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BCO Awards winners for North of England again focus on sustainable office design

Workplace Insight

The judges felt that flexibility was at the core of the design approach, with working spaces easily reconfigured as classrooms, seminar rooms or offices. This ‘social heart’ space overlooks the workshop, where these ideas will inform innovative research into new manufacturing processes.

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

That makes sense, but can this system be applied to other information, like monthly bills, tax returns, staff, legal issues, normal company information? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer. I remember going to a walk-in clinic (doctors office) for an ailment at the time.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

As wonderful as online learning can be, going to a live conference or seminar with other assistants is something that you should try to do a few times a year. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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I got an e-slap on the wrist - Ouch!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Internal e-mails amongst co-workers should have a business tone to it as well, although less formal. I also learned at a "Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook" seminar that we should not use e-mails as urgent requests. Anyway, it taught me to re-read, more than once if necessary, an e-mail that I think is negative. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

It is too easy to press Send and then regret what you have written or find yourself in some legal trouble. If your message is an answer to the sender then just pressing Reply is appropriate or if you are only copied, do you need to reply at all? Be Angry but Send not! If you need to vent, try sending yourself the e-mail you wanted to send.

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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

          Dr. Shannon Reece Reece International LLC. Using this for my financial documentation coupled with AboutOne.com for my employee and legal documents has proved invaluable. Find here: steph.bz/iB5cj3. My Laptop Gives Me Wings! Quickbooks And AboutOne Are The Perfect Combination.