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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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In 2004, she published her seminal book, Designing Sociable Robots , which presented her vision for social robots of the future. Chronic loneliness is a huge issue in this country; these are areas where the need for skilled professional services is far outpacing our ability to train professionals to meet these demands,” Breazeal says.

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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

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After 18 years of award-winning success in the corporate space, working as a sales leader for Fortune 500 companies across three different industries, Maria brings her unparalleled combination of experience to her proprietary process and interactive trainings, helping companies understand the science and benefits of goal-setting for their employees.

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Ep 207: Deedee Benyi on Understanding the Business and Supporting Multiple Executives

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In this episode, Deedee talks about how to understand the business so you can better support your executive team, supporting multiple executives, creating a professional and personal brand, as well as championing the collective administrative professional brand. Watch the short, animated #AssistantsLEAD video mentioned in this episode.

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Protect Yourself with an Online-Appropriate Resume!

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When you physically hand your resume to a potential employer, the understanding is that they (and their hiring team) are the only ones who will see it. Corporate Law Paralegal 2: February 2004 – April 2006 . Corporate Law Paralegal 1: March 1998 – February 2004. Once something is on the internet, it’s there for good.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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A 2020 study by WerkLabs that looked at the effect of having colleagues who are also mothers found that “[two out of three] female employees with mom managers agree that their manager enhances overall team productivity” and 81% of mom managers “are rated favorably for encouraging collaboration among teams.”

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

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” Low-Kramen left that role in 2011 to create her own company , which specializes in training would-be celebrity personal assistants, as well as write books and give speeches on what VIP life was like IRL. “The biggest challenge when I started years ago in this role was that there was no training,” she said.

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Managing the growth of your VA practice

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build a virtual team b. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. In talking with veterans in the industry, most eventually remodel their business plan taking it in one of the following directions, all of which take them out of personally providing day-to-day direct services: a. sub out the work c. Loose Ends.