Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The first thing I do after I log into my computer is to quickly scan my emails for anything that needs my immediate attention, but then I immediately go to my boss's email account and go through his Inbox, Sent and Deleted items. Getting into a routine. It is always nice to have a routine. You will be just one step ahead of the game.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. I receive a lot of emails from admins who’ve lost their jobs unexpectedly. Course agendas and certificates from continuing education. And we have to keep our executives organized, too.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 1, 2013

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

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Once you have this information you will know when is the best time to schedule meetings for them, when to leave time free for them to get stuck into their emails or write reports. Always factor in travel times and a little extra. Agenda / meeting purpose. A good way of finding this out is by monitoring when they need caffeine!

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

Always start on time and do your best to end on time by following the agenda and "table" topics that require more discussion. If they are late, it is helpful to let them know what agenda item is being discussed--do not go over what has already been discussed--its a time waster. Distribute the agenda/handouts prior to the meeting.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2011

After a full day of managing an agenda, his comment caught me completely off guard. He cited an example where someone worked month on, month off as a sea-going launderer, earning $400,000 annually. The guy seated across from me turned to me, saying, “Nancy, you might want to look into that.”. The other lawyers and I sat there, speechless.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Plan out an agenda of all points that will need to be discussed. The Timekeeper would make sure each topic is covered within the amount of time mentioned on the agenda. If the person isnt responsible for any of the items discussed in this meeting, dont invite them. Delegate a person to be a a Facilitator, a Timekeeper and a Scribe.

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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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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. What are the main aspects of your role? What has been your career highlight?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. 23, 1 p.m. (for

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2008

In my case, I am lucky, since I only have to track calls for myself and use my daily journal or agenda (call it what you will) to make notes. Do you wish that you could be able to track calls and make sure that you have all of the details in place? This happens to everyone from time to time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I had no idea this could be done, but I was thrilled when I got her email, but it just proved to me once again that we are all holding on to things we take for granted that others know about. The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received. Close out of the email and you will be asked to Save the changes.

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Productivityist

MARCH 2, 2017

Every month I send out an email to subscribers of the My Monthly Theme Series that dives into my plans for the month ahead. It’s still on the agenda. My Daily Themes did help me with my talks during the past month, but they actually helped me work on the other tasks I needed to take care of before my travels in March more.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2. Compare tasks and put a check mark next to the higher Priority task: a to b then, a to c and then, a to d b to c then, b to d c to d Using the example above: Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “b-Billy Bob’s Review”?   

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. Once you log on click on the tab Productivity and you will see on the right Templates.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

I tend to keep my scheduling sheets in chronological order and each morning I go through them to see if there is any action I need to take, i.e. follow up to ask for an agenda or see if I can start scheduling. I dont want to miss a step so always go through the checklist on the travel sheet.

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

The night before I go to a Board meeting, I review all my templates, agendas, binder, attendance sheets and everything I am going to need or might need. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? no tickets. Do I have everything?

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Allwork

JULY 21, 2022

So, he sent an email to I had an hour and said, hey, Christine, I’ve got this crazy idea. She apparently deleted that email because she’s thinking, I’m not having any of that. So, but what then happened for us is that whenever we travelled there, people were like, oh, well, you know, hey, I’d love to catch up.

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Loosely Speaking

AUGUST 6, 2009

They will conduct a panel discussion on this topic and invite you to submit your questions in advance: please post them in the comment area below or send an email with your questions to ktcosmos@LooseEnds.net.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

If he is travelling, I send it by e-mail, but it has been my experience that I will get better results with a face-to-face meeting. My boss will send an email with a cc to me and on the last line or buried in the message he will write something like “I have copied Patricia to set up a teleconference at a mutually convenient time.&#

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

She had an agenda and was going to let him have it. The worst time to write an email is when you are angry. The longer she couldnt get in touch with him, the angrier she became. When she finally did reach him she started off really nice. "Hi, Hi, how are you?," she said sweetly. Then you could see it progressing downward from there.

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Success

JULY 2, 2021

Are you a world traveler using nothing but a laptop and Wi-Fi to earn a living? For most people, that means avoiding emails and the internet in general. “By By grabbing our phone first thing in the morning, all we’re doing is reacting to someone else’s agenda for our time,” Whittaker says. Focus on the way you begin each day.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:16 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , agenda , checklist , executive assistant , minutes , motions , professional assistant , to-do list , voting Reactions: Newer Post Older Post Home Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Being organized helps de-clutter any task and makes it more manageable and doable. 23, 1 p.m. (for

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I put it in the order of when he will need it and flag anything that he will require for teleconferences, meetings and travel. For instance, if your boss is travelling on the Monday, you will have to give him or her everything they will need on Friday. I do this for each day of the week.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 27, 2010

If you are an evening person and you plan last thing, make sure you are looking at the next day's agenda! Tweet Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? For some that may be first thing in the morning, for others it may be the last thing done in the day. What Did I Miss?   What do you do? To your success!

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 13, 2020

They are typically responsible for providing more personal support, including running errands, organizing the household, managing family events and travel, and more. A personal assistant may be employed directly by an individual, rather than an organization.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

The reality of being an EA is that while the phones, calendar, and travel are essentially the same in every office your boss and your team are always unique people with their own work styles and needs. I also always have the link in my email signature. So I state I don’t talk about work with anyone just to be safe.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

To many work is the central activity in their lives and the stresses and pressures of todays workplace are enormous, overtime, project pressure, sales targets, travel to and from the place of work, to name but a few. Endless hours of travel to and from the work place, meetings, office heating, and so on could be a thing of the past.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2015

He was also an international traveler so I had to learn everything about time zones, flights and everything in between when your boss travels to a foreign country. And travel he did. In the last year I worked for him he was away from home travelling for at least 80 nights and for the most part it was international travel.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 21, 2014

Set aside emails from colleagues and clients they have hundreds of emails from professional organisations, upcoming conferences, travel companies and not to mention lots and lots of sales requests. Keep the standard responses saved in a separate document and simply copy and paste the response into an email and hit send.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Email: Some of the people that I’ve followed for a long time have also becoming regular contributors to my email inbox. Most of the time, digital friendships last as long as the underlying hidden agenda’s of both parties last. Some of them I only email, some I skype, and some I regularly talk to on the phone.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. I put the items from the agenda on the template in the same order and with a space to put the discussion and decisions/actions from the meeting.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Upcoming Travel Find out about upcoming trips so you can anticipate schedules and prepare necessary travel materials. Consolidate emails/list. Assistant copied on email. Identify high priority issues and bring them to attention and insert agenda into calendar. Utilize color-coding to prioritize emails and calendar.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. Click Apply and OK To set your email to view b.c.c. In the Paragraph dialog box, click Tabs (bottom left). Then tab over and your leader will appear. spacing To insert a document i.d.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“You may still have to do travel and expense reports, but you should look at everything from a larger mindset, a wider scope,” she says. ” LUMINI rolls out a different methodology each month that EAs can use with their Executives, including calendar and email management, meeting quality, and communication.

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