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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. From writing that article I had confidence to take a job that required me taking minutes and it has turned out fine. I have written many articles on my blog on subjects that I knew nothing about. How did I do it?

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

I have been on some interactive sites where assistants ask questions and get answers and I learn from them as I have some of the same questions. Lunch n learns are also a good way to learn from each other. Administrative newsletters or bulletin boards where you can post tips or suggestions is a good way to learn.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

I just recently read an article on it and was surprised when I really paid attention to the messages I was sending myself that some of them were negative. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

I hope you enjoy her article. Earlier in this article, I shared three tips to keep in mind while networking. One thing Ive learned over the years is that an arsenal of compelling stories and anecdotes related to my career can be extremely useful. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Keep in touch.

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I wrote an article called We Dont Know What We Dont Know. I think the first reason is what I put in my original article. Other ways you can learn new things is to: Subscribe to feeds from various admin or business sites. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. We dont know what we dont know.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Depending on how acronym happy your office is, it can be like learning a new language. I suppose we better get used to it as it seems to be a trend and start to learn the language of acronyms and initialisms. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Back to the drawing board. Oh where or where is my password?

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

Lesson learned and will now put me on high gut alert. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 23, 1 p.m. (New Oh where or where is my password?

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time. (New

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

I know the newness of it all will be gone soon and it will just be a normal thing that he is a little walker, but for now it is cute to see him learn this new skill. Admit your mistakes and try to learn from them. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Make a decision to listen to and hear what your boss has to say.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

I like this particular article it gives me an additional input in the information a round the world. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 23, 1 p.m. (New

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When your voicemail goes awry.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

But, as I learned the hard way it doesn't work on all systems. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 23, 1 p.m. (New

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

After reading the article on the "remote clicker", which is what I used to call it, I asked John in the cubicle beside me. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Reactions: 2comments: Patty said.

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

If you are a new hire, take the time to learn and ask questions. The first months on the job are a learning and growing experience. Take advantage of this time to learn as much as you can and ask, ask, ask. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 23, 1 p.m. (New Oh where or where is my password?

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October 15th, Blog Action Day: Poverty

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 14, 2008

I previously wrote an article on Charities in the Workplace and have seen an increase in the participation in charities at offices I have worked in. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 September, 2008 Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your Boss Of all the articles I have written, the one I wrote on the bring-forward system by far gets the most views. They are legal-sized folders, because I like a lot of space, but letter size would work just as well. (New

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Spring cleaning on the blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have removed the Google Ads as I thought it took up a lot of space and wasnt very useful and included the index of my articles instead so you could easily scroll through and see a list of the articles that have been posted by date. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password?

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

Great article! Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I too, love to be organized and it only makes sense to be prepared. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. (New

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We have a winner!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I wrote an article awhile back called On the Outside Looking In. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I keep looking forward to new experiences.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

I love to write, as you have probably noticed in some of my blog articles, so I try to keep that in mind and keep my e-mails short, but sometimes you need a little more information. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!

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New Hire Overload

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

Be kind to your new hires and available to answer their questions and help them learn the ropes. But, having read what you just wrote, I realize that there is more hands-on that I must do before expecting a new hire to learn how to do the job. Thanks for a great article. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

My purpose in posting this article is to bring this topic up for anyone who is strugging with this problem or knows of someone who is. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Oh where or where is my password?

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

She wanted me to show her other tips and thought I really should do a lunch and learn on these shortcuts. What is simple to me, may not be to others, so I decided a blog article on things I have picked up in the various programs may be helpful to somebody out there and it was worth sharing. But how do you know what you dont know?

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Never underestimate what you can learn from other assistants. Learning from each other is a necessity. (New Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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How to get Office fat fast.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Oh where or where is my password?

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