Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

As an administrative professional, you need to be productive and organized wherever you go. Travel Planning Apps: Whether you’re the one traveling, or simply attempting to get your executive from point A to point B, travel planning apps can be a life saver. What are your favorite productivity and organization apps?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Planning travel for others is no simple matter and administrative professionals know this better than anyone else! Each traveler has personal preferences and unique quirks that make travel planning a true art form. However, travel is full of unpredictable changes. Try to book the traveler in their preferred hotel chain.

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Success

OCTOBER 11, 2023

He calls the watch his ecosystem, since it connects to his phone, home, computer and more. Business owners might enjoy alerts related to order updates, assigning and accepting urgent tasks and talking on the fly without having to look for your phone, such as during hectic travel.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. And we have to keep our executives organized, too. With so much to keep in order, it’s easy to neglect one vitally important area that requires a great deal of organization: our careers.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 11, 2016

So, according to recent studies, the amount organizations spend on business travel is increasing year on year. This means that the amount of time assistants spends organising business travel is only going to grow. Organising business travel is changing… Are you? Bleisure Travel. New Travel Destinations.

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Productivityist

APRIL 26, 2021

If you are like most business persons, you are usually on the road, and with the world working on a full-time basis, there is no excuse to disconnect those several hours you are traveling. In fact, traveling has now become the best time to catch up on your work. Let people know you are traveling. Make plans. Get enough sleep.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 6, 2011

Anyone that travels frequently knows that a well organized set of travel documents makes the trip much less stressful.    Some that I made myself and some that were pre-manufactured for travel. When you purchase a travel organizer package from Smead, you get 2 different organizers. 

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Success

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A phone call may better suit you. Sometimes, a phone call or even a text message better suits you, and both Talkspace and BetterHelp meet these often-changing needs and preferences. Also, your own time and travel expenses factor in. In fact, businesses and other organizations have come on board, particularly since the pandemic.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

All this information is waiting in the palm of your hand and it has the power to make travel for yourself or your leader so much easier! Best Apps for Travel Recommended by Assistants. Whether you travel often or your executive does these apps will make your lives much easier by increasing your productivity and ease your travel woes.

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Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

On the day of her book launch for I Suck at Relationships So You Don’t Have To and the season seven premiere of RHONY , Frankel’s schedule started off with getting hair and makeup done for an on-camera interview, followed by a phone interview. This was a light day for me because it was also a travel day!” What are you worst at?

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 10, 2016

Organization skills is the one thing most successful business owners have in common. Without the ability to organize your work and your resources, you could be twisting in the wind in no time. Fortunately, there are at least 9 ways to improve your organization skills without too much effort on your part. Organize your workplace.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Are you someone who does a lot of traveling for business purposes? Luckily for you, we have a few suggestions (five to be exact) that can help you to greenify your business travel and, hopefully, help you to distress a bit in the process too: Travel less. Buy organic. You can store it all in your phone or your computer.

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Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

” The main contributors to carbon footprint for onsite and hybrid workers, according to the study, are travel and office energy use. Notable findings and observations include: Non-commute travel, such as trips to social and recreational activities, becomes more significant as the number of remote workdays increases.

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Allwork

JUNE 9, 2023

Allowing the office environment to be able to change at a moment’s notice, from adjusting the color of a phone booth from orange to blue for relaxed, focused work to turning up the heat to make a room more comfortable, is a simple adaptation that is super helpful for getting employees back to the office as they’re able to do this in their own homes.

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Success

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It’s an invaluable tool that helps leaders organize their thoughts and create genuine, human connections with their audiences. Once I realized that travel made my brain dump sessions easier, my team helped me organize my writing around my flight schedule. They need a bit of prodding and an environment where they can flow.

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Success

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I can hear my client’s breath on the phone, and it feels like the sliding door of an elevator opening—that moment when you aren’t sure whether you’ll be alone on a seconds-long ride of life—when she exhales and says, “I’m not very good with dates and times. And the exact time didn’t matter anymore, because time was traveling.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 25, 2012

As you read this I’m packing my suitcase to head off on my travels again. This time I’m off to Orlando for a couple of days in my role as Associate Consultant for Suzanne Evans’ 10K Club … the first of many travel excursions this year, I’m sure!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel! I have observed hundreds of assistants travel and heard numerous stories about their travel experiences both while in transit to Las Vegas and during their stay in Las Vegas. It is for this very reason that I had Nancy Fraze, an Office Dynamics journalist, write, a list of Travel Tips.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

You were going to get organized. So, set your phone timer for 15-30 minutes. Ignore your emails and texts and phone calls. Employees have to act as their own office managers, travel agents, tech gurus, communications strategists, marketing analysts and a host of other things that used to be divvied among other people.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Use A Phone Call Log! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Click on any of theself-evaluator tools below and receive your results online immediately!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel! I have observed hundreds of assistants travel and heard numerous stories about their travel experiences both while in transit to Las Vegas and during their stay in Las Vegas. It is for this very reason that I had Nancy Fraze, an Office Dynamics journalist, write, a list of Travel Tips.

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Success

JUNE 19, 2023

Taking time away from work is also essential to mental health and wellness, something that VAs have helped with at East End Taste , a Hamptons-based online publication covering food and sustainable travel. Their answers can be revealing. Gordon says the payoff has been well worth the investment.

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Success

MARCH 13, 2023

Staying organized can help you find specific items quickly and easily. But the IRS has many rules about when and how you qualify for a deduction. Keeping accounts separate might also help protect your personal assets if your business is sued or dissolved.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 19, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building Habits Habitforge Another Tool for Creating Habits :: [link] -- Professional Organizer, Janine Adams, shares her experience using habitforge -- an online habit building tool.     Have you written any great articles on organizing and productivity? 

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally? Then you just enter the phone or fax number in the third section. 4comments for this post Regina Thanks for posting the "trying to phone/fax internationally" issue. I found a great website called Time and Date.com. You have yourself the dialing instructions.

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Success

JULY 29, 2022

Virtual events also saw a rise in popularity, as they allowed audiences to attend without paying for travel or worrying about exposure to COVID-19. Although friends often understand gaps in communication, when receiving messages from employers and managers, even after hours, it’s often more difficult to stay away from the phone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 24, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! It Could Be Gone Faster Thank You Think - Ours Almost Was » The Great Organizing Giveaway is Here! The new year is a great time to think of ways that you can improve your life -- Getting Organized always lands in the top 10 lists of New Year Resolutions. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 12, 2010

When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011.  Studies have linked cell phone radiation to health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure, brain tumors, cancer, Alzheimer's, and more.

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In order to understand which PBX phone system will best suit your business’s needs, you should understand what a PBX system actually is. The system exchanges and connects multiple phone calls from one user to another or from one department to another (“for Human Resources press 1…” etc) in a company or organization.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie on Edge of Change - Interview with the Experts #Productivity #Organization | Main | My Theme for 2011: Decisive Productive Action » Listen Stephanie Talks About #Organizing Myths on the Active Christian Media Show You are invited!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Organize With Social Bookmarking! By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? You can also use these services to organize yourself by adding "tags" or keywords to the articles that youve saved.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Little Things Really Can Make a Big Impact » Check Out This Great Resource for Organizing Tips and Products (and maybe win some stuff too) Today's post is short since you received 2 earlier this week! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! We May Not Have Heard From You » Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup There is some fantastic content out on the web and I often have clients and readers ask me what I have found.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » Top 9 Mistaken Organizing Statements There are a number of statements that I have heard people say over the years with regard to their organizing projects.  " If you are struggling to find time, then you have an even bigger need to get organized! 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Overwhelm Busters (my buddies share their best again) » Getting Organized Helped Me Find Health and Lose 65+ Pounds  A few weeks ago my colleague Janice Simon and I were chatting on Twitter about some of the changes that I have put into place in the last 1.5 years or so. 

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