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3 Things To Do This Month for Your Career

On The Job

Touch base with your network. There also are usually a lot of fall workshops and seminars in various industries -- make a commitment to attend at least one so you can expand your network or connect with those in your industry. Ask for recommendations from your network. You should: 1. Read at least one career-focused book.

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Choosing the Best Administrative Assistant or Executive Assistant Conference

Office Dynamics

To network and meet new people Learn best practices from administrative peers Learn best practices from subject matter experts Do your research. The flow of the agenda – is there time for networking? Inquire about the quality of the workshop materials? That is because our intent is to develop assistants for what is to come!

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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. Look out for and take advantage of networking events and skills development wherever possible.

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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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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. Conferences are great if you want to network with a lot of different people, and hear many different speakers. Live Training Event (such as a workshop, seminar, or certification course).

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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. "Business Networking - How to Grow Your Online #Networking Into Real Relationships #smmanners" ». "Productive I believe in working smart not hard!

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Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress

Professional Assistant Blog

If you are on a training course via your computer (WebEx) and listening in to the presenter, you want your full attention on the seminar or workshop that you are attending at your cubicle. Its inevitable, but its part of your job description. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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