Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Administrative Assistants have a list of things they specialize in including business writing, proofreading, minute taking, meeting planning, travel agent, desktop publishing, editing, public relations and client liaison to name a few. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

As wonderful as online learning can be, going to a live conference or seminar with other assistants is something that you should try to do a few times a year. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Dealing in real time.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Internal e-mails amongst co-workers should have a business tone to it as well, although less formal. I also learned at a "Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook" seminar that we should not use e-mails as urgent requests. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? This little tip has been a huge time-saver for me.

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