Sat.Apr 04, 2015 - Fri.Apr 10, 2015

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Ensure your clothes work for you!

Practically Perfect PA

'“No-one will champion you or your career if you don’t.”. Karren Brady. To really start championing your career you have to ensure your clothes work with you, rather than against you. Clothing covers 90% of your body so make what you wear count! Here are The Wardrobe Angel’s Top Five Tips to get your wardrobe going in the right direction: Personalise the Dress Code.

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Make Your Boss Look Good [Part 2]

Office Dynamics

'Did you read Part 1 of this 2-Part series? Read: Make Your Boss Look Good [Part 1]. Helping your executive shine is about doing 100 little things, not 1 big thing. In the previous blog, I shared tips specific to teaching your executive how to work with you. Today’s blog is about a variety of things you can do. Remember, when you help your executive look good, you win!

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The Pet Sitting Dog Fight

Small Business Labs

'Seattle based Rover.com , a site that connects dog owners and sitters, recently announced a $25 million funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures. This brings the total amount raised by Rover to $50 million across 4 funding rounds. Other investors in Rover include Menlo Ventures and actor/tech investor Ashton Kuchar. It also sets Rover up for a dog fight with the other dog sitting startup, DogVacay.

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You Are Always More Important

Virtual Moxie

'I’m happy to say that I’m pretty sure winter is over. At least here in Baltimore. ;) But people are still talking about winter, and today, when it’s sunny and 71 degrees outside, I found myself reminded of a conversation I’d had more than a few times during the snowy weather, about people who live some distance away from where they work, and routinely hope for blizzards so they won’t be able to drive in.

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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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CV tips for PAs and EAs

Practically Perfect PA

'For PAs and EAs, writing an impressive CV requires many of the same techniques and conventions applied in other occupations. But there are also ways of boosting your CV that are unique to your profession. This guide provides handy tips for your next PA application. Write a new CV for every job. A large proportion of CVs received for every job are generic – in other words, they’ve not been customised.

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Increase Product Sales with These 3 Types of Special Offers

Office Organization Success

'Sometimes you need a quick cash injection in your business. And having a few options available can really help you create some immediate cash flow. When you’re an online solo service professional (solopreneur) it’s crucial that you move away from the hours-for-dollars business model and create a more balanced business model by introducing multiple streams of income into your business… Your income needs to come from a variety of different sources: Passive income through the sale of informa

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Science Shows Us How to Perform Under Pressure

On The Job

'There is no shortage of inspiring messages about how you must learn to rise above the occasion and show your brilliance under pressure if you want to be successful. When we think of people who epitomize such messages, those who come to mind are often sports superstars like Michael Jordan. How many times did he pull out a game-winner at the buzzer? But whether the rest of us mere mortals can do the same when we’re under pressure is the subject of a new book, “ Performing Under Pressure: The Scie

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Americans Consume an Amazing Amount of Media

Small Business Labs

'The audience measurement giant Nielsen released new data on the total number of media users across connected devices. Their chart below (click to enlarge) summarizes the data. Not only are lots of Americans using connected devices, they're spending a stunning amount of time on them. Key quote from Nielsen's article: While the average American adult spent nearly a week (149 hours 14 minutes) on average watching traditional television each month in fourth-quarter 2014, other ways to conne

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Blog-a-Thon Bonus Announcement

Office Dynamics

'BONUS BONUS BONUS!!! Get Bonus Entries In Our Blog-a-Thon For The Administrative Profession. For those of you who are participating in our blog-a-thon this April we want to give you even more ways to get entered to win. Announcing BONUS entries with social sharing. You MUST hashtag your past #adminblogathon in order to be entered for the bonus entries.

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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 Cleaning Out Your List Regularly?

Office Organization Success

'The boys are on Spring break this week, and so I’ve adjusted my schedule to give me time to spend with them. Before we know it they’ll be on summer vacation and I’ll be working my “summer” schedule. Something that I do regularly (and you need to do this too) is clear out my list. Did you know that when you continually send out email broadcasts to bad email addresses, and/or people who never open your emails, that you’re actually affecting the deliverability o

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Never Forget That You're Always Expendable

On The Job

'The March unemployment report wasn''t as rosy as was expected as employers only added 126,000 jobs. But no one appears to be panicking, as the unemployment rate remains at 5.5%, and some economists dismiss the lackluster hiring as simply a result of bad winter weather. Still, this is no time to get overconfident. Actually, you should never be overconfident where your job is concerned, If the last several years have taught us nothing else, it should be that we must manage our careers daily -- no

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The Advantages of Being a "Global Cosmopolitan", or a Digital Nomad

Small Business Labs

'"Global cosmopolitans" are people who have lived, worked and studied for extensive periods in different countries. And according to a professor from the highly regarded European business school Insead , because of their travels and life paths: "They have often developed skills that allow them to think flexibly and creatively to find workable solutions to complex work and life challenges."  In particular, Insead's Linda Brimm has identified five characteristics th

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Personal Growth Is Your Responsibility

Office Dynamics

'<Guest Blog Post by Judi Moreo> One of the biggest assets any Administrative Assistant can have is the understanding that her personal growth is her responsibility. This may mean attending training programs to increase your skills. Very often your companies will pay for these courses if your employer sees the benefit to the company for you to have the training.

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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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A day in the life: Danielle Howes, Linley

Practically Perfect PA

'I have worked at LINLEY since August 2013, initially as an Office Manager and then moving into the EA role in January this year when Anna took over the running of the business. Prior to this I worked for a large International Marketing Agency organising events and promotions for one of the UKs biggest retailers. LINLEY, the British luxury brand founded by David Linley in 1985, aims to design and manufacture furniture of the highest quality.

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Could One Item in Your Office Be Hurting Your Productivity?

Tips From T. Marie

'Do you ever get to the end of a long day and wonder just where the time went? Do you find your to-do list still looks the same as it did when you started and you feel like you accomplished nothing? Of course you have, we all have days like that. What if your week consists of more days like that and less days where you felt productive? Instead of wondering what is wrong with you , consider this.

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Natural Organizing

Clutter Coach

'by Originally posted 2011-05-03 13:55:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter You aren’t a cookie cut from a generic mold (even though you’re sweet). You deserve more than a cookie cutter approach to organizing. Methods you’ve read about in books may partially work, or not work at all. Or they’ll work for awhile but then something happens to make them stop working.

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Free Webinar Replay: 7 Steps To A Ridiculously Radiant Career

Office Dynamics

'In today’s busy working world, it’s easy to get so distracted with the daily tasks of your job, that you forget what you’re really building is a career. Administrative professionals in particular often don’t even recognize the difference. As a result, they end up with little to show for their efforts, wondering what the next step is, how to get recognized and rewarded for all they do, and why it even matters anyway.

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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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Bring Success to Your Business by Respecting Your Money— Practically and Spiritually

Step It Up VA Coaching

'by Donna Toothaker. As a successful business owner, you should have systems in place for tracking and measuring the various aspects of your business. Without these measurement tools, there’s no accurate way to tell if you’re on the right track to meet your goals. If you don’t have such systems in place, you need to get on that immediately (once you finish reading this article)!

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Why I’m Not Getting An Apple Watch

Productivityist

'With the Apple Watch hitting the market, you’d think that someone involved with productivity – or, more specifically, time management – would be chomping at the bit to pick one up. While the Apple Watch would be the natural choice for me (all of my devices are Apple-oriented), there are other smart watch options out there. I even reviewed the Galaxy Gear when it first came out.

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How to Crowd-design your Way to Entrepreneurial Success

Small Business CEO

'You don’t need to seek out the services of a fancy design firm, or risk wasting hours of time communicating with an online freelancer to get the best logo, website and other graphics you need for your business. In fact, after using an online design marketplace for the first time, you’ll soon realize that the traditional method of requesting samples (which can easily be copy/pasted – ie., stolen) to attempt to identify if a designer has the skill-set you’re looking for – then p

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Make Learning Fun For Your Admin Team

Office Dynamics

'Office Dynamics launched a series of webinars this year and online courses. We have received numerous requests from assistants for permission to view our recorded or live webinars with their administrative peers or team. This seems to be a hot trend, learning as a team. Here’s some advice on how you can make training for your administrative team fun. 6 Tips To Make Learning Fun & Ensure Your Team Will Remember What They Learned.

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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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First Race Of 2015 – Half Marathon Brasov

Brilliantly Better

'Last year I started the season with a race in the mud, and boy, that race was cold. And muddy. And hard. And it kinda … The post First Race Of 2015 – Half Marathon Brasov appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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5 Ways to Be a Responsible Writer

Men With Pens

'Click here to read the full article → Another rocking post from Men With Pens! 5 Ways to Be a Responsible Writer first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006 — 2015, All Rights Reserved.

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5 Steps to Build Processes That Safeguard Your Most Sensitive Data

Small Business CEO

'It seems like major corporate data breaches have become all too common. In fact, they’ve become so common that you might have become immune to such news. If you own or run a small business, you might think protecting sensitive data is not something you have to worry about. But you’d be surprised by the amount of information you collect and need to protect.

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Make Your Boss Look Good [Part 1]

Office Dynamics

'As an executive or administrative assistant, you will find that your light will shine brighter when you help your executive shine. The more you enable your executive’s success and freedom to focus on their important work, the more valuable you will become. Not all executives know exactly how to work with their assistant. This is Part 1 of a two-part series.

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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