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Why Being An Executive Assistant Is A Rewarding Career

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

I hear managers or Human Resource Professionals say it doesn’t take any special skill to be an administrative assistant. A stellar Executive Assistant must think of every detail for every function such as calendar management, travel planning, meeting preparation and execution, and e-mail management.

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Administrative Professionals 2016 Stress Travel

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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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 goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets This is a must-have resource. Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said.

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets One of the hardest questions for me on my performance appraisal is the one about my goals. Think about what your boss needs to get done and how you can help him or her accomplish that and work that into your goals.

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets They are a valuable resource and I appreciate them. Like you, I list the new assistant as not only a contact but a definite resource for future references. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Are you doing your part and contributing to the goals of the team or are you getting bogged down with situations? Lets enjoy our day together.© Be sure you are not part of the problem.

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Hello Patricia, You have some great resources at [link] Given your interest in country codes, I wanted to make you aware of my site, [link] for possible inclusion as well. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I’m a visual person so it really helps me to plan my way to my goal. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I dont want to miss a step so always go through the checklist on the travel sheet. After all, the goal is to have an efficient office and it works better if we are all working together to make that happen.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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 goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets It works better if you have a whole pool of resources with different strengths to call upon. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

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How to get Office fat fast.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The recommended goal being 10,000 steps a day. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Spring cleaning on the blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Under My Favourites, I have added a Meeting section with some useful sites and combined many of my travel related links under one title simply called Travel. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Administrative Professionals

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes 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 goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving.

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I look like that!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 20, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets If I have put a smile on your face, then I have achieved my goal for the blog. A resource like this is great for anyone that either works in the administrative field or wants to. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 2009 IAAP Administrative Professionals

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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New Hire Overload

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The Human Resources Director pointed me to a small office and I was left alone to read what must have been 200 pages. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals

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When your voicemail goes awry.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 Meeting Minutes

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I put travel in red and action reminders in yellow, but that is our own system and it works for us. I put travel in red and action reminders in yellow, but that is our own system and it works for us.

Calendars IAAP Time Zones 2010

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP AT&T 2010

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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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

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Manage: Once tasks are prioritized, it helps to pencil in a date and time goal. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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The importance of having someone to talk to

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Having the opportunity to hash it out with another assistant is a great resource. I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me.

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IAAP Time Zones Administrative Professionals International

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets It will make life easier on the receiving end as the end goal of speaking and writing is still to be understood by our audience. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Another time I wanted to try a career in the travel business. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I used to work with someone who was an assistant in the Human Resources Department of a major law firm and has now become the Director of Human Resources in that same firm. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes

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Kings and Queens of the Office

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Everyone helping each other and working together to achieve the goals of the organization. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

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We have a winner!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 9 November, 2008 Contest!

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Holidays 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 goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Agenda

Agenda Time Zones International IAAP

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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.© would versus could You are what you read.

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes