Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Home About Me Advertise Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 28, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity H ave you ever wondered how to copy pictures from and to Microsoft Word ?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 25, 2011

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

" One of the most productive ways to update information on files is to either create or move a file into a shared folder on your companys network drive. If your company doesnt have a network, since you might be in a smaller organization, you can e-mail the file around to the various people and ask them to add their information.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Here are the basic rules to do this: Start off with something positive, such as you have been working hard on whatever project you want to mention and show some results of this. Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc. This will show that you are being pro-active.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? » Top 9 Mistaken Organizing Statements There are a number of statements that I have heard people say over the years with regard to their organizing projects.  "   Wanting to do a good job on your projects is admirable.  Work With Stephanie « Mon.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? I turned off my email notification a long time ago (about 15 years) because I did not want to be taken out of the important state of concentration when working on projects.  Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   That started a deeper conversation that led to us talking on the phone and deciding to work together on a teleconference project scheduled for January.    You see, most social networking sites give you the ability to list other ways for people to connect with you. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? Pile Tamer My favorite is: the Pendaflex Pile Smart Project Sorter. Smart Phone!! And it's a PHONE!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Ask yourself whether or not those documents will be relevant to your work in the coming year – completed projects and last year’s receipts should not be living in your active files! Or did you just have a hard time getting started on those bigger, more important projects?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 31, 2008

I have shared access to 4 different mailboxes for various products and projects. Home About Me Advertise Microsoft Outlook Shared Mailboxes Etiquette By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 31, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have more than one mailbox in your Microsoft Outlook , other than your inbox?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

If you need to do this for other functions, make sure to change the "Use function:" section to whatever type of calculation you need to do for your particular project. Now you have the total for each firm as well as the grand total listed. If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? AppleEve   @ StephCalahan a trusty desk diary and pens (colour coded for different types of appointments) roguereporter   @ StephCalahan Microsoft Project. We also both have android phones and when I add appointments on my phone it syncs online and vice versa.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

This will keep your project/goal in a manageable time frame, where you know how much time will be left once youve accomplished these tasks. Next, add a time frame to each task. For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Make a #project w/ do-able sized parts   AllisonDGraham   @ StephCalahan make a list. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? "  That was one of the first things she said to me on the phone.    You also release serotonin/happiness/excitement as you finish a project.    This will allow you to get back into the game with the project that is a bit less interesting to you.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Get rid of the activities and projects (and sometimes even people) that don't fit.    Do you let other people encroach on your time when you had planned to work on an important project?  Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

Projects wouldn’t be moving forward and my goals and plans would be lagging behind… or so it seemed. At the height of my furore for being an efficient to-do list completing machine, I was regularly finding work to do. If I didn’t have a full day’s worth of tasks to complete I wasn’t being efficient enough.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 17, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Also consider color-coding the index cards by project. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Do you have a large list of abandoned projects all sitting at various levels of incompletion? Do you have a list of projects that do not reflect your best work? Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? A - True B - False 4 -- You got side tracked in a project and have forgotten lunch with a colleague/business associate.  5 -- During a meeting it’s OK to leave your cell phone on if you’re expecting a call. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Take the most important task and (this is the important part), only focus on that task (with the exception of someone coming to you, phone calls, etc.) And remember, always break down your entire project or tasks into manageable chunks. Once you have completed all of your tasks, lavish in the fact that you are done!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? However, even if she'd jumped onto that project, the lost productivity associated with the original distraction would still creep back into her day when she returned to the task we were completing. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Win a chance at an iPod Touch!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

" That is what I heard from her as we were talking on the phone.  Since I work at home (and because we're full-time RVers, always on the road), I need to be able to fax/copy/convert from anywhere.         Tiffany Odutoye Talk Social Networking Llc. " Stephanie you are such a geek."

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Professional Assistant Blog

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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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 22, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? " That was the statement I heard when talking with a new client about a week ago.   Do you find yourself jumping from one project to another?    One day it is one project and then the next day a different “ bright shiny object ” comes into view and we switch off to that. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Anchoring the system in the tickler file: You will find your "Next action" sheets, your project sheets, agendas, documents you need to work with, etc. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   She and I were on the phone catching up and she asked me if I would do a Twitterview with her.  We start w/ a phone laser strategy session to identify those challenges & figure out next steps I have not delivered the exact same approach to any two clients. Any last words?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? What are the key projects to be completed this year?   Completing projects and tasks is harder than ever for most of my clients.    So, the next time you have a project that is important consider the following: Block the time on your calendar.   Write it out. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   I've tried my phone and outlook, but I find that I don't even look at those lists.  If you have a big project due, break down the steps necessary and write those on each card.   Do you think it could help others in your network?  To your success!

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Build your own network! Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? You quickly find these attributes make the difference between a successful project and just pissing your money and credibility away.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 22, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? "To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth - all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne.

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The Marq

MAY 6, 2010

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

We all know how difficult it can be to maintain a realm of sanity in the workplace when the phone is constantly ringing, clients are popping in and out of the office, a project is due, and you have a supervisor who is behaving like a ‘helicopter mom.’ Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Some say the traditional paper planner is the best, while others swear by their smart-phone or on line tool.  If your calendar is on your hard drive, it is more difficult to remotely access, and only one person can be in the system at a time, unless you have a network version.

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Denise Aday

JANUARY 12, 2009

The VAccolade Award not only recognizes participation at VAnetworking, the world’s largest member-based Virtual Assistant networking association online, but also recognizes the professionalism with which I present myself on the Web, thereby giving me more credibility amongst other virtual assistants online.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Follow-up does not mean frequent phone calls, emails, meetings, or standing over someone’s shoulder. Show your appreciation for each team members’ efforts by taking them to lunch or at the end of the project give a gift of thanks or a certificate of appreciation. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Youve been networking your little tail off. This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview! If it is a project management position, prepare a project status review presentation or the like…you get the idea. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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