Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Learning is always a win-win for an employee & manager and progress is easily tracked.

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications. He or she also needs to understand supervision, training, and administration, and how they can benefit the business. An office manager needs to be friendly and approachable.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 23, 2020

In fact, it’s one of the reasons why administrative training is more necessary than ever. He or she doesn’t need to be “managed” in the traditional sense; the assistant actually helps “manage” the exec! I believe it is the assistant’s responsibility to train executives how to leverage them. In fact, it feels invigorating.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

An example would be call centers, where employee phone calls and voicemails were recorded and closely monitored to ensure their quality and efficiency. If you’ve ever called a customer support line, you’ve likely heard the classic automated phrase, “This call may be recorded for quality assurance or training purposes.”.

Filing 52

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

I’ve already started to receive emails from Twitter to promote Practically Perfect PA via their new paid for advertising structure. LinkedIn can and should be used as a resource for training, particularly for assistants who are not included in their organisation’s training budget. Twitter Ads. Mobile ready.

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Social Media 2015 Phones Collaborate 100

Step It Up VA Coaching

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Nobody wants a call to their home phone late at night or during family times if it’s not an absolute emergency. Set a reasonable time frame in which you will respond to questions or requests, so that you respond promptly, but your client is not inadvertently trained to expect you to be on call at all times. Keep clients in the loop.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

Event Management, Project Management, Human Resources and Finance have become a big part of my job. In the past I’d be answering phones, taking memos and maintaining files – nowadays you are an extension of your Executive. I was hired 4 years ago as the PA to the Managing Director and that was it.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JUNE 14, 2012

Nobody wants a call to their home phone late at night or during family times if it’s not an absolute emergency. Set a reasonable time frame in which you will respond to questions or requests, so that you respond promptly, but your client is not inadvertently trained to expect you to be on call at all times. Keep clients in the loop.

Google Docs 100

Google Docs Dropbox Project Management AT&T 100

All Things Admin

AUGUST 16, 2023

And as much as we may resist it, without it we’d still be using rotary phones and manual typewriters. weekly calls, status meetings, email updates, project management tools)? Change is inevitable. Change tends to get a bad rap, yet it can be a very positive thing. But to thrive , you must become a champion of change!

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 26, 2010

I convinced him that this is the perfect time to document his story, his preparation, and his biking adventure through a blog, social media, and his mobile phone. This is his Travel log, his moblog, his mobile blogging project. He’s doesn’t have a super-fancy, whama-jama mobile phone, just a $20 Nokia.

Social Media 100

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In theory, electronic tools are always in your pocket or just a click away—whether on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Things I had input on my phone wouldn’t show up on my computer and vice versa. It takes time to train yourself on something new, no matter how simple or “intuitive” it may be. Always at your fingertips.

Management 100

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Andrea Kalli

MAY 11, 2010

Most modern cellphones and smartphones have the ability to send and receive email. Facebook takes advantage of this by allowing you to upload status updates or photos from any email account. You can even have a link sent to your phone that makes logging into Facebook Mobile a one click trick.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

Find out who else has information related to the project. The primary manager may be traveling and/or unavailable to answer your questions. email, instant chat, phone, text messaging, etc.). Tasks can literally fly across your desk via technologies all day long (i.e.

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Andrea Kalli

MAY 6, 2010

It can be a challenge to keep on top of your email inbox while trying to take care of the many other things which are part of running your business. It’s a lot quicker than fielding phone calls for each and every question or even replying to email. Twitter can help you to keep current with your customer’s needs.

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Twitter Social Media Microsoft Outlook Customer Service 100

Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 17, 2010

Fortunately for me, he called the phone number I have listed on my website and left me a message. It was easy enough to configure, I simply went into the settings I use in my Outlook to send out my email and used those settings. failed to send email (failed to found mail tag) , failed to send your message. Same issue.

Forms 100

Forms Social Media Facebook Microsoft Outlook 100

The Marq

APRIL 13, 2010

So, here are my lists in alphabetical order : Agile Management : These feeds focus on Agile Project Management topics, such as those posted on Fourth Medium and APLN-OC blogs. This list contains posts that provide paid and free training to help you earn your PDUs. Get a better idea by reading this collection.

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Social Media Google Finance Twitter 40

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Most businesses are relatively open to assistance when they are not pushed to purchase, and an intelligent phone marketing campaign can bring in valuable new clients. No business likes the salesman that wanders into the office, and you will do yourself a favor by not being that person. Start a company promotional blog.

Social Media 100

Social Media Purchasing Microsoft Outlook Promotion 100

The Marq

MARCH 23, 2010

One of the professionals I worked with a number of years back told me he wanted to become a project lead and, possibly, a project manager. We knew his goal of becoming a lead and a project manager would be three to five years out. For the sake of anonymity let’s call him Sam.

Goals 40

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www.officearrow.com

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Plus, well-documented business systems are a useful tool for training someone new or for meeting regulatory compliance. Step Three: Train Others to Use It. Ensure that someone else has been properly trained and can demonstrate their proficiency. It is a great system and helps with training.

PowerPoint 40

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

If it is with an outside contact, a phone call apologizing for your error and being open to whatever steps you need to take to make it right will go a long way to fixing it. I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. Hi Patricia: What an encouraging message this is.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

So I’m not exactly sure what other high level tasks/responsibilities you may be missing out on when you have to manage the office. EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 24, 2015

Do you regularly multi-task, such as reading emails while someone is talking to you on the telephone? 90% of American adults own a cell phone. (64% 67% of cell owners find themselves checking their phone for messages, alerts or calls – even when they don’t notice ringing or vibrating. What about you? 64% own a smartphone.).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

The mistakes were along the lines of typos, not explaining a request so it was 100% dummy-proof, and not catching a detail buried on a multi-page group email that had been forwarded to so many people by the time it got to me that I had to hunt and peck for the bits of information like I was looking for Waldo.

Temping 40

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Use the notebook for everything you want to keep track of: to do lists, grocery lists, client meetings, phone calls, dreams and goals. Tame Your Email 1. Turn off email alerts when emails arrive in your inbox. If you know that you will never answer an email, delete it right away. a 6x9(ish) spiral notebook.

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress 100

Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Project Management and Editorial Calendars for Freelance Writers Reply Ada February 26, 2010 at 3:22 am Well, it is a good warning and good intentions, however rather in vain. People like me often have extremely broad knowledge of a number of subjects in which we don’t have formal training. John Hewitt´s last blog.

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