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6 Free Training Sources for Administrative and Executive Assistants

Office Dynamics

It is no secret that Joan Burge and the Office Dynamics team believes in continuous education and training so we wanted to provide you with several resources that give you access to free education and training. Educational Video Library. Office Dynamics has a library of over 60 educational videos for administrative professionals. You’ll gain access to past webinar recordings as well as the 26 Weeks to Administrative Excellence, Now is the Time, Adminology, and Reality Check courses.

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10 points to consider when visiting a new events venue

Practically Perfect PA

As we all know, when it comes to organising events there are a million decisions that have to be made. From catering through to goodie bags and badges, there are a ton of things to think about. The venue choice is a significant consideration and something that can make or break an event. So, in […].

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Social Network Support Helps Turn Knitting Hobbyists into Hobbypreneurs

Small Business Labs

A recent academic paper -  Knitting Community: Human and Social Capital in the Early Transition into Entrepreneurship - covers research on the process hobby knitters go through to decide to turn their hobby into a business. The study found that many of the hobbyists that started a knitting business had been encouraged to do so by people they knew, such as husbands, friends and other knitters.

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Time Management for Admins

Eat Your Career

This is an excerpt from a special report available in the Career Resource Library , a convenient and affordable training program featuring 100+ on-demand professional development resources for career advancers and administrative professionals. Learn more and access the full report by visiting www.MyCareerLibrary.com/about. Administrative assistants and executive assistants have a unique set of time management challenges.

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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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A Title Does Not Define You

Office Dynamics

As one of my recent Star Achievement students wrote me. “Too many administrative assistants at our organization believe that their title defines who they are.”. Executives have also brought this to my attention over the past few years. They say, “Just because your title is Executive Assistant, it does not mean you are portraying the qualities and competencies of what is required in that role.”.

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Liveops Distributed, Work at Home, Independent Call Center Workforce

Small Business Labs

Liveops provides cloud-based call center services that utilize an on-demand workforce of agents who live in the U.S. The agents are independent workers who contract with Liveops and work remotely, mostly from home. We met with Liveops last week and learned they have about 20,000 independent agents providing customer service and sales support to over 400 enterprise clients.

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How to change your Assistant career

Practically Perfect PA

Being an Assistant isn’t for everyone. I mean let’s face it, the job has its challenges, and I think you have to love the role to succeed in it genuinely. If you think of the position as a stepping stone to something else or a job that you’ve just so happened to fall into, then […].

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High Fives at an Administrative Assistant Conference

Office Dynamics

An administrative assistant conference is best measured by the feeling one has while clapping at the end of the last presentation. You know you have learned and grown from the content when a flood of gratitude flows out of clapping hands. The Office Dynamics Conference. This year’s Office Dynamics’ Stellar Assistant Conference provided professional topics and presenters such as Judi Moreo, Susan Shultz, Debbie Gross and Joan Burge herself, among others, it also included Lisa Olsen who shared her

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This is How LinkedIn Can Help You Find a Job

On The Job

It’s estimated that 90 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn to find talent, which means ignoring the site during a job search is sort of like tossing your resume in a shredder and hoping someone finds it and pieces it back together. That’s not likely to happen, and neither are you likely to find the most available jobs or contacts if you’re ignoring LinkedIn.

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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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Online Platforms Enabling the Rise of Global Micro Outsourcing Firms

Small Business Labs

Oxford's Internet Institute's research paper The Global Platform Economy: A New Offshoring Institution Enabling Emerging- Economy Micro-Providers covers how online platforms are creating an alternative to traditional outsourcing. Key quote from the paper: In recent years, a new offshoring mode appears to have emerged alongside these two established modes: one-person micro-providers that serve clients around the world in transactions conducted via online platforms.

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How to see All Mail Items in Outlook 2016

Practically Perfect PA

Is there a way to see All Mail Items in Outlook? I used to use Lotus Notes and found this particular view useful. I can’t find it in Outlook – can you help? This is a question I have been asked many times, especially when migrating an organisation from Lotus Notes to Outlook 2016. Search […].

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The only three things a startup founder should ever focus on 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Hire the very best people . Make sure the company doesn’t run out of money . Articulate the vision and lead it . The key word is “only”. This list is important because of everything that is not on it. A startup founder should only spend their time doing these three things. . Of course, this is ridiculously idealistic advice. . In the real (messy) world, most founders start out doing almost everything else too.

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How to Get Ahead When Working Remotely

On The Job

Working from home is no longer a rarity – IWG reports that 70 percent of professionals work remotely at least one day a week. And 53 percent of professionals work remotely for at least half the week! The arrangement has many advantages, such as providing better work/life balance or a much shorter commute. Still, being “out of sight” poses a real challenge to your career.

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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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8 Career Opportunities That Open When You Get a Real Estate License

Small Business CEO

Is it time to consider a career change? With the New Year coming, you’re not the only one reassessing your career options and wondering if you can find a way to enjoy more independence and greater financial rewards at your job. One of the easiest and most affordable ways to upgrade your skills and open new career opportunities is by getting a real estate license.

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7 surprising venues with outdoor space that you need to know about

Practically Perfect PA

The UK (especially London) venue scene is extremely fast-paced, so ensuring you are presenting the most current solutions for your internal events can often be a time-consuming task. Here are 7 surprising venues with outdoor space that you need to know about which will ensure you stay ahead of the game. 7 surprising venues with […].

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The Good, Better, Best of Professional Development for Admins

Jen Lawrence

A few years ago, I interviewed to be the executive assistant to the CEO of a biomedical company. The day had gone pretty much as you would imagine – being shuffled between conference rooms and offices meeting various team members, answering carefully planned questions, hearing all about how great the company was to work for. When the time came for me to finally meet the CEO, I was more than ready to discuss the role truly in depth.

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8 Best Places to Buy a Business in Florida

Small Business CEO

Looking to buy a business for sale in Florida is quite an informed move. If you come across someone specifically looking for a business owner selling his venture in the state, he must have done a comprehensive business analysis of the economic environment. Florida is a very fertile location for any given business. The market is enormous, as you can imagine how much more of a population it attracts, both in terms of the local population and in terms of tourism.

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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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Moving with the Times: 6 Reasons Why You Should Digitalize Your Business Model

Small Business CEO

You can’t sit down and assume that your business is going to grow like wildfire if you haven’t adopted a digital business model. To be frank with you, it is a waste of time to continue hoping that your business will grow some day without a digital business model. If you have been listening to what’s going on in the world recently, you’ve already heard about digital marketing, digital landscape, and digital workforce.

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4 Problems with Using Free Screen Sharing Software for Business

Small Business CEO

Companies must use a variety of software programs in order to conduct daily business. From project management systems to timekeeping, these software enable businesses to meet the needs of daily tasks. However, one type of software that many companies neglect to use is screen sharing software. With easy to use screen sharing software , you give employees the ability to share their screen with others, allowing for easy collaboration, editing, and troubleshooting.

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Green Focus: 4 Tips to Make Your Business Eco-Friendly

Small Business CEO

Corporate social responsibility is a big deal, and not just for the large multinationals. For SMEs and startups, an eco-friendly focus brings financial benefits, and garners a positive reputation in the marketplace. Consumers are increasingly conscious of a supplier’s green credentials, and will be more likely to choose a company that has policies of protecting natural resources.

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How to Improve your Business’s Credit Score

Small Business CEO

While business confidence levels in the UK have remained relatively high in recent times, it appears as though the looming spectre of Brexit is finally beginning to take its toll. Most tellingly, the ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor showed that sentiment declined sharply at the beginning of the fourth quarter, falling to -12.3 in October. To put this into perspective, it’s the lowest level since April 2009 , when the country was managing the fall-out from the great recession.

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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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Why Employee Benefits are Important for Businesses

Small Business CEO

Employees are the lifeblood of every company. Without them, it would be hard for a company to achieve its mission and enact its vision. But with a huge number of businesses from powerhouse brands to startup companies vying for the attention of the working populace, it can be very hard to stand out. This is where employee benefits come in. While salaries can be a guiding force in talent acquisition, the landscape has largely changed.

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Common IT Mistakes Your Business Should Watch Out For

Small Business CEO

Businesses are very complex machines, much like servers and computers. They feature a variety of different components to be successful, but perhaps none more important than IT. Especially with all the recent advancements in technology, it’s more important than ever to have an IT team that’s not only experienced and skilled, but also armed with the most recent, cutting edge technology.

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SAP: Does Your Small Business Need It?

Small Business CEO

Choosing the right software for your small business can be stressful, and in some cases it can be the most difficult part of owning a company. You want to make sure you’re getting enough out of the software to make it worth the overall cost, and that it will help you streamline your business processes. While there are a number of softwares available for small businesses , one that you may not even consider is SAP, which stands for systems, applications, and products.

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Why Every Business Needs a Website: Gain More Business And Beat The Competition

Small Business CEO

It’s a fact that 3.8 billion people use the internet every day. Every single day, you have a potential audience of 3.8 billion people. That’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss out on. Just look around and you’ll see the proof: everyone is on their phone. So, if they need anything, that’s the first place they turn. Boiler bust? Google. Fancy a takeaway?

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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