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MAY 16, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? www.ftrans.net Phillip These tips are all great. Be ruthless with your filing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.  Today, 19 of my friends and colleagues have shared their favorite tip for keeping control of the electronic monster. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2011

When: January 11, 2011 8:00 pm CST How: Listen on-line (via link above or dial in to (714) 202-9923 Add to your calendar now! When: January 11, 2011 8:00 pm CST How: Listen on-line (via link above or dial in to (714) 202-9923 Add to your calendar now! Have questions you want to make sure I answer?  Tweet in News & Updates!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. File it, if necessary. Eighty percent of filed papers are never looked at again. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo. Act on it immediately.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Organizing : Being a freelancer means you don’t often find time to get your workspace and files in order. Use your enforced time off from work to de-clutter your desktop, reorganize the folders on your computer, delete the files you don’t need, backup what is important, and the like. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Tip of the week: Boost productivity with the best to-do list Residency Program Connection, May 11, 2010 Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? The following are options for to-do list formats and tips for using them most effectively:     * Excel lists.     * Master calendars.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

" BarbMcMahon :  Steph:  I really like Google calendar - nothing fancy, but easy to use and it emails reminders of birthdays, etc. Google tells about their Google Calendar tool in this way: " Organize your schedule and share events with friends.  With   Get your calendar on the go. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. Next week I would like to talk about meeting planning and give you some scheduling tips that have worked well for me.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It houses so much more than a file index. This allows them to keep it within site, but all projects are kept in an organized file. Once the project is completed, the whole pile of that particular project can be filed away; out of site. Thanks to Ellen Delap of Professional-Organizer.com 3.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

» Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You Productivity Fact: You can be busy all day and still have gotten nothing done. kmmarketing   @ StephCalahan I enter important to-dos as calendar items in my iPhone. Break down into bite size pieces, and put the pieces on the calendar.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 15, 2009

.  As soon as I'm recovered, I'll be back sharing more tips and client experiences.  PS -- If you did not read my post about the Great Organizing Giveaway , you must mark your calendars for January 25th!   As soon as I'm recovered, I'll be back sharing more tips and client experiences. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. Not only did she remember the name of the antibiotic from four years previous, within 45 seconds she had pulled a copy of the prescription from her files. My mother has gotten things done by using heavily annotated paper calendars.

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Administrative Arts

JULY 19, 2010

For departmental level meetings, I would suggest the current calendar year plus 2-5 years, just to have an historical background for procedural purposes. Managing Calendars Part 2: Scheduling More Than Meetings. 10 Tips for Effective Meeting Minutes. Managing Calendars: More Ways to Keep the Boss More Productive.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 7, 2011

January 20, 2011 2:00 PM CST (12:00 PM PST- 1:00 PM  MT- 3:00 PM EST) For 60 Minutes Learn how to battle the top time-stealers and take control of your office once-and-for-all with expert advice from productivity consultant and coach Stephanie LH Calahan Mark Your Calendar and Sign Up Today!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Go to [link] You’ll be able to sign up for free resources such as e-books, tip sheets, audio programs and more, all on the subject of time management!   Once you receive the material, make sure that you schedule time on your calendar to consume it and take action.   Time is the one thing you can’t make more of.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I want to support that success, so I've decided to open my calendar and offer a limited number of f'ree strategy sessions via telephone or skype. I want to support that success, so I've decided to open my calendar and offer a limited number of f'ree strategy sessions via telephone or skype. Interested? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right? Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 19, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Boost Productivity by Picking the Best To-do List for You | Main | Manage Your Time More Effectively by Using the Right Calendar for You (guest post @TimeMgmtWriter) » If You Want to be Productive, Dont Focus on the Rock! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Often it is both.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

  On Wednesday I posted this tweet tip: StephCalahan   Constant interruptions with the e-mail notification sound make it difficult for anyone to complete other tasks. Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 August, 2010 Oh where or where is my password? I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. However, you probably want to password protect file.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 September, 2008 Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your Boss Of all the articles I have written, the one I wrote on the bring-forward system by far gets the most views.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Work With Stephanie « The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In | Main | Want a Paper Planner for 2010?   Check out 9 Tips for Effective Telephone Use   To your success! Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Like what you have read? 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 December, 2009 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline I organize a lot of meetings in a day, week, month; heck, even into next year. Lets enjoy our day together.© 23, 1 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 October, 2008 Working for the Disorganized. If that is not happening, schedule yourself in their calendar. Keep an organized filing system and file list.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Specifically, my update didn’t find or recognize these three files: wp-includes/http.php wp-includes/pluggable.php wp-includes/Text/Diff/Renderer/inline.php All it took was a look through the 2.7 package to find these, after which I reuploaded each individual file. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. The key is for you to be able to define the tipping point where you cannot allow further build up of these open loops. File System. T he tool that we integrate to our productivity system must go hand in hand with our file system or the stuff that we work with. Follow me on t witte r.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out | Main | Can You Define Social Media Clutter? Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog? Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 August, 2010 Pass it on. The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received. Encourage sharing tips and tricks among the admins in your office.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 23 May, 2009 Grrr! At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Major Meltdown in Time Management - Tips to Avoid it Happening To You | Main | 6 Areas of Your Business Life that You MUST Have Flow to Make More Money (be like Bamboo) » What if You’re Working Harder Than You Need to Be? Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Try This Instead Favorite Planning/Calendar Tool - Readers Speak Out You Can Make a Difference in YOUR Productivity in 7 Minutes!   Do you have a tip or trick that works well for you?  Do You Hate Your To-Do List?   What other to-do tricks do you have?    Comment below. To your success!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Thats great!

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Administrative Arts

AUGUST 18, 2010

Usually, they’re getting bogged down with a few tasks in a particular software – they can’t fix footers in Microsoft Word or rearrange pages in an Adobe.pdf file. Even without training programs or budgets for traditional or online classes, there are still ways to learn the tips and tricks you need to become more efficient.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

I talked to over 40 of my international colleagues and asked them for their one favorite tip on setting and managing priorities. Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog? Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 August, 2009 Managing your Bosss Inbox Nowadays our bosses are busy almost 24/7 and in order to cope they need our help managing their e-mail account. THanks for sharing!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 23 June, 2009 Colour Coding Works. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Associates e-bulletin helps and tips. Try it, you may like it.

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