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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you have a few ideas or requests in your e-mail, it is best to set it out in point form so the person does not have to dig for it. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? Point being. For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

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.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

For my readers from other countries, you will note there is a section for foreign dignitaries and if you click on that it will give you the proper form to address just about anyone in the world. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? This is a must-have resource.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? This is an important thing to know.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

i.e. My boss will send an email with a cc to me and on the last line or buried in the message he will write something like “I have copied Patricia to set up a teleconference at a mutually convenient time.&# If you are sent an email with a request to do something either asap or later, did you do it or have you diarized it to do it later?

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Happy New Year! Now don't forget to put the correct year on your.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I only use this if I have a form or something that I always want the current date on it. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? If you change your mind later and decide you prefer another format, it is easy to go back and re-set the default in the same way as above.

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When you need it later: The Bring-Forward System

Laughing all the Way to Work

If there are forms that need to filled in and it has a due date in June, I put those forms in the June folder with a bf date on it for a week before it is due. I create a corresponding Task reminder and write something like this: WAITBIN need to prepare form for production by March 23rd.