Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

When you’re one half of a couple, frequent business travel can take its toll on your relationship. However, for some business travellers (and even their partners) there is a middle ground. Bleisure’ travel – as it has been dubbed by some in the travel industry – is the mixing of business trips with leisure experiences.

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Travel 2016 2015 Lifestyle 113

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 4, 2017

In a time where the majority of emphasis is placed on finding the best price, the easy route is to choose the cheapest option when booking your executive travel, especially when it comes to airport transfers, be it a group or individual. Larger companies are using this statistic to drive prices down, at the expense of the driver themselves.

Travel 100

Travel Negotiating Customer Service Expenses 100

Allwork

JANUARY 24, 2024

For some, a series of email surprises, expensive and time-consuming. Some younger workers accustomed to remote working see this time as part of their workday, working en route and traveling slightly later to avoid the mental toll of rush hour. This article was written by M Moser’s Jeni Durksen for Work Design Magazine.

Collaborate 279

Collaborate Ergonomics Goals Expenses 279

Allwork

AUGUST 30, 2022

You can also reach out to workers via recorded videos and emails. When we entered the virtual conference room it gave us the chance to eliminate distractions and meet in one virtual room, without the hassle and expense of traveling to a central location. . Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays.

Basecamp 352

Basecamp Collaborate Environment Policies 352

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 4, 2016

For any of us that have heard Lucy speak, we will know that Matthew is the person that keeps the wheels rolling at Executive Secretary Magazine while Lucy travels around the world promoting the industry. Organising and maintaining multiple email inboxes. Involved in the day to day organisation of the magazine and conferences.

Travel 186

Travel Social Media Suppliers Email 186

Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 17, 2017

For instance, instead of printing that report, you could simply email it or upload it to the cloud where everyone can see it. Instead of traveling to a meeting, simply hold a video conference online. This will eliminate the emissions from the fuel used to travel. You can even send forms to be signed electronically.

Suppliers 170

Suppliers Travel Expenses Purchasing 170

C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 23, 2023

This could involve setting up a document system in the Cloud, a CRM system, scanning physical documents, organizing financials and expenses, contacts, etc. Some EAs even help with social media if you don’t have staff for this. Many EAs also assist with or produce PowerPoint decks for presentations for projects.

Calendars 65

Calendars Travel PowerPoint Social Media 65

Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 7, 2017

He needs time for emails, preparation, lunch – and I use my initiative to prevent clashes. Also, I read all emails to my boss and assess their importance in order to help him to reply. I also organise his business travel. Emails play an important part during the day. I make sure that the whole day flows well.

Restaurants 180

Restaurants Travel Suppliers Interviewing 180

Success

MAY 31, 2022

An email preview pops up in the corner of your screen. In the Things That Matter Survey , we asked, “Do you feel that you are spending your time and resources on less important pursuits at the expense of things that matter most to you?” Every day we wake to limitless information and 24/7 communication. Flash sale—take advantage now!

Lifestyle 204

Lifestyle Gossip Phones 2022 204

Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Email and diary management. Assistants should manage all of their executive’s emails. They should be able to reply to incoming emails and also send out emails on behalf of their manager. Business travel. Executives should not organise their own business travel, no matter how easy or quick they think it is!

Management 100

Management Suppliers Holidays Calendars 100

C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

Work-life balance is the delicate art of juggling professional responsibilities and personal well-being in a manner that ensures neither takes priority at the expense of the other. Executives very often find themselves tethered to smartphones, answering emails and messages, and taking calls long after office hours have ended.

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Environment Skills Travel Health 52

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. FlightTrack: £2.99 for Pro version.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Expenses Phones 100

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 14, 2014

All you have to do is book a car to Heathrow Airport, organise transfers on arrival at the foreign destination and then make sure that all your travellers get to every meeting in their jam-packed itinerary without a hitch. Are your passengers travelling within London, going on to Manchester or are they jetting off around the world?

Management 100

Management Suppliers Travel Policies 100

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2014

A perfect location for business travellers and tourists alike. I spent a lot of time catching up on emails and the WiFi was perfect. I would highly recommend it to anyone travelling to New York. The best thing about the Hotel Giraffe is the location. Why book The Hotel Giraffe for your boss? No receipts to sort out!

Travel 100

Travel 2014 Expenses AT&T 100

C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world. What Type of Assistant Should I Hire?

Payroll 74

Payroll Lifestyle Gifts Calendars 74

C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 12, 2021

Far too much rests on your shoulders to let calendar planning, telephone calls, travel booking, and other administrative responsibilities interfere with your performance. With tools such as email, voicemails, and mobile devices, you may wonder whether personal assistants are worth the cost. But how much does a personal assistant cost?

Salary 52

Salary Travel Calendars Expenses 52

Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

You can rely on sophisticated AI programs to discover patterns, analyze data, and predict future events in all sorts of scenarios, from recording and transcribing meetings to making travel plans. Prepare Expense Reports In addition to contracts, AI can help you prepare all manner of business reports for your exec.

Expenses 52

Expenses Social Media Environment Learning 52

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. FlightTrack: £2.99 for Pro version.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Phones Calendars 100

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. FlightTrack: £2.99 for Pro version.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Phones Calendars 100

All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Travel planning. Email template for circulating date/time options. Meeting invite/email template ? Meeting and event planning. Project management. Finance and accounting.

Agenda 90

Agenda Equipment Administrative Professionals Calendars 90

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 1, 2014

I had just spent 2 months travelling around a freezing USA and although back in the UK my body was still a little cold, a little jet lagged and in serious need of some rest and relaxation. for my fillet of beef I thought the food was expensive and some of the dishes unfortunately did not work for me. It was okay.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel 2014 AT&T 100

Eco-Office Gals

JULY 20, 2013

If you are a professional who travels to customer locations, this is a great way to accept payments. No Paper Receipts - When a customer signs his or her signature to the mobile device, most processing companies offer a digital receipt to be emailed to them. All you need is an account and Internet access in order to process a payment.

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Credit Card 2013 Equipment Finance 100

The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Tax Tip: Complete a Form 2106 – Employee Business Expenses This form is used for expenses NOT reimbursed by your employer that you may have incurred throughout the year. Tax season doesn’t have to be a tear jerker. Tax season doesn’t have to be a tear jerker.

Filing 100

Filing Expenses Purchasing IAAP 100

C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some industries and positions require a great deal of travel, as well, while others may be more situated within their own city. As you might imagine, working as a C-level Executive Assistant for a finance giant is very different from the same role in an advertising firm.

PowerPoint 52

PowerPoint Travel Resume Agencies 52

C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Take on tasks from your to-do list Prepare and prioritize correspondence, including email inbox and crafting emails to clients Organize and manage domestic/international travel arrangements Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion Maintain and update personal/professional contact database Manage personal/professional finances/expense (..)

Social Media 52

Social Media Skills Environment Calendars 52

C-Suite Assistants

JULY 26, 2021

With the right technology and communication styles, virtual assistants work in remote locations and can successfully take over tasks such as: Calendar management, such as booking meetings with clients Email filtering and management Data entry Client follow-ups Transcription and note-taking Social media management Recruitment tasks.

Time Zones 52

Time Zones Social Media Calendars Expenses 52

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 26, 2015

The description lists all of the core skills (diary and email management, travel arrangements, expenses etc) followed by one or two more bullet points relating to tasks designed specifically for the role (managing in-house IT software, supporting certain departments, managing social media for the organisation for example).

Job Hunting 100

Job Hunting Project Management Social Media Skills 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Fun travel apps are Skype (for calling home), SimplyNoise (great for sleeping in noisy places), Sit or Squat (find a bathroom), and CheapGas. My Kindle app is a lifesaver while traveling. Money example: snapping a picture of a biz expense to my Money notebook in Evernote at the moment of spending.

2003 100

2003 Dropbox Fax Social Media 100

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Sustainable events don’t need to be expensive events. So let’s encourage: Any exhibitors you have to travel light and to have simple exhibition stands. Your speakers and your attendees to travel by public transport. Embrace the digital work (including email) and you will reduce your evil footprint and increase your bottom line.

Budget 100

Budget 2014 Travel Training 100

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 5, 2015

I manage his schedule and monitor his emails, as well as help organise some of his travel, company events, and client dinners, occasional research, expenses and ad hoc tasks – all the general PA duties. I have a dual role: my primary responsibility is being the PA to the managing director.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Expenses 2014 2015 100

Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2017

Want a less expensive version you can print at home? I will be offering more depth to these in the MMT series emails, so if you want to get the finer points of each month’s themes then sign up to receive the monthly email here. Read the MMT series email for December 2016. Read the MMT series email for January 2017.

2017 40

2017 2016 Travel Calendars 40

Productivityist

APRIL 29, 2014

Some examples of my Delegation Definites are: Appointments, Travel and Preliminary Research tasks.) I added some newer tasks that involved filling out expense forms and other smaller one-off assignments, but nothing really groundbreaking. I''m going to give up another email accounts for my virtual assistant to access.

Social Media 40

Social Media 2014 Email AT&T 40

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

This role included updating my Executive’s CV, keeping licenses current for my exec, helping with the immigration process (my exec wasn’t a citizen at the time), and my absolute favourite, figuring out how to get a lot of expensive furniture imported from Asia! I have been in administration for 18 years.

Finance 100

Finance Salary Filing Project Management 100

Small Business CEO

AUGUST 22, 2011

Let’s face it, mobility has advantages that are simply irresistible especially for business owners who are always on the go and it all boils down to cutting business expenses such as travel and hotel costs.

Social Media 40

Social Media Expenses 2012 2011 40

Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact How To Manage Your Receipts by dragos on September 9, 2010 · 5 comments in Digital Tools , Productivity & Effectiveness Tweet I like to travel. Not the money itself, but the receipts.

Management 40

Management Business Cards 2010 Expenses 40

Small Business CEO

MAY 25, 2011

Use email for correspondence. For transportation and travel, use hybrid vehicles. While there are businesses which do not require travel, most still do and purchasing hybrid vehicles would be easier on the budget if you look at the big picture. The cost of fuel can make you feel like you’re losing out on this alone.

Budget 40

Budget Environment Equipment Travel 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. I could see him looking after himself, trying to organise his diary and all his emails etc, and he wasn't sure what to give me.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100