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MAY 28, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Answers Answer a ringing phone by the third ring.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

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She has been an Administrative Assistant for over 25 years. You can contact her through this blogspot or by emailing me at pattyannrobb@rogers.com.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Use A Phone Call Log! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called?

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Allwork

JULY 7, 2024

So how can organizations reimagine their offices into these frictionless, transformational environments? Organizations must understand that some employees cannot do focus work at home, and that introverts and neurodiverse employees never liked the open office. Inside Orrick’s Portland workplace. Image courtesy of Josh Partee.

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JANUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally? Then you just enter the phone or fax number in the third section. 4comments for this post Regina Thanks for posting the "trying to phone/fax internationally" issue. I found a great website called Time and Date.com. You have yourself the dialing instructions.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Organize With Social Bookmarking! By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? You can also use these services to organize yourself by adding "tags" or keywords to the articles that youve saved.

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AUGUST 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Organize Tasks Effectively By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize A task here, a task there! The question is, “How do I prioritize and organize my tasks? When does it ever end? Well, you are not alone.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

The results led to our first “ Email etiquette ” story. The “oops” factor: If you need more than two paragraphs to cover your topic, you’re better off using the phone, or attaching a Word* file. In an organization that is a multicultural company, it’s easy to get surnames and first names mixed up.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

  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.  Thanks to Sharon Lowenheim of Organizing Goddess, Inc. Thanks to Brenda Kenny of Busy Bee Organizing Solutions.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

My cell phone reception is lousy in this part of the city." "OK, Phone disconnects. I've interviewed hundreds of people over the phone as a journalist, and I've been on the other end as I was interviewed over the phone for magazines, newspapers, radio and television. Avoid cell phones. Sure.prob.lots of." "Mr.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you receive junk mail, junk faxes and the occasional irritating phone call from telemarketers? Do you even receive voice mails that are left by people trying to sell you something, but you didn’t even hear the phone ring?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 18, 2008

When youre on a phone call, do people hover over you? You dont want people coming up to you, hovering and waiting for you to put down the phone for a few seconds to let them know that you are in a training session. Are you the main contact in your department? Its inevitable, but its part of your job description.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Sync Your Hand Held Device By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 15, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity , Travel A re you looking for software that can synchronize most of your hand held devices? Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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JANUARY 21, 2008

Home About Me Advertise How to Cope With Co-Workers Arguing By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 21, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re on the phone with a client and an argument breaks out between two of your colleagues. You try to plug your other ear to drown out the noise. What do you do?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize D o you often wonder how you can add your countrys holidays into your calendar in Microsoft Outlook ?

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Do you want to walk over to their cubicle while their talking loudly on the phone and give them a piece of your mind? Shes always humming, whistling, talking loudly on the phone, laughing hysterically (who knows at what?), This happens to the best of us all of the time. Try as I may, but she annoys the heck out of me.

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OCTOBER 23, 2007

A person calls another person living far way through an internet phone service. Wireless internet helps people to connect through wireless phone connections. A business card on such websites helps the customers as well as an organizations to increase its recognition in the market through such web hosting programs.

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All Things Admin

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Follow In-Person Meeting Norms You wouldn’t wander into the boardroom at work 15 minutes late while munching on a cheeseburger and talking loudly on your cell phone. Proper Video Etiquette Enhances Your Personal Brand! So don’t enter a video meeting that way, either.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 19, 2009 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D oes your department have an administrative procedures manual? One of my readers asks: The organization I work for has no administrative procedure manual.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Common Courtesy in the Workplace By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 10, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you always end up cleaning up after your colleagues? You start to wonder how they keep their personal items at home organized. Do you neatly put all labels, papers, etc.

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DECEMBER 6, 2007

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2007

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity A re you a Virtual/ Professional Assistant or want to become one? Virtual Assistant Manager is a website that I recently stumbled upon which helps you and/or your organization thrive in this type of environment.

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JANUARY 16, 2008

This would help you organize things in a much more effective way. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? If its urgent, a sticky note would suffice.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Hold Effective Meetings By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 07, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity H ave you ever wondered why you have so many meetings to attend and most of the time, you feel that you dont have a need to be there?

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DECEMBER 17, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 17, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity W hat would you say about having a “No e-mail day?&# They can use any other means of communication, even picking up the phone and talking to each other. Home About Me Advertise No E-mail Day?

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MARCH 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 10, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by James of Organize IT. Home About Me Advertise Has The Bubble Burst?

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JANUARY 14, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 14, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity Y ou write an e-mail to a staff member about a client having an issue with something. Home About Me Advertise E-mails Should Not Be Like a Game of Tennis!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? So next time you want to make a reservation via phone, hang it up and try OpenTable.com instead! Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Yellow Post-It Notes By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity A re you looking for some innovative ways on using your yellow Post-It notes? Heres an article I found on a fellow Administrative Assistants website for some great uses.

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DECEMBER 28, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Here and There By The Professional Assistant on Friday, December 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity A s you may have noticed, I havent been blogging on a daily basis for about 2 weeks now.

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AUGUST 28, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have? Home About Me Advertise Are You Afraid to Talk to Your Boss? Try using the "Compliment Sandwich" method.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Tips on Handling Deadlines By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you hate deadlines? Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday?

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JANUARY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Outlook Calendar Properly By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity A re you trying to book a meeting with someone or a group of people?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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