All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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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All Things Admin

JANUARY 23, 2024

Send out a quick department-wide email or speak up in the next staff meeting to let people know where to find your procedures. 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. Start with a hands-on approach.

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 27, 2021

Instead of listening as others share their ideas, now we often read them in an email or other digital medium. For example, here’s a recent email exchange I had with a client. A lot of the time, a misinterpreted email is the result of a dropped word or misleading punctuation mark. The solution is simple: Proofread your emails.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 14, 2015

Between meetings, emails, projects, reports and presentations, you might not think there’s room left in your work schedule for much else besides, well, work. It might seem counter-intuitive to add yet another bullet point to your to-do list, but the benefits of exercise far outweigh the time it’ll take to reconfigure your daily agenda.

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If you’ve ever been frustrated during one of these meetings or walked away feeling that it could have been an email, or could have been shorter, then you’ve probably wished for a better way to conduct these meetings. You probably have plenty of other reasons to have meetings, including specific project updates.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Let’s say that you’re on the agenda of the next office meeting to give a brief rundown of a project you’ve been working on for several months. In fact, they’ve probably started checking emails and posting their favorite Halloween costumes for dogs on Pinterest. I’ve been meaning to give you an update of my project.

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Page Personnel

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It allows you to work with different companies, in varying industries; facing new challenges and projects at an accelerated pace as compared to permanent, full-time work. If you’re in a more dynamic job, such as a project manager, that can look very different, depending on what project you take on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 13, 2011

As admins we have different projects going on all the time, meetings scheduled with our bosses and other things that need reminders set or items brought forward. This is also useful when you meet with the Chair to create the agenda so you can be reminded of anything that needs to be put on it. I call it the CEO folder.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As a result, if the person who called the meeting hasn’t put out a clear agenda, or verbally told you what the purpose is, you need to contact him or her and ask. But for staff meetings, project update meetings, budget meetings, client review meetings, MOST MEETINGS… the primary purpose is communication.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As a result, if the person who called the meeting hasn’t put out a clear agenda, or verbally told you what the purpose is, you need to contact him or her and ask. But for staff meetings, project update meetings, budget meetings, client review meetings, MOST MEETINGS… the primary purpose is communication.

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Page Personnel

JULY 27, 2022

Related: 3 effective questions to guide your first 90-day agenda They are usually creatives with effective analytical, interpersonal, and decision-making skills, and a sound understanding of what it takes for a marketing department to achieve results. Get a free weekly update via email here and help kick start your career.

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Page Personnel

JULY 27, 2022

Related: 3 effective questions to guide your first 90-day agenda They are usually creatives with effective analytical, interpersonal, and decision-making skills, and a sound understanding of what it takes for a marketing department to achieve results. Get a free weekly update via email here and help kick start your career.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

I receive a lot of emails from admins who’ve lost their jobs unexpectedly. Project plans. Course agendas and certificates from continuing education. This most crucial part of your business cards is your contact information, such as your name, phone number, and email. She said, “Security doesn’t lie within a company.

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Productivity Bits

JULY 18, 2011

Most of us dream about having another hour every day; an hour in which we can sit down and relax, read a book, spend some time with our kids or complete a project we are postponing for months due to “ not having enough hours during the day ”. Instead, prioritize tasks that you need to clear from your agenda because they are more pressing.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 1, 2013

Getting to grips with calendar and email management. Helping with projects. Taking minutes, writing agendas and attending meetings. Meeting lots of senior people and acting accordingly. Remaining self motivated when working solo. Junior PA: Booking travel and hotels for colleagues . Establishing and maintaining filing systems.

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On The Job

JANUARY 18, 2013

I knew these people had their own agenda, and I should have been more aware. Interestingly, today's technology even may be responsible for new anxiety triggers: Bad news can be delivered any time through email or texts. Instead of saying, "I'm worried about this project," tell yourself "I'm excited about this project."

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

As the Personal Assistant to a quite renowned chef, my tasks might vary from the ones of a regular PA, like calendar and email management, to most specific tasks such as taking care of the journalists that come visit the restaurants and to interview Albert. Additionally, I take care of offsite events coordination.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

One of the challenges of creating administrative procedures is that many people feel overwhelmed by the project. However, thinking of procedures as one big project isn’t the right approach. If you want to make consistent progress on procedures documentation, you need to make it a habit, not a project.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

AUGUST 7, 2014

Trying to focus on a project while you’re being interrupted every 5 minutes is simply not going to get the job done. And I think it actually makes my clients feel more comfortable knowing that I’m not going to drop their work and their projects to answer a call from another client. Implement boundaries. So implement boundaries.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 18, 2015

You can not effectively assist them without being able to manage their schedule and review their emails. Write the first agenda for this meeting and make sure the first point of conversation is on the structure of your 1-2-1 meetings. This is nonnegotiable from your point of view. Schedule this in their diary straight away.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

I’ve only sent a handful of emails to the Productivityist team over the last year. Slack allows us to focus on using email for other areas of our work. If this was done via group email, it is easy to see how this could flood an email inbox with unnecessary information. It’s all because of Slack. Slack gives us that.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 1, 2015

I provide extensive diary management including global travel arrangements, compile reports, agendas and for Committee and Board meetings. I also act as the central point of contact for both Directors which might include meeting clients/suppliers, telephone liaison and managing emails whilst they are away.

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Virtual Moxie

JULY 22, 2013

You’re projecting out to a time in the future where the reality in your head is that you’ve told him you don’t do what he wants done, he’s rejected you for it, and your life is somehow lessened as a result. And the second you realize it, you’ll break the spell that the projection has over you. I’ve already added it to our agenda.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JULY 18, 2013

Trying to focus on a project while you’re being interrupted every 5 minutes is simply not going to get the job done. And I think it actually makes my clients feel more comfortable knowing that I’m not going to drop their work and their projects to answer a call from another client. Implement boundaries. So implement boundaries.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

This could be the personal project you’ve been planning for months that couldn’t find itself close to realization or an uncompleted work wanting for some attention. The collaboration functionalities make this tool a great tool to have for team-based projects. Your email will remain private. Part III – Tools.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2011

After a full day of managing an agenda, his comment caught me completely off guard. I wanted alignment, and I wanted to manage projects. He cited an example where someone worked month on, month off as a sea-going launderer, earning $400,000 annually. The other lawyers and I sat there, speechless. No one said anything.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

afreshspace   @ StephCalahan I just use a legal pad for daily to-do's but keep bigger or future projects in my outlook task list declutterlady   @ StephCalahan Hey, Stephanie, it's iPEP for me; 1 workspace/project w/ability to keep all in 1 place! I use toggl.com for everything in my business.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Trying to focus on a project while you’re being interrupted every 5 minutes is simply not going to get the job done. And I think it actually makes my clients feel more comfortable knowing that I’m not going to drop their work and their projects to answer a call from another client. Implement boundaries. So implement boundaries.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

We’re just not sure where to put our priorities , so we bounce from guru to guru partially implementing the latest fad project or bright shiny object. Sometimes overwhelm or over commitment is a misguided attempt to grow our business. Other times, we do too much because we feel empty or unfulfilled inside.

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Success

JANUARY 8, 2024

Todoist is available on multiple devices and offers templates to tackle meeting agendas, accounting, wedding planning and even packing for a vacation. It’s free for up to five personal projects but offers a Pro version with 300 personal projects and an AI assistant. Where to download : Apple App Store 10.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Julie Morgenstern, author of many books including Never Check Email in the Morning (and Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work and Organizing from the Inside Out, 2nd ed: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life says that what we need to do is "anchor" our systems. "The Ph.D.

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Virtual Moxie

MAY 10, 2010

Stay away from email! Categories 30-Day Projects Business Communication Expectations Fees Legalese Moxie Relationships Self-Care Standards Web/Tech Moxie Archives Feb, 05 to Today Search Translate Moxie Also Mine « When should a client consider hiring vs working with a Virtual Assistant? Sometimes, no agenda is the best agenda.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is frustrating because you have other projects you need to accomplish and you don’t like working last minute. Again, explain the benefits to requesting projects ahead of time and put it in writing. As tasks or projects are assigned, give 110% attention, check and double check for accuracy.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Not only they leave comments on the blog, but they also send me emails or engage with me on social media. I am constantly engaged in new and exciting projects. So this thing will surely add more stuff to do on my agenda, but I’m ready to take it in. At this point, I feel like the blog isn’t enough for this.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 17, 2012

I finished up some key projects. And I used AwayFind far more than ever before to make sure that only emails that needed to reach me immediately did just that. Urgency never really was a problem with this strategy, and neither was running into an issue with falling short with the important things on my agenda. I had fun.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If it is a project management position, prepare a project status review presentation or the like…you get the idea. In it, you can highlight key accomplishments, high-profile clients or projects, significant results, pretty much anything you like that would help you stand out to the hiring committee.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

In other words, provide them frequent updates before they have to ask where you are on the project. Finally, give assurance that the project will be completed by the deadline (while giving updates until completion). The most important thing to remember when dealing with someone like this is to give them what they want before they ask!

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