Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Whether it was waiting for a bus, waking in the morning, or lying in bed at night, our participants reported that time which would previously be “empty” was now filled with brain training apps, creating lists of things they should do or try based on their social media feed, and other life admin. Take email and online meetings.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

I received an email a while back from Kathy. Kathy is an executive assistant who wants to know more about travel preparation for her executive and what can be included with the itinerary or on the itinerary to make the executive more comfortable during travel. Happy travel planning everyone! Jasmine Freeman CEAP.

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Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

People who are high in openness might enjoy traveling to new places, eating foods they’ve never eaten before and discussing ideas they’re unfamiliar with,” says Marie Forgeard, Ph.D., You may hear a new song, for example, that reminds you of that book you read that the guy you met on the train recommended.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Online courses and night school can help you keep your day job while you attend classes. Attend a training event or workshop. Training events, workshops, and webinars abound! training opportunities available. Go back to school. Some employers even offer cash toward continuing education. Is money an obstacle?

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On The Job

AUGUST 24, 2020

Say to yourself: "I have to make changes if I want to stay healthy so that when this pandemic is behind us, I can travel. It's easy to check email at 10 p.m. Maybe you always planned to travel more, which isn't possible right now. Right now, right this minute, make a commitment that things are going to be different.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 22, 2010

I received an email a while back from Kathy. Kathy is an executive assistant who wants to know more about travel preparation for her executive and what can be included with the itinerary or on the itinerary to make the executive more comfortable during travel. Happy travel planning everyone! Jasmine Freeman CEAP.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 14, 2014

All you have to do is book a car to Heathrow Airport, organise transfers on arrival at the foreign destination and then make sure that all your travellers get to every meeting in their jam-packed itinerary without a hitch. Are your passengers travelling within London, going on to Manchester or are they jetting off around the world?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

I recently came across this list from one of my classes and wanted to share it. But do you always “listen” or do you distract yourself with reading emails while someone is talking to you? Over the years, I have collected more than 300 ideas. If you are an assistant reading this blog, check off the ones that describe you.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Suddenly no longer forced to travel into an office, many staff had the chance to have dinner with their families for the first time in a long time. The Future Some managers are concerned about a them vs. us two-class society among the team – the people who go into the office and those who don’t. How did this happen?

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 26, 2016

I do it around my children so I can safely say being a PA has enabled me to travel the world, get a job within weeks of arriving in two countries and now as a mother it continues to give me work. How do we ensure that PA’s are kept up to date with the latest technology (including training) to assist our bosses with their work?

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

She mentors, trains, and coaches EA/AAs across the region. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. While supporting J., It surprised me. But I basically I.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Building on your skills Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:46 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources It’s the time of year when we all do some self assessment and then look ahead to changes we want to make in the coming year.Â

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Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2017

I will be offering more depth to these in the MMT series emails, so if you want to get the finer points of each month’s themes then sign up to receive the monthly email here. I traveled quite a bit during this month, so I made preparation for the talks and workshops I was doing for my Monthly Theme. October: Talks/Workshops.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the past 20 years, I have attended several conferences ranging in topics from fiction writing to motivational to professional training and even a full weekend trying to become a more educated outdoor woman. A: Live classes were always the best vehicle for me to learn. I also learn by doing not just reading or watching.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If she’s traveling or in closed-door meetings, I work from home.” “Ask, ‘When you’re traveling or in meetings all day, do you mind if we try this arrangement?'” Employees were asked to share a personal story or something meaningful to them via a company-wide email that would inspire one another.

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Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Stay away from email! Shes used to acting in plays, performing her music, taking dance classes, organizing events, having up to 20 credit hours of classes, and working at the performing arts center. Marina and I had already bought train and air tickets for our respective returns home. On Justin Bieber.

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs AZVAs Podcast Episode 1 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2:34 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: AZVAs Podcast , Life of the Virtual Assistant AZVAs Podcast launches today! Subscribe to AZVAs podcast by emailing ktcosmos@LooseEnds.net.

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Loosely Speaking

JANUARY 13, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Can Virtual Assistants provide social networking support? As a hot new niche market, it’s natural that training programs have sprung up for VAs who want to offer this service. She offers training and support in many services, including social networking.

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Networking Social Media 2009 Twitter 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Another time I wanted to try a career in the travel business. I make travel arrangements, do desktop publishing (well, I usually get my sister to help me), organize events and now I am even going to be speaking at an Admin event in April (which I will pretend is sort of like teaching).Yes,

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

I printed his e-ticket and had everything prepared for his travel. Linda (our travel agent) was obviously having a bad day. Years ago, when I worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), I took a training course on a Telex machine. During a break in the class, I was sitting at my assigned Telex and it started typing.

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs And now for some damage control Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging In the wee hours of February 18, while I was packing for a trip out of town, Loosely Speaking vanished from existence. Who does that??

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs And now for some damage control Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging In the wee hours of February 18, while I was packing for a trip out of town, Loosely Speaking vanished from existence. Who does that??

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Every admin wears many hats: office manager, personal assistant, life coach, travel planner. Every time your manager is heading out of town, it’s time for you to don your travel planner hat, slip into your traveler’s shoes, and equip yourself with your suite of travel planning tools. Organising Traveler Information.

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Virtual Moxie

MAY 31, 2011

You’re in social media, blogging in at least two places, guesting on talk shows, coaching, leading classes and retreats, speaking at telesummits, reworking your entire virtual training program, writing a BOOK, and I want to know how you do it. I don’t use folders in email*. So everything ends up in just one place. .

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

            Peter Coombs FRONTLINE Training & Consulting. It allows us to easily email branded invoices to our clients, which they can then pay by mail or online. By recording payments as we receive them, we can just as easily monitor overdue payments and send email reminders.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Your value proposition is “a promise of value to be delivered ,” says Peep Laja, founder of marketing training firm, CXL. The writer training company I started partners with publishing professionals to deliver virtual classes. Email strangers to ask if you can set up a five-minute call. Capture them on your email list.

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Loosely Speaking

AUGUST 6, 2009

They will conduct a panel discussion on this topic and invite you to submit your questions in advance: please post them in the comment area below or send an email with your questions to ktcosmos@LooseEnds.net. Login instructions for this session will sent to registered participants prior to the event.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

If you want your blog to get a whole lot more readers, you should think about taking a class in how to write better articles and be noticed on the web. If you keep seeing clients come to your sales page and run off without buying, you probably want to take a class in writing killer sales copy that converts. This is class, people.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 14, 2011

Editors are busy and read through mounds of desperate writer emails every day. If you don’t hear anything back in 2 weeks, follow-up with a short, friendly email and ask about the status. If you can train for a marathon, learn to knit, study a new language, or take a cooking class then you can learn to pitch.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Word of warning: There are a lot of stairs and ground to cover and no one to help with baggage, so only consider this option if you are travelling light. Newark International (EWR) , is in Newark, New Jersey and you can travel by train between Newark International Airport and Manhattan for as little as $12.50 per person.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Learning a new language is a beautiful travel. I spent countless hours trying to find a flaw in some class or API, basically banging my head against the wall by not accepting that I was the source of that mistake. Every time some new class showed up, some new algorithms appeared and I felt like I will never finish.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 20, 2016

They probably came from a blue collar or middle class family. They could also talk to a traveling foreigner about gourmet/foodie culture, sometimes in that exec’s native language. This manager provided excellent training and mentorship. This training and mentorship was extensive, thorough, and specific.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 27, 2010

Told you it was rough… The Survival Exercise Part of our training involved also learning survival tactics and techniques. I know I was always the first to respond when we had surviving classes. I’m a fan of jumping to opportunities and traveling light. As simple or as complicated as you see fit. {

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 22, 2010

She has a love for personal expression, writing, reading, traveling, tango and yoga. I do encourage you to take at least one Argentine tango class. Author bio : Farnoosh started pursuing her passions only in the recent years where workaholism took a backseat and balance became a survival matter. Lana, beautiful name!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

The mistakes were along the lines of typos, not explaining a request so it was 100% dummy-proof, and not catching a detail buried on a multi-page group email that had been forwarded to so many people by the time it got to me that I had to hunt and peck for the bits of information like I was looking for Waldo.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 26, 2010

I also began to branch out to speaking and training via workshops. I came up with the pricing as it was an affordable pricing for corporate training. It’s interesting that you classed your competitors as your allies. It has since become the key channel where people know about what I do.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

We always compliment folks who travel more, and who try out new activities, because they are opening their minds up in the process. The person who makes a class look the easiest is the one who studies alone the hardest. Any of these things will be interesting to those you deal with. You can do the same with things you already do.

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