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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. The next morning, I realized I was still processing his comment. Did he say it because I was an administrator, or because I was female? James Bond” it seems I should preface myself by saying, “Professional. No one said anything.

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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. Determine the agenda and who is presenting. Create the meeting agenda for the department head’s approval. Look for logical breaks in the process.

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How to Share Your Procedures With Your Team

All Things Admin

Make improving and updating your procedures an agenda item at every staff meeting. This is a strategic way to make process improvement an ongoing project. There’s no such thing as a perfect implementation process. Procedures are also a huge help during an employee’s first day, week, and month.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

The process for ordering office supplies and setting up the conference room for meetings was different. When you integrate sharing – and creating – procedures into your onboarding process, it helps ensure a smooth transition for your new team members.

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

Office Dynamics

I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do. It’s a full-time job and then some and for the administrative professional who is asked to plan a meeting over and above (or even as part of) their normal day-to-day responsibilities.

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

Eat Your Career

Why CEUs Matter CEUs are a really important part of the certification process. In my view, it’s what makes professional certifications so powerful. For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. If you’re not sure how to do that, keep watching.

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