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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Calling all Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants: Is there anyone.

Loosely Speaking

If you reside in Northern Arizona and your VA practice meets the * criteria listed below, then you won’t want to miss this local meet-up of seasoned professionals. Other things to know: There is no cost to attend and you don’t actually have to live in Northern Arizona to participate, if you plan to be in the area.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Along with our multiple work passwords, we have a password for our home computer, and if we sign up for Facebook, Twitter or any other website, we have another password to remember. I purchased a small address book in which I can keep the website address along with my user name and/or password for each particular site. Works so far!

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The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

Telemarketing is my number one annoyance in advertising and as soon as I answer the phone and get that few seconds of dead air, that is my queue to hang up. I know I am dating myself with this ad, but advertising does influence our decisions on what we purchase. It was easy and I got the benefit of trying the service before signing up.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

I tend to keep my scheduling sheets in chronological order and each morning I go through them to see if there is any action I need to take, i.e. follow up to ask for an agenda or see if I can start scheduling. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca