Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Hiring a freelancer can have great benefits. Truths of a Shy Writer can help you when you’re in a bind.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 25, 2007

You want to tell your co-worker that you need to get a report from them within the hour. Yet you go on and on about how you want it to look, going into great detail of the type of report you want. If you chatter away in your e-mails and are trying to get your point across, this information will be quite juicy for your fingertips.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

You can then print a summary report to Excel of all of your hours for any time period, for any task, or for any client. Having all your communication with your clients be in one place, so there is never a question of when or if an e-mail was sent. All communication history is saved. Easily recording the time spent on each task.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. With the increasing use of e-mail as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and donts for the assistant.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead. vs. i.e.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2008

My boss tells me I should be able to write a letter or a report on something even if I dont know the subject that well. Read their letters and reports and see how they craft their words. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 November, 2008 Writing when you don’t know what you’re talking about. There is usually a pattern.

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JULY 12, 2010

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. On the night of the awards Lynn reports she was sitting at a table with nine of her colleagues from HPTI including the Senior Vice-President. Her family and friends were also very excited for her.

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JANUARY 23, 2010

There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. It is so sad, because you know children so young have no idea what is going on. All they want is to be taken care of and be loved by someone. But for the charity of an old woman who came to feed them, they had no one. vs. i.e.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out?

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JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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JUNE 14, 2009

Meeting Materials To make it easier for the Chair and board members on the day of the meeting I set up the meeting materials in a binder in as user friendly a way as possible. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out? vs. i.e.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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MARCH 20, 2010

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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MAY 31, 2009

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APRIL 22, 2009

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JULY 9, 2010

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

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MAY 16, 2010

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MAY 9, 2010

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

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AUGUST 22, 2009

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MARCH 13, 2010

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

Some organizations like you to list the attachments, i.e. Enclosure: 2008 Annual Report. If you say you have attachments, make sure they are there and indicate at the bottom of the letter that you have enclosures. If you are copying someone on the letter, make sure you send them a copy. vs. i.e.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

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JUNE 27, 2009

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JUNE 23, 2009

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JULY 1, 2010

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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AUGUST 10, 2010

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MAY 1, 2009

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

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