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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

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It not only lets you check the time in any part of the world, it also shows you color-coded business hours in your specified time zone, making it easier to schedule meeting times. 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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Conference for Administrative Excellence – Gala Event

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If you want to check out videos of this year’s Gala event, look on Twitter for #adminconf and #stellarconf. days of learning, collaboration, networking, relationship building, concurrent sessions, and hands-on learning labs, admins happily exchanged business cards and contact information as we prepared to close out the event.

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A guide to networking

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Take business cards. A neat and charming business card is a memorable thing, and more to the point, it’s a very practical way of maintaining contacts beyond the events you attend. It can feel like the aim at a networking event is to collect as many business cards as possible, but this rarely leads to beneficial outcomes.

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Call off the cheerleaders!

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That means leveraging a skill we Brits have in spades: subtlety. They read your Twitter profile. They see what’s written on your business card. They look at your LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook photos. Blowing your own trumpet should be much less obvious than that. The receive your LinkedIn updates.

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The Office* Show and how to be a great delegate

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Many companies do not pay for their assistants to receive training and they don’t encourage assistants to keep their skills up to date. I took a few pictures, posted them on Facebook and also on Twitter. I also arranged a tweet-up with readers of the blog and my followers on Twitter. I attended the after show party.

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Procuring a great supplier

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Social media is also a great way to get recommendations, particularly Twitter and LinkedIn. Make it worth your while by taking business cards and visiting as many stands as possible. Featured Key Skills admin administrators assistants Business EA Executive Assistant Office manager PA Personal Assistant Virtual Assistant'

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Are you a networked PA?

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Networking is without a doubt a valuable skill set and resource tool but for many it can involve going outside our comfort zone when confronted with the notion of chatting to a complete stranger. The original article can be found on Jennifer’s blog and you can also follow her on Twitter: @jencorcoran_pa.