Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Try This Instead | Main | Be Smart About Using the Telephone » The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In We are in the home stretch of 2009 -- bring on 2010!!    One item frequently purchased at this time of year is a calendar or planner for the upcoming year. 

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Success

MAY 31, 2022

Beeps, ringtones, notifications, calendar reminders and vibrations. In the Things That Matter Survey , we asked, “Do you feel that you are spending your time and resources on less important pursuits at the expense of things that matter most to you?” An email preview pops up in the corner of your screen. Celebrity gossip.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

There are so many ways we can help them with this from managing their calendar effectively, minimising interruptions and generally keeping them on track. The executive’s calendar should be completely controlled by their assistant and the executive shouldn’t edit the calendar at all (in an ideal world!)

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They schedule both business and personal appointments, maintain the calendar, and are responsible for a full range of administrative and personal duties—from managing correspondence and making appointments to booking speaking engagements and event planning. What Type of Assistant Should I Hire?

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

Work-life balance is the delicate art of juggling professional responsibilities and personal well-being in a manner that ensures neither takes priority at the expense of the other. What is Work-Life Balance, and Why Does It Matter?

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Now this came from an executive who traveled around the world, would work until 2:00 a.m., Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 8, 2017

Complex travel arrangements – flights, hotels, trains, visas. Processing expense claims. I begin each day by checking the directors calendars, then my ‘to do list’. I would be lost without the Microsoft Outlook calendar reminders, the Snipping Tool and Skyscanner! Organisation global tele and video conferences.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. It is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Travel planning. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Review calendars and compile date and time options. Review calendars and compile date and time options.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 12, 2021

Far too much rests on your shoulders to let calendar planning, telephone calls, travel booking, and other administrative responsibilities interfere with your performance. They save time on prepping material for meetings, creating travel schedules, and enabling executives to make remote decisions. Since 2000, More than 1.6

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some of the tasks that executive assistants can take on include: Become your right-hand gatekeeper by managing complex personal and professional calendars and scheduling internal and external meetings.

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 26, 2021

With the right technology and communication styles, virtual assistants work in remote locations and can successfully take over tasks such as: Calendar management, such as booking meetings with clients Email filtering and management Data entry Client follow-ups Transcription and note-taking Social media management Recruitment tasks.

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some industries and positions require a great deal of travel, as well, while others may be more situated within their own city. As you might imagine, working as a C-level Executive Assistant for a finance giant is very different from the same role in an advertising firm.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In his work, he’s always built for impact at the intersection of real estate and travel technology. Blending local education, coworking, and travel, it’s a transformative experience for every generation and a fresh twist on the future of work. . You had the freedom to travel when you wanted. Jo Meunier [00:04:07] Expensive! .

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Fun travel apps are Skype (for calling home), SimplyNoise (great for sleeping in noisy places), Sit or Squat (find a bathroom), and CheapGas. My Kindle app is a lifesaver while traveling. My calendar syncs with my Apple products as well. For business, my Paypal app is probably my favorite, and my Square, for taking payments.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2017

One of the reasons I worked with NeuYear was to build a calendar I could use for this process. Want a less expensive version you can print at home? I traveled quite a bit during this month, so I made preparation for the talks and workshops I was doing for my Monthly Theme. You can click here to check it out for yourself.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

This role included updating my Executive’s CV, keeping licenses current for my exec, helping with the immigration process (my exec wasn’t a citizen at the time), and my absolute favourite, figuring out how to get a lot of expensive furniture imported from Asia! I’m also the IT person for my boss’s computers and iPhone.

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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For most administrative professionals, the majority of our roles contain functions that recur, such as calendar management, expense reporting and travel arrangements. Bracket your recurring functions - I came up with this idea on my own, after running it by my very intelligent adult son and my engineer, linear-brained husband.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 6, 2008

In particular, if your client’s site is a teenager now, you should help him prepare a budget for an update (kind of like paying for orthodontia, but maybe not as expensive). Whether table-based or rife with other deprecated (or soon to be) tags, these sites should all be updated and be completely modernized using CSS.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

T hen I just review each night for the next day to make sure I am on task - I take my daily to-dos from my master and I schedule my to-do mistycb   @ StephCalahan using iPhone apps:etodo,calendar & www.hassleme.co.uk/ deusami   @ StephCalahan Trying out a moleskin plan. usually at the expense of our own sanity.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Every admin wears many hats: office manager, personal assistant, life coach, travel planner. Every time your manager is heading out of town, it’s time for you to don your travel planner hat, slip into your traveler’s shoes, and equip yourself with your suite of travel planning tools. Organising Traveler Information.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The tool allows us to know where the business stands at-a-glance, view client data, track sales and expenses, create and manage invoices/purchase orders as well as see industry trends. A Good Financial Management Tool Is Critical My favorite is: Quickbooks Because: Every business needs a reliable financial management tool.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. Often, the battle over work is being bored, not challenged, or one's job not being fulfilling. However, sometimes you are also given fun work and special projects.

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 31, 2023

This includes the ability to manage your calendar by coordinating your work and personal calendars, schedule meetings, and, most importantly, determine scheduling priorities on your calendar Organization: An executive assistant helps set up standard operating procedures and improve business processes, including “electronic” organization.

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Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

Managing Calendars. Making Travel Arrangements and Compiling Expense Reports. I have occasionally made personal reservations, booked personal travel, and even picked up dry cleaning for my boss, but these were exceptions rather than the rule. Greeting Clients and Visitors. Creating and Modifying Documents.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Of course Marinas health came first, and of course wed deal with the expense of making these changes, but could I still arrange to lead my class? All our carefully arranged calendar pages have to be reshuffled, then reshuffled again, often having ripple effects on dozens or hundreds of other people.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 8, 2013

It can be 50% daily calendar management, travel, phones, and coordinating client meetings, 25% expense reports, accounting, and misc special projects, 15% vendor and client management, 10% personal executive assistant duties such as picking up lunch, tasting samples, etc.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2015

It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. But for the purposes of this post, I’ve scanned them to get a sense of my calendar year in review. We had a great (albeit expensive) time.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2015

It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. But for the purposes of this post, I’ve scanned them to get a sense of my calendar year in review. We had a great (albeit expensive) time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Minute taking made easier.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

Oh, did I mention that your meeting confirmation hits your google, outlook or web calendar as well as generates a confirmation email. I travel by car to see many of my clients, in their homes. When I'm done with different things (income & expenses), I make sure to update my spreadsheet right away. Find here: steph.bz/iB5cj3.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

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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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 25, 2009

But admin work is very vague - phones, travel, calendar, expense reports, etc. All my jobs have been with major corporations or conglomerates which also means only so many exist in the world and also in Los Angeles/entertainment industry. 3) By nature, being a good executive assistant means you're good at admin work.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. It also costs a lot to hire someone else because finding the time to find the right person and training them is expensive in energy, manpower, resources, and money. It’s because they trust you.

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