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Dana’s Administrative Professional Advice – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

From Ernan: When we created Ask an Admin we had hopes that we’d get questions from administrative professionals having trouble finding answers to their problems. We also hoped that we’d get answers from administrative assistants and executive assistants that wanted to help.

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Professional. Administrative Professional.

Office Dynamics

After a full day of managing an agenda, his comment caught me completely off guard. Did he say it because I was an administrator, or because I was female? The remark wasn’t directed at another attorney, just the lone female administrative professional seated at that table. No one said anything. I wasn’t sure.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Every office needs different systems to run smoothly, but most administrative professionals will require most or all of the systems in this core group: Time and task management. Project management. Determine the agenda and who is presenting. Create the meeting agenda for the department head’s approval.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

To avoid that kind of unnecessary stress, it’s important to properly manage and track your continuing education requirements. For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. As long as these things pertain to topics relevant to project management, they can qualify within specified limits.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Here’s a glimpse into our comprehensive onboarding agenda: Introduction to Team Dynamics Schedule regular daily huddles in the initial weeks, adjusting to fewer meetings as the new hire becomes more integrated.

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Simplify Daily Tasks with Technology

Office Dynamics

One of my favorite aspects of attending a professional development conference is the opportunity to connect with other administrative professionals to share processes, tips, best practices and learn how they simplify daily tasks with technology. It is an impressive team project management tool. Another person used Sli.do

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

The first time I became involved in planning meetings was in my role as an office manager/prospect donor researcher in the Grants and Development Office of a state university. I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do.

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