Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

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. That was just before my mother’s 78th birthday.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Health Medical Forms 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

  To make it even better, for a strictly limited time, Michael will give you a free Bonus video – along with other gifts and prizes valued at $1800 – when you order this ground-breaking new book. P.S. Remember, the bonus gifts are yours only when you reserve your copy before the cut-off. To your success!

Gifts 100

Gifts Goals Calendars Networking 100

Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 22, 2012

You have to decipher all of this by looking at the date on the receipt and in their calendar and try to work out what they were doing… Sounds familiar? By preposterous I mean things like spa treatments, expensive meals (alone), duty-free gifts. Filed under: Expenses , Tasks.

Expenses 100

Expenses Policies Credit Card Budget 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Tech glitches happen all the time and 2 people controlling one person's calendar is not the easiest thing. Where will you get flowers, baby gifts, birthday cakes, catered lunch, a venue for the holiday party, wine, a list of all the hot restaurants in town? Filing Set up a great filing system now.

Holidays 40

Holidays Calendars Credit Card Restaurants 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. Often, the battle over work is being bored, not challenged, or one's job not being fulfilling. However, sometimes you are also given fun work and special projects.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Gifts Finance Calendars 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   When I asked him about the tiny papers, he said they all represented an item that he needed to take care of.  It is about HOW you use your time. PAY ATTENTION! PAY ATTENTION?

Management 100

Management Twitter Networking Fax 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 10, 2012

More than ever before, Microsoft ® Outlook ® is designed to manage your entire workflow, from calendars to tasks to emails and more! Tricks on how to send notes to a contact or an email to your calendar. Ways to organize your files with flags, colors, categories, emails and alerts. Real at-a-glance calendaring.

2010 100

2010 Administrative Professionals Calendars Phones 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Schedule filing time at least once per week. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. anything you need reminded of on some future date goes into your tickler file. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive.

2007 100

2007 Filing 2009 AT&T 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files. Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. Sit down at your calendar and block out the time for your tasks. If you need to write/send your holiday cards then look at your calendar and schedule it in. In the calendar. Grocery shopping?

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. 5) Read your article and record as an mp3 file. (6) The online tool Odiogo allows you to transform your blog post into what it calls high-fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device.

Social Media 100

Social Media PowerPoint Facebook Gifts 100