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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. On the night of the awards Lynn reports she was sitting at a table with nine of her colleagues from HPTI including the Senior Vice-President. Her family and friends were also very excited for her.

2010

2010 Interviewing Time Zones IAAP

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

My boss tells me I should be able to write a letter or a report on something even if I dont know the subject that well. Read their letters and reports and see how they craft their words. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Gifts Meeting Minutes

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

Time Zones IAAP AT&T 2010

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

She saw the importance of this training to help her daughter know the workings of an office from the bottom up and the office benefitted from her educational training. The administrative position can be a springboard for a management position if you want to go in that direction and have the right educational background.

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Administrative Professionals

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Spring cleaning on the blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

It's up to us to educate them on the benefits of an assistant. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. That's a great point, Patricia.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Administrative Professionals

Administrative Professionals Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes

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That is not in my job description.

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Her office encouraged her when they saw her knack for numbers and she pursued further education and is now a junior accountant. Very educative!! My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. very informative entry! I just love your article!!

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Google

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

PowerPoint Time Zones IAAP 2010

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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When your voicemail goes awry.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 Meeting Minutes

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to.

Time Zones ASAP IAAP International

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We have a winner!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International

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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Staples Meeting Minutes

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Agenda

Agenda Time Zones International IAAP

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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How to get Office fat fast.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

2007

2007 Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes

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Training On-line

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Training Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP Interviewing Holidays

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Happy New Year! Now don't forget to put the correct year on your.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones 2009 IAAP 2008

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Self Esteem Time Zones IAAP International

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

Time Zones IAAP International Calendars