Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007? Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! Do you feel like you are going to lots of websites to find the best deal?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

Phone ringing? When I’m doing important work, I also switch off my phone. For example, my work can be categorized into these core groups: (1) writing (articles, my upcoming book) (2) coaching (3) workshop development (4) business development (5) administrative. Or defer it to a later period. 12 – Block out distractions.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Outlook Calendar Properly By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity A re you trying to book a meeting with someone or a group of people? This happens to me quite frequently.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Do you need to have some sort of written confirmation to make sure that the reservation has been booked? T here is a great site called OpenTable.com , which allows you to book reservations online with particular restaurants all over the world. Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 18, 2010

Make phone calls, have meetings and other social tasks. If you need a snack, nutritionists suggest low-fat yogurt and fruit. Schedule tasks appropriately – After lunch is not the best time to read the long, lulling policy eport. Breath deep, drink cold water, etc. Productivity Did you enjoy this post?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Click on the arrow down button right beside the "New" button, then click "Distribution List" Here you can either "Select Members" or "Add New" Select Members is used to find contacts that are already in your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

If you are booking a meeting for yourself, for others or both, give everyone ample time to respond to the meeting and provide a reminder (theres a check box for this in the meeting set up page) of at least 15 minutes. A day or two before the task is due is usually sufficient. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Take classes, read a book, read current events about new trends that are happening in your field. See what you can change about yourself, don’t try to change others. Focus on the challenges and embrace the strengths. Avoid people that gossip, you will only get yourself deeper into negativity. Expand your mind.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

The more difficult macros are the ones that are programming code related and require knowledge of Visual Basic (you can find some books here) , which unfortunately, I have no training in. I will explain this later. I am going to show you how to record a simple macro function and to implement it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives. Who needs to be productive when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

But even if you don’t go to such lengths, the key to surviving downtimes is to make sure you have copied your address book over to all your email accounts. Some people even route their mail through Gmail and then back again, to weed out spam, and to keep copies. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 16, 2008

E-magazines, blogs and feeds are now readily available to pass on information, and I have seen the early stages of on-line books that you can take along with you just as we do with paper books today. Children are on some sort of electronic device a good part of the day with the use of cell phones and laptops.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

  Consider proper storage needs as well as ergonomic needs.    Avoid the seductions of a ringing phone, your email or someone dropping by to visit.    Avoid the seductions of a ringing phone, your email or someone dropping by to visit.    Check out our related posts below for more ideas.

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The Marq

JANUARY 14, 2010

I’ve tried a number of alternates to this on my PDAs of the past and phones, even on the CLIQ. None are as easy to use as any Olympus-brand voice recorder with a handful of (no pun intended) ergonomically-placed tactile keys. I’ve used it enough times to know where all the buttons are and how to work them. TheMarq.com.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

After the war they were forgotten until 2000, when a single poster was discovered at a second-hand book shop. The message “Keep Calm and Carry On” translates into the tone of my emails and the smile in my voice as I answer yet another ringing phone call. Produced by the British government, many posters were printed but never used.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

After the war they were forgotten until 2000, when a single poster was discovered at a second-hand book shop. The message “Keep Calm and Carry On” translates into the tone of my emails and the smile in my voice as I answer yet another ringing phone call. Produced by the British government, many posters were printed but never used.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

Better for you ergonomically as well. About Me Ottawa, Canada View my complete profile Click on the image to order my book Laughing All The Way to Work from Amazon All royalties go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation What some people are saying about the book. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

Make all your outgoing phone calls at the same time; organize your errands into a single run; reply to e-mail; etc. Comment by Rhonda on May 14, 2008 @ 7:32 pm David, thanks for heads-up on the book. A load of time is lost in the starting, stopping and changing of different levels or types of activity. Rhonda, I’m a big list fan.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Get a single notebook and use it to record notes, phone numbers, web addresses, ideas, to-dos, etc. Create a list or binder of regularly referenced material, such as phone numbers, and keep it accessible in a desk drawer. Schedule filing time at least once per week. To be more productive, allocate 15 minutes each week.

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