surprised – with a very nice selection of gifts. Some of these gifts will help you improve your life – others will help you improve your business.

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Teambuilding 2.0

BioTeams

Many company executives are now questionning the value of 'traditional' forms of teambuilding such as executive retreats or staff games (e.g. Executive team building: stop wasting their time ). Recently I ran across a New York technnology company GoCrossOffice pioneering a more novel approach. GoCrossOffice integrate both virtual and physical elements into their team games.

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Redistributing your work-life balancing act?

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Redistributing your work-life balancing act? Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 9:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant There’s a clipboard on my desk (pictured beneath my furry assistant at right) that is more valuable than any tech tool in my office. Divided into two columns, at left is my actual and pending work list, and to the right are personal and household matters needing attention.

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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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Include Family in Your New Year’s Resolutions

Office Dynamics

Setting goals is a great way to nurture your growth. That’s why it’s important to make New Year’s resolutions for family if you want your family life to change and improve. Consider including these goals this year: Pare down activities. Families are busier than ever, so it’s important to make room for consistent togetherness time. For example, think about cutting back on activities so everyone can eat dinner together most nights.

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Two-for-One Sale: Get Your Interview Tips Now!

On The Job

I sent out a HARO request the other day asking for input on resume do's and dont's. I was flooded with so many good suggestions I couldn't use them all for my Gannett News Service and USAToday.com column, so I'm offering you a great deal today: Super resume advice at no cost to you! (I think I'm spending too much time reading the retailer ads that bombard my e-mail every day.

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What happens at the office Christmas party, stays at the office.

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 14 December, 2008 What happens at the office Christmas party, stays at the office Christmas party.NOT!

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The Six Figure VA System … Is it for you?

Office Organization Success

Having been running my own virtual assistant practice for seven years, I’ve gotten pretty good at setting up systems, knowing what works and what doesn’t, and creating a practice that is full and even has a waiting list of clients wanting to work with me! So I was delighted when I was asked to be part of a team of great VAs and six-figure coach, Suzanne Evans, to joint venture on the Six Figure VA System.

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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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Consequential Ideas for 2009

BioTeams

I just received a Christmas Card from the Monitor 360 group which identified 14 "Consequential Ideas for 2009". The ability to collaborate effectively in large groups is fundamental to (at least) 3 of them: Resilient Communities, Guerilla Journalism and Crowdsourcing. Monitor 360 define the 3 main "collaboration-centric" consequential ideas as follows: Resilient Communities.

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All I need is $4.59

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs All I need is $4.59 Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 10:37 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Family Life , Life of the Virtual Assistant I won’t tell you how long it’s been since I became a Google Adsense Publisher. But I WILL tell you I have only $4.59 to go until I reach the magical $100 earning threshold.

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So, you want to work with the 'Top-Dog?'

Office Dynamics

Getting Into the Executive Suite - you want to work with the Top Dog? Do you have high hopes of working for a President, Chairman, or CEO of an enterprise? Good for you. I had those aspirations when I graduated from high school and knew I wanted to go into the administrative profession. I wanted to reach for the stars! I wanted to work for the big dogs!

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Do You Impress Strangers?

On The Job

I want you to think back to the last person you met for the first time and name as many details about the person as you can. Now, look at your list and consider the first three items. Do they look something like this? 1. Limp handshake. 2. Rarely made eye contact. 3. Awkward conversationalist. Or, more like this: 1. Great smile. 2. Confident manner. 3.

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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