Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Power Up Your PowerPoint With Templates! Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 4comments for this post Feng Liang I stumbled upon this corporate presentation template at Cone Trees that I can actually use for my work, it wasnt cheesy types that usually come up in the search, so it thought id share :D.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 8, 2017

I’m an early bird so I’m usually up at 5.30 How we spend our first 45mins in the morning is so important it sets us up for the rest of the day so I’ll stick on a TED Talk or a motivational speaker while I’m getting ready, I avoid the news and the newspapers (it’s never good news, let’s be honest!) Believe in yourself.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? All e-mail distribution lists are bolded.

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Office Organization Success

JULY 17, 2015

Setting up your teleclass is relatively straightforward too – all you need is a: Registration page. Follow-up system usually via an autoresponder. If it’s a hot topic you’re presenting on, people are usually clamoring to sign up … great! Teleconference bridge line. And you’re good to go. Add class notes.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 5, 2011

An entrepreneur is constantly on the go and needs applications on their iPhone that not only keeps up with a busy schedule, but which also helps their business in some way. This particular phonebook app works with social networking to keep contact information on your iPhone up to date.

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Admins4Admins

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Use this quick tip to help spice up your presentation! 5. DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: Excel 2007 | How To Insert A Popup Picture In A Cell (PDF) Share this on del.icio.us As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. 2. Click on “Insert Comment”. Stumble upon something good?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

To commemorate Data Privacy Day, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada offered up these 10 ways your privacy is threatened: 10. If you want more information on protecting your privacy—at least, from a Canadian perspective—here are a handful of fact sheets in PDF format: Privacy in the Workplace.

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APRIL 21, 2009

If you need to, download the pdf at the bottom of each set of instructions to help you learn with pictures. These are designed to help you pick up each piece as you need it. How to Use the Number Format (PDF) How to Display Numbers as Fractions 1. Most of the stuff is easier than it looks. Have fun! Click on “Fraction”.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 31, 2012

Download the PDF version here >> Instructions. Count up your points. You have a network of colleagues who know and respect your work – and that’s a huge benefit in the professional world. If you’ve been contributing and supporting your team, they’ll step up and help you when things are tough.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 15, 2012

Download the PDF version here >> Instructions. I participate in professional groups online and in person in order to network and meet others with similar career goals. Count up your points. Now, just keep it up! Don’t wait for others to help boost you up in your career – find opportunities to do it for yourself.

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Tips From T. Marie

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

This means first impressions are crucial, which is why so many ‘experts’ will tell you to polish up your elevator speech. pdf portfolio for e-mailing to anyone asking about your business, services or rates. You can also print them out and put them in simple portfolio folders for handing out at networking events or meetings.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Sync Your Hand Held Device By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 15, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity , Travel A re you looking for software that can synchronize most of your hand held devices? Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 10, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Networking , Productivity A re you stuck at home because youre sick? It happens each and every year, even if you end up getting the flu shot. Make sure that you have a faster connection than dial-up, since the speed will be a nightmare.

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Productivityist

MAY 8, 2012

My brain is kind of messed up from flying through two time zones and into a third (from Pacific all the way to Eastern) – although usually it’s going west that causes problems. 1 It’s a great little chat, and you can get it over at the 70Decibels podcast network site right now. Now…to bed. Wired to be a night owl like me?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? There are two ways of backing up your e-mails. Are you familiar with this?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Are you being bombarded with people walking up to your cubicle and dont have the decency to see that you are busy? Heres an article I found on this issue, which shows quite a few peoples e-mails about some of these very problems.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. To do this, open up your scheduled meeting in the calendar that you are using and click on “Forward as iCalendar&#. I'm going to try this.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, February 21, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re walking around the office and someone comes up to you, asking for a pen. Home About Me Advertise Do You Have a Pen? You search your pockets and realize that you don’t have one. Has this ever happened to you?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

Do you follow particular religious holidays, but arent showing up in your calendar? In this case, I dont have to worry about taking extra days off, since I dont really follow the religious holidays that I was brought up with, which in turn, are part of the regular holidays that come up each year.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 14, 2016

She is also a talented juggler of jobs: y oga instructor, ESL teacher, community network facilitator, writer, and magazine content coordinator. Small movements continue to wake up both your body and mind. Try to tense and relax different muscles as you move up or down your body. Connect with Melissa on Twitter @melsteg.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? You can sign up and use any or as many services as you wish. This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. Keep up the good posting!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Your colleague or boss calls or comes up to you exactly 2 minutes later and asks if youve read it. You think to yourself, "What?!? Is this person crazy?!?" Has this ever happened to you? I am sure most of you are nodding your heads as you are reading this. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

You actually end up thinking that you are working harder, yet you are reducing your productivity by about 30%. Thats quite a bit of work that you could be catching up on throughout your day, each and every day. Then I would open up the applications associated with the next task. Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 8, 2010

Try this tip to free up some space! DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: Excel 2007 | Minimize The Ribbon (PDF) HOW TO MINIMIZE THE RIBBON 1. Click on the “Customize Quick Access Toolbar”. As you add more data to your spreadsheet, all the space saved is valuable. 2. Click on “Minimize the Ribbon”.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

After all, your attitude shows up everywhere: In your words, your tone of voice, even your physical look. Download the PDF version here >> Instructions. Now, whenever that person asks you to do something you: a) Immediately come up with an excuse about why you can’t do it. There’s an old saying: “Attitude is everything”.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet. I originally wrote a post on this entitled " Travel Plans " explaining that you can use Travelocity and Expedia to find the best deals. Theres even a better site that helps you find the best deals on these and other airlines, hotels and car rental agencies.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Home About Me Advertise Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 28, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity H ave you ever wondered how to copy pictures from and to Microsoft Word ?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 23, 2008

Do you already have a table set up in Microsoft Word, but dont want to copy to Microsoft Excel and back again, just to sort it? One of my colleagues came to me and asked about this very question. I wasnt sure if this was possible, but fiddled around on Google a bit and found that it is possible.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 4, 2010

DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: How To Add Footer To A Slide (PDF) Share this on del.icio.us Put a footer in all your slides to give it that edge or send the same message throughout your presentation. As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. Stumble upon something good?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Common Courtesy in the Workplace By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 10, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you always end up cleaning up after your colleagues? Do you neatly put all labels, papers, etc. on the printer table and then a few minutes later, you come back to a messy area?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Now put yourself in that persons shoes. Imagine that you were on the receiving end of the conversation. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

You can post up to 80 different job sites, such as Workopolis , Monster , CareerBuilder and many more, just with one submission. By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 26, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking A re you worried about online identity theft online? Resume Rabbit will make all of this disappear.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

They forget to do their own flight check-in and dont have time, so they call you up and ask you to do it. You search around to find the best deal (check out Travel Links on the right side of this blog for some suggestions) and book what your boss needed. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Does your boss come up to you and ask you to find information on an e-mail that youve received and needs it yesterday? If it isnt, click on it and a new toolbar will pop up. A new window will pop up with results that will populate as the system retrieves this information. Then click on Options, Advanced Find.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking , Organize , Productivity A re you in the process of looking for a job? When I least expected it, the skies opened up and a job fell in my lap. Youd be surprised of how many people in your network are willing and able to help out.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

If your manager needs to pick up a souvenir for their kids this app will tell them (or you!) The app also links up your social networking details with theirs. This is great if your boss is travelling and doesn’t know the area very well, they can either look a restaurant up for themselves or you can recommend somewhere for them.

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