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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

​Whether you’re using it for travel planning, procedures development, project management, or just basic notetaking, OneNote is one of the most dynamic software programs out there for administrative professionals. Previously, I talked about two of my favorite OneNote features – color coding and custom tags. Here’s how you create one.

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Time Is Money: Get More of Both with an Executive Assistant

Worxbee

Here’s a short list of things EAs can do: Screening or making phone calls Scheduling or moving meetings Planning a business trip to meet with clients Bookkeeping or budgeting Completing paperwork Initial brainstorming on new projects Two heads are better than one It’s easier to remember or collaborate when two heads are involved.

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How Assistants Can Save Time and Be More Efficient

Office Dynamics

During down time, draft work on larger projects coming due. Read your executive’s sent mail file. Use the P-O-S-T method for strategic calendar planning/invitations. Meeting planning template- yearly with six month check-in. Meeting planning template- yearly with six month check-in. o P- purpose.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

They are a roadmap to your task or project that you follow every time. It should be easy for someone else to pick up, follow, and achieve the same results, even if they’ve never touched the project before. Travel planning. Meeting and event planning. Project management. Meeting Agenda.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

When the results were in, I met with the person who administered it and one of the things it showed, other than the fact that I ranked very high in administration, was that I work best on short-term projects where I can see the end in sight. I will have all kinds of energy to work on a project if I know it is ending at one point.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. Every afternoon before I leave for the day, I go through the hanging file for that month to see if there is anything I need to bring forward for the next day. A tip she passed along had to do with the bring-forward system and has been a great tool for me.

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12 Days of Christmas Webinar: The Organized Admin with Julie Perrine

Office Dynamics

Paper and Digital Files. Meetings/Events. Travel Planning. Filing – paper and digital. Travel Planning. Event/Meeting Planning. Project Management. Comprehensive-Business-Travel-Planning-Guide-Office-Dynamics. The answer was overwhelmingly getting (and staying) organized.

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