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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. She is living it up.

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Career development for Assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them

Practically Perfect PA

Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops on career development for assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them. Ask your manager for any training suggestions they may have, and request training opportunities.

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Microsoft Powerpoint: The Bumblebee's 3 most useful PPT add-ins

BioTeams

Here I share my 3 most useful Powerpoint add-ins - Acoolsoft PPT to Video, iSpring and PPT2HTML. Like excel add-ins once you install them they become available within the powerpoint menus. What's neat is that PPT to Video also manages to preserve your animations and transition effects from your original PowerPoint presentation.

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How Well Do You Manage Your Social Media Content Assets?

Stephanie LH Calahan

I give a lot of keynotes and workshops around the nation.  Really great podcasts can be set to powerpoints and be turned into videos for YouTube. My blogging editor is actually also my major manager of all of the re-purposing. "Productive Communication & Marketing : How to Manage All of Those Links!

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Choosing Administrative Training That’s Right for You

Office Dynamics

I see some offer a one-day workshop with no frills and title it a conference. There may be some half-day workshops, but not too many. Live Training Event (such as a workshop, seminar, or certification course). Video or PowerPoint Presentation? For those of us in the training/adult learning industry, there is a difference.

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Your Case for Training: Adult Learning Retention Statistics

Office Dynamics

For 25 years I have been teaching live workshops, seminars and training programs for executive and administrative assistants. So if you have the opportunity to attend live seminars, workshops, training or administrative conferences, do it! You need to read your handouts and PowerPoint slides after you attend the webinar.

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Launching Lessons Learned Interview: Cena Block

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Cena presents signature workshops and privately coaches professional women in transition and moms-on-pause who struggle manage their time, systems, and spaces while juggling all the pieces for their busy. I used a free teleseminar to promote my 5-week Group Coaching Program: AWAKE: Manage Your Time To Love Your Life!