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8 Tools To Help Build An Efficient Asynchronous Workflow

Allwork

Slack boasts that using the app reduces emails by 32% and meetings by 27%, which could be a major benefit for teams looking to cut down on unproductive activities. Its primary purpose is to eliminate the back-and-forth emails typically required to find a suitable time for a meeting or event, and is often used by freelancers.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

Success

All bodies, races, genders, sexualities and a variety of abilities are present and revolving through our website, ads, emails and social media.”. The program generated over $240,000 to causes including eating disorder prevention, cancer advocacy and LGBTQ youth services since its start in 2014. An abrupt stop.

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Ep 227: David Karandish on Automation in the Workplace, Energy Management, and the Executive Assistant Partnership

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Capacity is a support automation platform that uses AI to deflect emails, calls, and tickets so internal and external support teams can spend more time doing their best work. He and his business partner Chris Sims started the parent company of Answers in 2006 and sold it to a private equity firm in 2014 for $960m.

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The One Thing That May Lead to Better Hires

On The Job

Specifically, the authors of the study -- Sameer Srivastava of the University of California, Berkeley, and Govin Manian and Christopher Potts of Stanford University -- used linguistic analysis to look at more than 10 million internal emails sent from a technology company from 2009 to 2014.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

Success

This is what we do: My husband monitors travel sites and email subscription services for super-cheap flights or error fares. And it makes sense: When you’re away from your daily to-do list and you know an auto-response is catching your emails, your perspective changes. Sometimes one of us travels for work and the other tags along.

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NEW: Certification in Your City! Mastering Exceptional Self-Leadership for Executive & Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

Joan and Jasmine of Office Dynamics International are hitting the road in 2014. Branding is not only about outer appearance; it also includes having a calm demeanor, upbeat attitude, being on time, or providing outstanding customer service to your internal and external clients. By Joan Burge. Certification is Optional.).

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A day in the life: Rebecca-Monique Williams, Adaptive Lab

Practically Perfect PA

I manage his schedule and monitor his emails, as well as help organise some of his travel, company events, and client dinners, occasional research, expenses and ad hoc tasks – all the general PA duties. So, in a way, I could look at 2014 as my career highlight for growth. What are the main aspects of your role?