Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

In an informal poll, we asked friends, family members and neighbors the same question, and the results were unanimous: A retired accountant: yes. Ask yourself these four questions to determine what makes you imaginative, innovative and resourceful. So you think you’re creative? We’re going to guess you do. A dog walker: yes.

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Office Organization Success

JUNE 4, 2010

Even though you want your information to flow naturally from one point to the next, it’s also really important to have a plan and something to refer to so that you can stay on track. Don’t staple your notes together but do number your pages. Do prepare notes and timings. Do give yourself plenty of room. Check out [link] for fr.ee

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 4, 2013

Considering this task is not the staple part of our profession I can still imagine your answer to be ‘quite often’. You should come away from the initial meeting with enough information to feel confident that you are making the right choices for every aspect of the event. What resources do we have / what can be utilised?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Here’s a short description from the Evernote website: “Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. Did we mention that it’s free?&#. Evernote can clean your office.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Facebook is still going to be incredibly popular in 2015 and will continue to be a great source of information for assistants. LinkedIn can and should be used as a resource for training, particularly for assistants who are not included in their organisation’s training budget. The big three social media platforms.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need. Too much information.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking.  From Clutter To Actionable Information. How do you turn them into actionable information? Staple the cards into a little notebook, one card per page. Then I verify the information and export to a CSV (Excel) doc.

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