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2019 Joan Burge Innovation Award for Assistants

Office Dynamics

As trailblazers in the administrative training industry, Office Dynamics wanted to celebrate outstanding ideas birthed by administrative and executive assistants. Other ideas presented included: An executive’s travel binder. Therefore, I created the Joan Burge Innovation Award in 2019.

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). THE BROCHURE PROMOTING AN administrative training pro­gram said, We will never make you do anything you don’t want to do. I was a secretary working at the corporate office in Cleveland and Dave reported to my boss. Oh heavens, I thought!

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Administrative Assistant vs. Executive Assistant: What’s the Difference?

Eat Your Career

For example: Legal Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Project Coordinator, Program Administrator, Training Coordinator, Event Coordinator, etc. All of these roles still fall under the Administrative Assistant category, but each role includes duties specific to the business function.