Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. No, you are not making your screen more lively - well, if thats what you are intending to do, then go ahead. When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. Then I have my faxes set up as green.

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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. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for.

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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. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Virtual Stopwatch gives you the option to set a predetermined amount of time. For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. When the hour has passed, a pop up window will show telling you that your time is up. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

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. For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. This will keep your project/goal in a manageable time frame, where you know how much time will be left once youve accomplished these tasks.

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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

A simple bounce back message will be e-mailed to them letting them know that you can’t help them at the present time and for them to contact someone that you’ve delegated to help out in these types of situations. Ill be checking email _(once a week, every day, etc) __, but will have limited ability to respond.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. To thank your boss for being supportive during a trying time. (for What a neat idea for businesses too. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. One item Ive noticed is mood swings. I guess from a personal perspective. Their supervisor should be noting if they are late often or have too many sick days. If I felt really compelled to talk to them.

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

It has always amazed me however that once someone becomes a President they start being referred to by their last name by the media and people in general. For example, addressing the Minister of (insert govt agency here) is it Honourable so and so or Mr. or Ms. His children look well behaved and are pretty young girls. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Example: If youre looking for a Blockbuster in Arlington, Texas you can send this text message: Blockbuster 76001 Pretty neat. Send a text including the business name (or business type) and the zip code youre searching for. Within moments youll have a text message in return with the information youre seeking. 23, 1 p.m. (for 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

As an example, I am now helping my boss with a corporate blog he started and because I have experience with blogging in my personal life, I have used that and now do it professionally as well. (for If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

In this example, I did the following: Go to the end of page 1, i.e. the last cell (bottom right), or after the last word on the page. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I I had a 6 page table and I changed the footer on page 2 and then again on page 5.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. I choose to tell stories that I know others can relate to and maybe even learn from listening. Keep in touch. Give before you get. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. Check with your boss and if agreed, unsubscribe from any unnecessary e-mails that may be cluttering their Inbox or create subfolders and drag and drop these e-mails there for your boss to check when he or she has the time to review them. Some emails are obviously junk.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In my readers example, the problem was the trials of working for multiple bosses when one or more of them is disorganized. Disorganized bosses are also very appreciative of the way we can make order out of chaos so there is a lot of job satisfaction when you are appreciated and needed. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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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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Success

AUGUST 2, 2021

a team meeting with a follow-up email and chat message). If you’re inconsistent, there will likely be a record for people to refer to. One of the major advantages of having an in-person team is that everyone is in the same time zone and works roughly the same hours every day. Be consistent. A mix of modern toolsets (i.e.,

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Some e-mails are useful, but I don’t always have time to deal with them right away. 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.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

For example, when I’m asked how I got started and to explain my work history, I always want to tell a great story. The difficult part was between the 3 hour time zone difference and finding out late in the afternoon meant I really had less than a couple of hours to actually take care of it all. Exhaust all resources.

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MAY 10, 2010

However, now that some of my team is working directly with my clients, I am absorbing most of my own project management time so that clients aren’t double-billed. For example, when a team member does a “gut check&# with me on understanding of or best approach to a task or project. I tend to agree for the most part.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

For example, I write all sorts of things for my clients, but I’m a direct marketing specialist. You have many options: landline, cellular phone, texting, fax line (yeah, many people still fax), email, website contact form, Twitter direct message, LinkedIn message, Skype, and lots more. The key is to respond promptly.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. Click Apply and OK To set your email to view b.c.c. In the Paragraph dialog box, click Tabs (bottom left). Then tab over and your leader will appear. spacing To insert a document i.d.

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APRIL 22, 2024

And here’s a great example. Thinking of the teenager example, if your room isn’t cleaned by Saturday at noon, you don’t get your phone for the week. Why would you interact with, we’re just using an example here. That’s one characteristic. I end up managing you and nagging you. What am I agreeing to?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

And as I climbed the admin ladder, when I got recruited for a project manager role, the person who referred me was also someone I had met when I was “just a temp” stuffing those thousands of envelopes. For example, working for a CEO at a small business is not the same as working for the CEO of Disney or Pixar. It was all go, go, go!

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Does your family refer to you as “the lump by the computer”? DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. It’s really easy to get sucked in to one more email and lose an entire evening.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

Reply Nathan Hangen ( @nhangen ) March 24, 2010 at 9:47 am Many people I work with get wrapped up in marketing speak, which is very similar to your example here. The perfect example of how words influence our actions. So for those of us that don’t do telephones, does the same thing work with emails? Lucy – Oooh, see?

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