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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in. Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills.

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2008 2007 Cubicle Google Docs

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool.

Time Zones IAAP Etiquette Phones

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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 17, 2010

If you have to answer the phone, deal with an email or attend to something for your boss, do so, as that is the nature of the admin job -- multi-tasking, but once you have done it, go right back to your to-do list, re-focus and continue what you were doing. Having a to-do list can be a life saver. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Environment Time Zones IAAP International

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Gifts Meeting Minutes

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

CountryCode.org is a comprehensive guide to make phone calls from anywhere to any country in the world. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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When your voicemail goes awry.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

They said it works with most phone services. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 Meeting Minutes

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. Knowing assistants and having a working relationship with them is very important and can make the difference when you need to set up a meeting or if your boss needs to have a quick phone call with their boss. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Check: Are phone calls planned? For each one, write down what you hope to accomplish with the phone call to help you stay focused. It automatically updates when I use an office product, and I can manually enter stop/start times for phone calls, meetings, face to faces, etc. Doing too many things can actually waste time.

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Will Google ever stop amazing me? Introducing Goog/411

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. I chose details and was given the street address and phone number and I still had the option of having my call put through to the store number. You can use google to get similar information.

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Google Time Zones IAAP International

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Administrative Professionals

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

Did I phone to get my electricity turned on? My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Now I am on holidays and preparing for a big move to a new home. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Holidays International

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Spring cleaning on the blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Administrative Professionals

Administrative Professionals Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

It's up to us to educate them on the benefits of an assistant. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. That's a great point, Patricia. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

She saw the importance of this training to help her daughter know the workings of an office from the bottom up and the office benefitted from her educational training. The administrative position can be a springboard for a management position if you want to go in that direction and have the right educational background.

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

PowerPoint Time Zones IAAP 2010

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Google

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP AT&T 2010

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. (for

Time Zones ASAP IAAP International

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10 Things = Frustration

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

The cure: always answer the phone professionally - this way youre never caught off-guard. I agree that we should always answer the phone professionally, but if it is a co-worker calling, it seems silly to say "Patricia Robb speaking, Executive Assistant to the CEO, may I help you?" January 19, 2009 Patricia Robb said. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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We have a winner!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

Time Zones IAAP Interviewing Holidays

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Training On-line

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

The last online course I took was under $70 and was interactive using both the computer and a speaker phone for audio. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

Training Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If it is an external meeting, but local, enter location of meeting in calendar, provide your boss with address and directions, contact phone number, taxi chit. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Enter it in calendar. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP International Calendars

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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2010 Interviewing Time Zones IAAP

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Holidays Meeting Minutes

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Staples Meeting Minutes

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Agenda

Agenda Time Zones International IAAP

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International

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That is not in my job description.

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Her office encouraged her when they saw her knack for numbers and she pursued further education and is now a junior accountant. Very educative!! My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. very informative entry! I just love your article!!

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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It's Lonely in the Corner Office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

I can interact where I am now, but I have to get up and go if I want to speak with someone and then when I get there I may find they are busy or on the phone so I have wasted my time. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes