Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have? Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc. One last note.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Between e-mail, virtual assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. Provide continual and constructive feedback.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Between e-mail, virtual assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. Provide continual and constructive feedback.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 10, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by James of Organize IT. Projects wouldn’t be moving forward and my goals and plans would be lagging behind… or so it seemed.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, August 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you have a to-do list, either on a piece of paper, on Microsoft Outlook or in a planner? Home About Me Advertise To-Do or Not To-Do? Taking Your To-Do List to the Next Level! Do you want to take it to the next level?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! If you have a big project due, break down the steps necessary and write those on each card.   As you are traveling and you think of things you need or want to do, you take out a card and jot it down.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 25, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! she and her consultants focus on conducting presentations, personal coaching, assessments and productivity / organizing services for entrepreneurs & time pressed professionals.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   John will interview Steph for 60 minutes.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 31, 2008

I have shared access to 4 different mailboxes for various products and projects. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

If you need to do this for other functions, make sure to change the "Use function:" section to whatever type of calculation you need to do for your particular project. Now you have the total for each firm as well as the grand total listed. If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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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? IM or iChat)with collaborators while working on the project. Also, a fun feature is you can chat (i.e.

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The Office Professionals Place

MARCH 13, 2010

Did you ask a co-worker to help you on a project and got the feeling that they really didn’t want to help you? Ask for input/suggestions If possible, before making a request ask for some input on how the project or task can be completed more efficiently. I deal with this woman almost monthly for organizational travel.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Power Periods Make For Great Productivity My favorite is: Power Periods Because: Set aside one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon for un-distracted, uninterrupted time to knock out a big project. You can find it here: [link] Thanks to Natalie Conrad of Organized Habits 4.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! I turned off my email notification a long time ago (about 15 years) because I did not want to be taken out of the important state of concentration when working on projects.  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   I'm calling regarding the X Project.    The project is on hold until I get your input on these items.  " Note that in the second message Sam has much more incentive to call if he wants X Project to continue.  Sally

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

            Dawn McCloskey Ultra Organized, LLC. Microsoft's OneNote is my go-to organizing tool for anything that I do online.I create notebooks and files just like I would with paper, but now it is all organized on my computer. Evernote Enables Paperless Organization.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Get rid of the activities and projects (and sometimes even people) that don't fit.    Do you let other people encroach on your time when you had planned to work on an important project?  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Make a #project w/ do-able sized parts   AllisonDGraham   @ StephCalahan make a list. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Today is a continuation on that theme.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   That started a deeper conversation that led to us talking on the phone and deciding to work together on a teleconference project scheduled for January.  If I had not taken the time to complete my profile, we probably would not be doing the project in January.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

8comments for this post Anonymous Although your comments are valid, I think it really depends on the office culture which can differ greatly between organizations. The guy really is oblivious to how far his voice projects. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

For that matter, who needs to travel to a meeting? Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. For project management, Devesh Dwivedi of BreakingThe9to5Jail.com says “I love BaseCamp.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! AppleEve   @ StephCalahan a trusty desk diary and pens (colour coded for different types of appointments) roguereporter   @ StephCalahan Microsoft Project. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Let GO of Your Story | Main | The Great Organizing Giveaway is Here! " That was the statement I heard when talking with a new client about a week ago.   Do you find yourself jumping from one project to another?  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Also consider color-coding the index cards by project. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Lists of things that we need to accomplish.    The big TO DO list. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   By grabbing a small project (for example, an article that you want to read) and working on it for a short period of time, you take a few minutes away from the work that was putting you into an afternoon coma-like state.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! I knew I had a knack for teaching/coaching as well as prioritizing & organizing & I wanted to share my skills w/ others.   #Productivity and #organization are about making time & room for what is important to you. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Pros of Planning Tool: Very organized product. It's the great planning tool debate - should I use paper or an electronic organizer (PDA) to organize my time and keep me on track? Make sure you choose an organizer that you feel confident and comfortable using.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! afreshspace   @ StephCalahan I just use a legal pad for daily to-do's but keep bigger or future projects in my outlook task list declutterlady   @ StephCalahan Hey, Stephanie, it's iPEP for me; 1 workspace/project w/ability to keep all in 1 place!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! "To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth - all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World | Main | Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) » Start 2011 off Organized! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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You can also fax e-filing waiver requests to 877-477-0575. If the work is sporadic or project-based (and if the worker has the freedom to take on other jobs of a similar nature), they’re a contractor. How crucial is the work being done to your organization? Religious and other types of waivers are available.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! A - True B - False 4 -- You got side tracked in a project and have forgotten lunch with a colleague/business associate.  family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Multiply that result by the number of people in an organization and the productivity gains are significant. family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Win a chance at an iPod Touch!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Start 2011 off Organized! Let the blood go to your brain (the thinking organ) and away from your legs and arms. I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. "Heads Up.

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