All Things Admin
JUNE 23, 2021
Travel planning. Meeting and event planning. Other systems you may want to prioritize, depending on your job duties, include: Disaster recovery planning. Using the staff meeting planning example, here are the batches or segments: Date Selection and Participants. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Invitations.
Professional Assistant Blog
MARCH 20, 2008
Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?
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Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 17, 2008
Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Be one step ahead of your boss.
Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 1, 2010
I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Servers are usually backed up daily, so your file will likely be restored. However, you probably want to password protect file.
Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 23, 2009
At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As.
Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 13, 2010
This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available.
Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 19, 2009
When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? ► February (5) We did it Canada!
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