The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. This time a friendly guy in my Apple Store told me I could pay $200/£100 extra and they would change the keyboard in store for me.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 20, 2015

The debate over what forms the best type of context rages long and hard still and I’m certainly not going to approach it here! However OmniFocus leverages contexts with surprising ease as well as giving you the option of being able to display actions in the form of different perspectives.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

In its simplest form minutes are a record of discussion, decisions and actions to be taken and the date by when it needs to be completed. In-camera If the Chair says this part of the meeting is in-camera, take your fingers off the keyboard, or put your pen down. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. " Warning!

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 14, 2008

Fill long registration and checkout forms with one click. Defeat Keyloggers by not using the keyboard to type passwords. Back up your passwords and copy them between computers. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

So when it hit me, I did – and here’s her post on how to be a better writer – fast. And I’ve been soaking up advice from sites like Copyblogger and Men with Pens as well as material from some other excellent writers in the blogosphere. The problem was that I couldn’t see how I’d improved.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

If you have any suggestions on how to make things run more smoothly in Microsoft Office, please let the rest of us know. This saves a bunch of time if you have to do a function several times and there isnt a keyboard short cut. If successful, I will write a post to everyone letting them know its up and running.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Over the past year, I have learned how to present and deliver engaging webinars and it has made a tremendous difference in growing my audience. I have sought out learning in various forms to learn how to accomplish this goal. For example, I have learned how to structure a course (e.g. Problem-based Learning.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. Bring Forward System or Using Tasks in Outlook Have a system to follow up on items your boss has asked you to do or things you know you need to do. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 18, 2008

It ended up that instead of a meeting it was a surprise baby shower for me. Minute takers should not be afraid to speak up and ask people to identify themselves for the minutes. If the Chair says this is not for the minutes you need to take your hands off the keyboard so the meeting participants know it is not being recorded.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

If you have a few ideas or requests in your e-mail, it is best to set it out in point form so the person does not have to dig for it. Robbs drivers license; - A completed application form; and - a cheque or money order in the amount of $10 made out to the Ministry of Heath." Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

While the large-sized one isn’t ideal for everyone, the Mini Ideaboard is something I’d use for mind mapping and mocking up ideas to share with others. No ads, small form factor, inexpensive, easy-to-read in the sun…and I can borrow books from my local library on it as well. The Ideaboard. This is a neat idea (pun totally intended).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. If there are forms that need to filled in and it has a due date in June, I put those forms in the June folder with a bf date on it for a week before it is due. Where can I put this paper? Then I put a reminder for a few days before.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

For my readers from other countries, you will note there is a section for foreign dignitaries and if you click on that it will give you the proper form to address just about anyone in the world. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

I only use this if I have a form or something that I always want the current date on it. Until you remember on your own what year you are in, this is a good back up system. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

All important information, but I knew I couldnt possibly retain much of what I was looking at in one sitting so I started to cheat and flip through a few tabs because I had to sign a form that I read the manual. I think people forget how overwhelming everything can be when you start a new job. Thanks for a great article.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

A fool takes in all the lumber of any sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or is at best jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has difficultly laying his hands upon it. But the only way it happens if you go up there and work on it. Now think about King’s attic mind.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

When he is away, it is very quiet and sometimes I just have to get up and walk around and visit someone or it feels like I am there by myself. I can interact where I am now, but I have to get up and go if I want to speak with someone and then when I get there I may find they are busy or on the phone so I have wasted my time.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. You’ll hear if your introduction sounds weak or choppy, and you’ll discover whether your wrap-up encourages conversation or just stops it cold. Finding your writing voice is a common problem.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I called them and thankfully they had space available on the date I needed and we were able to amend the contract, but imagine if I hadnt noticed and we showed up on the 7th? Food, food and more food If your event requires food the venue will send you a banqet event form and you will need to estimate the amount of food you need.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

He sounded like he had a huge stick up his butt. I was riled up. No delicate tippy-tapping on the keyboard for me. He just hadn’t realized how his email would sound to me. Email is one of the most common forms of communication between freelancers and clients, and all too often, the clients have no idea how they come off.

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workawesome.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Well, these people have probably found that doing some form of brisk exercise for at least 10 minutes will help them be more productive in the afternoon. You may not realize just how important of a role your sleep schedule plays in your energy level and its capacity to increase productivity. Have you ever wondered why they do this?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

This company is so ginormous I am having a dizzy time of trying to wrap my brain around what all they do – various forms of power, civil engineering, and then the IT services side of it. For example, I set up a sales dial-in call with about 40 people from every continent on the call. I am the EA to the CEO of a global conglomerate.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. Hey, I’ll spent all evening hitting some buttons so that a number in a database somewhere slooowly goes up.) I stare at the screen, watching the well of words dry up. It was called grinding.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Your ideas, stories or lifestyle have made their trip up to one of the farthest places in this world: the heart of a lonely, frustrated and inhibited person. Your circle of friends or business partnerships are usually formed by direct interactions. I gave up business cards a while ago. Well, I dont.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

I showed up for the job. I certainly had a good dose of it by now, knowing my blog posts weren’t up to snuff. I should close the blog, give up my career and walk away from it all. So I gave up. And truthfully, I didn’t really care anymore – I had enough blog posts banked up to cover my ass for a while.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We might reveal obstacles we didn’t think of, and then we can talk about how to overcome them. Talk is how you resolve issues with your spouse or your friends or your boss. We need to listen to one another and see if those new ideas have merit, or if they open up any other possible courses of action. All by ourselves.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

You see, celebrity-stardom aside, Kevin Parent is just a guy who lived through many of the same struggles you’ve had (or are having), from pursuing a creative career to building an audience to despairing you won’t make it to rejoicing you will to contemplating giving it all up. I may as well put it right up front.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

And then you graduated, spent some time in the real world and ended up working in a field that was wildly different from the one you’d studied. That’s what you should be playing up. How to Overcome Procrastination Reply Bothersome Words ( @BothersomeWords ) December 14, 2009 at 5:12 am Long-time lurker, first-time commenter here.

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