Sat.Nov 15, 2014 - Fri.Nov 21, 2014

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Practically Perfect PA Survey: The industry snapshot 2014

Practically Perfect PA

'Well firstly I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that took the time to complete my survey a couple of months ago. I have decided to break the survey results into a few blogs so that I can share how you all feel about being assistants, the industry and your thoughts on the blog. This post will concentrate on the industry and your place within it.

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Being Truthful Can't Include Pretending

Virtual Moxie

'I’ve recently had folks have talk with me about situations they find themselves in with colleagues and/or clients that have them upset, concerned about something, feeling worried, or generally feeling half a bubble off. I ask the logical question: "Have you talked with the other person about this?" I shouldn''t ask—the answer is always the same, and a resounding "no.

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Decision Making Data Used by Small Businesses

Small Business Labs

'Marketing Charts, one of our favorite data related websites, covers a recent Constant Contact survey in their article Types of Data Used by Small Businesses. Since this data is based on a survey of Constant Contact customers, it's no great surprise that the data source listed most often is email marketing reports. But the other uses are consistent with both our research and the research of others, so I find this information overall to be quite credible.   Another interesting finding f

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Building a Business Around What’s Important

Office Organization Success

'We had a fabulous weekend celebrating my son’s 10th birthday—I can’t believe he’s 10 already; the time has flown by. I remember how grateful I was that I was self-employed when I was expecting him. I gave myself a 10-month maternity leave and all I did during that time was send out a regular newsletter. Then when he was nine months old, I slowly started easing back into business again by working just a few hours a week, and gradually building up from there.

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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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Blythswood Square, Glasgow

Practically Perfect PA

'The hotel spreads across one full side of Blythswood Square and was once home to the infamous Royal Scottish Automobile Club catering to the wealthier Glaswegians. Our taxi driver, as they tend to do in Scotland, chatted away telling us the history of our destination. “Everyone I would pick up from there would call me ‘squire’, would be wearing a three piece tweed suit and would be heading home to a massive house in the west end of the city.” Oh this should be nice I thought!

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Small Businesses Hiring More Independent Workers

Small Business Labs

'New Geography's 1099 Economy on the Rise features data from Zen Payrol l showing: "the ratio of independent contractors to full-time employees has meaningfully risen among small and medium-sized businesses in states and major metropolitan areas across the country." In other words, small and mid-sized businesses are using more independent workers and fewer traditional employees.   The article chart below shows this data for various cities (click on the chart to enlarge).

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How Worker’s Productivity Determines Incentives

Productivity Bits

'Workers productivity is both important to the firm and the employee himself. A workers productivity is determined by various aspects which influence the efficiency and quality of work. Companies are investing heavily on their workforce because they are well aware that without them, there would be no production. Workers are the company''s assets and failure to maintain a good relationship with them may lead to low productivity thus leading to a drop in profits.

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Is your Executive causing a bottleneck?

Practically Perfect PA

'I’m sure at some point in your career you will experience an Executive who causes bottlenecks in your organisation (if you haven’t already). It can be really frustrating waiting for colleagues to complete a part of your work, especially if you have a deadline. It is a pretty delicate situation when that colleague is the CEO of your organisation.

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5 COMMON CLOUDWARE MYTHS DEBUNKED

The Small Business Blog

'WORRIED ABOUT USING CLOUDWARE? WE ADDRESS THE MOST COMMON CONCERNS FOR BUSINESSES Despite the benefits it offers to the business world, some people still don’t trust cloud technology. This article seeks to set their minds at ease! Business cloud services or applications simply known as Cloudware is revolutionising the way businesses utilise software across their… Read the full article here: 5 COMMON CLOUDWARE MYTHS DEBUNKED on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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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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Schedule Control and the Independent Worker

Small Business Labs

'Independent workers (freelancers, self-employed, etc.) consistently tell us they like the autonomy, control and flexibility independent work provides.  The National Journal article How Airbnb and Uber are Changing the Nature of Work  explores one aspect of this - schedule control.  Key quote: It's hard to overstate how much an employee's control over his schedule, even if it's a small amount of leeway, changes the work experience.

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Get Engaged In Your Work and Life for Resilience

Office Dynamics

'Big Resilience Is Being Engaged In Work and Life. Don’t panic. Thanksgiving is just 10 days away! In addition to the holidays approaching we want to be sure you are aware we will not be publishing a Monday Motivators on November 24. Can I also use this moment to thank you so much for being a Monday Motivator follower? I hope that I have inspired you each week this year through my weekly e-note.

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Why You Need to Think Like a Rookie

On The Job

'If you could be a rookie at work again, would you? You might immediately think, “heck, no” considering all the mistakes you made when you were new to the job. But if you think harder, you might begin to realize that even though you stumbled sometimes, you were a rookie with passion, with drive and with an innovative mindset. What happened to that person?

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Ezines — There’s No Excuse Not To Do Them

Step It Up VA Coaching

'by Donna Toothaker. I was recently doing some research for a coaching client that took me to several virtual assistant websites. I was amazed at the number of sites I visited that did not include an ezine or newsletter for visitors to register to receive. At first I thought “Why on Earth are they not doing an ezine? It’s the simplest thing in the world to do!

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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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Snail Mail 101

Clutter Coach

'by Originally posted 2011-06-20 17:24:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Ah, the plague of the daily mail. Kind of like death and taxes, it’s inevitable. Here’s what’s in your mailbox: stuff to. delegate. read. act on. file. trash. Let’s call it DRAFT for short. Delegate. This is mail that you can fob off on someone else.

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The 1Password Emergency Kit: Version 3.0

Productivityist

'It''s been a while since I updated The 1Password Emergency Kit I created a couple of years ago. I''ve had various versions and adjustments sent my way over the past couple of years, and even created a second iteration last year. But Charles Hamons has taken it to a whole new level with this new version. The 1Password Emergency Kit V3.0 is now a fillable PDF that looks and functions a lot better, and includes even more information that will come in handy if any sort of emergency arises.

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100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 5. Make New Friends

Brilliantly Better

'Reach out. Don’t be afraid. Establish new contacts. The worst thing that may happen to you is to be rejected. Well, if that’s the case, … The post 100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 5. Make New Friends appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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5 Small Business Cybersecurity Fixes

Small Business CEO

'In today’s world of accelerating technological advancements, it’s almost hard to imagine a small business not using technology. However, as a small business owner, you may find it increasingly difficult to keep pace with current trends. Yet technology is too important a piece for you to leave out of your business jigsaw puzzle. If you do your best to stay on top of technological changes, your business will grow faster, much faster than your competitors in the marketplace.

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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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MailChimp Help = Another Happy Client. Ready to be one?

Denise Aday

'Henci’s very goal-driven and determined to understand how to engage her audience with email marketing. Not just the what, but the why. Not surprising considering her important work helping pregnant women make informed childbirth choices. So it’s been a true pleasure to get Childbirth U up and running with MailChimp, from list strategy through technical setup, email template design, and sending her first campaigns.

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The 1Password Emergency Kit: Version 3.0

Productivityist

'It’s been a while since I updated The 1Password Emergency Kit I created a couple of years ago. I’ve had various versions and adjustments sent my way over the past couple of years, and even created a second iteration last year. But Charles Hamons has taken it to a whole new level with this new version. The 1Password Emergency Kit V3.0 is now a fillable PDF that looks and functions a lot better, and includes even more information that will come in handy if any sort of emergency arises

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100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 10. Travel Long Distance

Brilliantly Better

'Starting to travel long distance is incredibly rewarding. It’s so exciting and filled with unpredictable events. I only recently (read: just a few years ago) … The post 100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 10. Travel Long Distance appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Ways to Improve Your Brand Image with (Relatively) Minimal Effort

Small Business CEO

'Do you really understand the power of a great brand? It allows you to dominate the market. It increases the rate of referrals. It becomes a major point in the decision making process. It creates a strong, opinionated, passionate community. It keeps people coming back for more. With all these great benefits you would have to be mad not to pour your resources into branding.

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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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CAMP: A simple but effective model for building high performing teams

BioTeams

'I would like to share with you a very simple model I use for helping teams become more High Performing which addresses 4 key aspects of teams - Communications, Alignment, Meetings and Support ("CAMP").

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How I Went from Mad to Motivated (and Got Writing Done)

Productivityist

'“I was inspired by how smooth and solid Jim Gaffigan was at Oddball Fest. What a f—king pro. Made me mad and then motivated. Which is better than mad and self defeating.” – Marc Maron, WTFPod Dispatches Before I wrote this post, I had no idea what I was going to write about. This isn’t the first time that’s happened, nor will it be the last, but the fact is I have a ton of ideas and things I could write about.

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100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 8. Keep A Journal

Brilliantly Better

'Write down you feelings, your ideas, your goals, your activity. Journaling is by far one of the most useful things I’ve done to change my … The post 100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 8. Keep A Journal appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Avoiding Accounting Nightmares

Small Business CEO

'As a small business owner you no doubt wear many different hats during your day-to-day tasks. Accountant, marketing manager, PR guru, head of HR, etc. are probably just some of the roles you have to take on. Because of this typical small business environment it is common for some aspects of a business to suffer and for some reason, despite its huge importance, it is often the financial accounts that suffer the most.

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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