Virtual Moxie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Call them sample projects, test projects, or anything else you like…as a professional virtual assistant, should you do them if asked by a potential client? But that’s still not the same as agreeing to do a sample project. My opinion is a big, fat nope. And what do you say to that? Yep… you say “NOPE!” No exceptions.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Please help me write a professional email to my boss, the senior managing partner, to ask for funds to attend the Project Management Learning Lab in September. This is a full-day interactive virtual training program designed to help non-project managers understand the methodology to lead projects from concept to completion.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

We recently were involved in a capital project to build a new program facility in our region. When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. It can be tempting to print every interesting thing we find on the web or print a 400 page PDF “just in case.”

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

We were recently involved in a capital project to build a new program facility. When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Despite improvements in document handling technology, despite the convenience of PDF files, we still produce a lot of paper.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

Tom Peters’ “Top 41″ quotes and other free stuff – the Top 41 quotes are a project from 2006 that are compiled in a PDF and offered —along with a load of other free Tom Peters’ material— for download. World’s best quotes in 1-10 words – 10 quotes that are less than 10 words.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 5, 2010

Have you reduced employee counts and canceled or delayed capital projects? Others enter the data into payroll, into project tracking systems and then again into client billing systems. Identify “quick hit&# technology projects that increase quality and productivity. Example projects: Create interfaces between systems.

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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Does IT work with business sponsors on projects so projects are seen as a business initiative rather than an IT initiative? • Are staff members unwilling to ask questions and involve the business in day-to-day projects? Find the “happy middle ground&# whenever possible on policies and procedures.

Payroll 40

Payroll PDF Finance AT&T 40