July, 2009

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5 Ways to Effectively Manage Your Business for Successful Business Growth

Office Organization Success

Let me share a secret with you that many successful online solopreneurs already know – you have to manage your business before you can market your business, and if you’ve been with me for a while you’ve no doubt heard me say this many times! So, if you can answer YES to at least ONE of these questions then you know you are not effectively managing your business: Do you feel overwhelmed at the start of each day – you don’t know what to do first?

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Resumes That Will Land You a Great Job!

Office Dynamics

Are you aware of all the changes that are taking place in marketing yourself to get the job you want? With an unemployment rate of 9.5% there are plenty of good people job hunting. And even if you don’t lose a job, you may want to apply for a position within your organization or just work somewhere else. I wanted to quickly tell you about a great resource Jasmine and I came across called Visual CV.

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Around the World Wide Web in 5 Seconds

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Thursday, July 30, 2009 Around the World Wide Web in 5 Seconds Check out these cool gadgets for the office! Men, have no place to put your nano?

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Authority over doesn't always mean competence in

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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11 Halos: Part 5—Trip to Orem

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs 11 Halos: Part 5–”Trip to Orem Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 10:10 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Baseball , Sports Ever optimistic, I discovered another silver lining in this lethargic economy: we were able to skedaddle for a few days to watch a some short season baseball. As is widely known, MiLB is a bargain for families.

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Online collaborative whiteboard (OWB) review

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Online whiteboards (OWB) aka Collaborative Whiteboards are a new class of web tool, which let remote users interact over the web in real-time using a shared virtual whiteboard. I have reviewed 5 of them and believe that whilst they are not yet fully mature OWBs could become valuable support tools for virtual brainstorming or open innovation activities.

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Executive Assistant Training on the Rise

Office Dynamics

I’m happy to say that we have seen an increase in interest from companies who want to provide some type of training for their administrative professionals later this year. This is good news because it indicates the economy may be starting to turn. The end of July and August is when you should start to pull together your goals and recommendations for either bringing a program on site or attending a conference or workshop such as our World Class Assistant.

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A Day in the Life of an Admin

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Wednesday, July 29, 2009 A Day in the Life of an Admin Administrative Assistants can be considered the backbone of any company.

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Having the Moxie to pull back when you need to

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Roundup #5 Prescott Style

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Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Roundup #5 Prescott Style Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:26 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources A recent meeting with local VA bud Tara Fort , owner of Versatility4u.com , generated a list of resources you may want to review. Like everyone these days, you probably find yourself spread thin in efforts to keep up with social media, Web sites, blogs, and other reading in your quest for valuable, accurate informat

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Racing Against Time

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Build Your Relationship With Your Subscribers With These 7 Simple Ways

Office Organization Success

As an online business owner you know how important it is to build your list in order to have a ready pool of clients, potential clients, and customers who are interested in your business and your services/programs. But as a list owner you also have a responsibility to those people on your list to treat them well and build a relationship with them – it’s known as creating the like, know, and trust factor – and is crucial for sustaining a long-term business. .

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Break Through a Career Plateau, and Climb to the Stars!

Office Dynamics

An excerpt from the book, Underneath It All , Written by Joan Burge. Employees often ask me, “How can I continue advancing my career after I feel I’ve hit a job plateau?” They also tell me that they like who they work for and the work they do, but feel stagnant. Anyone who asks that question is a go-getter! How does an employee continue moving forward in her chosen profession?

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Abusing Work Hours

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Friday, July 24, 2009 Abusing Work Hours In a recent article by Admin Pro, there is much buzz about whether to speak to the supervisor about work time that is being abused by co-workers when the supervisor is away.

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Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Steps for Every Professional

Unlock your full potential with our comprehensive guide on productivity. This detailed resource explores the three fundamental pillars of effective task management: Todo List Mastery, Time Management, and Habit Optimization. Learn to capture and prioritize your tasks effectively, schedule them using proven strategies like the Pomodoro Technique, and maintain your productivity through consistent habit tracking.

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Staying positive when someone you love is struggling

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Get Organized: R Is For Reusable Fresh Snack Pack

Get Organized!

Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Get Organized: R Is For Reusable Fresh Snack Pack This post is part of the "Organizers A to Z" series. Cool organizers you could live without, but why would you want to?! What would a lunch be without little baggies? It would be hard to keep all the sammies and chips organized without them!

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Nap to Recharge

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What Can Systems Do For You and Your Business?

Office Organization Success

Having systems in place is crucial for the long-term growth and sustainability of your business. With the right systems in place they can: Eliminate the repetitive workload, saving you time. Think about all those tasks you do on a regular basis. Are you finding yourself doing the same task over and over again? This is something that you can turn into a system.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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IAAP EFAM: Great Time Meeting New Admins

Office Dynamics

It was such fun for me to be back at IAAP's annual convention. I had not attended since the Reno event a few years ago, where I gave 2 presentations. This trip was different in a very fun way. I was at the OfficeArrow.com booth from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 meeting, greeting, and hugging admins--autographing books, answering questions and giving advice. It was a non-stop flow of admins and I loved it!

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Message from the Creator - Dewoun Hayes

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Message from the Creator - Dewoun Hayes Welcome to the Office Professionals Place! This community was created as a professional development networking tool and resource to discuss topics, get answers, and information that impact todays professional.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Improving a Department in 4 Steps

Service Untitled

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Improving a Department in 4 Steps Douglas July 15, 2009 Customer Service , Exercises/Resources 2 Comments Over the last week or so, I have been working with a company on improving the service experience within a small department of theirs.

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Get Organized: You Stuck It WHERE? Contest

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Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Get Organized: You Stuck It WHERE? Contest Do Post-its help you get organized? Then turn your love of stickies into some cold, hard cash! 3M is daring you to share your wildest Post-it moments during their "You Stuck It WHERE?" contest. Grand prize takes away 10 Gs.not bad for a little ol note pad!

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Organize All Over

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Top 5 Automation Tools for Your Online Solo Service Business

Office Organization Success

Part of running an efficient and organized business is making full use of the technology and resources available to you. It’s great to set up systems and processes and have them work for you, but in order to fully automate your business you also need to know which technologies are going to work best to support you in that. Over the years I have worked with many different automation tools (either in my own business or for my clients) that have helped to support an online solo business owner, and

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Conflicting Priorities Challenge Executive Assistants

Office Dynamics

What do you do? Every person who brings you an assignment or gives you a task to perform says, “It’s important” or tells you they need it now. Here are some general guidelines. Use the ones that best fit your situation. Ask for specific deadlines—not a.s.a.p. Prioritize actions and tasks by the deadline date. Ask the group to decide the order of priorities and then tell you.

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The Adventures of the Pseudo-Listening Manager

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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"Dot Cloud - The 21st Century Business Platform Built on Cloud Computing" Book Excerpt

BioTeams

In Dot.Cloud business strategy expert Peter Fingar explains the main ideas of cloud computing and what it will mean for both businesses and business models. Peter contends that companies will carry out their work in "the Cloud" instead of in office buildings and deliver their "services" via the Cloud as well. Peter proposes a key role for human interactions in the Cloud, the end of traditional "management" and the rise of self-organizing, self-managed "Bioteams".

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Get Organized: S Is For Split Ring Key

Get Organized!

Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Thursday, July 30, 2009 Get Organized: S Is For Split Ring Key This post is part of the "Organizers A to Z" series. Cool organizers you could live without, but why would you want to?! Is your key ring the size of a small babys head? Keys for this, keys for that, keys for. I dont even know what?!

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TheMarq: Do You Have a BHAG?

The Marq

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Do You Have a BHAG? Do you have a BHAG? Dont laugh! This is not a disease or a psychological condition. BHAG may or may not be one of the more common acronyms heard these days in the world of business. I first read it in one of my business classes at Chapman University. Then I heard it from speakers at the Chapman Universitys Distinguished Speaker series.

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Click to Read More… Are You Up For It?

Office Organization Success

Recently I posted an article about how often you should email your list , and it generated quite a few comments from my readership – one comment in particular stood out, and that is the fact that more and more ezine publishers these days are making you click through to their blog if you want to continue reading their article. And as this commenter posted, it’s okay with one or two ezines.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.