Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise The E-tiquette of E-mail By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing all the Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Writing all in caps is a form of e-mail shouting.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.  I'll read and delete and save those of interest in a file. What remains in your in-box is actionable items, not filing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

  Even if you are not the most technical person on your block, you probably have some form of technology in your life that you love.  OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds. create notebooks and files just like I would with paper, but now it is all organized on my computer. Find here: steph.bz/EZBackup.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." Look Ahead I have found that in order to save time, the last thing I do at night is to "look ahead" By look ahead, I mean that I check my calendar and tickler file for what I have scheduled tomorrow. Drop The Flash Drive For Dropbox Dropbox is awesome!

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Microsoft Office Poll Results By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity I am sure that all of you use Microsoft Office in your workplace. There are quite a bit of AA forms there.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If you are not the person who can assist them, refer them to someone who can. If you become timid when it comes to speaking in a group meeting, provided you know what the agenda items are prior to the meeting, put them in writing in proposal form and give them to the Chair before the meeting or slide them to him during the meeting.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Or it could be a number of days for an idea that is in the process of forming in your mind. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

  Think of your space in varying forms of valuable real-estate.    Do you keep paperwork or reference material that you use on a regular basis far from your workspace?    For some people that is a traditional filing cabinet system, but others might find more success with cubbies in their office. 

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

In the simplest form this means having more money coming in than is going out. The term ‘business overhead’ refers to the general cost of running a business; this can include carrying an inventory, supplies, staff and premises. Obviously you need a business address for post / faxes etc but is even a live receptionist necessary?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 10, 2011

  Habits take time to form and I had to put some very diligent conscious effort into fixing my health situation.  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665   In essence, I practiced what I preach.    Passing up opportunities is never easy. 

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 24, 2013

You asked many questions so I will answer all of them and also encourage you to read all my old posts and refer to my other site since they all answer your question in one way or another: [link] To create a good relationship with the other assistant and the other secretary is a two part answer. Just be a good person and be you.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Putting the date on the pages helps reference notes from meetings, etc. Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files. Review your tickler file, "to do" lists, Outlook tasks, or whatever you use to track your action items. Write everything in the notebook. Thanks to Regina Lark,Ph.D. Not Really!"

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