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FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Prioritize I n my last job, I had my own office. Just remember, if your company has an “open door” policy, please adhere to it.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Traditionally, executive assistants were seen as secretarial staff, making copies and answering phone calls. Today’s EAs are strategic partners who manage projects, make travel arrangements, and participate in high-level decision-making processes. What is the Role of an Executive Assistant?

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External meetings should be blocked together (one morning per week perhaps) with time added for travelling. I don’t know about you, but when I phone up to get a Doctor’s appointment, I am given a time slot and that is that. Can you adapt the schedule for certain activities or planned events? Work in progress.

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event. Check with your Human Resources Department or manager to see if this falls into your corporate policy.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs 11 Halos – Part 3 (reporting & fans) Friday, June 19, 2009 at 4:19 pm // By: // Category: Baseball Today, he drove to Tempe, to the Angels Tempe Diablo Stadium to report. Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Tandem Social Networking Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging Harry Caray may be one of the best networkers ever, moving thousands of tone-deaf Cub fans to stand and sing at the top of their lungs. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Time for another NAVA meetup Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources Do you meet up with your colleagues regularly? Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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MARCH 30, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Time for another NAVA meetup Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources Do you meet up with your colleagues regularly? Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

The reason I use the latter method is because our company policy is that we cant download any software that IT doesnt approve. There are two ways of backing up your e-mails. One is the easier way, where you download a file; the other is the longer way. You can read my post on 8 Steps to Archiving E-mails , if you fall into this category.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

  Last month I presented and emceed at a College of Business event on business etiquette.  5 -- During a meeting it’s OK to leave your cell phone on if you’re expecting a call.   Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch.    It was fantastic working with the students.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Reasons why work slowdowns can be good Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 11:12 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant My DH had his first-ever no work day in 35 years as a Land Surveyor. Better to use your phone and get outside, away from the office.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Building on your skills Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:46 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources It’s the time of year when we all do some self assessment and then look ahead to changes we want to make in the coming year.Â

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to talk on the phone, make sure that you keep your voice to a lower volume.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

If you’re a VA in the area interested in participating in this FREE event, drop me a line at ktcosmos at LooseEnds dot net and I’ll send you the particulars. You can also stop by the AZVAs FaceBook event page or, feel free to start a conversation here in the comment area here on Loosely Speaking. Tweet it using #AZVAs.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Apart from describing the tasks, talk about the leave policy, workplace bonuses, yearly paid leaves, vacation plans, health insurance, employee stock options etc. This includes content formation, content curation, pay per click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copy writing, performance analysis.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number. Who are you?

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JULY 10, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Roundup #5 Prescott Style Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:26 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources A recent meeting with local VA bud Tara Fort , owner of Versatility4u.com , generated a list of resources you may want to review. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 1, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. They wear thin after a while. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

Answering Phones and Screening Calls. Administrative Assistants are often called upon to handle big projects such as setting up special events, creating a procedures book, or handling office moves. Making Travel Arrangements and Compiling Expense Reports. Generalized Administrative Assistant Duties. Managing Office Machinery.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. If you are new to the company and company policy states you can’t take vacation for the first 6 months, as soon as the 7th or 8th month hits, take a vacation. Think about time in a different manner.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

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The Marq

JULY 21, 2009

I believe it was either Rob Ukropina, the founder of OverniteExpress, or Jim Mazzo, CEO of Abbott Medical Optics, who uttered the acronym at one such event. I firmly believe that without setting such ostentatious goals were like travellers with no destination. BHAG stands for "big hairy a## goal."

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Google Notebooks can be accessed from any computer as well as from mobile phones and it can also be shared between friends. Use email, instant messaging and your mobile phone to submit your notes or you can clip content from the web with the browser toolbar. Works in your browser and connects to your mobile phone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Thanks to Rachel Minihan of Purple Phone PR & Marketing. I have a firm policy that there is no need to "reinvent the wheel" Whenever possible, use what you have. The cool thing about Flickr is that we can tell a story about our events or conferences just by using photos, and it entices people to attend future events.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Throughout the months of phone calls, backtracking, moving forward, and backtracking again, there was a lot of confusion. My phone plressed the return key and it submitted. You never think of online stuff in the event of death. Either way, we have policies on keywording that way. Then the executor found another will.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

You recently wrote in a medium that’s probably more familiar to our readers: an article about your home in Miguasha that was published in National Geographic Traveler as one of the world’s 50 destinations of a lifetime. in person, on the phone, tape recorder, emailed questions…) 2. That’s pretty impressive!

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