Practically Perfect PA

MAY 11, 2016

So, according to recent studies, the amount organizations spend on business travel is increasing year on year. This means that the amount of time assistants spends organising business travel is only going to grow. Organising business travel is changing… Are you? Bleisure Travel. New Travel Destinations.

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Success

AUGUST 18, 2021

Take advantage of your phone. What about while traveling? Some people expect everything to be perfect: They’ll be able to get everything they need to get done in a timely manner and still have hours left in the day for their hobbies or passion projects. That passion and purpose will properly blend work and life.

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Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

On the day of her book launch for I Suck at Relationships So You Don’t Have To and the season seven premiere of RHONY , Frankel’s schedule started off with getting hair and makeup done for an on-camera interview, followed by a phone interview. This was a light day for me because it was also a travel day!” What are you worst at?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

Travel Planning Apps: Whether you’re the one traveling, or simply attempting to get your executive from point A to point B, travel planning apps can be a life saver. Project Management Apps: Teamwork is, by far, my favorite project management app. But hauling around your work laptop 24/7 isn’t exactly practical.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 21, 2022

If I’m traveling, I take my notebook with me. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s an accurate and thorough historical record of my work life. If I happen to be away from my desk when something comes up that should be added to my journal, I often take a digital note in the form of an email or a text message to myself.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Sometimes we don’t feel like we have sufficient disposable income to travel, or we’d rather have cash if our company “buys” those days back from us. They’re also a fan of The Data Viz Project , a handy and comprehensive digital toolbox of data visualization typologies that can be used in a number of professional contexts.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 12, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011.  Studies have linked cell phone radiation to health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure, brain tumors, cancer, Alzheimer's, and more. So many yongers try this touch phone.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 26, 2019

There is constant change, new projects and ideas, rework, barriers, coordinating multiple people and meetings, travel, and more. As administrative assistants and executive assistants, we all know there are a hundred moving parts in business. Keeping the information flowing and status updates are critical to everyone’s success.

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Success

JUNE 23, 2021

She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning. From there, develop a priority list of what you’d like taken off of your plate—travel planning, follow-up phone calls, research, filing, inbox management—and take baby steps until those are comfortably transitioned over.

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Success

MAY 22, 2022

If you knew him only from his trailblazing forays into the video blogging realm, where he was renowned for quirky, crowdsourced art projects, you might not guess that the career of Hosea Frank (Ze for short, pronounced “zay”) has been bookended by scientific roles. They’d misheard his birth name as José. No problem.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

  The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.    I LOVE basecamp I have used it to coordinate many different projects where team members are all over the place. How will you use Basecamp?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 6, 2017

I got started, one small piece of the project at a time, one step at a time. The project was successfully accomplished. Our role is no longer confined to typing letters, answering the phone, scheduling meetings and travel. Project Coordinators. Expert Travel Agents. Correspondence Experts. Change Agents.

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Success

MARCH 13, 2023

Consider keeping a spreadsheet with key details like the client name, project title, how much you were paid, and how much you set aside for taxes. Proving that you paid taxes on all of your freelance income, not just what was reported, can be helpful if you’re ever audited. This makes it easier to follow up on any outstanding invoices.

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Allwork

JANUARY 24, 2024

Some younger workers accustomed to remote working see this time as part of their workday, working en route and traveling slightly later to avoid the mental toll of rush hour. Going for a walk before work provides innumerable benefits to calibrating your circadian rhythm, whether in the office or working from home.

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Success

AUGUST 22, 2023

Our modern comforts make it too easy to become distracted, procrastinate and sit there scrolling through our phone.” He left the corporate world and traveled to Shanghai and Boston to earn his MBA. We’re going to activate your winning life,” Whittaker says of this project. “We’re 30 at 6 p.m.

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Success

JUNE 19, 2023

Taking time away from work is also essential to mental health and wellness, something that VAs have helped with at East End Taste , a Hamptons-based online publication covering food and sustainable travel. Their answers can be revealing.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 19, 2009

Do you touch base with your assistant every morning (face-to-face or by telephone) to discuss the day’s priorities, appointments, meeting preparation, department issues, phone calls, and project updates. Allow your assistant to set appointments, handle travel arrangements, and coordinate key events.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Here are the basic rules to do this: Start off with something positive, such as you have been working hard on whatever project you want to mention and show some results of this. Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc. This will show that you are being pro-active.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 19, 2009

Do you touch base with your assistant every morning (face-to-face or by telephone) to discuss the day’s priorities, appointments, meeting preparation, department issues, phone calls, and project updates. Allow your assistant to set appointments, handle travel arrangements, and coordinate key events.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Home About Me Advertise Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 28, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity H ave you ever wondered how to copy pictures from and to Microsoft Word ?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Check out these Great Reviews by @JanetBarclay » Be Smart About Using the Telephone How much time do you lose playing "phone tag?"  I   Before you pick up the phone to make another call, consider what you are going to say when you get voice mail.    Start Today!

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 30, 2018

I tried my best to not be tethered to my phone, emails, texting and more. As you view everything that has come across your desk whether they are phone calls, new assignments from your executive or your own project work: Assess all of it. Some words of advice, if you are traveling soon for vacation. – Joan Burge.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 29, 2025

The executive assistant to a CEO handles all administrative tasks, oversees communications, schedules meetings, manages schedules, and books travel for business and sometimes personal trips. They manage emails, phone calls, and demands on the executive’s time, protecting them from endless distractions.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to talk on the phone, make sure that you keep your voice to a lower volume.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

If you need to do this for other functions, make sure to change the "Use function:" section to whatever type of calculation you need to do for your particular project. Now you have the total for each firm as well as the grand total listed. If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 31, 2008

I have shared access to 4 different mailboxes for various products and projects. Home About Me Advertise Microsoft Outlook Shared Mailboxes Etiquette By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 31, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have more than one mailbox in your Microsoft Outlook , other than your inbox?

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Success

JULY 24, 2023

It’s a seed with a wing attached to it, which allows it to travel farther from the tree to ensure its survival and success. It’s the clothes we wear, the phones we talk on, the lights we see with and the cars we drive. After all, extension is the name of Samara’s game.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Our mobile phones are already an integral part of our lives but in 2015 o ver 3 billion people will only access the internet by phone next year. Software such as Highrise, Yammer and Chatter have been around for a while and the business world has been using them to enhance project work and to collaborate across departments and offices.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Several travel expense accounts are waiting to be processed. There are six interviews with out of state candidates to arrange travel for, and an interview panel of five busy people to schedule around. I have a 60 slide PowerPoint presentation to “juice” by adding three dimensional effects, color images, and catchy transitions.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Several travel expense accounts are waiting to be processed. There are six interviews with out of state candidates to arrange travel for, and an interview panel of five busy people to schedule around. I have a 60 slide PowerPoint presentation to “juice” by adding three dimensional effects, color images, and catchy transitions.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Take the most important task and (this is the important part), only focus on that task (with the exception of someone coming to you, phone calls, etc.) And remember, always break down your entire project or tasks into manageable chunks. Once you have completed all of your tasks, lavish in the fact that you are done!

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 12, 2010

They are used to managing their own e-mail, making their own travel arrangements, and setting up their own appointments. They will be juggling more projects than they ever thought possible. Many new executives who have never had an assistant before have a picture in their mind of someone who answers the phone, types, and files.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 12, 2010

They are used to managing their own e-mail, making their own travel arrangements, and setting up their own appointments. They will be juggling more projects than they ever thought possible. Many new executives who have never had an assistant before have a picture in their mind of someone who answers the phone, types, and files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

This will keep your project/goal in a manageable time frame, where you know how much time will be left once youve accomplished these tasks. Next, add a time frame to each task. For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

Here are some tips and key questions to ask managers and executives as requests for your time are made throughout the week: When possible ask that projects and tasks be given to you verbally so you can ask clarifying questions and better understand the work that is being given to you. Find out who else has information related to the project.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

When I travel, I take my laptop and Kindle Fire. I always synch all of my files from my main Mac computer in my home office to Dropbox so that I am sure to have all of them handy while on the road by using the app on my phone and tablet. I have a data package on my phone and tablet so I can work from anywhere regardless of Wifi.

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