ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

By partnering with IngBoo, we’re giving them a tool that completely simplifies searching for assistant positions in their specific location and makes sure they won’t miss any new postings if they don’t happen to check a particular job search site that day.&# Pretty cool, huh?

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Very easy to search and the instructions are easy to follow… and you can also rate your experience using that number or add your own with instructions if you have any that aren’t listed. Just another use of technology to bypass a level of technology that drives me batty. Share it with others.

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ProAssisting Blog

MAY 31, 2010

Being invited into this membership is a big deal for us because, as a new company, we want to assure all of our current and future members that we value our reputation and will do what we say we will whether that involves our training, our support or giving you a refund if our training wasn’t what you were looking for.

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ProAssisting Blog

MAY 31, 2010

Now, if your boss is the one who wants you to look the other way when they are the ones who aren’t fully on the up-and-up, take our advice and have some “See ya!&# Submitted by Ethan on May 26, 2010 at 04:18 PM From the assistant position, you’re privy to a lot of confidential information. Enjoy this post?

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Once you’ve built the trust and proved yourself as an assistant to your boss and the organization, you can get yourself “promoted from within&# onto the career path of your choice. I know that this doesn’t answer the whole “So what’s my career got to do with pizza?&# It’s a very valid question.

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Speaking, emailing or writing a new business deck, the communication doesn’t take on the formal tone that work communication deserves. I don’t blame our “wired in&# generation for this; they’ve grown up with Twitter, Facebook and IM status updates where slang and short communication rule.

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ProAssisting Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

From our perspective we don’t believe that an assistant’s role or position is “imperiled&# however we do recognize, as the article details, that the role is evolving due to technology. .&# Their by-line states: “An Assistant knows her boss like few others. Why their partnership is imperiled.&#

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   If your business is not effectively organized, it’s costing you money.    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.  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

aren’t going to supplant the assistant position, it’s just going to make our jobs easier to perform by being able to multi-task more effectively. . & Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Technology, (0) Comments Could technology make Assistants obsolete?

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

For me, I’m usually under the gun with my hair on fire because I need to get this work done ASAP before my boss heads out the door for their business trip… and my computer freezes or the printer stops working or my fax machine won’t send. And do you know what they do?

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Submitted by Stephanie on November 04, 2009 at 05:24 PM I know I said two weeks back that I wasn’t going to blog about assisting but rather about what we (Ethan, Sadie and I) are doing behind the scenes of ProAssisting however after coming across this story through my fashionista reading, I had to post about it!

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

He didn’t want to discourage her candor, but, like Mr. Hicks, he offered tips about how to be more effective—“like giving people credit for ideas that they didn’t have, but you sold to them, to give them ownership,&# Mr. Allaire recalls advising her. Hicks, so she could be his executive assistant.

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Sadie wasn’t too happy with us for being left behind but she had a great time staying at our dog walker’s home and playing with his 1 year old puppy so all was not lost… I think she’s just getting over being mad at us:) I’m sure Steph will post some more pics of her soon.

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ProAssisting Blog

MAY 31, 2010

If you’re not, don’t worry, they’ll surely let you know. You will develop a thick skin and be able to take criticism better than people who haven’t worked for a tough or demanding boss. Working for a tough boss teaches you to be at the top of your own game. it does happen. Share it with others.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! I have been reading Productive and Organized for some time and the articles and tips are very effective not only for me personally but also for my business.  The article “ Don't Get Your Time Stolen -- 6 Mistakes to Avoid ” was terrific [.]

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers | Main | 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life » Tips to Go Almost Paperless "Steph, do you have some ideas for how I can go paperless?  400 Gigs Gone!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building a successful long-term profitable business isn't about "marketing" your business, it's about "managing" your business - the marketing comes once you have your management systems in place. ORGANIZE your Inbox. CREATE your PC filing system.

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

On Sunday evenings, I log onto my work email from home to take a peak at my inbox and perform my initial round of email triage so I don’t feel caught off guard come Monday morning bright and early when I boot up my computer at work. Then do a 2nd sort on Subject so I can see who’s responded to specific projects.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Stay at home mothers have SO much stuff that pushes for space in their schedule that working mothers just don't have to deal with. " If the answer to either of these questions is NO, then don't do it! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? See you there!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Whether you want to create an innovative product or provide an unusual service, organizing your ideas is key to seeing your vision come to pass. They had to organize their idea in order for it to unfold into one of the most successful companies in the world.

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ProAssisting Blog

JULY 23, 2010

Rest assured though that we are going to keep blogging and putting out free content in addition to the paid executive and admin training program that we offer so don’t be strangers. Stephanie and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting at the beginning of November. Enjoy this post? I look forward to your lessons.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! We can't manage time, only what we do with it. Thanks to Lisa Montanaro of LM Organizing Solutions, LLC 4. Thanks to Natalie Conrad of Organized Habits 5. Thanks to Elaine Quinn of Space Craft Organizing 6. Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 10, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Listen Stephanie Talks About #Organizing Myths on the Active Christian Media Show | Main | Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner?   I can't wait to see the amazing things they are going to do with 2011.   How exciting! 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! » 7 Tips for Organizing Your Home-Based Business Home based businesses are more than a passing fade.    Getting organized is a challenge for most business owners.    There are many organizations that provide virtual assistance. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   I have also had clients tell me that their reminders don't work because they just ignore them.  PS - Since you've gotten this far, why don't you subscribe! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   So, I set a checklist reminder on my iPhone. 

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. And, don’t just enjoy them. Get Your Home Office Organized For Increased Productivity – Productivity requires that you organize your work environment. The only item that I don’t agree with is no. Visit the original article at [link].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   We make lists so that we don't forget the things we want to do.    I've tried my phone and outlook, but I find that I don't even look at those lists.    Don't make a list!!  Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Messy Organization – Although this post talks about organizing silverware and socks, the principles discussed can be applied with anything that is subject to being organized. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

An organized desk — at school, home, or in your private office — will help you relax and become more productive. Don’t go overboard with personalization. Transfer all your notes and personal reminders to one, organized place. Organize your desk drawers. Install drawer organizers. Use a daily planner.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The biggest time waster in organizations today is an unproductive meeting… and another under productive meeting…and another. Implementing the simple tips that follow can cut the time and costs of your organization’s meetings in half while multiplying the productive results for you and everyone attending.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

.; April 2008;$19.95US/$21.99CAN; 978-0-470-25746-3 Copyright © 2008 Steven S. Let’s can the empty slogans, take down the banners, and throwaway the T-shirts. Facing reality isn’t merely a good idea; it’s an imperative. Why couldn’t that be a leader like you? And I know they truly mean it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Disorganization is so prevalent in the workplace that the Professional Organizers in Canada estimates a typical office worker wastes 150 hours a year – almost one month – searching for misplaced information. Make sure the person doesn’t already have a full plate, and give them a deadline.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Please welcome today’s guest poster, James Adams, and his collection of apps to organize thoughts. (We Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly.

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. I t’s getting more feasible with every passing day to work from home – the Internet has enabled thousands of entrepreneurs to be successful with home-based businesses. Don’t run down to Wal-Mart and buy the cheapest chair they have out on the floor. Guest Post.

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Very often solopreneurs owners know they have a need to partner with a Virtual Assistant (VA), but are not really sure how a virtual assistant can help them grow their business – they don’t fully understand what services the VA provides. 2 Organizing and maintaining your mailing list. c) Copyright 2008.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 25, 2010

There couldn’t be anything further from the truth. A leader allows people to use their strengths, creativity and talents for a common purpose in a way that motivates and creates pride in the task or the organization. Just because you are not in charge doesn’t mean you can’t effect change.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 17, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. Organize Your Work Environment. Job requests can easily pile up in front of you if you don’t pay attention to doing them promptly. If you do not maintain an organization system chances are you will get easily overwhelmed anytime of the day.

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