Practically Perfect PA

MAY 16, 2012

Last week I was on annual leave and as I’m sure you can imagine on my first day back in the office I was confronted with a shed load of emails and a pile of paperwork **cough cough junk cough** that had been left on my desk. I have five different types of filing systems that I use everyday. My email filing system.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Now, scheduling in-person meetings requires some legwork to figure out who will be in the office, while working from home may require you to bring home supporting documents and files, and possibly equipment such as a laptop and mouse. Keep files and equipment organized. Rethink your commuting time.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2017

If you’ve ever spent a morning trying to track down a lost file on your hard drive or searching through a decade of email, you know that digital disorder can also take a toll on your wellbeing. Most people handle a constant flow of text messages, emails, photos, videos, and other digital information. Automate Email Organization.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 21, 2022

I’m a big fan of documentation, especially in the workplace. Documentation certainly helps with this! No one wants to end up in such a situation, but should it happen, your work journal provides documentation to support you. It’s no surprise then that I recommend everyone keep a work journal. Be sure to keep it safe.

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity With Shared Files By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D o you share your files with others in your firm? Do you find that you are being bombarded with updates to the same files time and time again? Leave a comment!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Going Green" With Your Documents By The Professional Assistant on Monday, July 13, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity D o you recycle your unwanted papers at work? Do you try to "go green" by not printing e-mails or other documents that you could be e-mailing to others that you want to share this information with?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 27, 2018

The problem is it is now filed in the back burner of my mind. I document everything and that is how I keep track. So I document that as well. When I receive an email relating to a meeting, I create a meeting sheet and cut and paste the email in there and make any relevant notes. I file it by YYYY-MM-DD.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Note taking and research These tools help you stay organized , capture ideas, store background details (including images, audio files and video), keep to-do lists, manage project information and collaborate with clients—all of which leads to smoother workflows and high-quality work for your freelance business.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Want Confidential Documents to Stay Confidential? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 30, 2007 Filed Under: A re you looking for a way to make sure that others don’t open your letters or packages? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Allwork

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The first step is to document everything. Take screenshots, and if that’s not an option send yourself an email stating what occurred, this can be helpful if you want to file a complaint because it is time stamped. . If you do report the behavior, prepare your documents and timeline first.

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 4, 2024

I’m talking about things like not filing documents immediately, leaving emails unanswered, or not updating project statuses. This could be a brief period at the end of each day or week dedicated to organizing files, updating records, or clearing your work area.

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Andrea Kalli

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It’s the Carbonite iPhone app which allows me to access the online files that Carbonite has backed up from my desktop. The good: it allows users to browse, view and share backed up files on the move at anytime. So far that I see, it supports viewing of image files, all Office docs such as.doc,docx, etc., Related content.

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Andrea Kalli

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It’s the Carbonite iPhone app which allows me to access the online files that Carbonite has backed up from my desktop. The good: it allows users to browse, view and share backed up files on the move at anytime. So far that I see, it supports viewing of image files, all Office docs such as.doc,docx, etc.,

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Success

APRIL 12, 2022

Multiple users can be inside a document or spreadsheet and actively making changes or leaving comments at the same time. Tools to plan your quarter, teach a course, document a meeting, brainstorm or simply meet with one or more team members are all part of the package. BinFire created a platform to do just that. per month.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? If you really do have to put a lot of files in a folder, place a rubber band around the folder.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After purging the unnecessary stuff that mounted in your desk and anywhere else, it’s now time to prepare your filing system. Chaos can easily break anywhere in your living space if no filing system is set up to hold the different materials that you accumulate as you work. Physical File System. Digital File System.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 6, 2017

WeTransfer is a really simple website that allows the user to send big files to other people. You enter the details for the person receiving the file, you then upload your file (up to 2GB) and voila! The recipient is sent an email with a link to download the document. What does it do? The website really is simple.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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BMT Office Administration

AUGUST 8, 2022

Worried that your company might not have a particular document on hand if the IRS conducted an audit? They create a document retention policy that clarifies what needs to be saved, where, and for how long. Courts and government agencies frown upon individual employees selectively keeping or tossing important documents.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

Just forward your confirmation emails to the app (hotel, rental car, airline tickets, etc.), Cloud-Based File Storage: Tired of attaching documents to emails and relying on track changes to keep up with multiple people editing the same files? Need to access your work from any device, anywhere?

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 12, 2017

So it goes without saying that you get tons of emails, oh and your Executive probably gets tons of emails too! One area that is my absolute weak spot is email. I am guilty of being an email addict and spending unnecessary amounts of time reading, replying and filing my emails.

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Success

MARCH 1, 2024

Donors asked if they can deduct the cost of the donated items on their tax return, and a few people suggested you make your project legal by filing for nonprofit status. Will the secretary be able to keep track of the records and filings? Each state has different rules and regulations for filing.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced? DO use email for informational purposes (i.e.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 26, 2018

With more of us enjoying job flexibility today, and with the probability of up to 58% of workers expected to be independent contractors by 2027 , if you’re not using your smartphone for more than texting, calls and email you should be. We all know about texting, calling and emailing from our phones, but are you collaborating from it as well?

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Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Stop—stop typing that email, stop crunching numbers, stop filing documents—and think about what you’re doing. Would you have ever imagined you’d be working where you are today? Does your job match what you’d dreamed your career would be? Or did you settle ?

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Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Diverse integrations with other workflow apps, task management, internal documents, real-time chat and around-the-clock live support make ClickUp a contender in any battle for best productivity app. A real-world example might be something like, “If I get an email with an attachment, upload the attachment to Google Drive.”

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review | Main | Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention » You Can Steal Time Back From Email A few days ago I received an email from a reader.  " Email is something that many of us struggle with. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    Multiple studies on business productivity will tell you that huge amounts of time are wasted on email.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Over the course of a working lifetime an office worker will drink an average of 24,684 cups of tea, disagree with colleagues 479 times and send a staggering 400,816 emails. Paperwork piling up is a problem for UK offices too, with the average worker printing off 343,504 pages of documents over their lifetime in the office.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 28, 2015

As a PA or EA, your ability to handle confidential subjects, issues, emails and documents is essential. Confidential emails and digital files. The issue of confidentiality is especially pertinent when it comes to handling emails and electronic documents. Confidential documents.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 28, 2012

As assistants we are trusted with confidential information on a regular basis, we see our boss’ emails, we open their post and we often hear private details about other members of staff. Confidential electronic documents (anything that is visible on your computer screen). b) Encrypt any attached files.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 22, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010 Miscommunication, Misfiled, and Misplaced = Misrepresentation A work day consists of filing, answering phones, greeting visitors, and a host of communication efforts with coworkers, supervisors, and customers, plus other duties and responsibilities that can get overwhelming. Lets grow together!

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 20, 2010

To put it into perspective, try imagining all of your emails from the last month coming to you on paper – now that’s a scary thought! Always back up your files electronically. Organize your folders by project, client, document or by any other means necessary. Your email will remain private. 100% No Spam.

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BMT Office Administration

JUNE 22, 2022

Keeping track of paperwork can be a challenge, It’s easy to misplace a file or even spill coffee on a document on your desk. If you don’t have that document backed up in an electronic format, you may have just lost important company or employee data. The key benefits of electronic record-keeping include: Easier file sharing.

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Although our email inboxes may be constantly brimming with unread messages, the benefit of email and computers is that there is little need to print out excess papers. Most of the time, presentations and documents can be sent via email instead of giving a hard copy to the intended person. Your email will remain private.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

pdfconvert.com is a very simple website that converts various documents to PDFs and converts PDFs back to their original format. The service is free, easy to use and converts files quickly. Unlike some PDF converting websites users do not have to sign up to the website or wait for the document to be emailed.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 24, 2009

CREATE your paper-based filing system. Having an efficient filing system in place will enable you to find the information you need, when you need it! First of all invest in your filing storage, whether that’s a dedicated filing cabinet or plastic filing crates. CREATE your PC filing system.

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