All Things Admin

MAY 5, 2021

Whether it’s creating effective systems for minute taking, follow-up on action items, travel planning, procedures documentation, or developing communication systems that are easy for your executives to scan for information, organization is a vital skill for success-minded admins. Sharing notebooks. Using search effectively.

2016 52

2016 Training PowerPoint Meeting Minutes 52

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 31, 2011

1125 – One of the Directors has popped out of the meeting to ask me to scan a 40 page document without removing the binder for another colleague in the meeting. This takes 10 minutes. The deadline is Friday. I make a good start as it is still fairly quiet this morning.

Email 100

Email Phones Calendars Filing 100

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

to optimize scheduling; streamline customer service; transcribe meeting minutes; edit documents, photos, and videos; create dynamic presentations and graphics; even plan and organize multi-city travel. Ask other office professionals what systems they’re using and how they’re using them. You’re likely to be surprised!

Skills 130

Skills Legal Social Media Project Management 130

Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

Bonus fix: Use a SharePoint* meeting site or shared drive for attachments. Sometimes people feel that they need to send me every document at once. The “oops” factor: Also consider whether you really need to include meeting minutes or status reports with your email. Pet peeve: Too many attachments on an email.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette Filing Email 2012 100

Productivityist

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Less Meeting has helped me deal with meetings more effectively and efficiently — and it scales in a way that allows people to slowly adopt it without feeling overwhelmed. The service acts as a one-stop shop for all of your meeting needs.

Doodle 40

Doodle Meeting Minutes Google Learning 40

Productivityist

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Less Meeting has helped me deal with meetings more effectively and efficiently -- and it scales in a way that allows people to slowly adopt it without feeling overwhelmed. The service acts as a one-stop shop for all of your meeting needs.

Doodle 40

Doodle Meeting Minutes Google Learning 40

Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

Creating and Modifying Documents. This one item can become a whole list on some job descriptions if they get specific as to the particular documents you’ll manage. Also included here would be taking and transcribing meeting minutes. Managing Calendars. Project Management.

Fax 40

Fax PowerPoint Filing Meeting Minutes 40

BMT Office Administration

APRIL 25, 2022

Some specific uses of speed writing include: When taking meeting minutes at a staff or board meeting. Documenting quotes and information during an interview. It won’t give you a polished first draft that is ready to be shared with others, but it will help you jot down everything you need quickly.

Agenda 52

Agenda 2004 Meeting Minutes Social Media 52

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

I have gotten in the habit of doing this frequently during the day and hardly even think about it until the system shuts down for some reason and then I breathe a sigh of relief when I open the document (by pressing Ctrl + o by the way) and find that I have not lost any of my work. Ctrl + a - Selects the whole document.

Keyboards 100

Keyboards Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

spacing To insert a document i.d. or a filename path to your document Insert Footer, Edit Footer On Insert Tab, click on drop down menu for Quick Parts. Then open a new document and paste (Ctrl v). To print the entire screen, press the PrintScreen key and then paste it into a blank document. Choose Field.

2007 100

2007 Time Zones IAAP 2003 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Unlike Word you will only see the header repeated when you do a print preview or print the document. To automatically insert a new row at the end of a table.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

Meeting documents: some people have it printed single sided and others double sided. It is very hard to follow along when not all members have the document printed the same way. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones ASAP IAAP Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Be sure to ask before you take the job. so you clearly understand the supervisor's expectations, especially if this is the first time the supervisor has had their own assistant!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

For paper things that I need to remember to follow up on, I put the letter or document in my Wait Bin (which is a tray for things I am waiting on). That wouldnt work for me because I dont have that many paper documents to bring forward, but I can see it being necessary if you have lots of items. Where can I put this paper? Thats great!

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2016

You can save money on space and security costs; it’s incredible how much space you use storing hard copies of board packs, meeting minutes, and more. Even if your business has robust processes, the chances of misfiling or losing electronic documents without trace is tiny compared to how easy it is to misplace hard copies of things.

2003 100

2003 Training International Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets

Time Zones 100

Time Zones 2009 IAAP 2008 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Be prepared and think ahead. Be good at tracking things down.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Filing 2008 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Resume IAAP Interviewing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

Proofing documents can also be funny. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. I left his office to the sound of his chuckles behind me. What a start to a Monday morning. I thought it was wonderful until I read one.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

Of course my comments are limited because the subject matter is not my expertise, but he relies on my input and corrections to make the document look good. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

Management 100

Management Time Zones IAAP 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

This also works with your Calendar, which comes in handy if you want to either insert the agenda or another document from Word, or if you need to insert an e-mail. I always put OPEN FOR DETAILS in the subject line however, as it is not always evident in a meeting request that there is anything else in it unless you know to open it.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 2008 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes Google 100

Karen Vivarelli

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

ADMIN Data entry Set up online questionnaires and feedback surveys Proofreading and editing Calendar/diary management Email/inbox management Customer service Set up email templates for customer service enquiries Create document template Travel arrangements Organise gifts for clients and or staff members Research Create PowerPoint Presentations Set (..)

Social Media 98

Social Media Dropbox Customer Service Payroll 98