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Staying in the loop

Practically Perfect PA

How do you work out what is important information and what is really just office gossip? Read all of the newsletters, bulletins and company emails that pass by your desk. A skill that is super important for assistants to master. How do you stay in the loop when there is so much going on?

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EMEA East – Personal Branding Q&A

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve actually written a few blogs on how to work with confidential documents and not being the office gossip. When I started the blog I told my manager I was going to do it and he was supportive. I also wrote reports on training courses tat had taken place and any content I could add to a newsletter I would.

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EMEA East – Personal Branding Q&A

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve actually written a few blogs on how to work with confidential documents and not being the office gossip. When I started the blog I told my manager I was going to do it and he was supportive. I also wrote reports on training courses tat had taken place and any content I could add to a newsletter I would.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Some criticisms just are not worth responding to, most notably ’snark’-style blog comments and angry gossip articles. Gauge the value of a response. Take the celebrity strategy — respond to criticism that’s worthy of your input, and ignore anything that isn’t.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets.

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What It's Like to be a Male Admin

Professional Assistant Blog

This article was originally published in Administrative Assistant’s Update newsletter. I found that my job transformed into a sudo management position with a great amount of responsibility. Being a male administrative assistant has its ups and downs, but the ride is definitely exiting and fulfilling.

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Why Bother with TweetDeck? | Internet Marketing Promotion Services.

Andrea Kalli

Likewise, you might create a separate group for family members and close friends so that their tweets don’t get lost in the celebrity gossip and sports tweets. Rather than managing two social networks individually, TweetDeck gives you a single interface for keeping everyone posted about your latest adventures.

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