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APRIL 27, 2016

Whether there are two administrative professionals in your office or 200, joining forces with your administrative peers will contribute to greater success for your organization. When administrative professionals work together, there is less duplication, resulting in savings to the company and increased profitability.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 24, 2015

Whether there are two administrative professionals in your office or 200, joining forces with your administrative peers will contribute to greater success for your organization. When administrative professionals work together, there is less duplication, resulting in savings to the company and increased profitability.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2013

But before I get into that, I want to say Happy Administrative Professionals Week to all the fantastic men and women who call this their Career of Choice! Often when you work for someone else (another company), you can’t choose how much money you can make or you could be locked into a salary range.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. On that note, It is hard to believe we are getting close to Administrative Professionals Day which is on April 22 nd. or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 10, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:24 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , E-mail chaos , E-Mail Management , making sense out of e-mail Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. It is so nice to see my Inbox on empty.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The cards are all made with recycled paper and you can even include a gift if you like and this company will send it off for you. It is an American based company and I am in Canada, but the cards I sent were all received within a week. To send to clients of your company. What a convenient way to send cards. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 8:41 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , gut alert , gut feeling , intuition Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Lesson learned and will now put me on high gut alert. 23, 1 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 8:52 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , dates , fixed time , real time Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Are you vague or exact? 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

Below are some things that I have found helpful to build my network: Join a professional association such as the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me. 23, 1 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

Lynn was in good company as some notable winners of the 2010 Stevie® Awards included: - Executive of the Year: Lawrence J. Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle - Best Overall Company of the Year: Apple Inc. Morgan Chase & Co. Lynn has worked at HPTI for 8 ½ years and was thrilled to be recognized at this level.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:28 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , Atlanta , Atlanta Aquarium , High Museum of Art , Life Summit , OfficeArrow Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. I can hardly wait.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

We need to be assertive and show our bosses how much better they can function if the administrative jobs are taken care of by us. Posted by Patricia Robb at 2:34 PM Labels: 30 years of service , Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , professional service , quality service Reactions: 2comments: Jodith said.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:49 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , eating healthy , healthy snacks Reactions: 1 comments: lisacozz said. My company has a cafeteria which is also very dangerous to the waist line. I know I am going to change my habits. I agree with all these.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:14 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , courtesy , reminders , waiting Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Put it in your Outlook Tasks with a reminder to follow up.

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MAY 16, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 9:54 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , booking meetings , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

Patricia Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:20 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , being funny , comedian Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:45 PM Labels: adminisrative assistant , administrative professional , being organized , being prepared Reactions: 1 comments: Anonymoussaid. Now, I dont even think about it, I just know what is in my folder because I organize it the same way each time. Yep, makes my life much easier. Great article!

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JULY 20, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 10:06 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , how we look to others? A resource like this is great for anyone that either works in the administrative field or wants to. I am also going to have a complete makeover, but thats another story. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

So why do companies continue to do it? Fax Blasts I remember someone from my IAAP Chapter asked me to fax the notice of our Chapter dinner to a list of about 60 companies to promote it. To me this shows me the company has not done their homework on updating their contacts and are not considering the environment. In anyone home

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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MARCH 1, 2009

Patricia Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:22 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , my favourites , useful links , useful sites Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:27 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , enjoying work , liking what you do Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 10:19 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , encouragement , I think I can , low self esteem , self confidence Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. I think I can, I think I can.&#

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

► June (3) ► May (7) ▼ April (4) New Hire Overload Happy Administrative Professionals' Day! I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

When I looked on Google different companies were calling it different things, but PowerPoint Remote or Presentation Remote does help. After reading the article on the "remote clicker", which is what I used to call it, I asked John in the cubicle beside me. We looked in a catalogue and found it. It's called a Presentation Remote.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 11:50 AM Labels: acronyms at work , Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , initialisms , initials Reactions: 1 comments: Anonymoussaid. It will make life easier on the receiving end as the end goal of speaking and writing is still to be understood by our audience. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 5:58 PM Labels: administrative assisstant , Administrative professionals , boredom at work , Secretary Reactions: 3comments: Anonymoussaid. The company I work for has a great attitude toward staff professional development and hiring from within for open positions or new position needs.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 7:33 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , fashion counts , what you wear to the office Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 24 February, 2009 Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work? What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 11:18 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , Arranging meetings , keeping meetings organized Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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DECEMBER 12, 2008

Big companies are going down the tubes, people are losing their jobs and all of us are wondering what the future holds for us and is there hope that we will keep our job? Networking within your own company is a great way to keep your current job or secure a future one. The world economy seems to be having a melt down. Be thankful.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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