Practically Perfect PA

JULY 15, 2015

With Assist Travel coming up in September in London I wanted to share one of our most popular blogs with you – The Ultimate Travel Itinerary. A well organised travel itinerary is an essential service that assistants can provide for their managers. One of my directors travelled from Sydney to Tokyo on the same trip.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

On Friday 9th September we held our second Assist Travel event at The Grange Tower Bridge and from the feedback we received it looks like everyone had a thoroughly good day. I thought the exhibition space worked well with lots of great suppliers who all contributed to the sessions during the day. Stress Free Speedy Travel.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 15, 2016

With Assist Travel just a few month’s away, I thought I would share everything that I have been working on behind the scenes. We really do have world-class speakers talking all thing business travel. The venue has been confirmed and we have some brilliant suppliers attending the exhibition. .

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 21, 2015

We held our first Assist Travel conference and exhibition on Friday 25th September at the Hilton Bankside and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the day. As with all of our Assist Events we like to make sure that it is a little different and I loved our travel themed registration desk. I hope those that came along enjoyed it too.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

I don’t know about you but I have spent hours arranging and then rearranging travel for my Executives. It takes up a huge amount of time and can be incredibly complex especially if they are travelling to a number of destinations with connecting flights and a host of visa requirements. What happens when everything goes wrong?

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Coworkers will also favor coworking spaces that work only with eco-conscious (preferably local) suppliers of goods and services. Environmentally-friendly energy management (including flooring and roofing) and reusable energy suppliers. Encouragement of sustainable travel (adequate bike storage, wash facilities etc).

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Our office reported to a Board of Trustees and was responsible for planning and executing quarterly board meetings and eventually group informational meetings with corporate CEOs to educate them on a major development campaign the university was embarking on. Audio-Visual and IT Support . I think you get the idea.

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Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 17, 2017

Luckily, there’s plenty of information out there. Instead of traveling to a meeting, simply hold a video conference online. This will eliminate the emissions from the fuel used to travel. It will save the company travel expenses and save employees time as well. If not, consider switching to a more eco-conscious supplier.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 14, 2014

All you have to do is book a car to Heathrow Airport, organise transfers on arrival at the foreign destination and then make sure that all your travellers get to every meeting in their jam-packed itinerary without a hitch. Choose the best supplier for your needs. How many people are travelling? Will there be a lot of luggage?

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 3, 2014

If you haven’t been before, it is a fantastic exhibition for PAs, EAs, VAs, Office Managers and Administrators, which brings together lots of great training and really relevant suppliers for office professionals. CTI are one of the 15 top travel management companies in the UK. CTI Roadshow Partners are: British Airways.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 6, 2017

If you have a great supplier that you can share with your network or any advice, training suggestions or something that you have implemented that works sharing this knowledge don’t hold back from sharing the information. If someone in your network asks for help and you can help – do! They knew all kinds of stuff!

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I spent a lot of time researching great venues, restaurants, hotels and suppliers and I really enjoyed it. Try to automat as much information as you can. Luckily for us we don’t have to remember everything we read so find somewhere to store the information you receive. Great websites.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 7, 2017

I also organise his business travel. Of course, I ensure that he has the correct information and all the relevant documents for his meetings. Since my boss travels a lot, I take care of his travel expenses and supplier invoices. I make sure that the whole day flows well.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Another way we can ensure our managers stay focused is to take control of certain tasks that they should really have no involvement with (or should just been informed as and when they need to be). Assistants should also deal with all inbound communications, organise and decide which information the executive should be made aware of.

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All Things Admin

AUGUST 17, 2022

I use OneNote for virtually everything – from procedures to travel planning to the way I manage my projects and speaking events. Color helps us improve comprehension, process information quicker, and retain it longer. Color coding can be applied to notebooks, sections (or tabs of information), pages, and tags. Training – Yellow.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 24, 2016

So together we came up with the concept of creating a place where PAs could share information with each other, and more to the point understand instantly the requirements – PA to PA recommendations. It has taken over a year and been through many stages but we are delighted to be launching www.PA-Insiders.com

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 26, 2014

If your organisation uses a corporate travel agent you might be contractually obliged to use their services for overseas travel but not necessarily for hotels in or near your office. With the newfound information you have gathered from the other assistants take your number of nights to a few hotels in your area.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Customers using the social media platforms are able to access company information and updates quickly, and in a friendly, personal field. And speaking of ecology, small businesses can decrease their costs by cutting unnecessary measures such as packaging, travel and energy. It’s a good idea to cut ties to bad suppliers too.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 28, 2015

You should also work out how much business related travelling takes place in your establishment. If you source your stock from abroad for example, you should be ready to consider sourcing closer to home or only patronising fair-trade suppliers. In place of physical servers, information will be stored remotely in the cloud.

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. Liaising with staff, suppliers and clients will be a regular duty, and there will often be a need to chair meetings and allocate leadership roles among the staff.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 21, 2016

For more information and to book your place please visit the Assist Conference website or you can register here. It is packed full of thought-provoking, relevant and informative content which will help you future proof your career. I’m so happy to share the following updates with you! Assist Conference Programme.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 25, 2014

PA Life magazine is published six times a year and includes a mixture of lifestyle features, updates on suppliers, industry news and articles on how to improve professional skills. Rich with information about all elements of wine from growing the grape vines, to decanting and pouring, they are here to help you learn and enjoy.?From

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 22, 2013

During my hotel accommodation project I used the define phase to focus solely on hotel accommodation and not travel costs or any other types of costs related to my department. To reduce the costs of our hotel expenditure I asked everyone to book accommodation through one supplier.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

There was less sharing of information, silos in place and limited collaboration. Over time I managed to add several hotels to our Globally Approved Travel Program, which enabled all global staff to benefit from discounted rates and also obtained supplier discounts for our intranet company benefits portal.

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Small Business CEO

JULY 19, 2013

Relationships with suppliers and vendors should, like customer relations, be a priority. Mistakes and duplication errors are bound to occur when information is delegated separately and processed by several finance officers in various spreadsheets. Making and tracking purchase and/or travel requests. Managing invoices.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Ajith Said on June 27th, 2008 at 5:17 pm For business travellers, staying in a hotel can be one of the most costly and tiresome aspects of being on the road. Bangalore, more known as the silicon valley rather than the Garden city has witnessed an overwhelming number of business travelers as compared to leisure travelers.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 6, 2013

In this venture, your greatest ally is an independent Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) with auditing experience, product knowledge and experience with relevant manufacturing processes. While this does mean a lot of traveling on your part, building such a relationship automatically puts you in the know if there’s a crisis.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. notes about work (travel arrangements and preferences for my charges, “rules” I have for each of them, team notes, etc.). It is brilliant! Amy : I am a OneNote advocate! I have everything in my OneNote.

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Denise Aday

APRIL 30, 2010

People need and will pay for knowledge and information. We don’t value and respect our own time and work. We’re not going to be six-figure earners working hourly. What’s got to sink in for me: I have specialized knowledge. We like the convenience of packaged goods and services in our own lives. Our clients will too.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

Scudamore believes his philosophy so much that he has invited another competitor, Jason Mohr who runs Any Junk in London, to come visit their offices in Vancouver and even offered to pay half of his traveling costs! Scudamore recommends leading by “sharing information first” because this establishes a basis for trust. It makes sense.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

In 1999 I was still office based, traveled from one of our offices around the world to the next and was rarely home. If you run your own business, you will need to be more informed and more involved. Acai Berry Information Said on March 23rd, 2009 at 6:44 pm I like your post because its really true. What do you think?

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 16, 2008

Today I travel around the world and speak with all kinds of people about micro-business, like home-business. Thanks for sharing the information. While nobody says these things anymore in public, we still seem to have the same mentality. Abi Hari Said on November 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm It is a nice article. I agree with your points.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

You might find a PDA a tad too 'stale' in the way information is presented. For example, if all you need is a place to store contact information and keep your calendar, that is much different than a system that can prompt you for different types of follow up, keep templates, etc. Are you methodical and a logical thinker?

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