Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Power Up Your PowerPoint With Templates! Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 4comments for this post Feng Liang I stumbled upon this corporate presentation template at Cone Trees that I can actually use for my work, it wasnt cheesy types that usually come up in the search, so it thought id share :D.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The Most Productive Lunch - Weigh in Your Thoughts » Mon Motivation - Build up your courage to take action!   Build up your courage!  Comments Mon Motivation - Build up your courage to take action!   Build up your courage!  Work With Stephanie « So, How Are Your Resolutions Going?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? All e-mail distribution lists are bolded.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Beyond that expense you’ll also save money on not buying printers, copiers, fax machines (and fax lines) and a boatload of toner. At the same time, PEW Research reports that tablet ownership jumped from 3% of the population in 2010 to 34% by May 2013. Some companies set up elaborate internal servers on site.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  Read on to learn how to clean up your Facebook stream -- getting rid of the games, while still seeing the funny/engaging things your friends talk about. Clearing up your Facebook stream is quite simple.   The hide command will pick up everyone playing that particular game and hid the game activity.   2. . 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

So what I'd like to share with you today are my top 5 steps to setting up your core office organization systems. When setting up your filing system it's important that you design a system that fits YOUR style. CREATE a PC and file back up system. and that's your managing. CREATE your paper-based filing system.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Work From Home India Posted on 19 March, 2010 10:04 PM Office Assistant i knew that's great while using this , i am also a office assistant and i use most of all features of ms word. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. To do this, open up your scheduled meeting in the calendar that you are using and click on “Forward as iCalendar&#. I'm going to try this.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. This will show up in red, since I know I have to get to this one first, before I can even touch any other one. Then I have my faxes set up as green. Now you have a new prioritization system set up.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | Main | Tips to Go Almost Paperless » Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers There are a number of simple things that you can tweak to give you loads of extra time in your day, week, month and even year. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

Do you follow particular religious holidays, but arent showing up in your calendar? In this case, I dont have to worry about taking extra days off, since I dont really follow the religious holidays that I was brought up with, which in turn, are part of the regular holidays that come up each year.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 I originally wrote a post on this entitled " Travel Plans " explaining that you can use Travelocity and Expedia to find the best deals.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

You actually end up thinking that you are working harder, yet you are reducing your productivity by about 30%. Thats quite a bit of work that you could be catching up on throughout your day, each and every day. Then I would open up the applications associated with the next task. Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Your colleague or boss calls or comes up to you exactly 2 minutes later and asks if youve read it. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 You think to yourself, "What?!? Is this person crazy?!?" Has this ever happened to you?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Do you have trouble using the text box feature to place anchored text where you prefer, so that it shows up in a particular area of the page? I’ve searched Google and they say to use the drawing tool. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. I can’t seem to find that either!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Are you being bombarded with people walking up to your cubicle and dont have the decency to see that you are busy? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Now put yourself in that persons shoes.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool. Set up the preferences for yourself for one hour and click start. Set up the preferences for yourself for one hour and click start. When the hour has passed, a pop up window will show telling you that your time is up. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

They forget to do their own flight check-in and dont have time, so they call you up and ask you to do it. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip. You scratch your head and wonder how this can be done.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, February 21, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re walking around the office and someone comes up to you, asking for a pen. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Home About Me Advertise Do You Have a Pen?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2008

There are some companies that, unfortunately, don’t allow for purchases such as stationary , fax machines , toner , etc. to be obtained from outside sources, other than the specified and approved vendors that have been set up. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business by Stefan Töpfer on Jun 30, 2010 Running a successful small business is a matter of controlling cash-flow. « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? Tools like Basecamp, WebEx, Skype, etc.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

You can find instructions to setting up this software here and the software download page here. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

In my weekly recap last Friday I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Then yesterday I came across a similar post , claiming that the pursuit of productivity has ended up out of control. Whatever happened to just getting on with it?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Recently, someone asked me how this is done. It’s actually quite simple.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. So next time you want to make a reservation via phone, hang it up and try OpenTable.com instead! Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 23, 2008

Do you already have a table set up in Microsoft Word, but dont want to copy to Microsoft Excel and back again, just to sort it? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 One of my colleagues came to me and asked about this very question.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 15, 2009

  I wanted to give you a little heads up about some short-term changes for my blog.    I hope that you have a wonderful remainder of 2009 and a fabulous entry into 2010!   I wanted to give you a little heads up about some short-term changes for my blog.  | Main | AboutOne is About YOU!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

You can post up to 80 different job sites, such as Workopolis , Monster , CareerBuilder and many more, just with one submission. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Do you worry about your current employer finding out that you are looking for a new job?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? There are two ways of backing up your e-mails. Are you familiar with this?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Click on Tools, Macro, Record New Macro… Type in the name of the macro and a description for it, so that others know what this is used for. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. All the deleted text should now show up automatically.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Clean up the Clutter on Your Facebook Newsfeed | Main | Mon.   2010 is the start of something new, something better.    Make a change to make 2010 your best year yet.   2010 is the start of something new, something better.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

You can sign up and use any or as many services as you wish. This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. Keep up the good posting! Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Great to hear that I am still helping people out.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. I’m told that most antivirus products are up-to-date and can deal with this virus. The most important piece of advice is to keep your antivirus software up-to-date. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Common Courtesy in the Workplace By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 10, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you always end up cleaning up after your colleagues? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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