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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2010 Wheres the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Here we were, professional assistants talking about the thingy for the PowerPoint. Nobody seems to really know what its called, but Powerpoint Remote was given as a common name. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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7 Communication Mistakes You’re Making at Work

Success

He’s withholding information to make my life harder.”. If you’re looking to dump information or share simple updates, save everyone the time and put it in an email or post it some other way. Ditch the 35-page PowerPoint deck and explain why your project really matters. Oh, she didn’t copy me on purpose.”. Wasteful meetings.

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How to Manage the Rush Jobs

Ian's Messy Desk

The post How to Manage the Rush Jobs appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Fifteen minutes later another manager comes by looking for last-minute help with a PowerPoint presentation. If you know you’re going to need information from Nancy and she’s in a meeting at a client’s office, let the requester know.

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How to Deftly Handle Conflict With Your Boss

Success

And give your manager the benefit of the doubt and enough time to adjust. “I Come in ready to supplement the information your boss has and fill in their blindspots. A woman who worked for Kerrigan compiled a PowerPoint presentation on everything she had done over the past year to demonstrate that she was ready for a promotion.

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Creating a PowerPoint Presentation Fast by Organizing All of Your Presentation Slides - Even if you have 1000s

Stephanie LH Calahan

  But, what if you have 100s or even 1000s of slides to manage?  That's the best I could come up with to make it manageable for myself!   1 - How to Organize When You Have Slews of PowerPoint Slides.   Embed YouTube Videos in Your PowerPoint to Save Disk Space. Friday at 12:39pm.

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. Do you have a question or do you want to pass information along to the person. Does it require any further information or explanation? For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Too much information.

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Conference for Administrative Assistants – How to Get Your Executive’s Approval

Office Dynamics

Assistants should be a business partner to their executive, so start acting like a business partner and convince your manager why you should be allowed to travel out of state. Does your executive prefer information short and to the point or does your executive like details? Don’t give up. Is your executive a visual person?

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