Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

We really dont have an excuse because it is becoming increasingly easy to take courses online. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses. One question I have about this entry is where do you find online courses. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2008

How can you survive in this kind of a working environment? Of course we know that people like this are not the Queen and their self-importance is only from themselves, but they can sure make your life miserable while you are in their kingdom. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Of course there is a down side to being able to do that. There are advantages and disadvantages to either working environment, but I am looking forward to moving to our new open workspace and getting to know my neighbours. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. You have to be respectful of your neighbours.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 20, 2009

Of course, the reason could have been that I was up all night with a sick child or wasnt feeling well myself or I just had an argument with my spouse and was still stewing about it. I teach an Administrative Professional course at a business college in Winnipeg and I have a website for my classroom. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

HA HA This assignment of course is a result of "Just say yes". Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Honey, you will never believe what happened at the office?"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Years ago, when I worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), I took a training course on a Telex machine. Again, when I worked at the RCMP, I went on a training course for a machine to do criminal record checks. Of course I had to tell everyone at the office. * Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

Of course there will come a time when questions about certain things will not have to be asked as it is hoped the new hire will catch on to the office procedures and their initiative will kick in and they will take on these tasks on their own, but in the beginning please ask. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

To me this shows me the company has not done their homework on updating their contacts and are not considering the environment. It is usually a business I am interested in and I want to know when new courses or products are offered. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Going, going, gone. In anyone home ?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

Of course that usually doesnt happen at work so I take about an hour of my home time, but it is well worth it the next day. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I of course ignored him and went about providing the best service I could. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

Of course the simple solution would be to have the same password for every aspect of your life, but nope that doesn’t work. Of course even if the system hadnt crashed, I would have needed to know my server and Outlook password so I could get into my sub-folder with all my passwords? But they refuse to help me out.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

If you keep telling yourself you cant do it, then of course you wont be able to, but if you say I dont know if I can, but I am going to try anyway, or I know I can do that because it was what I was trained for and then go ahead and do it, it will open all kinds of doors for you. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

They seemed surprised that I didnt know she had an alcohol problem because they told me you could smell the booze off her every day, but of course I hadnt noticed. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I was mentioning to some colleagues that it was too bad she left as she could have been good with some encouragement.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

I am planning a local fundraiser to help the family with the costs on November 15th, but of course it will be in Ottawa, Canada and I know most of you are elsewhere. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Take for instance on my first day in my new job, these were the acronyms that were being tossed about in conversations at a meeting where I was taking minutes: DOCAS, DRE, LHINS, NAGWD, OCRI and DAC to name a few and these of course are all pronounced as words. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

You can get it for the Mac , the iPad , or the iPhone, and each experience is a little different on one platform than on the next ( by design, of course ). It syncs via Bluetooth and with my tiny fingers the keyboard actually works rather well (again, I’m using one of the original designs ).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 8, 2009

Of course you have to be prepared and know your stuff, but knowing you look good when you walk in the door will do wonders on how you present yourself. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. The same applies if you have a job interview or a new challenge at work. What about your work space? Is it neat and tidy?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Of course before I recommend anything I try it out so I picked up the phone and it asked me what I was looking for and what city and province. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I have loved it ever since and that is when my list of handy Favourites was born. Google has an information line ( 1 800 466 4411 ).

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 10, 2009

Of course what works for me will probably not apply to you so you need to set up folders that apply to your working situation, but the fewer the better. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. For instance, I have folders for the Board of Directors, International, Personal and one for Work Information.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Of course if you are not licensed to do a particular job, or qualified, then you should not do it. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Good point Sabrina.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 3, 2009

If you have to P.S. this far you have missed the point of the P.S. * POSTSCRIPT TO MY POSTSCRIPT ARTICLE My boss read my blogpost and pointed out to me that he thought the correct way to write the post script is: PS or PPS Of course, he sent me a link to prove his point. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

Of course there were four Karens and three Bobs. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. See what I mean? the phone book, standard filing practices etc.)

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Of course if you know in the probationary period that this is just not the right fit for you, better to get out rather than being in a job you hate. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. She advised that I should stay at least one year in any job I was in. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 18, 2009

The members of my team of course didnt want to even be near me because of the germs I was spreading and I not only felt sick, but understandably rejected by my co-workers. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Or so I thought. Finally, my boss announced that they were taking a vote and were voting me off the island.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Sit down dinners Of course if it is a sit down dinner you have to order for the number of guests you have. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Of course, that’s not the only reason to go paperless, especially if you’re a small business owner. When you migrate your files into a digital environment, it: Increases your efficiency. That’s nothing to sneeze at, considering the rate at which we use and dispose of paper every day.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

There are courses on minute taking and Board governance, but also you can learn alot by reading books and asking others who are in this field. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Experience helps as you really need to know your stuff. It is interesting work. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

Of course my comments are limited because the subject matter is not my expertise, but he relies on my input and corrections to make the document look good. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My boss expects me to not only read his e-mails, but to open and read the attachments as well. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

The first day of each month, I go through the monthly folder and sort the items into the appropriate numbered file to be processed through the course of the new month. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. If it something that needs attention after the month ends, then it goes into the monthly folder. Thats great!

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2014

I particularly liked her parent’s suggestion of taking a typing class so that Lynn ‘had something to fall back on’ Speaking to assistants a generation or two older than mine I get the sense that some of them took secretarial courses as something to fall back on. Shorthand / Stenography. The typing pool.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

The switchboard can get so busy at times that its just not possible to introduce every call that comes through (except, of course, for those calling for the big bosses). Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. RE: #5 - As a "receptionist" myself, I feel a need to defend our not always letting you know who is calling.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Of course, all the best-laid plans go astray, as they say. Of course my on-the-job experience was invaluable too, but the things I picked up at University are embedded in a different way. Speaking to the subject coordinator today, she said that the course is trying to keep up with the times in terms of new technology and media.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 19, 2010

After a few frustrating episodes (in which I even tried some mild self-hypnosis in order to recall “that brilliant idea” I had this morning in the car) I gave up trying to remember those bits and pieces and set up a capturing environment. I soon realized that I need capturing devices for only two environments: mobile and computer.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We need to listen to one another and see if those new ideas have merit, or if they open up any other possible courses of action. Of course, that’s if change is what we decide we want after we’ve talked it over. Then I want us to gather up all our power and direct it together in one solid course of action.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I think it’s good to change, to reconnect and adapt to whatever environment you fall into. Just look at our environment: nighttime, no sun, the moon. I find that even in a living environment, it’s also good and healthy to both stabilize yourself and then just change. Daytime, the sun, no moon.

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