Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

This is the second article in a two-part series on productivity apps for admins by Julie Perrine. As an administrative professional, you need to be productive and organized wherever you go. Just forward your confirmation emails to the app (hotel, rental car, airline tickets, etc.), Designed by Freepik. You can read part 1 here.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We go from day-to-day fielding emails, doing our best to stay on top of our task list, and hoping we’re piecing everything together correctly. Getting your systems in order will provide organization and clarity for you to efficiently and effortlessly run your business. Email Marketing, Social Media, Website. But then it happens.

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We go from day-to-day fielding emails, doing our best to stay on top of our task list, and hoping we’re piecing everything together correctly. Getting your systems in order will provide organization and clarity for you to efficiently and effortlessly run your business. Email Marketing, Social Media, Website. But then it happens.

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Allwork

MARCH 15, 2024

The effectiveness of various remote work locations depends on personal productivity styles, with some favoring the quiet and resources of libraries, others thriving in the social atmosphere of parks and coffee shops, and still others opting for the structured environment of coworking spaces. Now, many parks located in major U.S.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 9, 2014

Like your desk becoming overrun with paper piles, or your PC becoming littered with folders and files, so too can you ecommerce system become disorganized and out-of-control. Your system will quickly become cluttered with all of these different lists, and it will make finding specific lists harder.

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Success

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Be realistic about your productivity and when your contributions will be available to the team—and accept the timeline your teammates lay out for their portion of the work. Email is probably the easiest form of communication between team members; it’s also easily misinterpreted. Keep your projects organized.

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Allwork

JANUARY 24, 2024

The value of commuting is being reevaluated, focusing on creating a worthwhile experience through amenities, seamless design, and space utility to support productivity and encourage physical presence in the office. For some, a series of email surprises, expensive and time-consuming.

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Jen Lawrence

AUGUST 10, 2020

Over my 15+ years as an administrative professional and project manager, I found one tool to be indispensable for getting the answers I need and crossing things off my list. And that is… using the email subject line. And if you have additional email call to actions that others may find helpful, drop it below in the comments!

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Tips From T. Marie

APRIL 12, 2022

It makes it much easier for them to reach out with projects or issues if you’re in the office when they are in the office. If you’re a products driven business, you still may want to set a more traditional schedule, especially if you’re doing a lot of shipping. Trips to the post office can only be done when it’s open right?

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 21, 2014

As solo business owners, that’s all we want to do – create products and programs, and come up with new ways of delivering our services. So when the talk turns to systems and processes, this is where most business owners’ eyes will glaze over … after all it doesn’t sound like a very exciting way to spend your day, does it?

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Clutter Coach

JUNE 13, 2017

by What is productivity, really? It’s not just clearing off your desk or ploughing through your email inbox. Obviously, productivity involves producing. So, productivity must be tied to a worthwhile goal. So, here are the eight productivity traps you need to avoid: The “I can do it all” Trap.

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Jen Lawrence

AUGUST 24, 2020

With these 3 tips, you will greatly reduce the most common email writing errors without dedicating a ton of time proofreading and editing. After you’ve drafted your email, step away for a moment. Then come back to the email for a quick review. If your email mentions an attachment or links, did you remember to include them?

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Office Organization Success

JUNE 25, 2015

It’s getting harder and harder to get your subscribers to open your emails… Let alone read and act on them! As a result, business owners are seeing plummeting open rates for their email newsletters (ezines) … some email open rates are being reported as low as 8.6%. Television. Click here for immediate access.

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Allwork

MARCH 9, 2023

This innovative coworking space management software provides an intuitive and unified platform across both web and mobile apps, making it the only system on the market that enables managing a coworking space through a smartphone. This feature alone can elevate admins’ productivity to new heights.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 16, 2023

With seamless file sharing, password-protected links, and integration with popular productivity software, Box.com is a true champion in fostering teamwork and safeguarding your files. Its customization and automation options further enhance productivity, making Box.com a strong contender in the world of cloud storage.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Managers and supervisors kept track of employee performance and productivity by directly monitoring them throughout the workday. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 threw a wrench into this tried and true system for most companies. Here are some of the most popular methods for measuring the productivity of your remote workforce.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 8, 2024

Example : In a manufacturing company, the process of assembling a product involves multiple steps, from gathering raw materials to quality control checks before the final product is ready for shipment. System – A set of related procedures that work together to get something done. Need help powering up your procedures project?

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One question that I get asked a lot is “what’s a good online product I can use for scheduling projects throughout the year?” Just because some of these project management tools have all these fancy bells and whistles don’t go assuming they’re the best. You can create overall projects and then create tasks for each project.

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Productivityist

JUNE 12, 2019

Chad Barger is a fundraising coach, productivity guru and vlogger. He is the founder and managing director of the firm Productive Fundraising which focuses on implementing simple, effective fundraising systems as well as strategies to strengthen nonprofit boards of directors. On today’s episode, I spent time with Chad Barger.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

into their existing products and likely will continue. Please help me write a professional email to my boss, the senior managing partner, to ask for funds to attend the Project Management Learning Lab in September. system will be made public. Sometimes it looks a little weird, but usually it’s pretty good.

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Allwork

MAY 9, 2022

With the help of technology, meeting rooms are evolving to enable greater productivity. . In order to discuss a topic in full or debrief your team members on the next big project, you need a space where you can do so without disrupting other people at work. . Meeting rooms have always been an integral part of everyday office life.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Communication Introduce them to the company’s communication channels and email distribution lists. Set up a branded email for the new hire, complete with an appropriate title and auto-signature.

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Jen Lawrence

AUGUST 3, 2020

Like it or not, email is still our default form of communication and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Sure, you can add in various collaboration and communication tools, but you’re not going to completely get rid of emails. Too many new emails. Bottom line, you should have an email signature.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After purging the unnecessary stuff that mounted in your desk and anywhere else, it’s now time to prepare your filing system. Chaos can easily break anywhere in your living space if no filing system is set up to hold the different materials that you accumulate as you work. Physical File System. Digital File System.

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All Things Admin

MARCH 20, 2024

Do you remember asking people in your household to hang up the phone so you could send an email? But it’s not just the production lines that need to work effectively. If your systems and procedures aren’t working efficiently, you may as well be on dial-up. Now, we wonder how we ever managed to get anything done with it.

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Worxbee

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Agree on a communication system In a remote environment, clear communication begins with an effective system and channels through which to communicate. Email messaging. Project management tools (including the ability to leave notes and assign tasks). Is it via email? Here’s our summary: #1.

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Worxbee

APRIL 5, 2021

Most of us look for ways we can be even more productive at work. In fact, there are whole industries built around productivity and finding ways to help people improve their time management and results. Eat the frog” is a common piece of productivity advice originating from productivity master, Brian Tracy.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It pains me to announce that my grand experiment with using electronic time management systems has officially come to an end (sort of). You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. To access online systems, you have to (duh!)

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Step It Up VA Coaching

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Perhaps you spend too much time recreating every proposal or contract, every form, every letter or email each time you need it. Then I have a plan for you to implement today, right now, that will help you increase your productivity, lessen your stress and actually cross things off your to-do list at the end of the day.

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Jen Lawrence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Much like the meetings that tend to live on indefinitely on our calendars, there are tasks, projects, and even processes we follow that could benefit from a second look or even starting over. If you’re ready to hit reset on your work systems, start with these three areas. Need more help with your systems? Learn more here.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.  We used this as our project management tool when coordinating Extreme Makeover Home Edition too.

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 31, 2023

Now in 2023, it’s projected that 25% of the workforce will engage in remote work in one form or another. In particular, higher-ups need a reliable way to monitor the productivity & work hours of their remote workers. Employee time tracking refers to keeping track of an employee’s work hours and productivity.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 27, 2014

This week has also been super-productive too, despite the numerous 2-hour delays that have thrown off my schedule! I finished a big project that I’d been working on for the past year. And I’ve been doing a ton of project work for clients this week too. I have just **2 spots** open for February.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

APRIL 11, 2013

Perhaps you spend too much time recreating every proposal or contract, every form, every letter or email each time you need it. Then I have a plan for you to implement today, right now, that will help you increase your productivity, lessen your stress and actually cross things off your to-do list at the end of the day.

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Here’s another round of Productivity Nugget Of The Week. I hope you find these links valuable and beneficial to your quest of productivity. The typical rant against the GTD System is it’s an overwhelming system. Most of these dissidents feel so because they ten to only focus on one aspect of the system.

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Productivity Bits

AUGUST 31, 2010

Productivity is never an accident. The state of being productive doesn’t just happen overnight. Productivity is an attitude toward work – a way of life. Here are some of the things that you can do to successfully maintain your state of being productive: Reinforce What’s Working. Follow me on t witte r.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author's Note: This is the Fourth Part of the Series " The 3 Fundamental Principles Of Productivity "]. Part II – Systems. This could be the personal project you’ve been planning for months that couldn’t find itself close to realization or an uncompleted work wanting for some attention. File System.

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