Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 28, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. What information should your voice mail message contain? Don’t sacrifice information for the sake of brevity. Get the information up front.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

If it’s a one-way information share or a larger meeting with five to 10 people, it doesn’t hurt engagement as much as it would during a collaborative or intimate brainstorming meeting with colleagues. Working on the side limits focus and increases the chance of missing key information. The same should be true for a virtual meeting.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Kallout To Research Information By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 20, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity , Research Y ou’re reading an article for some research that you are doing for our boss. You actually cut down on your productivity by having to open a new browser window.

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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. Post-COVID-19, many employee tracking software programs started popping up, allowing companies to track employee productivity , computer activity, emails, and even individual keystrokes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. Do you have a question or do you want to pass information along to the person. Does it require any further information or explanation? For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Too much information.

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Even though 6 billion emails are sent every day, almost no one agrees about simple things like email etiquette, how to organize a note, or whether emails are considered private or not. Try to summarize your information so that your recipients are more likely to read the email and actually respond. Don’t forward chain letters.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

The results led to our first “ Email etiquette ” story. I hate it when an email has several people in the To: line with a request for information or action in the body, but no clear assignation of the action to a particular individual. Pet peeve: Important information at the bottom of an email. Who’s supposed to do what?”.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s ironic that although many companies once worried about lost employee productivity because of time spent on Facebook, now these skills are desirable! Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s ironic that although many companies once worried about lost employee productivity because of time spent on Facebook, now these skills are desirable! Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s ironic that although many companies once worried about lost employee productivity because of time spent on Facebook, now these skills are desirable! Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s ironic that although many companies once worried about lost employee productivity because of time spent on Facebook, now these skills are desirable! Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s ironic that although many companies once worried about lost employee productivity because of time spent on Facebook, now these skills are desirable! Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Keeping candidates and clients informed about expectations is an excellent opportunity to engage with them. To create a more organized and productive work setting, make sure you have a well-defined plan. Your recruitment website should showcase your organization effectively and be updated with all relevant information.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 28, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity | Main | 16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites » Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day Think about this today!  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2015

All of April we will be celebrating administrative professionals and giving you: Spot-on information related to the administrative profession. Tips to help you be more productive in your day. Be sure to mark your calendar for April 1 – 30 and check out our daily informative and fun blogs.

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity With Shared Files By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D o you share your files with others in your firm? Can you think of any other productive and efficient ways to make this happen? Leave a comment!

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Success

JULY 20, 2023

Holding doors, saying “please” and “thank you” and practicing good table manners—most of us are well versed in these common social etiquette behaviors. But as technology and work arrangements evolve, the rules governing workplace communication etiquette may need to do the same. Try to respond to emails within 24 hours.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Read more: A Recruiter's Etiquette Guide to Remote Hiring. Along with this, recruitment software can accelerate the entire process by organising your data and presenting you with the most relevant information, allowing you to make the best hiring decision. A smooth remote onboarding process requires thorough planning.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking.  From Clutter To Actionable Information. How do you turn them into actionable information? Now, *when* I take a person's information, I snap a photo of their card using Evernote, on my smartphone.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 23, 2015

Should you be formal or informal? maximizing your productivity. Keep this in mind as you consider the following two points. What is my relationship with this person? How you communicate with someone has a lot to do with your current relationship. Are details important, or is brevity key? persuading others to see your way. Joan Burge.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. What broke the camel's back was when a well-loved director of the company was terminated by the SVP of Product and I threw her a happy hour after work. The link is that original post. Everyone is beholden to someone.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Want to be More Productive? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity A re you a Virtual/ Professional Assistant or want to become one? No need to access multiple tools to access your information. Home About Me Advertise Work From Home?

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Service Untitled

APRIL 30, 2009

The more each of your customer service representatives knows about what is going on at your company and with your products, the better decisions they can make. Think about some of the ways you can share more company information with your employees. Send a weekly or quarterly summary about what’s been happening at your company.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

And the product there is pay as you go model. So the products there you buy which products you want as well, and you get a ready made community. They want to reduce risk and then on the community side, that seems to link in with the productivity side. I’m interested in this link between community and productivity.

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Any productive meeting should have a clear start and end time. Sometimes informational meetings are necessary, especially if you expect that people will have a lot of questions. Otherwise, information can often be communicated via email or other channels. Having cameras on is a basic virtual meeting etiquette.

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BioTeams

MARCH 11, 2020

Ultimately this leads to effective team communication etiquettes in virtual settings, more of which can be read here. For more information on this important topic checkout Ken’s book – “ A Systematic Guide to High Performing Teams (HPTs) “ Max collaborates on Bioteams with Ken Thompson (The Bumble Bee).

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BioTeams

JUNE 30, 2020

Economies have tumbled, organisations that relied on open office spaces and hot desking as modes of productivity have switched entirely to distributed and virtual working from home. I don’t want to be cliched by saying this, but we are now officially living in ‘unprecedented’ and dynamic times. 2020, May 27).

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2016

It is specifically to help admins plan trips better by making is easy to select flights, hotels, and ground transportation while having all the information you need to make great decisions in one place. When the product is closer to launch, our team will reach out individually and determine whether you’d be a fit.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity Y our boss calls you over to their office and asks that you send her a list of something that you’ve created in Microsoft Excel. Home About Me Advertise Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice Versa? Click Transpose!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Going Green" With Your Documents By The Professional Assistant on Monday, July 13, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity D o you recycle your unwanted papers at work? Do you try to "go green" by not printing e-mails or other documents that you could be e-mailing to others that you want to share this information with?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail from your manager. Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Do you have confidential information that you need to send to someone, but want to make sure that it gets treated like registered mail? Then Redi-Tag Security Seals and Tape is the product for you. For more information, visit www.reditag.com. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

The space crew had a robot that waved its mechanical arms and yelled, "Warning, Warning, alien approaching" or such other thing to protect and inform the crew. Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Posted on 21 November, 2009 10:51 PM Anonymous If you send an iCalendar as a follow up to a meeting request, do you have the option of updating your calendar or is it just for passing on updated information (or as you suggested possibly adding an agenda)? Thanks, Richard Posted on 4 January, 2010 11:32 AM soruba Thanks for the information.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 22, 2016

How to approach your work, career, and LIFE with intention and a sense of mission.Simple strategies to boldly embrace your inner leader—and enhance your productivity, collaboration, and creativity at the same time! We are sending information about this in an email to everyone who was part of the webinar. How to Watch This Webinar.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2008

There are over 200 articles of information so far and growing. If you feel that you want to remain anonymous, please note that I never disclose any personal information such as your name, company, etc., I have been running this blog for just over a year now and it has grown quite a bit, as you can tell.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Would you prefer the client to calmly and rationally give you information on their issue? Now put yourself in that persons shoes. Imagine that you were on the receiving end of the conversation. How would you feel? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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