All Things Admin

JANUARY 26, 2023

​Whether you’re using it for travel planning, procedures development, project management, or just basic notetaking, OneNote is one of the most dynamic software programs out there for administrative professionals. Previously, I talked about two of my favorite OneNote features – color coding and custom tags.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve been using the task/project management tool Trello for almost ten years and have gotten creative with how I organize not only my work but my personal life using their flexible boards. Home Improvement Projects. Our home improvement board holds lists and cards for on-going maintenance, fixes, and someday projects.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve been using the task/project management tool Trello for almost ten years and have gotten creative with how I organize not only my work but my personal life using their flexible boards. Home Improvement Projects. Our home improvement board holds lists and cards for on-going maintenance, fixes, and someday projects.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 28, 2024

Today’s EAs are strategic partners who manage projects, make travel arrangements, and participate in high-level decision-making processes. Look for responses demonstrating the candidate’s communication skills, adaptability, and strategies for staying organized and keeping all parties informed.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a company Founder or CEO, you may be looking for an executive assistant to schedule meetings, organize business trips, as well as manage many aspects of your personal life. It will also vary according to where the position is located, the years of experience required and the amount of travel required.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Whether it is a few employees or your entire workforce, it is becoming more and more likely that if you have employees, you are facing the challenge of managing remote workers. Organizations from Automattic to the U.S. Toggl is an app that will allow employees to record their work activities and then share with a manager or team.

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 11, 2021

Good automation can look like filters/rules in your inbox to organize messages, templated text that provides a solid starting point for responding to messages, and checklists for workflows. Does your calendar scheduler effortlessly distinguish between travel arrangements and regular phone calls when deciding when you’re available?

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Jen Lawrence

JANUARY 11, 2021

Good automation can look like filters/rules in your inbox to organize messages, templated text that provides a solid starting point for responding to messages, and checklists for workflows. Does your calendar scheduler effortlessly distinguish between travel arrangements and regular phone calls when deciding when you’re available?

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Worxbee

MARCH 29, 2021

An executive assistant, on the other hand, often takes more of a project management role. They are sounding boards for their executives, helping them through their decisions and, if the work involves travel, there are many EAs who travel with their executives.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some of the tasks that executive assistants can take on include: Become your right-hand gatekeeper by managing complex personal and professional calendars and scheduling internal and external meetings. It’s easy to think your business can function without the presence of assistants, and it likely can- but not at its full potential.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Every office needs different systems to run smoothly, but most administrative professionals will require most or all of the systems in this core group: Time and task management. Travel planning. Project management. Systems help you stay organized, both in and out of the office. Meeting and event planning.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.  We used this as our project management tool when coordinating Extreme Makeover Home Edition too.

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Worxbee

MAY 3, 2021

Being super-organized. Strong project management and process management skills. EAs should be deadline-driven and know how to manage several moving parts at once. EAs manage calendars, travel and “gate keeping” for executives. The best EAs get to know how their executives operate at a minute level.

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www.officearrow.com

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Use our handy purchase order form template to keep track of purchases being made within your organization. 78% off Project Management Essentials Premium Tool Kit. 78% off Project Management Essentials Premium Tool Kit. Get Organized! Hildebrand Print Comment Rating: Be the first to rate this.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

For projects that appear critical, ask for added background information such as: “Can you tell me more about this project? Find out who else has information related to the project. The primary manager may be traveling and/or unavailable to answer your questions. email, instant chat, phone, text messaging, etc.).

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Please welcome today’s guest poster, James Adams, and his collection of apps to organize thoughts. (We Regardless if you are a freelance writer, a business executive, a graphic artist or if you are working a part-time job, you surely could use a bit of help in organizing your thoughts so that your days run more smoothly.

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 26, 2021

Help you stay organized. Virtual executive assistants can be instrumental in handling repetitive tasks and helping you and your business stay organized and operating smoothly. Virtual Assistants can take over recurring tasks such as newsletter management, follow-up emails, calendar management and travel plans so that you don’t have to.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It pains me to announce that my grand experiment with using electronic time management systems has officially come to an end (sort of). You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. But now, I’m back to paper (sort of).

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Watch The Organized Admin Webinar Replay. Poll Results: Where do you struggle the most to stay organized? What was the inspiration for writing your new book, The Organized Admin? The answer was overwhelmingly getting (and staying) organized. To Do Lists – Task Management. Travel Planning. Travel Planning.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

Try your hands on various experiments with a variety of organic and paid acquisition channels. This includes content formation, content curation, pay per click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copy writing, performance analysis. Strong and effective project management skills.

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

For that matter, who needs to travel to a meeting? Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. For project management, Devesh Dwivedi of BreakingThe9to5Jail.com says “I love BaseCamp.

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Allwork

APRIL 3, 2023

So, what we did is we took their declared benefits of project management software and really made it available to actual business users. Because back in the day, people already knew that there’s project management software, but very rarely anybody actually used it. And Pandemic did both good and bad things for that.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 12, 2010

When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. WORKetc has successfully combined CRM, project management, and billing into an extremely intuitive and efficient application and they deserve the recognition! I wish others that actually offered unique services would get recognized.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Pros of Planning Tool: Very organized product. It's the great planning tool debate - should I use paper or an electronic organizer (PDA) to organize my time and keep me on track? Make sure you choose an organizer that you feel confident and comfortable using.

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Success

AUGUST 23, 2022

Get organized? A special project management app? Bell is now the host of The Robcast podcast, has published 11 books, has multiple films of his tours, and travels the U.S. Neil Fiore is an expert in motivation. He has a doctorate in getting stuff done* and has spent a lifetime studying procrastination to beat it.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 10, 2021

Organization is a pain point for many administrative professionals. And systems are the key to getting and staying organized! You can create systems for everything you do, but I recommend starting with these five key areas: Time and task management. Travel planning. Project management.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

You mentioned you really want to progress and develop your skills, but managing the office is hindering your ability to focus. At this point in your career, I am pretty certain that you are smart, organized, reliable, and are doing pretty well with performance. However, to even be considered for such a major undertaking speak volumes.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Allwork.Space spoke to Coworking Nativo Event Director Vika Zhurbas — who is also DNI.events Project Manager at Workcloud24 and the President of the Ukrainian Coworking Association — and some of her colleagues in the sector to discover more about Portugal’s burgeoning coworking industry.

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All Things Admin

OCTOBER 20, 2021

You need a password to boot up your work computer, log in to your network, access your office intranet, open your project management software, and access your cloud server. Password Management is Your Responsibility! That’s five passwords before you can even start your workday! Do you work with sensitive material?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

And it is changing again as executives recognize that administrators aren’t just for typing emails or making travel plans. They can be project managers, ambassadors of their manager’s vision, and more. Training and Development – organizations are investing more than ever before in specialized training.

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Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I had taken a job as an assistant to three executives, plus my role required project management work. My brain was constantly running in eight different directions and while I was able to keep myself organized, I found it was taking me longer and longer to get through tasks that were seemingly simple. It was my mindset.

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Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I had taken a job as an assistant to three executives, plus my role required project management work. My brain was constantly running in eight different directions and while I was able to keep myself organized, I found it was taking me longer and longer to get through tasks that were seemingly simple. It was my mindset.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The ultimate project management victory: I crossed off my own death today. And finally, one of the most important benefits of this bouncing back and forth is the organic rearrangement of your activity. Projects, tasks and events will start to fall into their places. For A Liveline Philosophy Forget deadlines.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Main | Start 2011 off Organized! Let the blood go to your brain (the thinking organ) and away from your legs and arms. of A Clear Path: Professional Organizing For Home, Work, Life 4. Thanks to Ann Acquaviva of The Creative Organizer LLC 5. Stop, Think And Re-engage 1.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? Those are all important, too, and people who need to organize and finalize your life on this earth have to have that information. And even if they did, they may not know where to look for it.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

And as I climbed the admin ladder, when I got recruited for a project manager role, the person who referred me was also someone I had met when I was “just a temp” stuffing those thousands of envelopes. 2) How manageable are you? Are you hungry, green, and have a sense of urgency with all tasks? What is your PA/EA top tip?

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