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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

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Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead. Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. (for

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

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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. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? Or it is that we just dont know how to address them so revert to last names?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

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Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info. (for 411 Look Up 411.ca

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We don't know what we don't know

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Here are some ways I have found can help: The web is a wonderful tool for sharing. Our strength is what we know collectively and we should have some way to share our knowledge with each other. I have been on some interactive sites where assistants ask questions and get answers and I learn from them as I have some of the same questions.

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

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If you have multiple programs open you can press Alt + tab and you can either arrow over to where you want to go or just keep pressing Alt + tab until you get to where you want to be. (for If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

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What dates and times does he or she have available (keeping in mind time zones for away meetings)? Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. (for Does your boss need to be at the meeting? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

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I run the outlook journal and it logs the time I spend with a given task. It automatically updates when I use an office product, and I can manually enter stop/start times for phone calls, meetings, face to faces, etc. Really great tool for analyzing your productivity. August 16, 2010 Patricia Robb said. 23, 1 p.m. (for