Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Steph in the Media | Main | 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To » Dont Strangle Your Reminders! 2 - Only set reminders for activities that you want to turn into habits For example, last November I started Cinchcasting.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

The spreadsheet might contain other types of data, but is similar to this example? checked (in this example). Imagine your boss comes to your desk and asks you to provide him/her with details of how much each firm earned in revenue on this spreadsheet. You think to yourself, how can I do this quickly, without much manual work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. Then I have my faxes set up as green. Here are the steps to doing this: When you receive an e-mail, click on Tools, and then Organize. When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. Click on Using Colors.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 20, 2010

  Example 1: If you need to do creative activities in your work like writing, put like activities together.  Example 2:   Do you have a litany of sales and prospecting calls to do?  Try This Instead Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool. For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. But of course, you don’t want to disturb others around you with the bell going off or some even have chickens clucking as the alarm. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2010

Below are seven examples to help you do that. For each example, note that the operative word is "positively." Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Click on any of theself-evaluator tools below and receive your results online immediately! A different take on the to-do list.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

For example, write all tasks related to recruitment on blue cards and items related to resident evaluations on red cards. For example, after receiving an e-mail request, don’t let it sit in your in-box until you remember or miss the deadline.   The trick is picking the tool that works best for the way you think and work.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Here is how to calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage: For example, your earnings are $2,342 in November and $2,500 in December. It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for. I then checked Excels help file and there it was. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

For example, if I have Microsoft Excel XP and would like to send a file to a client that only has Microsoft Excel 97 (which was a horrible disaster for Microsoft, since there were quite a few bugs in this version), you could save the file as a Microsoft Excel 97 version. I remember in the past that you can always downgrade files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Another thing that helps people to get motivated is by writing some sort of mantra on a piece of paper or printing it out. This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Click the Hide button that appears on the upper right corner of the post (see it circled in red below for example). PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )?  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Narrow them down to the amount that you can manage (usually 3 - 5), but some people can do more or less. Move all of the other tasks to the next day or time that you can tackle them. Next, add a time frame to each task. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

Ill be checking email _(once a week, every day, etc) __, but will have limited ability to respond. For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example.

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. As such, he’s always on the lookout for new ways, resources and tools to gain a competitive advantage. Virtual tools are vital for young entrepreneurs.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Ive tried to exhaust all the possible things I could do that he doesnt ask me to do - organize emails, files, clutter, contacts, create procedures. Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. His reply is usually, "Im working on some things that Ill get to you soon." and he never does.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

  For example, if you have a container that holds all of your scissors, you will likely never find them in that container!  " If you purchase organizing containers and tools without knowing how you are going to use them, it is likely that the containers will become clutter!    Why?  To your success!

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Note: Make sure to add the time in the meeting schedule (for example: Meeting with client, 1:00 pm Calgary time), so the manager knows that this is the correct time to meet with this client. Now you can see by the picture below that the new time zone has been added. You can now add in the meeting details for this time zone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Why Complete Social Profiles Are Important Let me give you an example of why this can be important for you.    If you leave those fields blank, you are not using your tools as effectively as possile.   Tweet Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? A different take on the to-do list.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

  For example, I have days in my week that are dedicated to client work and days that are dedicated to marketing, writing, etc.  Your Electronic Information (Email, documents, social networking, etc.)   Email has inundated us with extra information.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST | Main | Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc.   Read, sort and process your email and snail mail daily.    However, you can use this tool for much more than filing paper! 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

  She did not have faith in her tools and did not have a consistent way to reference or write out her objectives.    Green for work and blue for personal for example.    You can binder clip them together or you can check out the great tools Leavenger has just for this type of task management. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

You may also find it useful to hold a de-briefing session with yourself, colleagues or family after important events - for example, after an eventful meeting or at the end of an unusual day. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Click on any of theself-evaluator tools below and receive your results online immediately!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

  Some say the traditional paper planner is the best, while others swear by their smart-phone or on line tool.  "   They provide tips to help you decide as well as some recommended tools. If paper works for you (as it does for me and so many others), we can be happy that we have a tool that works!

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 10, 2009

by Stefan Töpfer on Jun 10, 2009 So far we have provided tools, like our OnlineOffice, to help our clients to solve their small business problems, now we actually solve these problems for our clients in an integrated way, leaving them to explore their entrepreneurial vision and look after their business, not their admin and IT.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )?  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Click on any of theself-evaluator tools below and receive your results online immediately! To your success!

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Work With Stephanie « You Can Steal Time Back From Email | Main | Increase Your Positive Energy and Productivity by Being Thankful » Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention "I just can't focus Stephanie.  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 22, 2010

The literature was full of examples that said 'you can't do this' " Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads. PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )? 

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JULY 22, 2008

What I discovered is a time saver and e-mail management tool that is a best-kept secret. Here is an example of some sub-folders and rules that I have set up that would work for a work e-mail or home account: I now send my subscribed feeds to a sub-folder that I can look at when I have the time. It was getting out of control.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

  For example, if you wait until you have a perfect plan for working out and eating right, you will never lose the weight you want to lose.  PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )?  To your success!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

  What tools do you use? List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. It's also given me the tools to go to my clients and say "Hey.   What tools do you use?     C 3.  I use toggl.com for everything in my business.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Below are examples of five tests you will encounter in your professional career, how will you score? For example, my supervisor is great at prioritizing, so I asked her about prioritizing skills. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. So what do you do when your professionalism is tested?

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Office Organization Success

MARCH 2, 2012

Whenever you receive an email from me you will ALWAYS see my contact information at the bottom and know exactly how you can get in touch with me. You will see: My name. My telephone and fax number. My email address (with an active hyperlink). And why is it so important that you have an email signature? If not, why?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

For example, if an individual increases his/her measured productivity by 1/10 of an hour per day (or 6 minutes), that improvement aggregates to 24 additional hours of production per year. As this small example demonstrates, slight changes in workflow processing behaviors have dramatic effects on productivity.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Manufacturers are now offering packaging tools, software design, rapid prototyping and product redesign to sell products. Every single literature, email, box or brochure of yours should have your full contact information. That should include email address, website address, phone number, fax, company address.

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