Sat.Apr 16, 2016 - Fri.Apr 22, 2016

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5 Reasons Why Office Admins are the New Power Job

Office Dynamics

Author: OfficeNinjas. Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of an original post from the OfficeNinjas blog. You connect the dots between departments, have mastered the art of juggling competing work priorities, all while keeping the lights on and often acting as director of first impressions. We know being an Office Ninja is no easy feat—more often than not, you’re the nerve center of the business.

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Using social media to empower Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

When Nicky approached me to speak about my top tips for beginners at The Assist Conference I was truly honored. I’m a huge fan of Practically Perfect PA and am loving the new look site. Despite my passion for social media I haven’t always been adept at it and was a twitter virgin until The Assist Conference 2015. It is never too late to add a new string to your bow and social media seems to be the way forward for the future Assistant.

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Why the Office is Still Important and Coworking is Growing

Small Business Labs

One of the most interesting trends we follow is the paradox of place.  The paradox is place and location have become both more and less important. Place is less important because high fidelity connective technologies allow people to communicate with anyone, anywhere. This is why telecommuting is growing (although not as fast as many predicted), work forces have become more distributed and mobile work much more common.  It's even enabled a small but growing number of people to roa

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Data Reveals Secrets of Great Public Speaking

On The Job

Whether you like it or not, people make judgments about you every time they see you or hear you. That's why it's so important for your career that you make a good impression whenever you have a chance to speak publicly. While it may be a presentation in front of five team members -- or a public speech in front of 100 people -- you need to understand that there are specific steps you can take to make a good impression.

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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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How to Impact Your Work by Rephrasing What You Say

Office Dynamics

8 Little Words Make a BIG Difference. “What can I do to get this started?” I will never forget how my life changed as an executive when Jasmine Freeman, Chief Executive Assistant, asked me that question. I was standing outside Jasmine’s office on my way out the front door. I was going to be gone for a few days to conduct an administrative training program.

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Consumers Embracing the On-Demand Economy

Small Business Labs

The Harvard Business Review's The On-Demand Economy Is Growing, and Not Just for the Young and Wealthy  covers research showing the on-demand economy is attracting more than 22.4 million consumers annually and $57.6 billion in spending. More interesting is the data on who these consumers are. Consumer use of on-demand services is widespread and has entered the mainstream.

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Yelp Ratings and Review: You Are in Control

Small Business CEO

Consider these facts: 98% of Yelpers have made a purchase from a business they found on Yelp, 89% of consumers make a purchase within a week of visiting reviews sites and 29% will visit a business within a day. photo credit: Yelp Inc. / Flickr. While there are a variety of business directory websites that offer customer reviews, none have received the acclaim and influence that Yelp has.

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3 Tips for Organizing Your Executive & Team Members

Office Dynamics

By Julie Perrine. You can’t make others work the way you work. This is the first thing you have to accept if you want to help someone, such as your executive or team member, get and stay organized, is chances are the person you’re trying to help doesn’t have the same style preferences as you do. But if you’re willing to learn a person’s preferences, and not foist your own on him or her, you can help this person develop systems to stay organized by following these tips.

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Do you want to speak at Assist Travel 2016?

Practically Perfect PA

So a few weeks ago I told you guys that we are organising Assist Travel again this year. The programme looks particularly awesome (I know I’m biased but it does!), you can check it out here. We have two key sessions that require speakers who are assistants. The session is called Proactive PAs: Business Travel Case studies and Panel Session and the second session is called Top 5 business destinations uncovered.

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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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The Productivityist Podcast: Focusing on Memory with Brad Zupp

Productivityist

In this episode of The Productivityist Podcast, I speak with Brad Zupp. Brad is an entertaining motivational speaker and memory improvement expert from New York. Brad shows people how to supercharge their memories to improve many aspects of their lives (including productivity) and to have a better memory at any age. And that’s exactly why I wanted to talk to him.

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Buying Property Overseas? Why you Should Use a Specialist Money Transfer Company

Small Business CEO

Are you considering buying a property abroad? Once you’ve found the perfect plot, managed to decipher the multitude of complicated rules that often accompany a foreign purchase and had your offer accepted, it’s time to start thinking about funds. Transferring large amounts of money abroad can be very expensive and complicated – especially if you decide to do it through your bank.

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Email Expectations: Getting Executives and Assistants to See Eye-to-Eye

Office Dynamics

In the modern business world, email is a constant force pressing upon us. For many Executives, it’s a primary mode of communication. You send and receive it all day and night, weekends included. Email isn’t restricted to typical working hours. While this is completely normal at the Executive level, it’s less standard in the Administrative world. Email is a common area where Executives and Assistants often have different ideas regarding expectations, and this can result in a lot of frustration on

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

One of the reasons I started Practically Perfect PA back in 2011 was because I wanted to create an online community for assistants. A place to come, learn and realise that there was at least one other PA that felt the same way you did and was facing the same every day issues you were (and some of the triumphs too!) Jump forward nearly five years – where the heck has that time gone!??!

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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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How to Increase Your Productivity by Embracing Conscious Procrastination

Productivity Bits

Procrastination can be defined in many ways. Some procrastinators constantly change the dates of all their tasks, in the end not doing anything at all, while others put off working on small, negligible projects in order to concentrate on big stuff, achieving great results. The former is called unstructured or passive procrastinating – and as much as the passive procrastinators deny it, it’s basically laziness.

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Work-Life Balance: How To Afford To Have some Fun On Your Next Business Trip

Small Business CEO

All work and no play makes for not such a fun day – or trip. Even on business trips, you need some downtime. So, here’s how to keep calm and still get your work done. Don’t Be Afraid To Get Away From Your Travel Destination. There are many times when it’s OK to venture away from your destination. If you’re staying in a hotel, like most travelers do, it’s easy to get “stuck” inside those walls.

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Handling Ethical Issues in the Workplace

Office Dynamics

Author: Lisa Olsen. Have you ever thought about your responsibility and power to improve ethical standards in the workplace? Assistants have touch-points at many levels in the organization and we often find ourselves encountering ethical dilemmas in the office. I can usually tell when I’m in the middle of one! Ethics in the workplace is a unique topic.

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Low Wage Workers Not Who You Think They Are

Small Business Labs

The Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) article Low-Wage Workers Are Older than You Think  provides a good, demographic snap shot of low wage workers in the U.S.  Their infographic (below) shows that surprisingly relatively few (11%) are teens and most (57%) work full-time. Alert readers will remember we covered this topic back in 2013 in our article Low Wage Workers Getting Older.

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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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Organizing as a Practice

Clutter Coach

by I've been trying to start two new practices recently (I know I shouldn't say "trying;" am I afraid to commit?). One is meditating and the other is writing. Since I used to write fiction I know a practice is important but somehow I didn't think that also applied to non-fiction writing. My friend Deborah assures me that it does (and she gave me some great tips!).

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Essay on Starting a Small Business

Small Business CEO

Starting a small business is the best way to gain freedom. Although this statement is disputable, it has sense. Why do people decide to become entrepreneurs? They are longing for independence. Small business helps one manage his time in the way he wants. He can produce the goods and services he likes. Finally, he is able to try to be responsible and creative.

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Why Use Active Verbs Instead of Passive?

Office Dynamics

This is part of a series by editor Barbara McNichol to provide tips that help you write like a pro. You’ve probably been urged to use “active” verbs when you write but do you know why? Because sentences written with active verbs: Clearly spell out the action being performed and who is doing it. Convey the ideas more quickly and directly than passive sentences.

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Ignoring Digital Could Doom Your Career

On The Job

When it comes to digital transformation , companies are spending millions to ready their workforces for the future. Presentations and training sessions to employees stress how critical this transformation is if an organization wants to serve the customers and compete in a fast-paced marketplace. Yet in reality, many employees and those in the C-suite are simply nodding their heads while secretly thinking: “This really has nothing to do with me.

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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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5 Techniques To Beat Work Overload

Productivityist

Linda Craig is a senior content specialist and writing expert at Assignment Masters. She also enjoys talking about productivity and optimizing all areas of business. You spend the entire day working hard at the office, sifting through the pile of documents on your desk. You know you still have more work to do, but the mere thought doing all of this work is overwhelming.

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Lessons in Marketing: How to Use Promotional Items to your Advantage

Small Business CEO

Every business should incorporate promotional products as a part of their marketing campaign. When implemented well, promotional items can generate a stream of leads and referrals; as well as increasing the brand awareness for the business. Many promotional items are typically used by business owners at trade shows and are given to family, friends and neighbouring businesses to create awareness.

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Tactfully Voicing Your Opinion

Office Dynamics

Happy Monday. I hope you had a great weekend. I’ve had a wonderful 6 days of vacation. I actually had a staycation. My daughter was visiting me and I had a great time playing tour guide and tourist in my own town, Las Vegas! Las Vegas truly is an exciting place to live and visit and not only because of the Strip. We went out to Red Rock Canyon which is breathtaking.

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All Progress Takes Place Outside Your Comfort Zone

Office Dynamics

I’ve learned many things in working closely with Joan Burge over the last 9+ years. But my favorite thing is this…All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. I’ve learned to say yes to things that scare me. To live this life to the fullest and to always be ready for the challenge (because that’s where the cool stuff happens).

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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