Loosely Speaking

MARCH 16, 2010

Since June I’ve been occasionally documenting the journey, from draft day, to reporting, to short season, through Fall Instructs, and now, after they break camp, will be looking forward to watching some games either out in Iowa or California. If you haven’t seen it, visit Karen’s blog Short Story Long! Loose Ends.

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Loosely Speaking

JUNE 24, 2009

I know, WP experts will advise me that it wasn’t magic but rather misbehavior of a dormant plugin or something else I did or misjudged. The only remaining big mess was the admin panel which wasn’t seeing its intended CSS and image files. Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs WordPress 2.8

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 24 May, 2009 Word and Outlook 2007 tips I use Word 2007 at my new job and have never really had a chance to go through it to find the quick tips and how-tos that I had in Word 2003. spacing To insert a document i.d. Then open a new document and paste (Ctrl v). Lets enjoy our day together.©

2007 100

2007 Time Zones IAAP 2003 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Ask yourself whether or not those documents will be relevant to your work in the coming year – completed projects and last year’s receipts should not be living in your active files! When January 1 hits, you should be able to file any new document in seconds! Start with your reference, client, and financial files.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. Don’t leave half-completed projects sitting on your desktop. If you aren’t joining sheets of paper with tape, move the dispenser off the desk. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

You have access to your documents and photos no matter where you are. No need to load and check USB flash drives or email documents back and forth from work to home. We can't manage time, only what we do with it. " Download Dropbox on your work and home computers, your smartphone and iPad. No problem!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

| Main | Mon Motivation - 16 Failed Predictions - Limiting Your Beliefs Can Limit Your Success » 6 Areas of Your Business Life that You MUST Have Flow to Make More Money (be like Bamboo) How often do you wake up in the morning and say "ug, I don't really want to go in today"?  " Don't let this be you! 

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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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I don’t have a handle on it yet, but, as you can see, I am back online. I don’t have a handle on it yet, but, as you can see, I am back online. Categories have vanished and linking is apparently broken, so my blogroll is gone and many of the links here on the front page don’t go where they should.

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I don’t have a handle on it yet, but, as you can see, I am back online. I don’t have a handle on it yet, but, as you can see, I am back online. Categories have vanished and linking is apparently broken, so my blogroll is gone and many of the links here on the front page don’t go where they should.

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2009 2004 Mentoring AT&T 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

.  The Esselte company conducted a study of over 2,600 executives and found that the average executive wastes 6 week a year just looking for lost documents and information.    If you are like the average executive, I bet that you have a lot of things that you would like to do, but don't have the time. 

Filing 100

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Andrea Kalli

MAY 22, 2010

It didn’t take long to locate two threads that claimed to resolve their issue. By AndreaKalli A client of mine has recently experienced an inability to upload a custom Twitter background they had designed, so I decided to do a little digging around the ‘net for similar experiences. Links to their sites are listed at the bottom.

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The Marq

JANUARY 7, 2010

In other words, I wanted to be able to access my email, calendar, tasks, and notes from anywhere. The Tasks in Google Calendar is measly and doesn’t have the ability to set priorities, recurring tasks, and, most importantly, synch with my phone. However, I couldn’t find a good use for it. Enter Astrid.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 26, 2010

I convinced him that this is the perfect time to document his story, his preparation, and his biking adventure through a blog, social media, and his mobile phone. He’s doesn’t have a super-fancy, whama-jama mobile phone, just a $20 Nokia. Wasn’t sure what was available to me. Say hi to my friend Richard.

Social Media 100

Social Media Twitter Facebook Phones 100

Andrea Kalli

APRIL 6, 2010

I’m having so much fun sharing the awesome content with everyone, but I think there are some that still don’t get what the course is trying to get across, and decided not to sign up because perhaps they’re thinking they aren’t interested in podcasting, or that their clients won’t have a need for their help in this area.

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook Twitter 2007 100

Andrea Kalli

APRIL 21, 2010

Phoenix can be pretty spectacular in springtime, can’t it? Often, business owners find themselves so caught up in their paperwork or their day-to-day operations that they forget about… Continue reading the rest of this article. October 24th is the Online VA Summit Categories : Uncategorized 1 Comments 1 Richard (1 comments.)

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 July, 2009 Frustration Busters! Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Lets enjoy our day together.© She was amazed. To repeat a header row on each page.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Andrea Kalli

APRIL 22, 2010

My iPhone camera is kinda sucky and doesn’t do it justice. The views from our restaurant were spectacular. The sun was going down and the light was shining on the surrounding mountains. Tags and Categories: ivaa , virtualassist.net Related content WooHoo!

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Restaurants Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2007 100

Andrea Kalli

JULY 28, 2010

From rejected submissions to frustratingly difficult topics; troubled supporting websites to readers that just won’t make a purchase, the amount of potential problems affecting content marketers is miles long and filled with frustration. It is important to get your content marketing empire built on the right foundation.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 4, 2010

8) Won’t you dance along with me? By AndreaKalli Just wanted to share with you that it’s finally been officially announced from the folks at WishList Member that I’ve received my certification as a “ Certified WishList Member Site Developer &# and now support your WishList membership projects.

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2007 Twitter 100

Andrea Kalli

MARCH 4, 2010

8) Won’t you dance along with me? By AndreaKalli Just wanted to share with you that it’s finally been officially announced from the folks at WishList Member that I’ve received my certification as a “ Certified WishList Member Site Developer &# and now support your WishList membership projects.

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2007 Twitter 100

Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

It wasn’t anything that happened quickly or because of a fluke spike of traffic from Digg. It wasn’t anything that happened quickly or because of a fluke spike of traffic from Digg. I hadn’t even been keeping a close eye on the progress until May 2010. September 5th, 2010 at 9:34 am Great post Andrea!

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2010 Training 100

Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

It wasn’t anything that happened quickly or because of a fluke spike of traffic from Digg. It wasn’t anything that happened quickly or because of a fluke spike of traffic from Digg. I hadn’t even been keeping a close eye on the progress until May 2010. September 5th, 2010 at 9:34 am Great post Andrea!

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Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2010 Training 100

Andrea Kalli

JULY 14, 2010

This concept doesn’t just apply to the weight loss niche, it will improve your video marketing campaigns no matter what niche you are trying to target. The focus shouldn’t necessarily be on the technical specifications of the service such as what programs and applications the designer is proficient in.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 January, 2009 10 Things = Frustration When one team member doesn’t want to play. Managing your workload from home when you don’t have everything you need. Meeting documents: some people have it printed single sided and others double sided. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Andrea Kalli

JULY 2, 2010

Don’t get me wrong, there is a definite place for this type of production, but it may be the hardest of the three to pull off without looking silly or boring your audience to death. Don’t let this be how your audience feels about your next podcast production. As a child, what was the birthday toy you wanted the most?

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook Twitter 2010 100

Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Even if you don’t work within local markets, with today’s communication the way it is, relationship building is vital. It doesn’t matter that you’ve never met them or spoken to them, you’ve still gained an idea about what kind of person they are. Your goal shouldn’t be just to make a commercial.

Social Media 100

Social Media Promotion Microsoft Outlook Twitter 100

Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

If you can’t offer a great product to your marketer audience, make sure you get in touch with a company that can. The most popular marketing blogs do not always offer insider information or special tools. In order to monetize your content, you should focus on selling that accessibility.

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Social Media Microsoft Outlook Elance Twitter 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. He can ignore e-mails, but it is hard to ignore me :) When you are copied on an e-mail, read the whole message, don’t just skim it. Lets enjoy our day together.© I put a sticky note on it, or write, the day I will need it, i.e. bf Dec.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International 2009 100

Andrea Kalli

JUNE 15, 2010

In the 1990s, you couldn’t walk through an office building without hearing “paradigm” mentioned. The problem is not that people do not enjoy and value the business, but that there simply isn’t a need, or reason to build a community for it. In the early 2000s, it was all about “connectivity.”

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook Twitter 2007 100

Andrea Kalli

JUNE 17, 2010

You won’t believe what they’re offering! Didn’t I tell you it’s going to be awesome? VAClassroom has opened its registration doors to their “Summer Skill Camp 2010″, which will begin on July 6th. Right now they’re offering some super discounts, too. 10 in-demand skills over 10 weeks.

2010 100

2010 Training Skills Social Media 100

Andrea Kalli

JUNE 17, 2010

You won’t believe what they’re offering! Didn’t I tell you it’s going to be awesome? VAClassroom has opened its registration doors to their “Summer Skill Camp 2010″, which will begin on July 6th. Right now they’re offering some super discounts, too. 10 in-demand skills over 10 weeks.

2010 100

2010 Training Skills Social Media 100

Andrea Kalli

MARCH 25, 2010

Go where the big guys can’t. Go where they can’t. When you can’t compete through scale and power, compete through personal service and time-spent. Corporations don’t. Look at any movie collection and it will no doubt be packed with stories of up and coming people toppling the big and powerful.

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Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2010 Twitter 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 September, 2009 We live in an Acronym Happy World. After the first use, then you can feel free to use the acronym throughout the document. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones ASAP IAAP International 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

  I don't care what tool you receive your e-mail in, you still have to manage it or it will run you.  Our organization uses Google Apps for our e-mail, calendar and cloud solution. Some will try to tell you that if you have the "right" tool/ e-mail client, you will have all of your worries taken care of. 

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