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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

Success

There, we’d spend the holidays together, as a family, without the overgifting and overdecorating and overeating of a typical Christmas. We’d watch Christmas movies and wrap presents. On Christmas Eve, she’d cook pigs in a blanket and we’d head over to the neighborhood holiday party. But she made the best of things.

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Staples.com National Admin Day Survey Finds Businesses Can Manage Without the Boss, but Not the Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

I received an email referencing a survey conducted by Staples. April 25 marks the 60th anniversary of National Administrative Professionals' Day, a holiday that recognizes the more than 13 million people working in administrative assistant and admin support roles in the U.S., Please find below a copy/paste from a portion of that email.

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The Annoying Comma and Other Administrative Headaches!

Office Dynamics

Perhaps making presentations to co-workers makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold. Staple that little note you made right there on the page. Perhaps you’re a whiz-kid at comma usage. But maybe your brain stutters over mail merges. Alright, got your little list of items that cause you an administrative headache?

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The Annoying Comma and Other Administrative Headaches!

Office Dynamics

Perhaps making presentations to co-workers makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold. Staple that little note you made right there on the page. Perhaps you’re a whiz-kid at comma usage. But maybe your brain stutters over mail merges. Alright, got your little list of items that cause you an administrative headache?

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What happened to customer service at Sears?

Service Untitled

Consumers driven by finding the lowest prices will ultimately buy online; stores like Sears therefore have to concentrate on their showrooms and presenting superior products, “wow” customer service, and follow-up service and repairs to build customer loyalty and referrals. The cost of repairs seem even more contentious.

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need. Excellent material!