Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 7, 2016

One of the most popular excuses many businesses give for needing ‘in office’ personnel is access to files. Some businesses have whole rooms full of metal filing cabinets. Within those metal behemoths are file folders stuffed with paperwork that may or may not be needed in the daily running of the business.

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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. And we have to keep our executives organized, too. With so much to keep in order, it’s easy to neglect one vitally important area that requires a great deal of organization: our careers.

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Success

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Email is probably the easiest form of communication between team members; it’s also easily misinterpreted. You shouldn’t avoid email, but you shouldn’t use it as your sole mode of communication either. Keep your projects organized. Collaboration usually involves a lot of revisions and file updates.

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 31, 2022

He put Laura in charge of going through a bunch of drawers with instructions to make folders to organize papers of current worth, box up other documents that somebody might need down the line, and toss insignificant and old material. Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form.

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

For many solopreneurs a large part of their business is working one-on-one with clients, and that means having a way of keeping all of their client information organized and easy to access. For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. All Clients: Client Tracking Spreadsheet.

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Allwork

APRIL 29, 2022

If your organization is not automating its tasks, it is demonstrably behind the competition. At least 65% of workers use some form of automation in their daily work routine, and 68% of workers say that their organization is in the process of developing such automation. . Use DropBox to organize and share your files .

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Why is it that when it comes to emails, there are no accepted standards? Even though 6 billion emails are sent every day, almost no one agrees about simple things like email etiquette, how to organize a note, or whether emails are considered private or not. Do not send excessively long emails if at all possible.

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BMT Office Administration

JUNE 22, 2022

Keeping track of paperwork can be a challenge, It’s easy to misplace a file or even spill coffee on a document on your desk. If your desk is still cluttered with paper files or documents, it’s probably time to consider switching to electronic records management (ERM). Better file retention compliance.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After purging the unnecessary stuff that mounted in your desk and anywhere else, it’s now time to prepare your filing system. Chaos can easily break anywhere in your living space if no filing system is set up to hold the different materials that you accumulate as you work. Physical File System. Digital File System.

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BMT Office Administration

AUGUST 8, 2022

Defining what types of documents your organization must keep as a record, their retention period, and their destruction policy also gives your organization credibility in the eyes of outsiders. Legal consult proves especially helpful in matters involving the organization’s litigation hold policy. Per the U.S.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

For many solopreneurs a large part of their business is working one-on-one with clients, and that means having a way of keeping all of their client information organized and easy to access. For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. Digital: Create Client Folders.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The history of employee monitoring’s various forms. Well, that’s a classic form of employee monitoring right there. Post-COVID-19, many employee tracking software programs started popping up, allowing companies to track employee productivity , computer activity, emails, and even individual keystrokes.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! 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? - Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers | Main | 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life » Tips to Go Almost Paperless "Steph, do you have some ideas for how I can go paperless?  400 Gigs Gone!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.  Send emails to others that you would like to receive back.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 24, 2020

On this podcast I talk about ways to have less clutter, use your time effectively and be organized with what I hope is a light touch rather than a rigid prescription. Many people assume that organizing requires regimentation and rigidity, but that’s just not true. Making email management easy is a good habit to get into.

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In short, gone are the days of keeping track of umpteen email threads and Slack chats to stay on top of your team’s progress. For instance, if a task has complicated instructions, you can attach a Word file to the card that explains the work in more detail. Monday.com docs and forms. Trello templates. Engineering. Many others.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures, forms, and checklists combine to create systems for how you get things done efficiently. These batches create the segments or phases of the system where you can supplement even further with forms, templates, checklists, and more detailed procedures, if needed. Email template for circulating date/time options.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Whether you want to create an innovative product or provide an unusual service, organizing your ideas is key to seeing your vision come to pass. You, too, can organize your ideas into a profitable business.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." Email the report to the boss while you're sitting by the pool. Email the report to the boss while you're sitting by the pool. Thanks to Lisa Montanaro of LM Organizing Solutions, LLC 4.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Another perk is that a digital portfolio can include links, downloadable files, and audio and video components that are difficult or impossible to incorporate into a print version. Next, you need to setup your account with your username, email address, and password. Make sure to add it to your email signature and reference lists, too.

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Office Organization Success

MAY 30, 2014

Web Forms — at first I was wishing for the basic HTML ones to come back, but now that I’ve created a few forms, I’m really liking the new features. For one thing, it stores the form, so you don’t have to recreate it each time you want to add the code on your website (or store it in a Notepad file, which I’d been doing).

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking.    But, how do you make sure to organize all of those business cards so that you CAN do the right FOLLOW UP? .  The most effective networkers have a system to manage/organize business cards and their contacts. 

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. (I Backup and store your files via a cloud service. Share and collaborate on files. Additional Apps.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 28, 2016

Are you continually searching around looking for an email address? Set about creating your core office organization systems. For example, how do you create a new client file? List all of the steps you take in a process from start to completion – these steps will form your system. How do you handle new client enquiries?

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Step It Up VA Coaching

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Perhaps you spend too much time recreating every proposal or contract, every form, every letter or email each time you need it. Look at everything— the RFPs and email inquiries you respond to, requests you send out for different things, contracts, invoicing forms, etc. Second— Organize. First— Standardize.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Personal Productivity & Organizing Link Lineup | Main | Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity » Oh No!   I went out right away to re-test our Contact Us form and found it was no longer working -- on any of our sites!

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Office Organization Success

MAY 15, 2015

Now all you need to do is get your web site visitors to part with their name and email address so that you can start and build your database of potential clients. Your free taste can take the form of: An e-report. An audio file of, say, one of your teleclasses. But the question is … how do you get them to do this? A tip sheet.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

APRIL 11, 2013

Perhaps you spend too much time recreating every proposal or contract, every form, every letter or email each time you need it. Look at everything— the RFPs and email inquiries you respond to, requests you send out for different things, contracts, invoicing forms, etc. Second— Organize. First— Standardize.

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Don’t EVER send sensitive financial data via email – even if it is split across two emails. Sending info via email is like sending a postcard via mail. Ask your VA/service provider if she has a Credit Card Authorization form that she can send to you, and you fax back to her. But first, a word of caution ….

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Some movers provide an inventory form to fill out. I advise creating a vision of what you want before you start any organizing project. This is how my free email courses starts out. They’ve scoped out school and shopping in the new neighborhood. Inventory means a list of all your stuff. Yes, all of it!

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Any co-worker checking social media notifications instead of reading employee emails qualifies as online procrastination. How can you remedy this issue at your organization? Another form of procrastination at work is presenteeism, which often gets misunderstood. Migraines or other forms of headaches. Presenteeism.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 10, 2011

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Listen Stephanie Talks About #Organizing Myths on the Active Christian Media Show | Main | Stephanie Hosts Jill Hively: What’s for Dinner?   Habits take time to form and I had to put some very diligent conscious effort into fixing my health situation. 

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This is the time of year that most people stress over because we are waiting for documents like W2’s, mortgage statements, 1099’s, and other information in order to file taxes. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Tax season doesn’t have to be a tear jerker.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

  Even if you are not the most technical person on your block, you probably have some form of technology in your life that you love.              Dawn McCloskey Ultra Organized, LLC. OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds. Find Here: steph.bz/WPPlugs. Online Invoicing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 1, 2011

Once you know the next action needed, sort / organize by VERB. When you have action items, it is OK to mix various project or topics as long as they are organized by the type of action you need to take.    Action Systems come in a number of different forms.  " and file accordingly. 3 -- Passwords.

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