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Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

Be Mindful of Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns All new technology runs the risk of opening us up to new privacy and confidentiality concerns. This includes personal identification information (like phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, etc.) All too often, we end up working on autopilot.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

They are used to managing their own e-mail, making their own travel arrangements, and setting up their own appointments. Many new executives who have never had an assistant before have a picture in their mind of someone who answers the phone, types, and files. If they need a database, they create one themselves.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

They are used to managing their own e-mail, making their own travel arrangements, and setting up their own appointments. Many new executives who have never had an assistant before have a picture in their mind of someone who answers the phone, types, and files. If they need a database, they create one themselves.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool.

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. If it is a planned time off then you can meet with your buddy and give them any instructions or information they will need to handle in your absence and any contact names and numbers. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Does your boss ever organize a meeting behind your back? He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. Posted by Patricia Robb at 9:52 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , Arranging meetings , professional assistant Reactions: 3comments: Jodith said.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.