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3 Things To Do This Month for Your Career

On The Job

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. It's a great time to say "I hope you've enjoyed your summer!" to some of your LinkedIn contacts and then just sort of catch up. "Is

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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 the Best Administrative Assistant or Executive Assistant Conference

Office Dynamics

Inquire about the quality of the workshop materials? So attendees have to take a bunch of photos of the PowerPoint slides as the speaker presents. Of course, the content should always be the most important but when you are comparing one seminar to another and can only attend one, you need to consider these other aspects.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

She attended many of our live workshops and assembled a powerful career portfolio. Several former assistants at Ernst & Young say they had an inkling their roles might be in jeopardy when the firm required them to pass a series of tests on PowerPoint and Excel. Being an excellent assistant is not just about PowerPoint and Excel.

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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.

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4 Ways To Send The Elevator Back Down & Why It Matters To Keep Doing It by Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

What kind of class or workshop are you interested in taking? Offer them an opportunity to work on a project that will highlight their PowerPoint design skills or event planning abilities. Your work is getting better and better. Is there anything you particularly are eager to focus on? There is a training budget allotted for your role.

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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.