Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2011

I love it when things fall into place, but that doesn't happen without a lot of planning. To get ready the first thing I do is populate my to-do list with the tasks I need to do leading up to the event. My definition of a successful event is when it goes smoothly without a hitch.

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Loosely Speaking

JANUARY 16, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Calling all Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants: Is there anyone out there? Friday, January 16, 2009 at 10:54 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants unite! Join Katie Baird , Loose Ends , and Tara Fort , Versatility4U!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. I had an event for November 7th and the contract was signed, sealed and delivered, but then I noticed the hotel had put the wrong date on the contract. What are the dates you can cancel by?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. What better candidate to take on that role as a career, than the assistant who regularly plans events from small meetings to large conferences.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

If someone puts in a "birthday" or a "pick up the dry cleaning" reminder in their calendar as an all-day event, to those who are using the Scheduler, it will look like the person is busy for the day and in reality they may have the day open. We also have a staff calendar at work and use the all day events the same way.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. The one good thing about speaking at an event where nobody knows me is, they have no idea whether my hair is supposed to be this dark. Some good advice to pass along: Never colour your hair the night before an event.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

I have seen some contracts for event planners and it seems like a lucrative career to get into. I love the planning, organizing and running around that goes into bringing a conference from a thought to a successful event. Now I am glad I stayed in this career because I can do all these things.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

At our recent Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , I surveyed 350 attendees about the topics they would like me to address at future conferences or training events. When it comes to figuring out your soft skills, enlarge your vision; don’t just look at the tasks such as meeting planning or calendaring. Persuasion.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

Lynn has organized strategic events such as the companys internal trade show, all-hands meetings, the annual awards banquet, internal events and leadership off-site meetings. Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

Have you ever been at an event that isnt well organized? He then proceeded to tell me about a previous event he was at where there was no organization. An organized person thinks everyone knows how to arrange things, but that is not the case. You cannot believe how hectic it is when it isnt."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Networking at a conference does little good if you never speak with the person after the event. If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. Give, receive and record contact information. Give before you get.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I thought I would pass this tip along in the event you find yourself wishing you could take your words back. I have never used this escape route, but was reminded about it at a webinar I participated in recently and will keep these instructions close at hand. They said it works with most phone services.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

By using the template I was able to accomplish everything with enough time to change, touch up my make up and hair and then off to the next event. I also had a reception and dinner to attend that night at 6.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Meetings/Events. Travel Planning. Travel Planning. Event/Meeting Planning. When we launched All Things Admin in 2009, we asked every person who visited our website – what are your top two challenges? The answer was overwhelmingly getting (and staying) organized. Ideas, Time & Space.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 6 September, 2008 Going Checklist Crazy I am organizing a Board meeting and I have checklists and to-do lists coming out of my ears. I have a checklist for each day with a list of things I have to remember to bring or do before and after the meeting.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

when there is some function or event at the office, because it is not always assumed. I have found in some work environments there is a real distinction between executives and staff. It is almost palpable. Often, I have heard co-workers ask, "Are staff included?"when

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

In my experience I have found that providing administrative support is whatever is needed to support your boss and make the office function efficiently.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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