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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

The cards had been collected over a year or so of miscellaneous networking events and trade shows.  Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking.  The most effective networkers have a system to manage/organize business cards and their contacts. 

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How to Nail a Great Internship

On The Job

Instead of being left to staple reports or perform other trivial tasks, Abbott interns are given real-world experience that can include being involved in product launches, helping with production or building a computer network, she says. "We We have a very systemic way to accelerate their growth.

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15 social media and technology trends for 2015

Practically Perfect PA

LinkedIn can and should be used as a resource for training, particularly for assistants who are not included in their organisation’s training budget. More and more people are joining Twitter and using the platform for business marketing, networking and publishing content. I hope we see more of you online in 2015!

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Thank you for joining our Admin Blog-a-thon, what’s next?

Office Dynamics

IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. Here’s a recap of just some of the amazing things that went on this year in celebration of you, Administrative Professionals: Executive Secretary Magazine sent out daily gifts from a variety of organizations specifically for administrative professionals learning benefit.

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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.

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

Stephanie LH Calahan

            Peter Coombs FRONTLINE Training & Consulting.         Tiffany Odutoye Talk Social Networking Llc. The initial thought was that we might need to design a server, network our computers together, etc. Find here: steph.bz/jI9HDF. I use Carbonite.