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The Past, Present, and Hybrid Future of Networking

Allwork

As the 20 th century dawned, business and networking became efficient. . Business owners sought utility in sharing ideas. Because travel became inexpensive, there existed massive return on investment for conventions. How do customers choose who they give their business to? . LinkedIn provided virtual business cards.

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2019 Joan Burge Innovation Award for Assistants

Office Dynamics

This Award was presented to the winner at the Office Dynamics 26 th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. It was very exciting for me to present the first award to Kristie Webber for software designed exclusively for executives and their executive assistants. Other ideas presented included: An executive’s travel binder.

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How to Network While Traveling on Business

On The Job

If you''re like many business travelers, you''re only thought at the end of a day may be to head to your hotel room, watch True Blood and order room service. But for Patricia Rossi, business travel is more than getting from point A to point B with a minimum of hassles. Share a business card. Follow up.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

Office Dynamics

Travel Planning Apps: Whether you’re the one traveling, or simply attempting to get your executive from point A to point B, travel planning apps can be a life saver. Business Card Scanning Apps: Anyone who’s ever attended a conference or networking event knows just how quickly all those business cards stack up.

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. Your professional portfolio can be presented in a couple of formats. Personal Business Cards. A lot of companies provide employees with their own business cards.

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Must Have Gadgets for the Modern Entrepreneur

The Small Business Blog

Gone are the days of stacks and stacks of business cards in a suit jacket pocket, now all you need is a trusty smartphone to keep all your contacts and leads organised. Email is still the primary communication channel for the vast majority of businesses both internally and externally. Presentation Remote with Laser Pointer.

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Elevate Your Elevator Speech

The Office Professionals Place

Depending on what floor you are traveling to, your journey will be short so your introduction should be the same- short and too the point.  An exchange of business cards Here’s an example from someone who is employed as a sales representative from a company that sells crystal products. Here is my business card.