December, 2009

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Be Smart About Using the Telephone

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In | Main | Want a Paper Planner for 2010? Check out these Great Reviews by @JanetBarclay » Be Smart About Using the Telephone How much time do you lose playing "phone tag?

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Building on your skills

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Building on your skills Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:46 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources It’s the time of year when we all do some self assessment and then look ahead to changes we want to make in the coming year. Personally, it may be your work out routine that needs some recommitment.

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Are you open? To what?

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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Publish a Successful Ezine with these Top 10 Tips

Office Organization Success

One of the systems I help my clients to implement is a schedule for getting on track with their ezine (electronic newsletter) as it’s so important that you have a systematic stay-in-touch strategy in place and a regular ezine is the perfect medium for achieving this! However, the downside, and where so many solopreneurs fail, is that they don’t get into a regular publishing schedule and they start to lose their connection with their subscribers. .

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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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Executive Perspective of the Administrative Role

Office Dynamics

In case you have not read the past few Blogs, I had interviewed two great people this year. Ken Konseco (pictured left) is the President of Harrison College (previously known as Indiana Business College) and his strategic business partner, Maria Berthiaume CPS. They were an absolute delight to interview and I appreciate all the time they took to share their tips to a successful business partnership.

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Does Your Website Content Build Relationships?

Make or Break Moments

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Christmas – Small Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals.

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Inner work for the outter planner

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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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

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, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Don’t know what to get your boss or co-workers for the staff grab bag?

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How to Get Your Administrative Title Changed

Office Dynamics

Through our “ Contact Us ” form on our web site, Laurie writes: "In your webinars, you mentioned you were able to persuade your executive to change your title. I am Assistant to the President of my company. My present title is Administrative Assistant, but my workload and responsibilities indicate it should be Executive Assistant. Can you share your ideas of how to approach my boss with this request?".

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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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Don't Make Your Customers Feel Stupid

Make or Break Moments

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Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « AboutOne is About YOU! Win a chance at an iPod Touch! | Main | Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity » Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing (Guest Post: Paul Burton) Discussions on "productivity" often focus on leverage or other financial management measurements.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. You ask a question, I answer!

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Managing the growth of your VA practice

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Managing the growth of your VA practice Friday, December 4, 2009 at 10:45 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives , Virtual Assistant Resources Virtual Assistants in practice for a number of years usually reach a crossroads when their client load begins to challenge their energy and time limits.

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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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Excel 2007 | How To Insert A Pop-Up Picture In A Cell

Admins4Admins

Secure Your Success With Training, Support And A Network Of Trusted Friends admins4admins.com Building Success One Office At A Time Home Toolbox About Bios Contact Us Blogs Featured Excel 2007 Powerpoint 2007 Word 2007 Business Letters Networking Opportunities Professional Growth You are here: Home / Blogs / Excel 2007 | How To Insert A Pop-Up Picture In A Cell Excel 2007 | How To Insert A Pop-Up Picture In A Cell 2 Comments Filed under Blogs , Excel 2007 , Featured Pop-ups in your Excel spreads

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Executive Assistant Certificate Programs vs. Certification

Office Dynamics

Corleen writes, "I'm a Senior Level Executive Assistant. I am just beginning to investigate some type of certification and am wondering if you can direct me. I've looked at the IAAP membership and certifications. My supervisor would like me to obtain some type of certification and I'm confused on where to begin.". I am so glad Corleen asked this because not only in the administrative arena but in the training arena in general, people get confused between: certificate programs, certifications and

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Merry Christmas – May Yours Be Filled with the Spirit of the Season

Make or Break Moments

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Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold | Main | Life Coaching Tips to Organize Yourself For Success » Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed (Guest Post: Sarah Short) Work from home mothers all share pretty much the same issues; children, family, housework, space, organisation.

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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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Ethics – Small Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life!

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The Hiring Trend Every Business Owner Should Know About

Small Business CEO

Yes, it’s officially holiday season. And yes, festivities are all around. But let’s face it — as business owners, we work on our own calendar. While some parts of the business world are winding down for the year, many of us still have a hectic few weeks ahead of us. We know what you’re thinking - - I can sure use an extra hand!

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

28,759 On-target web design and copywriting to help you hit the bulls-eye of success Home How-to Books Our Services Portfolio FAQs About Us Archives Contact Us Better Blogging Guest Posting Better Books Better Business Better Design Drive-by-Shooting Sundays Better Writing 7 Deadly Fears of Writing Fiction Writing How To Write Website Content The Way of Writing Way Off Topic Announcements Is Your Education Useless?

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Executives and Assistants Working Together

Office Dynamics

I was fortunate this year to interview two great people. Maria Berthiaume CPS is the Administrative Assistant to the President of Harrison College (formerly Indiana Business College). Ken Konesco is the President of the College and Maria's strategic business partner. They were gracious enough to spend a great deal of time with me. Because I have a great deal of information to share with you, I will break it down into several Blog posts so be sure to check them out.

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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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Marketing Drives Traffic: Sales People Make or Break the Outcome

Make or Break Moments

SUBSCRIBE home Bio Products Speaker for Hire Speaking Calendar Testimonials Monthly e-News Blogroll AllBusiness Customer Service Articles Alltop Customer Service AllWrite Ink Articles by DCB Church of the Customer Customer Care Institute Customer Experience Crossroads Customer Service Articles Customer Service Point Marketing 4 Business Open Forum Articles Return Customers Ritz Carlton Gold Standards of Service Categories Attitude Books Boss Moments Child Moments Communication Connecting Moments

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Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity | Main | Work From Home Mother - How to Organize Your Life and Home to Succeed » Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold (Guest Post: Sheila Zayas) How many times have you had a product idea only to see someone else on a 30-minute infomercial promoting YOUR idea?

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Top 5 Tips on Making Big Changes

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money.

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Blast Through Writer’s Block With These 50 Blog Topic Ideas

Small Business CEO

If you’ve been blogging for some time now, then you know that the actual act of starting the blog was the easy part. Maintaining fresh ideas and content for your business blog is the hard part. You would like to add new articles several times a week but you’re stumped. Coming up with writing ideas and topics can be frustrating. You spend days staring at your computer and before you know it, it’s been weeks since you’ve posted a single thing.

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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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PowerPoint 2007 | 2 Steps To Hide The Movie Frame

Admins4Admins

Secure Your Success With Training, Support And A Network Of Trusted Friends admins4admins.com Building Success One Office At A Time Home Toolbox About Bios Contact Us Blogs Featured Excel 2007 Powerpoint 2007 Word 2007 Business Letters Networking Opportunities Professional Growth You are here: Home / Blogs / PowerPoint 2007 | 2 Steps To Hide The Movie Frame PowerPoint 2007 | 2 Steps To Hide The Movie Frame Leave a Comment Filed under Blogs , Featured , Powerpoint 2007 Two easy steps to hide the

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5 Key Actions to Building a Relationship with Your Executive

Office Dynamics

Here we are back to my interview with Maria Berthiaume CPS from Harrison College. She easily answered this question. Here are her 5 key actions: 2-way communication. Trust. Professional demeanor. Open candor. Respect for each other. Ken Konesco, her executive, agreed with Maria. He said you have to operate with absolute candor and openness. This is easier said than done for many executives and assistants.

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What to Do with Clients When You're Sick | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

28,759 On-target web design and copywriting to help you hit the bulls-eye of success Home How-to Books Our Services Portfolio FAQs About Us Archives Contact Us Better Blogging Guest Posting Better Books Better Business Better Design Drive-by-Shooting Sundays Better Writing 7 Deadly Fears of Writing Fiction Writing How To Write Website Content The Way of Writing Way Off Topic Announcements What to Do with Clients When You’re Sick Written by James - 26 Comments A few weeks ago, I was sick.

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - 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 calenda

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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.