Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 11, 2011

Business owners hear it all of the time: document your processes and procedures.  The one area that I wish I could have done differently was have the processes that I use to get my clients started documented. Document it All. I learned my lesson really quickly. Document Processes And Procedures In Pictures.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. All systems and processes must be completely documented. Proper documentation can save everybody a lot of headaches and frustrations. Take note of the lessons learned. Please signup to my email list to receive free updates from Productivity Bits. Your email will remain private.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

I learned from my mother. It doesn’t matter whether you use an electronic document system like Eric Mack , or a shoe box in your closet: if you can’t retrieve the information when you need it, the system is not effective. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

If you have created main category files, then create a main category folder in your 'My Documents' folder on your PC, and create sub-files in this main folder as necessary. Use the same system again to store and manage all your emails. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? ORGANIZE your Inbox.

UPS 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. (New Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Julie Morgenstern, author of many books including Never Check Email in the Morning (and Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work and Organizing from the Inside Out, 2nd ed: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life says that what we need to do is "anchor" our systems. "The Ph.D.

Filing 100

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Ask yourself whether or not those documents will be relevant to your work in the coming year – completed projects and last year’s receipts should not be living in your active files! When January 1 hits, you should be able to file any new document in seconds! Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 1, 2010

  Keep reading to learn more. Mac Users Will Have Easier Access for their Document Management While the desktop version of Paper Tiger could be used on a Mac, sometimes people had challenges making the Windows version work well.  Mac   Keep reading to learn more. A different take on the to-do list.

Filing 100

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

.  Add to that 25% of enterprise documents are misplaced and will never be located.  Imagine   Imagine the wasted time recreating those lost documents. Imagine Your Electronic Information (Email, documents, social networking, etc.)   Email has inundated us with extra information. 

Networking 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

You have access to your documents and photos no matter where you are. Email the report to the boss while you're sitting by the pool. No need to load and check USB flash drives or email documents back and forth from work to home. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? No problem!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, if we have to deliver a document at an office and collect a document from another office which is on the same block, both these tasks can be done together. Comments You need to read Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow to learn why some of these “advantages&# are the opposite. I have loads of them.

2008 100

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

  The Esselte company conducted a study of over 2,600 executives and found that the average executive wastes 6 week a year just looking for lost documents and information.    We learned back in pre-school that trying to fit a square peg into a round hole just does not work. 

Filing 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 24 May, 2009 Word and Outlook 2007 tips I use Word 2007 at my new job and have never really had a chance to go through it to find the quick tips and how-tos that I had in Word 2003. spacing To insert a document i.d. Then open a new document and paste (Ctrl v). Lets enjoy our day together.©

2007 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 July, 2009 Frustration Busters! Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Lets enjoy our day together.© She did not know how simple it could be by just tabbing.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 September, 2009 We live in an Acronym Happy World. Depending on how acronym happy your office is, it can be like learning a new language. After the first use, then you can feel free to use the acronym throughout the document. Lets enjoy our day together.© Back to the drawing board.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones ASAP IAAP International 100

The Marq

OCTOBER 10, 2019

During this time, I know I'm not doing anything else: no emails, texts, browsing (unless I'm researching), or phone calls. I have to at least bring back what I’m learning in each block of time and make some notes or actually write an article. What am I learning that’s worth recommending and why? Of course not.

Google Docs 40

Google Docs Google 2017 Negotiating 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 11, 2010

For day-to-day use, simply keeping important car documents (like your insurance and registration cards), a pen or pencil, a pocket-sized notepad, and a small first-aid kit is sufficient. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

Travel 100

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 January, 2009 10 Things = Frustration When one team member doesn’t want to play. Meeting documents: some people have it printed single sided and others double sided. It is very hard to follow along when not all members have the document printed the same way. I shut it off!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

The trick for any of them is to learn to use MULTIPLE TAGS so that you can find them, otherwise – for example, your searches will pull up a thousand documents with the word ‘HTML’ in them. and use a free program like Coperinic, Google Desktop to find them quickly.

2007 100

2007 Filing 2009 AT&T 100

Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

Communicate with legal staff to solve any problems, such as copyright neglect and royalty sharing with outside producers and distributors. Examine consumer behaviour and modify email and advertising campaigns accordingly. Learning with the sales administration software and CRM.

Social Media 52

Social Media Skills Salary International 52

Andrea Kalli

JULY 14, 2010

Take a look at some of these tips to learn how to transform idle viewers into actively engaged buyers. Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? -

Social Media 100

Social Media Promotion Microsoft Outlook Purchasing 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

  Keep reading to learn what my colleagues and friends had to say about the "Great Calendar Debate."   If you aren't particularly tech-savvy, you might feel more comfortable using a paper planner, rather than having to learn the ins and outs of an electronic diary system. say, to heck with that.

Calendars 100

Calendars Microsoft Outlook Twitter Purchasing 100

Andrea Kalli

JUNE 17, 2010

Summer is one of the best times for me to catch up on my learning, so this summer I’ve decided to go to camp! Where else can you learn 10 new skills over the summer that will help you increase your income opportunities in 2010? It’s also a great time to stretch your mind and enhance your business! So let’s do BOTH!!

2010 100

2010 Training Skills Social Media 100

Andrea Kalli

JUNE 17, 2010

Summer is one of the best times for me to catch up on my learning, so this summer I’ve decided to go to camp! Where else can you learn 10 new skills over the summer that will help you increase your income opportunities in 2010? It’s also a great time to stretch your mind and enhance your business! So let’s do BOTH!!

2010 100

2010 Training Skills Social Media 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. i.e. My boss will send an email with a cc to me and on the last line or buried in the message he will write something like “I have copied Patricia to set up a teleconference at a mutually convenient time.&# Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 11 October, 2009 That is not in my job description. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Lets enjoy our day together.© 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 January, 2009 Happy New Year! Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones 2009 IAAP 2008 100

Andrea Kalli

APRIL 21, 2010

It looks like you’re having a great time, and sounds like you’re learning some good things as well. Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? -

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook 2007 Twitter 100

Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 17, 2010

Thanks to the comment on this thread by user “cychiu&# , I learned that the contact form plugins use php mail() function, and that not all webhosts allow that. It was easy enough to configure, I simply went into the settings I use in my Outlook to send out my email and used those settings. Took just a few minutes overall.

Forms 100

Forms Social Media Facebook Microsoft Outlook 100

Andrea Kalli

JUNE 21, 2010

However, while great content is difficult to produce, learning to create great content is not. From imitation strategies to sheer determination and one-after-another article creation, learning to become a great content marketer is something that takes time and willpower. The payoff, however, is definitely worth it.

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook Promotion Twitter 100

Andrea Kalli

APRIL 6, 2010

So many options… so much to learn about the cool stuff available to us all. If you have any questions about how the skills you’ll learn through this course can greatly impact your business, just let me know, k? Strategies, tools, and techniques. Things are much easier these days than just a few short years ago.

Social Media 100

Social Media Microsoft Outlook Twitter 2007 100

Andrea Kalli

MAY 15, 2010

I’ve learned to love icons to add extra zip to my site pages. Complete the New Client Questionnaire Subscribe to the Blog by Email Subscribe to the Blog by RSS 10 Most Popular Posts More silly little alt code symbols for Twitter - 35 comments Time to Jazz Up Your Website Social Buttons? -

UPS 100

UPS Social Media Facebook Twitter 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right? A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Lets enjoy our day together.© Here are the top qualities that an assistant must have: Be organized.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Filing IAAP 2008 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 July, 2009 Monty Python Officeland One of my former bosses said working with me was like being in a Monty Python movie. Proofing documents can also be funny. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 15 March, 2009 When you need it later: The Bring-Forward System My boss likes me to keep him organized and the way I do that is to have a system to bring forward items, which I then bring to his attention when he needs to see it. Lets enjoy our day together.© Where can I put this paper? Thats great!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100