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How Keyboarding Improves my Efficiency

Virtual Moxie

As a followup to last week’s post on how I stay productive, Jane wrote to ask me if I would share more about how I keyboard more than I mouse, so here I am to do just that. Why I Keyboard. And the ones that made sense to me and that were easy to remember, I integrated into my work at the keyboard. I'm getting old, dontcha know?

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Understanding Memory Before learning any memory improvement technique, it’s useful to first understand the three stages of memory: encoding, storage and retrieval. Think you can successfully study the details of a report while talking on the phone and reading your horoscope? Get hooked on mnemonics.

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 November, 2008 Writing when you don’t know what you’re talking about. My boss tells me I should be able to write a letter or a report on something even if I dont know the subject that well. A good way to learn letter writing and style is from someone who knows how to do it well.

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 2 July, 2010 We dont know what we dont know We really dont know what we dont know do we? I have been on some interactive sites where assistants ask questions and get answers and I learn from them as I have some of the same questions. Lunch n learns are also a good way to learn from each other.

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four.

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

© 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. (New

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 23 January, 2010 I gave at the office Years ago when I was a child, I would canvass door to door with my sister for a charity for cancer research. There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. Lets enjoy our day together.©