Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 26, 2012

Incoming communication – You should work to manage of your incoming data with the fewest possible moves; including e-mail, voice mail, real-time phone calls and regular mail. Waiting can eat up a fair portion of your time. Stand up for visitors. Schedule the others for follow-up, as appropriate. Work from an agenda.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Even if you are not new, the drawers get messy over time so a good clean up really helps. It is always good to have a notebook and pen handy to write a quick phone message or instructions from your boss. On-line housecleaning - It is also very important to make yourself at home in your online files, but also to do some clean up.

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

It is impolite to blurt out or cut people off, you wouldnt do it in an in person meeting, dont do it on a phone call. Always start on time and do your best to end on time by following the agenda and "table" topics that require more discussion. The Minutes will bring them up to speed. agenda, minutes from last meeting.)

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | Main | Tips to Go Almost Paperless » Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers There are a number of simple things that you can tweak to give you loads of extra time in your day, week, month and even year.  To your success!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Manage paper effectively – Barbara Hemphill, author of The Paper Tiger, offers the FAT principle for paper burden: file it, act on it, or toss it. Reference Files: store in a convenient location close to your desk. Archive Files: store in a filing cabinet or an off-site location.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

You don’t actually try closing them out but must control them so that they won’t blow you up into pieces. The only thing that you can do is to prevent the build up of new “open loops&# on top of your existing “open loops&#. File System. The 2 phone clients can sync to the Windows version.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Take that time to ask questions about his meetings, are there any action items you can follow up on from the meetings, are there any impending phone calls or situations you need to be aware of, can you create a template for his staff meeting agenda. Lastly, don’t underestimate the importance of dressing professionally.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Take that time to ask questions about his meetings, are there any action items you can follow up on from the meetings, are there any impending phone calls or situations you need to be aware of, can you create a template for his staff meeting agenda. Lastly, don’t underestimate the importance of dressing professionally.

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Success

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

office professionals surveyed agreed that they spend more time searching for documents and files they need than responding to emails and messages,” according to a 2021 survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Elastic. Don’t save an email or a phone call to deal with later. 54% of U.S. They never touch things twice.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk I hope these videos will help you to make up your mind to start your own business, it does not cost the earth. If providing additional income for your family is on your agenda, this could be one of your opportunities. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Be careful not to get caught up in the “how” at this point. At one point I did this exercise and I found that I was spending over 30 minutes a day just on downloading and uploading files for my daily podcast! Are we being productive or are we just passing the time with being busy? Are YOU a Profit Thief?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

I set up alerts to remind me that they're coming up. List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2.     B Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “c-Draft budget report”? I set up alerts to remind me that they're coming up.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview! If you are interviewing for a sales position, prepare a sales presentation targeting one of their clients or prospects; for marketing come up with a marketing plan for them. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk This will allow you to stay in close touch with your supplier, and get real time up-dates and feed-back – there are other benefits too. Nobody answers the phone – put the phone down and do not call back. Get a back-up.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. I think Tasks is one of Outlooks best-kept secrets, but it shouldnt be and is a great way to follow up on items. So how can we know what we dont know? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. Every afternoon before I leave for the day, I go through the hanging file for that month to see if there is anything I need to bring forward for the next day. Do you have any suggestions for my OVERWHELMINGLY large "to follow up on" folder. " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. Bring Forward System or Using Tasks in Outlook Have a system to follow up on items your boss has asked you to do or things you know you need to do. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk While the Bank of England has lowered the interest rate to the lowest level on record, the banks have doubled the interest they demand from small business owners, up to almost 20% for certain loans – that is a 19.5%

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk and will outstrip our economies within the next decades, unless our politicians, will finally stop putting barriers up for micro businesses. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 21, 2014

Set up some standard replies to frequent requests. I really recommend setting up some standard replies to frequent requests such as dinner invites, events details and sales requests. I will then update my manager in our daily catch up meeting. Do you have an agenda? How long do you need? Who else will be in the meeting?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 10, 2012

single entry from my mobile phone, online or via my email  integration with social media (e.g. All of the contact information that you want is in one place - emails, faxes, appts, tasks, file attachments.  Date and Time based task lists with daily agenda and tasks viewable in the office or on the road.   (e.g.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 3, 2013

So, if I think it is tough being a traveler in the United States, just imagine how difficult it is for the executives who travel great distances often—and have to show up for meetings! Main contact''s cell phone number (for emergencies or in-transit arrival delays or changes). Address: Phone: _. To Pack: Cell phone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once I feel I've captured every idea on a note, I find a stretch of wall and stick each idea up. Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. "Heads Up. Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk So I saw little of my family and especially my son who is now grown-up and ready to go to university. So for the past eight years I have been there when my son came home from school, I even picked him up often enough. What do you think?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the articles were on specific topics, I could take one or up to three sentences from one article and morph it into another article on a different topic. Thanks to Rachel Minihan of Purple Phone PR & Marketing. The script is then broken up into parts and as relevant, each is posted to the appropriate blog.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 12, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Every time one of these businesses is propped up with public funding, new innovations are being killed off by keeping these inefficient and badly managed corporate giants afloat. Let’s get this on the agenda, build some momentum and help bring “Change!”

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