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Payment Processing "On Location" Just Got a Whole Lot Easier (App How-To and Review)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Have you ever been at an event and watched others easily process payments for their products and programs and wished you knew of an easy way to do that for your stuff?  This past week I was helping a client set up their event payment processing and thought I'd share the steps with you here today. don't need it. 

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Get A Job With A Thank You Letter

Professional Assistant Blog

One of the simplest things you can do to help the manager of your dream firm decide if you are right for the job, is to send them a Thank You letter after the interview. But you would be surprised that a simple Thank You letter can win over the hiring manager. Did you attend a few recently? We both had similar skills, education, etc.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. I had an event for November 7th and the contract was signed, sealed and delivered, but then I noticed the hotel had put the wrong date on the contract. What are the dates you can cancel by?

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. The one good thing about speaking at an event where nobody knows me is, they have no idea whether my hair is supposed to be this dark. Some good advice to pass along: Never colour your hair the night before an event.

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

If someone puts in a "birthday" or a "pick up the dry cleaning" reminder in their calendar as an all-day event, to those who are using the Scheduler, it will look like the person is busy for the day and in reality they may have the day open. Our office manager updates it every morning. Who notices that string along the top anyway?

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have seen some contracts for event planners and it seems like a lucrative career to get into. I love the planning, organizing and running around that goes into bringing a conference from a thought to a successful event. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 23, 1 p.m. .

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. Lynn has organized strategic events such as the companys internal trade show, all-hands meetings, the annual awards banquet, internal events and leadership off-site meetings. " Warning!

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