Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Create a record retention policy. How this policy reads will vary depending on local laws. Before sending your files away, cull them and discard duplicates, non–essential files, or those past retention dates according to your policy. Organize your office heart. Once your office is organized, keep it that way!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

Working at an organizations’ head office, we see a lot of paper. Create a record retention policy. How this policy reads will vary depending on local laws. Before sending your files away, cull them and discard duplicates, non–essential files, or those past retention dates according to your policy.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 21, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   It's also kinda fun to use. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type. Quotelady.com – An old-school style web site focussing on inspirational quotations organized in dozens of categories. Famousquotations.com – quotations, quotes and proverbs. Quotationreference.com – a compendium of quotations.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 27, 2014

I think welcome packages are a wonderful way to show a new client that your company is organized, professional, thoughtful, and ready to work with them. It’s good to include a copy of your company or client policies, too. Other items you can include in your welcome package are your W-9 form, business cards and company brochures.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 16, 2013

I think welcome packages are a wonderful way to show a new client that your company is organized, professional, thoughtful, and ready to work with them. It’s good to include a copy of your company or client policies, too. Other items you can include in your welcome package are your W-9 form, business cards and company brochures.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

For most organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. It’s like attaching a business card to every e-mail you send. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Be careful with humour - Use humour and irony sparingly.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event. Check with your Human Resources Department or manager to see if this falls into your corporate policy.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? There are two ways of backing up your e-mails.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Be sure to add your signature to your business e-mail with your coordinates. Jane Watson of J. Of course, be sure to check with your co-worker first before providing his or her information. Who are you?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

8comments for this post Anonymous Although your comments are valid, I think it really depends on the office culture which can differ greatly between organizations. Our workplace actually has a policy of not allowing them any longer. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! The world has to smell their cologne.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I volunteer A LOT with other organizations seasonally. She gave me her business card. 8) Be responsive I have a personal policy to respond to all emails within 24 hours if not if within 7 hours at most. During business hours, depending on if I am in meetings or not, I try to respond within minutes or 2-3 hours.

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Loosely Speaking

AUGUST 6, 2009

Thanks to companies and organizations who have offered giveaways for our event! Branding Iron Designs —Discounted business card and brochure printing, including complimentary design! Location: TBA Coupons, Discounts & other good stuff Door prizes and discounts are rolling in. Got a Better Idea?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Last year I was invited write articles for ACCO's "Organize Your Desk Day" To give some structure to the series of 30 blogposts, I decided to create a 10-week "How-to" course in setting up an organized and productive workspace. Thanks to Julie Bestry of Best Results Organizing. One Tree With Many Limbs.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

As of now, my website is more like a business card – something I can point prospective clients towards after I’ve already made initial contact. First, it’s a crappy way to organize content. Imagine if your library organized its books that way. Reverse order by date? We work just as hard, if not harder.

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