Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If your desk harbours mounds of papers, books, files and personal accessories, you may be adding unnecessary stress to your day. Set up a good filing system. Colour–coded files are especially helpful — they show you at a glance where something should go. Put items that must be looked at in a special folder or file.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Often times it is difficult to think of appropriate gifts for your supervisor, especially if the relationship has not been a positive one. Gift Cards You can’t go wrong with a gift card to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts. Gift Cards You can’t go wrong with a gift card to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 24, 2011

A good place to start is to streamline your files and documents. Clean out your file cabinet. Put old client files into storage and only keep active files in your immediate office area. File or toss that pile of papers into your newly streamlined filing system. Clean up electronic files and documents.

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Office Organization Success

MAY 15, 2015

An audio file of, say, one of your teleclasses. This very much depends on what it is you’re offering, but you need to let the visitor know exactly how they’re going to receive their gift, or where they need to go to get it. Having the right systems in place leads to consistent revenues, more clients, and less stress and overwhelm.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Files are scattered. For example, you can use files labeled with the months of the year. If you have a wedding in June, then you can put the invitation, gift registry and other information in that folder. Tags: overwhelmed home office stress get organized. Invest in the proper lighting, chair, desk, etc.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Gift of Life; the Gift of Love. There are also 4th quarter “finish line sprints” for assistants to handle: last minute travel itineraries, final year-end planning and execution of financial purchases, turnover of files and projects, and employee transfers to be handled. Oh yes, and budget analysis for the whole year!

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Gift of Life; the Gift of Love. There are also 4th quarter “finish line sprints” for assistants to handle: last minute travel itineraries, final year-end planning and execution of financial purchases, turnover of files and projects, and employee transfers to be handled. Oh yes, and budget analysis for the whole year!

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Each day we think of something new to surprise our attendees plus give away some great gifts such as on-line learning and conferences on demand. This is a great time of year to organize your workspace and digital files. My partner-in-crime, Jasmine Freeman and I are making these webinars educational and festive. Plan ahead.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

While you may have thought that was a tad bit early to be thinking of what you want from Santa this year, this latest story may have you thinking about what you'd like at the top of your gift list this year: An empty e-mail "in" box. And the Freedom file? The key is e-mail triage, they say.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 9, 2010

Delete unnecessary files: With a computer, you can free up space by sending unnecessary files to the trash. How about all those “junk files” on your mental hard drive? Download: Many “must keep” files that don’t need to reside on your hard drive can be downloaded onto a disk. Delegate whenever you can.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

It would be easy to take on a task yourself, but also stressful. 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. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 10, 2010

  To make it even better, for a strictly limited time, Michael will give you a free Bonus video – along with other gifts and prizes valued at $1800 – when you order this ground-breaking new book. P.S. Remember, the bonus gifts are yours only when you reserve your copy before the cut-off. To your success!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Schedule filing time at least once per week. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. anything you need reminded of on some future date goes into your tickler file. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. Just a suggestion.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Where will you get flowers, baby gifts, birthday cakes, catered lunch, a venue for the holiday party, wine, a list of all the hot restaurants in town? Filing Set up a great filing system now. While you have the time, bust out the label maker, order all the supplies and prep for what all the filing you will have to do.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

This is a powerful gift and must be used wisely.   When I asked him about the tiny papers, he said they all represented an item that he needed to take care of.    One of his frustrations was figuring out how to balance all of the important tasks that he had on his plate. It is about HOW you use your time. PAY ATTENTION!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

" The playing field of the world is leveling off which means that the competition, pace and stress levels are at maximum. Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files. It beats keeping it bottled up causing more stress. So instead of stress you feel relieved and more motivated to keep going!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 18, 2011

Burnout and stress are morale killers that cost USA businesses $300 Billion per year. It makes my meditation practice much easier because peace is cumulative like stress. Remember to keep this note where it can be read again in an affirmation file! Will a gift certificate do it? Thanks to Mike Wittenstein of Storyminers.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

unique gift idea Said on June 15th, 2008 at 7:25 am winweb is good for small business,I run a gift store, may consider it. leaflet distribution service Said on January 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm I also recommend this service, I have used it for my leaflet distribution PR and the response wasn’t too bad actually.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. The best gift I ever received was _.’ My best stress reliever is.’ They are looking for a job history with the exact same job they are looking to fill.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I nearly guarantee people will see it as a gift, and they’ll silently thank you for marketing to them. Then a nice hefty book becomes a free gift to each attendee, and the perceived value of the seminar goes up another solid notch! Practice, Practice, Practice.

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