Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 2, 2017

The keynote speakers – Heather, Mark, Rebecca and Jenny went down an absolute storm with brilliant sessions on NLP, LinkedIn, entrepreneurship and building confidence. We also had the wonderful Simone White speaking about her incredible journey setting up the internal network at BlackRock.

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Allwork

JUNE 19, 2023

There was years ago a firm called Allwork.Space, which was formed as a roll up of other independent centers, but they crashed and burned, unfortunately. WeWork was set up at a time of boom where there were billions and billions of dollars available for investment in anything that could claim to be a tech company.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. It also eases your bosss mind when they see you write it down, it gives them confidence it will be taken care of. I also use Tasks in Outlook to follow up on electronic items.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

By Joan Burge, Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International. Training budgets dissipated, opportunities dried up, and assistants had larger workloads without staffing backups. It would be easy to simply throw up one’s hands and say, “It’s okay to just survive!” Changing the Lives of Administrative Professionals Since 1990.

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Success

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In her 2018 TEDx Talk, VanCort argued that, “The tools of this [new feminist] revolution are women telling their truths, saying their opinions and demanding change through their words. So, the people who are around me are really lifting me up, not tearing me down, and I think that makes all the difference.” Raise Your Voice.

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Success

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Admittedly, I don’t find myself at bars filled with millennials often, but my little brother had recently had his heart crushed in a break-up and my sister and I were determined to help him get over it. He took my ID, glanced at it, looked back up, immediately did a double take and said: “Wow! And I get carded—for real. It’s all bull.

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Success

JULY 19, 2022

The founder of the Me Too movement is juggling press requests, international travel, and creating a safe and nurturing space for those of which the movement was founded. The reason why I open my mouth and speak up is my grandma. Growing up in this setting, Burke learned about the importance of community and service.

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