Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 24, 2017

For me, my career took a natural path from purely EA work to Events and Project Management a career and industry which I love. My various support roles had always had an element of events management to them, all be it on a smaller scale, but for me it stood out as something I loved. HR, Project Management, Accounts, Training or Events.

Project Management 171

Project Management Mentoring Negotiating Skills 171

Tips From T. Marie

MAY 4, 2023

Look for opportunities to meet new people, such as joining clubs, attending networking events, or volunteering. Hire a coach or mentor: Hiring a coach or mentor can provide you with advice and guidance on how to build your business or overcome personal challenges. This can help you feel more confident and prepared.

Networking 244

Networking Mentoring Social Media Goals 244

Allwork

MAY 15, 2023

Attend networking events, engage on LinkedIn, and join relevant groups or associations. This will help you feel more confident and make a positive impression during interviews. Seek support: Reach out to your college’s career center, alumni network, or mentors for guidance and advice.

2023 264

2023 Job Hunting Cover Letter Resume 264

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Both founders are award winnings PAs with awards that include Hays PA of the Year, Senior Admin of the Year, Executive PA-Best Organised Event, We are the City Rising Star award as well as reaching the final places for another UK award. Seek out a mentor and join a professional organisation and relevant networks. Location: Essex.

Networking 174

Networking Mentoring Facebook Social Media 174

Office Dynamics

AUGUST 7, 2018

Grow & learn; read, talk to mentors, attend training or a conference, watch webinars, etc. Adapting to professional change shows professionalism and confidence. I may not have control of his thoughts, but I had control over how I reacted and my confidence. Maybe it’s time to find a better career match.

Confidence 200

Confidence Temping Mentoring 2018 200

Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Attend networking events. Attend networking events in your field or area of interest, and then follow up with people individually for coffee or lunch meetups. If the idea of networking makes you anxious, check out my Networking Naturally e-book for some tips to help boost your confidence. Get yours here. By then, it’s too late.

Mentoring 197

Mentoring Networking Filing Training 197

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Bring business cards to an event or IAAP meeting, and set a goal to get or give a certain number before or after the meeting. Recently, I asked someone I’d met that very day how mentoring opportunities and networking had helped her grow in her career. Awesome wordsmith? Paint watercolors? Able juggler?].

Networking 100

Networking Skills Confidence IAAP 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Bring business cards to an event or IAAP meeting, and set a goal to get or give a certain number before or after the meeting. Recently, I asked someone I’d met that very day how mentoring opportunities and networking had helped her grow in her career. Awesome wordsmith? Paint watercolors? Able juggler?].

Networking 100

Networking Skills Confidence IAAP 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2018

A willingness to learn and confidence to teach creates the roadmap to keeping our professional world evolving and relevant. The diverse team has combined organizational and time management skills, event and meeting planning, business savvy, continued professional development drive and so much more to ensure success and positive outcomes.

2017 178

2017 Administrative Professionals Retirement Confidence 178

Allwork

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Strada’s report also suggests that building professional networks through alumni associations, industry events, and social platforms can further help in opening doors to job opportunities. Their study showed that it’s often our casual acquaintances, rather than our closest friends, who turn out to be our most useful connections in job hunts.

Skills 299

Skills Job Hunting Networking Learning 299

Allwork

JULY 26, 2023

Having assisted 21 organizations transition to hybrid work, I can confirm that this discomfort, which stems from a loss of control and confidence in their abilities, is the greatest obstacle for middle managers in effective hybrid management. This cognitive bias leads us to overestimate the extent of control we have over external events.

Policies 246

Policies Job Hunting Collaborate Management 246

Success

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In return, your confidence will grow along with fresh opportunities to achieve long-term goals. Your action plan: Attend industry events and conferences, and join professional organizations. Your Action Plan Embrace feedback from mentors, associates or supervisors. Engage in online networking on platforms such as LinkedIn.

Goals 264

Goals Skills Networking Stress 264

Allwork

JULY 20, 2023

Here are 8 strategies that will help to unleash the power of PR and provide you with actionable insights to promote your coworking space with confidence. Embrace transparency by providing transparent pricing, showcasing your community events, and inviting feedback from your members.

Social Media 246

Social Media Collaborate Promotion Networking 246

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 28, 2024

Beth Portesi is a seasoned executive assistant and founder of Next Level VA, where Beth is passionate about mentoring EAs and VAs. In 2020, Beth founded Next Level VA, a platform born from her desire to mentor aspiring and current executive and virtual assistants.

Mentoring 124

Mentoring Confidence Lifestyle 2020 124

Success

JULY 20, 2023

Speculation of another impending recession battered the confidence of small-business owners, as indicated by monthly surveys conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business. Events that you can’t fathom will occur, and you need to plan ahead for those, even though you don’t know what that can be,” he says.

Restaurants 189

Restaurants Mentoring Finance 2002 189

Success

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

During the next 18 months, Canty sought out mentors with successful online businesses. This is what led her to the event in San Diego where she met Ellis. * * *. I think when you empower someone or give them the confidence to change something in their life, it can make a big difference. “I didn’t know what I was going to do.

2016 261

2016 2017 2019 2021 261

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 11, 2017

As you guys can imagine with two weeks to go to the Virtual Summit I am literally up to my head in videos, online event technology, marketing and social media. Liz Taylor , Owner of The Taylor Lynn Corporation – Liz has been at the forefront of the events industry for the last 30 years.

2018 138

2018 2015 Suppliers 2016 138

Success

MARCH 15, 2024

Operating sans crystal ball or time machine, we can’t say with certainty, but we have a few ideas we feel pretty confident about. Brendon Burchard Photo by Maggie Hudson A traumatic life event can really make you reconsider everything. Which self-help guru will future generations talk about the way we talk about Dale Carnegie?

Finance 264

Finance Credit Card Legal Gifts 264

Success

MARCH 14, 2023

Put them on your mirror to boost your confidence on days you find yourself struggling with negative self-image. Much like a quick meditation, laughing may help lower stress by reducing the effect of stressful events. Save yourself time and energy by asking a friend, colleague or mentor to take a quick coffee break.

Stress 358

Stress Learning 2020 Budget 358

Success

JULY 4, 2022

So, in fact, finding mentors who are male, finding allies who are male, finding people that you can confide in, people who will actually look out for you, having that has really been the differentiator for me. They’re not there. CM: Courtney, you learned a lot about advocacy from Magdalena.

Interviewing 246

Interviewing Social Media Mentoring 2022 246

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 15, 2014

Years ago I would attend events with the sole purpose being to chat to my friends and drinking as many free glasses of wine as possible. I now realise that these events had huge networking opportunities which I failed to appreciate. You may want some advice on training you are considering or perhaps be looking for a mentor.

Networking 100

Networking Mentoring Training Business Cards 100

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 1, 2012

I had just gotten off the phone with one of my mentors. I had told her about the big training event I had been asked to host. I had told her about my complete and utter crisis of confidence. And my mentor gave me permission to cancel. I prepped for the event late into the night. An imposter. But I found my wings.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Email Training Confidence 100

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Izzy discusses the power of networking, what it means to own your work, managing a team of executive assistants, and cultivating confidence. LEADER ASSISTANT LIVE EVENTS Check out our constantly updated schedule of events for admins and assistants at LeaderAssistantLive.com.

Confidence 52

Confidence Management Restaurants Mentoring 52

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 13, 2016

The confidence I gained from the recognition has led me to set up my own network, the Peterborough PA Network, from which I have had some amazing opportunities, the most recent of which is becoming a Non-Executive Director at EPAA, the Executive and Personal Assistant’s Association, which launched in January 2016.

Networking 100

Networking 2013 2016 Twitter 100

Success

MARCH 31, 2023

She worked on her idea at night and on weekends, often skipping dinners, parties and other fun events to research patents and visit clothing manufacturers. She has the confidence to follow her gut instincts and not allow herself to be discouraged by others,” the author says. Who goes to bed at 9:30 at night in Vegas?”

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Fax Clothes 2012 Sprint 279

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The NSTech Chapter asked Joan to speak at this special event on Executives and Assistants driving change in their own organizations. I, just as Joan did when she was an assistant, love it when she brings me tasks that are more complex – it proves to me that she has the confidence in me to get the job done and she trusts that I will.

IAAP 100

IAAP Mentoring Confidence 100

Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The NSTech Chapter asked Joan to speak at this special event on Executives and Assistants driving change in their own organizations. I, just as Joan did when she was an assistant, love it when she brings me tasks that are more complex – it proves to me that she has the confidence in me to get the job done and she trusts that I will.

IAAP 100

IAAP Mentoring Confidence 100

All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Event Planning. For instance, if you’re working on your event planning page, you might include: Checklists, templates, and forms you’ve created to make event planning easier. Your event planning procedures. A list of events you’ve planned. Photos from prior events. Here are some options to consider: Blog.

Resume 98

Resume Mentoring Skills Social Media 98

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

Amy : My career highlight to date has to be being given the opportunity to speak at events, since taking my role at Skyscanner. Sherien : The advice I would give my younger self would be to have more confidence and self-belief. Do you have advisor’s / board members / mentors that have helped with the network?

Networking 100

Networking Social Media 2015 Confidence 100

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 3, 2024

Over the past 15+ years, Cara has taken a lesson from every experience, finding joy and purpose in passing them to others through mentoring, management and coaching. Nova Chief of Staff’s online certification course provides you with the knowledge and confidence you need to stand out on the job.

Management 98

Management Interviewing Mentoring Confidence 98

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Toastmasters and other similar groups or classes build confidence and teach you how to communicate your thoughts in a way that is clear, concise and impactful. Mentor a new employee or a novice administrative assistant. See attached flyer for more detail on our contest and other events. FREE EVENT!!! Pacific Time.

UPS 100

UPS Administrative Professionals 2015 Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

MAY 27, 2014

Does the reason or purpose or event make any difference? The only way to develop a sure confidence is to study the mediums of communication, the purpose and the relationships. When a handwritten is note most appropriate? Enlightening others to a new idea? Relationship. Then think about your relationship to the recipient. Staff member?

Skills 100

Skills Etiquette Social Media Mentoring 100

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 27, 2015

This would also help with their induction process and ideally a ‘buddy cover’ or mentor could be assigned. Create a PA Calendar of relevant Internal & External PA Events for e.g. internal and external networking opportunities and information on approved trainers & ad-hoc training/conference days.

International 100

International Networking Temping Agenda 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 24, 2015

Sharing expertise, mentoring and offering to cover for your colleague during their vacation or for a medical emergency, are all great contributors to peer synergy. An Administrative Team enjoying a formal event together. When you are strong and confident within yourself, you should easily rejoice in the success of a peer.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Agenda Medical Mentoring 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 23, 2015

Connect with people on social media , attend networking events, and talk to your colleagues. Your board should include trusted confidants who have an interest in your professional and personal success. You never know when you might need to rely on your network for help, so it’s important to start expanding it now…before you need it.

Administrative Professionals 100

Administrative Professionals Stress Social Media Networking 100

Office Dynamics

JULY 8, 2013

We are able to provide quarterly meetings, mentoring opportunities, professional development classes and an annual conference. We created an internal website to post meeting minutes, opportunities to become involved in the organization, information on off-site locations for meetings and events, catering information, and much more.

2003 100

2003 Budget Health 2014 100

Ideas.Ted

AUGUST 3, 2021

In one of my first jobs as a credit analyst at Moody’s, I was lucky to find an ally and a mentor who was willing to put up a mirror in front of me. With all of the corporate charm and courage that I could muster, I proposed leading a bespoke event that would focus on the workplace experience of women of color. 1: Hold up a mirror.

Collaborate 127

Collaborate Social Media Mentoring Learning 127