October, 2011

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Wanted: Star-Performing Executive Assistant

Office Dynamics

Experienced EA wanted. Must meet the following qualifications: READ MINDS. anticipate ALL needs before stated. PREDICT FUTURE. take initiative to address problems before they occur. PERFORM MAGICAL ACTS. resolve conflicts and problem solve independently and quickly. DUPLICATE SELF TO BE IN AT LEAST 15 PLACES AT ONE TIME. develop and leverage a support/networking system.

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Routine Procedure – Monday

Practically Perfect PA

This week I will be trying to follow my ideal routine, as set out in last week’s blog , to maximise my productivity at work. I will start today and see how I get on for the rest of the week. I’m excited about following a routine and getting to 5.30pm without too much stress and disappointed that I haven’t completed everything that I needed to and also being able to look back on a successful day.

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How to Calculate the Cost of Disorganization

Stephanie LH Calahan

The other day I was on a radio show and the host asked me a question that I thought you might like to hear about. She asked me: You told me when we first met that there was a way to actually calculate the cost of disorganization to my business.  I thought that was fascinating.  So I was wondering if you could share that with my listeners.

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Reduce the carbon footprint of your small business

Eco-Office Gals

More and more small businesses appear to be placing a greater emphasis on taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint by implementing a series of significant changes, ranging from teleconferencing to cycle-to-work schemes. What’s more, some of the changes can also saves companies money and improve productivity and morale among the work force. What are these changes?

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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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Exercise is the Key to Productivity

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. W hether it’s in school, work, the home, or just in everyday life, most of us strive to increase our productivity. Being productive is what gets us that raise, the diploma with honors or run our home with ease and grace. As for me, I grew up in a home where we were taught to always being seeking out new ways to stay organized and on top of everything we did.

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Don't Be the Office Spook

Office Dynamics

Halloween is a great time to play the different characters or personalities we can’t be in real life. Maybe you will be dressing up to trick-or-treat with your kids tonight. I know lots of parents in Las Vegas who do that and it is great fun to see the entire family dressed up. In my neighborhood, the adult homeowners often dress up and have their yards and homes decorated like in the movies.

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Is the Traditional Office the Least Productive Place to Work?

Small Business Labs

Last summer we did a lot of interviews (over 60) with members of U.S. coworking facilities.  One message we consistently heard was coworkers felt they were more productive at a coworking facility than they were working from home or from coffee shops. We heard this so consistently, we included several folks explaining why in our Voices of Coworking video.

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Top 5 Offline Marketing Tips for Small Business

The Small Business Blog

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Do a little bit of research and identify the local business groups and events that take place in your area.

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The Bathroom Experience

Customers Rock!

Once again I am participating in the Bathroom Blogfest. As I have mentioned before, if you have a physical presence, whether you are B2C or B2B, your bathroom is an important part of the customer experience. What does it say about your brand? I have been on the road A LOT these past few months since my book launched, so I have had the opportunity to stay in many different hotels across the country (and at a variety of hotel brands).

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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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Can MoGro Replace Financial Advisors?

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. N o, this isn’t some diabolical plan to replace people with robots at local brokerage firms (hmmm…). It’s actually an acknowledgement that having to pay financial advisors steep commissions and hefty fees is often times a barrier that stops the average person from investing.

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Yes, I’m a Virtual Assistant. No, I’m not Siri. I’m better.

Tips From T. Marie

As if there wasn’t enough confusion out there regarding virtual assistants, along comes the iPhone 4S. The S, I’m guessing, stands for Apple’s version of a virtual assistant and ‘her’ name is Siri. Articles and blog posts have been singing her praises, absolutely amazed at the way she answers their questions and requests.

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Do You Speak for Your Business? Then You Don't Want to Miss This Time-Saving Trick

Stephanie LH Calahan

Do you deliver presentations for your business? When you are preparing those presentations, do you recreate a PowerPoint every time? The other day I realized that I have been using a time saving trick for years and have never shared it here. This technique has allowed me to prepare for an event very easily.  Since a 1/3 of my business is speaking (keynotes, workshops, etc.) it is important that I can be effective with my prep time!

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November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

Office Dynamics

Hello. You may know our story and why we have chosen to support finding a cure for pancreatic cancer. Our CEO and founder, Joan Burge, lost her husband, Dave, to this horrible disease earlier this year. Dave battled this disease for four years and he was one of the rare few who had that opportunity. Only 23% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will be alive one year from their diagnosis and 4% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will live to reach the five year survival rate.

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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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Should I stay or should I go?

The Small Business Blog

Conferences, networking events, too-good-to-miss social media training opportunities… Let’s face it, there are plenty of activities to distract us from everyday business life that promise to promote and improve our businesses, to make connections and hopefully secure sales along the way.

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Confidence: feel it, fake it, or……….flub it

Job Advice Blog

This confidence game isn’t the same as the scam. This one applies to those who have been hunting with no results and are becoming discouraged. Rapidly. Let’s go back to how most people search, because that’s where the problem – or problems – are. Your cover letter neglects to tie you to the ad and [.].

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The Evolution of CRM

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. C ustomer Relationship Management or CRM is a strategy used to manage a company’s interactions with its customers, consumers, clients or potential sales targets. It is an approach which has evolved over time to incorporate technology as a key tool to organise and automate many business processes.

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Is Controversy Good for Your Career?

On The Job

I've been writing for newspapers since I was in high school. The reason I point this out is that I've had years (eons) to learn that what you put in print really matters. You've got to think long and hard about what you're writing. If you make a mistake, not only is it embarrassing, but it can haunt you for a long time. But many bloggers haven't yet learned this lesson.

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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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Change is Not Always Easy

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. In the course of running and building our Virtual Assisting businesses, most, if not all of us will arrive at a point where it’s time to make a change. Perhaps it’s something small, like switching internet service providers or tweaking the service packages you offer. Or maybe it’s time for something more radical, like shifting your business focus entirely.

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Moxie Tip 63: Vrooooooom!

Virtual Moxie

When a client and you part company, especially when you didn't want it to happen, you can feel all sorts of things. Scared, sad, and even depressed for a time. . But realize that with the ending is a gift of space, and of time. And instead of seeing it as a sad (or worse!) think, instead, think about all the possibility that leave-taking created for you.

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Are All Politicians Bad Parents?

The Small Business Blog

My son came by today and was telling me about what was happening in his life and I must say I’m a very proud parent, like many of us. All the hours, days, weeks, months and years of support have paid off for me and especially my wife.

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Initiate a Purposeful Conversation with Your Leader

Office Dynamics

I recently wit nessed an interesting activity between a variety of assistants at all levels. The point was to learn how to initiate purposeful conversations with your executive. The first part of the activity was to pinpoint one thing you would like your executive to start, do more of or stop doing. It was entertaining to see how some assistants couldn’t stop thinking of things they would change in their executive; others were putting more deep thought into this to really find something to chang

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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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Content Marketing Focuses on Value Not Length

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. C ontent length is a big question mark that nags almost all bloggers every now and then. This question is generally asked about all types of content. The essence of content marketing is to attract targeted audience by providing valuable information. I think people usually do not care about the length of the article – all they care is what they get out of it.

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The Voices of Coworking Video

Small Business Labs

The Voices of Coworking is a video where members of coworking facilities discuss why they cowork, the benefits of coworking and where they see this new style of work going in the future. The video is the the synthesis of over 80 interviews with coworkers conducted by Emergent Research over the last summer.  Over 40 of these interviews were filmed, and we believe the 17 people in the film provide a broad and accurate perspective on this new way of working.

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AZVAs the Podcast: Spending Money to Make Money—Where to Draw the Line?

Loosely Speaking

Season 2/Episode 16 Program Notes. Scroll to the bottom of this post to listen to the episode now, or find AZVAs at the iTunes store. . . Subscribe to AZVAs Connections Newsletter and get notified when a new episode is published. . Discussion/Announcements/Tips: Tara checks in from a conference, so we Skype-chatted about where to find quality, affordable continuing education.

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Moxie Tip 62: Life is a Teacup

Virtual Moxie

Unlike Forrest Gump, I think life's not as much a box of chocolates as it is like a teacup. If you fill your cup with the wrong things and the wrong people, you won't have time or space for the right things and right people. . Now apply that to your practice. .

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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