Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

Home About Me Advertise Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007?

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All Things Admin

APRIL 17, 2024

Whether it’s handling emails, documents, or projects, having a well-organized system can significantly improve productivity and streamline decision-making processes. Assign specific colors to categories in your email inbox or use tags to visually group related items together. Here are two examples of this.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Most of us struggle to keep up with the constant influx of communication – emails, texts, chat messages, and social media. A commonly recommended solution to controlling how much time and attention we allocate to communication is to turn off notifications. How to habit stack communication?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. I guess he thought I needed the help. Another one I never use.

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Success

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Peterson had written a book called 12 Rules for Life , and he said that he asked ChatGPT to “write me an essay that’s a 13th rule … written in a style that combines the King James Bible with the Tao Te Ching. … For example, “Create a 30-day social media calendar and captions for five posts per day. And, voilà!

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 19, 2010

Website and landing page design and strategies to increase the likelihood of sign-ups are beyond the scope of this guide, but suffice to say you will want to inform the visitor with all the great benefits of subscribing to your email list and the value your online business can provide. Observe your results and continue from there.

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Andrea Kalli

JULY 19, 2010

Website and landing page design and strategies to increase the likelihood of sign-ups are beyond the scope of this guide, but suffice to say you will want to inform the visitor with all the great benefits of subscribing to your email list and the value your online business can provide. Observe your results and continue from there.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The average PA now juggles booking meetings, running their own team, or conducting meetings on their boss’s behalf. Whether it’s using simple colour-coded folders or using an IFTT system to sort incoming email, developing your system now can save you hours later. Do you dread logging into your email accounts?

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Karen Vivarelli

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tip: It’s how you can help them, your expertise, your values, it’s less about YOU and more about THEM and what you can do to make their lives easier! Video tutorial on how to [insert a task you do regularly for your client] 4. How-to tips eg how to use Asana or Trello with a VA 5. Recommend a book you have read 23.

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Professional Assistant Blog

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? People are using their Microsoft Outlook calendars incorrectly.

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Success

JUNE 2, 2023

How to talk with your boss about problems at work But let’s be real: Not everyone can just up and leave if the conversation doesn’t go as planned. Here’s how to know when it’s time and how to have a tough conversation, according to workplace experts. What you’d like from your boss (“Can you advise me how to proceed?”)

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Success

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most achievers have no trouble codifying clear goals but then let time-sucking “opportunities” creep into calendars. Unlike typical venture capitalists, he left Silicon Valley to get away from the constant stimulation, “just touching base” emails and endless coffee dates. “I The secret to his success? Are you a strong writer?

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Go Burrows

APRIL 18, 2021

In this episode, Kaleen talks about what it’s like to work with ultra high net worth individuals, tips for project management, and how to distinguish between an individual contributor and a great leader. Her areas of focus include project management, creating efficiencies, event planning, calendar management, and marketing strategy.

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Success

AUGUST 17, 2021

Juliet’s approach has helped companies including Nike, Google and Spotify help increase their employees happiness and productivity, which she outlines in her book, A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. No phones, emails or interruptions allowed. How to embrace white space.

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Ideas.Ted

OCTOBER 5, 2021

. “We’re too eager to jump into, or be dragged into, active collaborations that might run better without us and that burn up our valuable time and energy,” he writes in his new book Beyond Collaboration Overload. Shift your perspective from deriving satisfaction from helping to teaching people how to solve their problems.

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Worxbee

MARCH 1, 2021

These are our top three suggestions for tasks to give your virtual executive assistant: Calendar management. Calendar management falls under “must be done, but you’re not adding any value by doing it.” You’re likely spending a lot of time on managing your calendar that could otherwise be spent on other things. Email taming.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Drew is the world’s first Humor Engineer teaching people how to get better results while having more fun. This episode is sponsored by Clean Email. Clean Email organizes all of your emails into smart views like social notifications, newsletters, unread emails, top senders, and more. Give Clean Email a try.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 11, 2014

You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss. The post How to succeed as an assistant appeared first on Practically Perfect PA.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

On this episode of the podcast, I have the pleasure of being joined by the author of The Book of Awesome Series, Neil Pasricha. This episode is brought to you by Woven Calendar. Woven Calendar features powerful scheduling tools built into a smart, collaborative calendar. This episode is also sponsored by Clean Email.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 6, 2010

While ten years ago, managing email could have been a secondary consideration, today it is absolutely vital to keep customers and clients in the loop through rapid, prompt email support. Service businesses will always need to devote more time to emails than product-based businesses. Limit your daily email quota.

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Success

JANUARY 7, 2023

How to be more productive. How you spend your time could be the difference between dreaming about the life you want and actually getting it. The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. I often find myself pulled in too many directions, reacting to phone calls, email and other stuff that pops up.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JULY 24, 2022

Learning how to respond vs react. How to say “No”. Andrew’s email. He brings over 13 years of administrative experience to the table with expertise in strategic calendar management, internal/external relationship building and thought partnering with C-Suite executives and cross-functional teams. Reducing burnout.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books. Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Book formats on Smashwords include PDF documents and formats that can be read by ebook readers and devices like Kindle, Sony Reader, iPod, and Palm.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? What are your thoughts in this area? "The Ph.D.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books. Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Book formats on Smashwords include PDF documents and formats that can be read by ebook readers and devices like Kindle, Sony Reader, iPod, and Palm.

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All Things Admin

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Google Workspace is a collaboration and productivity suite, similar to Microsoft 365, that allows you to create and share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, manage your email, and attend virtual meetings. All that’s left is to learn how to use them!

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Productivityist

MARCH 11, 2020

SaneBox sorts your emails for you, keeping ?unimportant unimportant email out of your inbox, so you can focus on what matters. See how SaneBox can help you reclaim your time and attention with a free trial. We talked about designing meetings that matter, how to break the bias that meetings aren’t productive, and much more.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

I’ve worked with many clients over the years who have wanted me to help them set up their client scheduling system — whether it’s creating a system for existing clients or one for booking strategy sessions. Getting clients to self-schedule is such a HUGE time-saver as it eliminates the back and forth of emails.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

So I do whatever needs to be done, no matter how lame. I've written hundreds of blog posts and a couple of books this way! I look at my to-do list at the beginning of each week and schedule my tasks in my calendar as if they were a client meeting. Keep An Editorial Calendar And Stick To It! Eliminate The Hate!

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

AUGUST 28, 2022

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Emily shares the story of how she landed her first assistant role, how it has morphed since she began, and how to present yourself as an extension of your executive. THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. LEAVE A REVIEW.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Productivityist

MARCH 11, 2020

SaneBox sorts your emails for you, keeping ?unimportant unimportant email out of your inbox, so you can focus on what matters. See how SaneBox can help you reclaim your time and attention with a free trial. We talked about designing meetings that matter, how to break the bias that meetings aren’t productive, and much more.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Let’s start with books. I’ve been reading more in the past twelve months than I can ever remember doing before, so it’s no wonder that I’ve recommended more books in this gift guide than anything else. How to Decide by Annie Duke. I just received this book, and I’m enjoying it.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 28, 2024

Organizational abilities: Experts in managing multiple tasks and schedules efficiently, an executive assistant must keep everything on track, from managing calendars to coordinating meetings. Include a specific contact person for queries, an email address or a link to the application portal.

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Productivity Bits

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Next-Action Lists, along with the calendar, are at the heart of daily action-management organization. Knowing what tasks you have to do and how to do them makes those tasks half done. The contexts tell you what resources you need and how to tackle the tasks to put your projects into completion. Follow me on t witte r.

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Productivityist

MARCH 8, 2016

It seemed as if everything on my to do list and in my calendar was shifting from important to urgent and important before I could get my head wrapped around what was on my plate. Slowing down afforded me the time to think about my list, my calendar, and My Three Words. That’s when I was able to move on to the next step.

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Productivityist

MARCH 8, 2016

It seemed as if everything on my to do list and in my calendar was shifting from important to urgent and important before I could get my head wrapped around what was on my plate. Slowing down afforded me the time to think about my list, my calendar, and My Three Words. That’s when I was able to move on to the next step.

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