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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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These interactions helped Abbott to notice and attune to her environment. In her new school, Abbott enrolled in a class at Falmouth High School called “Cape Cod Environment” that focused on horticulture, forestry, landscaping and geomorphology. “It While exploring the natural habitats, her aunts would identify vegetation and animals.

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve been an EA for quite some time now, in fact I started working in 2003 so it has been a decade. I worked hard at that job and was rewarded with a promotion to Account Manager in 2006, yay! From PA it was a hop and a skip to an EA which I have been for quite some time but am also now a Marketing Manager too.

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Presidential Environmental Track Record and Positions 2012

Eco-Office Gals

Just because the environment is getting short shrift this election season due to our nation’s lingering economic woes doesn’t mean that candidates Obama and Romney can ignore the issue. also supported a 2003 northeastern states agreement to reduce carbon emissions from power plants via a regional cap-and-trade emissions reduction plan.

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators

Practically Perfect PA

After finishing university in 2003 I was lucky because there were plenty of jobs available in London. I worked at the ICAEW for 3 and a half years and in that time was promoted to an Account Manager where I looked after 12 Committees and supervised one administrator. However, this just isn’t the case anymore. What are your strengths?

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Where is everybody? Setting up an office vacation calendar

Laughing all the Way to Work

It is important for management to know who is going to be away from the office, especially during the summer when everyone is planning vacation time. But it is also important for assistants to know who is in or you may find yourself being the only assistant in the office with six managers all scrambling and needing something done urgently.

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Pauline Roussel CEO at Coworkies and Co-author of “Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces” | Driving Collaboration: How Coworking Spaces Foster Connections in Work Communities

Allwork

With years of experience running a coworking space in Berlin and extensive research and travel to over 500 coworking spaces across 50 cities, Pauline has gained deep insights into the uniqueness, importance, and impact of collaborative work environments on people and communities.

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The ups and downs of working from home

Practically Perfect PA

I mentioned that I spent a lot of time working from home so I thought I would delve a little more into what I actually do at home and some of the myths that assistants might have about working remotely from their manager. I also work remotely from my manager which brings it own draw backs but is also brilliant.

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