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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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4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists

Professional Assistant Blog

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. All e-mail distribution lists are bolded.

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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. I also wrote reports on training courses tat had taken place and any content I could add to a newsletter I would. Can blogging and being active in social media harm your career? I think that is a very good question.

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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. I also wrote reports on training courses tat had taken place and any content I could add to a newsletter I would. Can blogging and being active in social media harm your career? I think that is a very good question.

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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. Being a male administrative assistant has its ups and downs, but the ride is definitely exiting and fulfilling. To subscribe to AAU: carswell.customerrelations@thomson.com. To download a sample copy of AAU: www.writingink.ca/aau.html.

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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. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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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.