Sat.Mar 28, 2015 - Fri.Apr 03, 2015

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10 Steps to Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

'It is not unusual today for administrative assistants to support more than one manager. In fact, that has been happening for more than a decade. The trend continues as managers become more technically proficient and manage more of their own work. Even when I was an executive assistant in the mid 80s, I worked in one company where I supported the top executive in the division plus his five direct report plus any extra managers in the accounting department; plus managed our VIP client visits to o

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How to Shine in a Second Interview

On The Job

'Congratulations! You''ve made it past the first round of job interviews, and an employer wants to talk to you again! If you thought your nerves were bad for the first interview, get ready for some more when you meet for the second time. In this round of talks, you''re likely to meet officials who are higher up in the company food chain. You''ll be asked even more questions, and possibly meet with other employees.

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Competition to Hire On-Demand Economy Workers Heating Up

Small Business Labs

'Really interesting atricle  by the folks at Zen99 on the amount of money being spent by on-demand economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Instacart are spending to recruit "providers" (contract workers).  The numbers are quite large. For example, Lyft is reported to have budgeted $50 million for driver recruitment this year alone. And the major on-demand economy companies are each spending millions of dollars a year on Craigslist ads.

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5 Steps to Increasing Your Cash Flow

Office Organization Success

'You’ve done it! You’re generating consistent cash flow month after month — you can predict exactly what’s coming in and exactly what’s going out. For many business owners though, this is still a dream. But, with a few tweaks to your current set up you can start to turn that dream into a reality. Maintaining a consistent cash flow is a critical element of running a successful business — you need to be able to pay your bills and, more importantly, pay yourself!

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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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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

'What qualities do assistants think you need to be a great assistant? Many times in my live workshops and seminars for executive and administrative assistants, I ask the participant to create a list of qualities, attributes, and attitudes of star-performing assistants. Over the years, I have collected more than 300 ideas. I recently came across this list from one of my classes and wanted to share it.

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Top 10 tips for creating bulk emails

Practically Perfect PA

'During the course of my career one of my favourite tasks was creating regular newsletters, marketing emails, company updates and bulk email messages from my Executives. I did this task in a number of roles and found it to be a really creative outlet for me. I used a few different systems – Concep Campaigner, Dotmailer and MailChimp to name a few – however I always found that no matter what message I was creating the emails all followed a similar pattern.

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Is a War for Talent Starting in the On-Demand Economy?

Small Business Labs

'It seems almost every day an on-demand economy company announces a big fund raise. For example, the delivery service Door Dash announced last week it raised an additional $40 million.  And pretty much all of these companies have business models built on the use of independent contractors as service "providers"   Most of these are trying to attract independent contractors from roughly the same pool - people looking for flexible, independent work in the service sector with a l

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Recovering From Mistakes At Work

Office Dynamics

'Help! A fellow administrative professional needs your help. Each month we share a question from our friends Business Management Daily, publishers of AdminPro Today newsletter. This month the question is about making mistakes at work. Are there mistakes that are just too hard to recover from? Are there some mistakes it’s just too hard to rebound from?

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This Is How To Manage Your Client Follow-up

Office Organization Success

'Finally we’re getting a little bit warmer here in our corner of north-west Ohio. And it makes a huge difference to your mindset; suddenly you feel energetic and enthusiastic! My youngest two are on Spring break next week, so maybe the weather will co-operate and we’ll be able to do a few fun outdoor activities! If you don’t already know this by now, I’m a huge fan of keeping things simple in my business, from the programs that I offer to the systems that I implement—why

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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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3 reasons why it pays to use a broker when looking for Combined Motor Insurance

The Small Business Blog

'Choosing the right insurance can seem like a stressful and tedious process, but it doesn’t have to be! There are many reasons to use a broker and we have put together a list of our top 3 to show you why it’s a good idea! 1. You can get to know all of your options.… Read the full article here: 3 reasons why it pays to use a broker when looking for Combined Motor Insurance on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Nomatik - A Coworking Platform for Digital Nomads

Small Business Labs

'Digital nomads are attracting a lot of attention these days.  The Internet and a growing array of telework and online collaboration tools are allowing laptop carrying nomads to work from pretty much anywhere they can find a decent Internet connection.  Due to the growing numbers of digital nomads, there are also starting to be products and services developed to specifically support their location independent lifestyles.

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Recorded Webinar Replay: The Resilient Assistant

Office Dynamics

'Did you miss the webinar, The Resilient Assistant with Peggy Vasquez and Joan Burge ? Watch the replay here: The Resilient Assistant. Every administrative professional knows nothing in life or work is constant. In today’s workplace, we’re continually forced to adapt, shift, think and act on our toes, and just generally CHANGE (a word most people fear!).

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How to hire a business translator for your boss

Practically Perfect PA

'A good PA possesses a range of skills and competencies. But as much as we would like to, we can’t rise to all demands of the job. Dealing with foreign languages is one of those times you’ll need to call in the cavalry. But with search results throwing a real mixed bag of translators at you, it’s difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. Sadly, the difference is only really apparent once the job has been completed unless you know what you’re looking for.

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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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Forget about Tax Day, Are You Ready for Mobilegeddon?

Tips From T. Marie

'If you thought tax day was the only nail biting deadline in April, think again. Six days later on April 21 st the huge, much anticipated Google search update is rolling out. The new search algorithm could end up hurting businesses who until then rank highly in search results if their websites don’t pass Google’s mobile friendly test. I’ve spent a large chunk of time over the past 10 days creating a new learning unit for virtual assistants regarding responsive website design.

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Not Ready to Get Organized?

Clutter Coach

'by Originally posted 2007-02-08 10:17:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Are you using "I need to get organized" as a smoke screen? You could be doing that without even realizing it. Think about this: what would your life be like if you were already organized? If those boxes were all cleared out of the back closet, if all the Christmas gear were not still on the guest room bed, if those shopping bags of paper weren’t crowding your knees under the desk?

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Your Clients Deserve the Best – And So Do You

Step It Up VA Coaching

'by Donna Toothaker. If you hire a contractor to remodel your kitchen, of course you’re going to look for someone who has a reputation for being an expert at kitchen remodels. But you will also look for someone you can rely on to get the job done on time and within budget; someone who will take responsibility for any errors or mistakes he or his team makes, and someone who will have solutions in mind when problems arise.

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The Blog-a-Thon Begins Today!

Office Dynamics

'Let’s celebrate the administrative profession together. Starting right now! April 1 – 30, 2015 Office Dynamics International will be posting a new blog each day (weekdays, that is.). So what’s in this big, fun event for you? Other than the awesome content each day, prizes! Lots of sweet prizes. We’ll be giving prizes away each week and throwing in surprises often.

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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.

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Why You Need to Stop Eating at Your Desk

On The Job

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Clutter Coach

'by I’ve been reading Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Early in the book, she tells readers how important it is to start with a vision of how you want your life to be after getting organized. Be specific about what you want and also why you want it. No matter what your answer is, Kondo says the underlying reason is that you want to be happy. .

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Turn Followers to Customers with Social Media Conversion Strategy

Small Business CEO

'If you are using social media marketing as one of your growth strategies, you are doing yourself a world of good. Growing an engaged audience is swell, but what I find that most developing brands value most is growth of happy customers. Social media today is right at the center of everything. If maximized, it can do a lot more good than attracting Likes and Retweets – but serve as an engine that attracts an audience and sherpas them to buying.

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Technology of the week: Piktochart

Practically Perfect PA

' What is Piktochart? Piktochart is a great website for assistants who want to create free infographics, charts, marketing material, posters and presentations for their organisations. The standard account for users is free, for pro users the cost is $29 per month or $290 for the year. What does it do? The website is really easy to use. It has hundreds of templates that assistants can use for infographics, free icons, interactive maps, stock images and funky charts.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Supply Chain Management: Benefits to Outsourcing and What to Look For

Small Business CEO

'Outsourcing… to many small business owners and startups, the term outsourcing essentially means expense. While it is true that outsourcing various tasks will result in some type of expense, in many instances, the return on investment makes the initial costs worthwhile. Though there are some responsibilities that can easily be handled in house, there are others that are best left to companies and professionals who have the experience and means to get the job done in a more effective manner

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Top Tricks to Invigorate Your Facebook Marketing Efforts

Small Business CEO

'Tired of being lectured on how social media marketing is so important in contemporary marketing battlegrounds? Why waste your time and cloud your mind on Facebook marketing tricks that even your neighbor is aware of, when real differentiation can only be enjoyed by leveraging the best guarded Facebook marketing secrets? Do you know about the smart and power packed tools available for fine tuning all your Facebook marketing efforts?

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Legal Considerations for Your Family-Owned Business

Small Business CEO

'According to CPApowered.org , as much as 70% of family-owned businesses will not survive a transition to the next generation (SOURCE IN MINUTE ONE OF VIDEO). Considering that small and mid-sized businesses are the backbone of the American economy, that number is quite staggering. If you are planning on getting into business, you already have a lot on your plate.

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3 Ways to Cut Upfront Costs When Starting a Business

Small Business CEO

'Starting your very own new business is an exciting time, but what isn’t so enjoyable is working out how you’re going to pay for everything that you need to get things going. It can cost thousands and thousands in the beginning to get everything up and running as you want, and then all of this will need to be made back later when you’re actually making money.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha