Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve been using the task/project management tool Trello for almost ten years and have gotten creative with how I organize not only my work but my personal life using their flexible boards. Home Improvement Projects. Our home improvement board holds lists and cards for on-going maintenance, fixes, and someday projects.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve been using the task/project management tool Trello for almost ten years and have gotten creative with how I organize not only my work but my personal life using their flexible boards. Home Improvement Projects. Our home improvement board holds lists and cards for on-going maintenance, fixes, and someday projects.

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Holidays Gifts Budget Project Management 52

Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

I know we have a Thanksgiving Holiday (for those of us in the US) and Christmas/New Year’s too, but that’s really no excuse to slow down and not take action. You just need to plan around these holidays. Step 1: Take Out Your Calendar. Step 2: Create a “Project of the Week”. Where are your gaps?

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

There are several holidays throughout they year that naturally lend themself to you taking some downtime — there is no need for you to continue to remain a slave to your business! The solution is simple … you plan it in your calendar. The first step, and most important step, is to actually schedule your time off in your calendar.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They schedule both business and personal appointments, maintain the calendar, and are responsible for a full range of administrative and personal duties—from managing correspondence and making appointments to booking speaking engagements and event planning.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

This year I decided to offer holiday shoppers a bit more time to explore possible gift ideas for the productivity enthusiast — aka the "productivityist" — in their lives. The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2013 may be a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn''t considered. NeuYear Calendar.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 16, 2019

This episode is brought to you by Woven Calendar. Woven Calendar features powerful scheduling tools built into a smart, collaborative calendar. Hearing him agree with me on the concept of theming your time and using the calendar as a directory for your day and a to do list for the details of your day made… well, my day.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

Well, if this person is a productivityist — or at least needs to look at becoming more productive — then you should give The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2012 a good look. NeuYear calendar. I’m big on visuals, and the NeuYear calendar gives me a bird’s eye view of my year in one place. Agenda Calendar.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Use the right tools: Set a timer for the length of time you have decided to work on this project. Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 16, 2019

This episode is brought to you by Woven Calendar. Woven Calendar features powerful scheduling tools built into a smart, collaborative calendar. Hearing him agree with me on the concept of theming your time and using the calendar as a directory for your day and a to do list for the details of your day made… well, my day.

Social Media 40

Social Media Calendars 2019 Holidays 40

Productivityist

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Your calendar is stacked with meetings. When stretched for time, most people tend to drop thinking and planning in their calendar to complete as many tasks as possible. I consistently guard time in my calendar for thinking, planning and refreshing. It forces me to plan a next step on any hard-to-move projects.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Great tips and tricks for productive use of the To Do’s, Calendar, Email, Contacts, and more. A 35 page step-by-step manual for optimizing Notes as a personal productivity tool.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Your calendar is stacked with meetings. When stretched for time, most people tend to drop thinking and planning in their calendar to complete as many tasks as possible. I consistently guard time in my calendar for thinking, planning and refreshing. It forces me to plan a next step on any hard-to-move projects.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

I was hoping that you might have insight/advice on how to create project work/better assist a C-Level exec that has never had an admin before. Since we are both somewhat green, I was hoping that you might have some suggestions to spark project work (both business and personal related projects would be helpful).

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 24, 2013

In last week’s blog I wrote about assistants working together as a team and part of the blog discussed how we should cover for each other when one of us is off sick or on holiday. Ensure you have access to the calendars and emails for all of the people you are assisting, even if they are highly senior.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2016

But at this point I’m betting that many of you have let them fall by the wayside already, and we’re only three weeks into the calendar year. Now that the holidays are over, your energy levels are rising so you can take on bigger projects. That said, I know many of you make New Year’s resolutions. And that’s cool. Get psyched.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Your calendar is stacked with meetings. When stretched for time, most people tend to drop thinking and planning in their calendar to complete as many tasks as possible. I consistently guard time in my calendar for thinking, planning and refreshing. It forces me to plan a next step on any hard-to-move projects.

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Calendars Holidays AT&T 2014 40

Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 3, 2008

If you’ve not partnered with a Virtual Assistant yet, these tasks will make an ideal ‘first project’ for you to work together on. Or maybe you have a special holiday promotion? A VA can help you here by designing custom cards, calendars, flyers, postcards, brochures, or any other promotional item. #2

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Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2017

That doesn’t mean that other projects don’t get attention during those months, but there is one particular project or aspect of my life that does receive more attention than all others. Monthly Themes can be project-based, category-based, or even based on a particular quality you want to bring to the forefront. Click here. ).

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The holiday season is in full swing and to say you’re busy is an understatement, right? You want to finish the year strong, but this often means some other tasks and projects are left incomplete. And setting aside that time can be a real problem – especially if you follow the calendar to start your year. Of course you are.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The holiday season is in full swing and to say you’re busy is an understatement, right? You want to finish the year strong, but this often means some other tasks and projects are left incomplete. And setting aside that time can be a real problem – especially if you follow the calendar to start your year. Of course you are.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 9 July, 2010 Taking stock Whenever I finish a project I always ask myself, or get together with those who assisted me, and ask the question, "What went well and what could have gone better?" Now I am on holidays and preparing for a big move to a new home. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

If it is a big project I use a calendar and write down all my required to-dos on the dates I need to get them done to make my deadline. There are different styles of to-do lists and you can use the one that suits your work style and the type of project you are doing, but the main thing is to have one. Excellent material!

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Productivityist

MARCH 20, 2014

Like David also mentions, rather than use my calendar to indicate when I need to pick my daughter up from school I’d love to have the option of setting a time after I depart the school in the morning so Checkmark 2 tells me when to leave to pick her up.

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Productivityist

MARCH 20, 2014

Like David also mentions, rather than use my calendar to indicate when I need to pick my daughter up from school I''d love to have the option of setting a time after I depart the school in the morning so Checkmark 2 tells me when to leave to pick her up.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

When the results were in, I met with the person who administered it and one of the things it showed, other than the fact that I ranked very high in administration, was that I work best on short-term projects where I can see the end in sight. I will have all kinds of energy to work on a project if I know it is ending at one point.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

My boss likes me to print his weekly calendar on Monday so he can see at a glance what he has for the week so I clip that to the front of the folder. I then print his daily calendar and slip that in the left pocket of the folder and on the right side I put everything he will need for the day. I do this for each day of the week.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 28, 2012

If you’re using a Mac and you don’t have Hazel, now is a great time to get it with some of that extra holiday cash so that you can get your digital house in order. Much like David Allen talks about “closing open loops”, this is a time when you can focus on completing what you can complete before the calendar shifts to the next year.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2013

You want one that can grow with you and your needs, meaning that things like adding contexts to tasks, creating projects, and features of that nature should be "baked in" where possible or the app should be allow you to add them yourself in less conventional ways. If you''ve got multiple projects on the go, then Begin may not work on its own.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

But there are some people who don’t need a full-time assistant; they need such services only when they’re on a certain project or burdened with too many short-term responsibilities. And make sure you ask your employer to provide honest feedback about your work, both throughout the project and once you’re done.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

I have become familiar with time zones, airport codes and international holidays to avoid. I helped my husband occasionally with his Event Management Projects and when it came to graphics I always took his help, I still do. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 20, 2009

Other than the reality check of the above three items, it was a great way to see how I project myself and how other people see me. I find we are often very critical of ourselves and it often impacts how we behave or project ourselves. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 14, 2008

One office I worked in together sponsored a child as a workplace charity project. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Excellent material!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

The admin profession lends itself to taking on new and sometimes challenging projects. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Excellent material!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Are you willing to take on new projects and new challenges? I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Be noticed. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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