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Find More Success at Networking Events by Setting Goals

Jen Lawrence

Sign up for another networking event… and the cycle starts over. You may find it helpful to have the agenda at hand so you can align your goals with specific speakers, workshops, or other attendees. . A word of caution – be wary of quantifiable goals such as “get business cards from 10 potential customers.”

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

The reason why is summed up perfectly by one of my favorite quotes from Joan Burge, founder, and CEO of Office Dynamics, Inc. Course agendas and certificates from continuing education. Joining LinkedIn is free – just sign up for an account and create your profile. Personal Business Cards. Protect Your Admin Career.

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Make No Mistakes With Meeting Request Attachments in Outlook 2007

Professional Assistant Blog

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. To do this, open up your scheduled meeting in the calendar that you are using and click on “Forward as iCalendar&#.

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Arizona Virtual Assistants Retreat

Loosely Speaking

We’ll post the names of the companies offering these goodies and they are firmed up. Branding Iron Designs —Discounted business card and brochure printing, including complimentary design! This needs to be written up for IVAACast, too. Thanks to companies and organizations who have offered giveaways for our event!

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files?

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I think Tasks is one of Outlooks best-kept secrets, but it shouldnt be and is a great way to follow up on items. If I send an email to a co-worker requesting information, I immediately drag it from my Sent items to my Tasks, set a reminder to follow up and write in the Subject line "Did I get this information". 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Does it matter if we go to office party?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Have an agenda of things you would like to speak about and people you want to talk to. If your spouse is unemployed it becomes even more important for them to go and bring business cards. I wouldn't suggest being aggressive about it, but since it is a work party, inevitably talk about work will come up.

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