Loosely Speaking

JUNE 24, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs WordPress 2.8 The only remaining big mess was the admin panel which wasn’t seeing its intended CSS and image files. A colleague recommended reinstallation of the wp-admin files. A reinstall of the wp-includes files seems to have been the answer.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 1, 2010

  Keep reading to learn more. Organizer and Virtual Assistant Training Coming Too I know I have a number of professional organizers and virtual assistants that read this blog and I don't want to leave you out either.    If you are an organizer interested in info on upcoming training, tweet me and let me know!

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Updating to WordPress 2.7 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 Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

  We learned back in pre-school that trying to fit a square peg into a round hole just does not work.    It would be nice if the world was that simple, but as we all know, people have different thinking and learning styles.    They even have different rates that they can learn and absorb information. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right? Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. Lets enjoy our day together.© Here are the top qualities that an assistant must have: Be organized.

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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! Are You as Productive as You Could Be?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

© 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. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. However, you probably want to password protect file.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. A Niche Market Can Be Your Train to Succes s: Talking to my fitness trainer the other day reminded me of niche markets and how they’re central to so many small business’s success. Concentrate on your business, not your office.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 20, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. If only more people would learn the value in such information. You are training your customers that that is what you are worth.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

© 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. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 6, 2010

Learn to easily split information across multiple cells in excel. The PDF instructions is a great visual guide if you’re better learning through screenshots. As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. The most common use for this is splitting first and last names, phone numbers, titles etc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 21, 2010

  Get Your 7 Day Productivity Video Training Today (F*R*E*E) Now, she's put some of the key processes and techniques she uses into a series of short videos, so that you can become more productive and feel more purposeful in just 7 days!   You will learn to. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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Admins4Admins

APRIL 21, 2009

If you need to, download the pdf at the bottom of each set of instructions to help you learn with pictures. You can also file it and refer to it later on. You can also file it and refer to it later on. Most of the stuff is easier than it looks. We know you don’t have the time to sit through an entire course.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 August, 2010 Pass it on. This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. Other ways you can learn new things is to: Subscribe to feeds from various admin or business sites.

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Eat Your Career

JULY 21, 2010

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! So, if it’s now what you know and it’s all who you know, why bother learning anything at all?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2010

She trains, consults, and publishes handbooks that contain phrases for discussing performance. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! 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

DECEMBER 19, 2009

© 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. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. Never underestimate what you can learn from other assistants. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

  Just as you can be conditioned to fear certain things, you can learn how to effectively and powerfully respond to fear in just 5 simple steps.   Begin to assert control over your mind by learning to consistently follow five steps - 1)    Acknowledge the fear.  15, 2010 ).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 January, 2009 Is it that time of the year already? In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. All you need is to put some time aside and close your door, or put some earphones on, and plug into your computer and learn.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 27, 2010

In addition to locating your competitors backlinks, focus on learning about them organically. The most successful websites, particularly those that generate their traffic through multiple methods, are built with research and planning behind them. Observe their website and see what features keep people coming back and back.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Learn from the experience and then move on to your next potential customer. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, August 9th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. Making your small business carbon neutral.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 October, 2008 Working for the Disorganized. Keep an organized filing system and file list. If your boss tends to misplace things when they get it, make an extra copy for your file before giving it to them. Lets enjoy our day together.© 23, 1 p.m. (New 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story. On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 July, 2009 Frustration Busters! She wanted me to show her other tips and thought I really should do a lunch and learn on these shortcuts. Or if you want to attach a file, choose Attach File. Lets enjoy our day together.© She did not know how simple it could be by just tabbing.

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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.© March 16, 2009 Patricia Robb said.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

© 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. I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 27, 2010

  (I learned this the hard way when I was in 6th grade and the adult I was with locked her keys in the car during a terrible snow storm.  Assume they want to learn. The short term training investment will pay off in the long term. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 23 June, 2009 Colour Coding Works. Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:39 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , colour coding , coloured file folders , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 5 December, 2009 Do you like what you do? If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Lets enjoy our day together.© How true that is! This is an important thing to know.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

© 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. Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Lets enjoy our day together.© Very good article Patricia!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 15, 2010

  Learn more: www.CalahanSolutions.com or www.ProductiveAndOrganized.net , or call 309.826.5263. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! 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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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

  And now, without having to pay the thousands of dollars clients have paid me for this training and consulting, you can have it for less than $15, along with some amazing gifts. Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Well, it’s not only possible, but time after time, I’ve helped my clients achieve this. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 3, 2010

Learn whatis enhancing or impeding your productivity today! Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog? PS - If you are looking to read some more on this topic, consider getting one of these books.

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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

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. This can be as simple as having hanging file folders marked from January to December and then you just put items in the appropriate month that you need to bring forward for your boss. I have also learned that neat tip with Outlook Tasks.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 24 January, 2009 Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles. This article is extremely well written, and I have already printed a hardcopy, which I am going to add to my file. Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!" Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Admins4Admins

APRIL 30, 2010

Whether you’re speaking to a large group or one-on-one, use good grammar and learn to think on your feet. For more information please visit their website at [link]. If you’ve thought that people skills could not be much of an issue in determining your own success on the job, think again. Become a good communicator.

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