All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. The reason why is summed up perfectly by one of my favorite quotes from Joan Burge, founder, and CEO of Office Dynamics, Inc. Personal Business Cards. Protect Your Admin Career.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2019

We use this information for a 30-, 60- and 90-day follow-up call with the assistant and the executive to track progress. This is detailed and maps out specific action steps the assistant will take.

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Success

JULY 8, 2021

Don’t create a product then look for the customer or you are in danger of ending up with a spare bedroom full of beautiful, but ultimately unsellable dog nose hair trimmers. Remind yourself daily that sales create money, and that money can generate incredible blessings; then, you’ll get over your selling hang-ups. Why not do this now?

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

And, since Seamless saves clients up to 30% on food related costs, making administrative professions the office hero, really impacting their company’s bottom line! Booking travel – Concur helps ensure that corporate travel is booked within policy before the trip is taken and reconciles expenses after travel is completed.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

I grew up in a different age where working hard and being humble were par for the course for the PA. Getting buy-in IS ACHIEVABLE and I managed to successfully get the following approved: Business Cards. Business Cards: I was the first PA within my last company of 30+ Assistants to request Business Cards.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. If your manager travels on one airline frequently it is worth downloading their app.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Web Hosting, Web Maintenance: Count in any and all web-related business expenses, including hosting, design and maintenance (or the hours you or a member of your team spends designing and maintaining), troubleshooting or tech help. Travel and Transportation: Do you do a lot of consulting, or offsite meetings? Gas isn’t cheap!

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Depending on what floor you are traveling to, your journey will be short so your introduction should be the same- short and too the point.  An exchange of business cards Here’s an example from someone who is employed as a sales representative from a company that sells crystal products. Here is my business card.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

Gone are the days of stacks and stacks of business cards in a suit jacket pocket, now all you need is a trusty smartphone to keep all your contacts and leads organised. Email is still the primary communication channel for the vast majority of businesses both internally and externally. Personal Wifi Hotspot. Bluetooth Headset.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Put birthdays on your calendar and send cards to your clients – your kindness will be remembered, and so will you when the opportunity comes up for a client to refer somebody to your company. A good way to keep track of client birthdays and send out cards automatically is to use an online service like SendOutCards.com.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2010

Such was the case last week when my long-time friend and Las Vegas BNI ( Business Network International ) Director Leslie Taylor presented a speech that outlined a simply brilliant model for building effective relationships. N-Networks —What groups or organizations are they a member of? Notice none of this is about you!

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2010

Such was the case last week when my long-time friend and Las Vegas BNI ( Business Network International ) Director Leslie Taylor presented a speech that outlined a simply brilliant model for building effective relationships. N-Networks —What groups or organizations are they a member of? Notice none of this is about you!

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Small Business CEO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Effective networking is an essential to furthering your career as well as being vital to the success of your business. However, a surprising number of professionals find it difficult to strike up conversation with people they don’t know, and many people admit that they would rather just get on with the job. Put yourself out there.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

And much like abs exercise, our networking muscle can be toned and firmed up to rock hard, “six-pack” status. Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”].

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

And much like abs exercise, our networking muscle can be toned and firmed up to rock hard, “six-pack” status. Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”].

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact How To Manage Your Receipts by dragos on September 9, 2010 · 5 comments in Digital Tools , Productivity & Effectiveness Tweet I like to travel. You expand.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). Those who are too busy will probably just read it and delete. She gave me her business card.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

You weren’t looking to travel around the country speaking in front of thousands or charging $20,000 for a 30-minute keynote address. That doesn’t change the fact that adding public speaking to your repertoire can mean huge benefits for you and your business. Would your business benefit from some local exposure like that?

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Loosely Speaking

AUGUST 6, 2009

We’ll post the names of the companies offering these goodies and they are firmed up. Branding Iron Designs —Discounted business card and brochure printing, including complimentary design! This needs to be written up for IVAACast, too. At 110 in the Valley, it’s too hot to dress up. Got a Better Idea?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the articles were on specific topics, I could take one or up to three sentences from one article and morph it into another article on a different topic. I also can use the recording to make a cd and give to potential clients or current clients instead of a business card or brochure. Never Throw Anything Away!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. This, of course, can be a nightmare, since you could be walking up many flights.

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Falling Behind on Your Follow-Ups? By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 03, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity A re you falling behind on your follow-ups? Do you want to improve the efficiency of following up with clients? It was a life saver!

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Co-Workers Not Cleaning Up After Themselves? Do you get annoyed that you are always the one that has to clean up after them? Do you know of any other ways to get your staff members to clean up after themselves? Do you start wondering if they treat their own house the same way? right away. right away.

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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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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Just come up with 3 or 4 niches that you actually give a damn about. One of the best benefits of spreading into other niches is how you’ll come up with out-of-the-box ideas on how to one-up the value you offer to your existing customers in your main niche. Like carrying a business card. & marketing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Checking In" to a Better Flight By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity , Research , Travel Y ou get an urgent e-mail from your boss asking you to book a flight and hotel. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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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 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. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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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

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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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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