Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2014

But I do think it is important for assistants to be able to type quickly because, from my experience, many executives still punch at their keyboard with one finger and can take forever to write a simple email. For example being on top of new apps and social media trends will help our bosses no end. Shorthand / Stenography.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. For example, remembering the number sequence of: 6-3-2-4-8-1-7-9 could be remembered easier if the sequence is chunked into: 63-24-81-79. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus. Stay organized.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password?

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Allwork

JUNE 23, 2022

And so, you know, I kind of start off and ask you, how do you define the metaverse and virtual reality’s role within it as compared to augmented reality as a as an example? And I think holographic projection is a good example of that. I think this is a very simple example where you can with powerful property exists already today.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Email (build trust) 3. " For example, I'll offer access to a webinar, pick up the telephone, send a card or gift a physical DVD with some of my best videos. What do you do to build relationships beyond the keyboard?  I find the most effective level of communication to be: 1. Phone (providing value) 4. Go Offline.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. Point being.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? Keep in touch.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

In this example, I did the following: Go to the end of page 1, i.e. the last cell (bottom right), or after the last word on the page. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? These are instructions for Word 2003. "I

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

As an example, I am now helping my boss with a corporate blog he started and because I have experience with blogging in my personal life, I have used that and now do it professionally as well. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Example: If youre looking for a Blockbuster in Arlington, Texas you can send this text message: Blockbuster 76001 Pretty neat. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? One item Ive noticed is mood swings.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. What a neat idea for businesses too. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. Click Apply and OK To set your email to view b.c.c. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. In the Paragraph dialog box, click Tabs (bottom left).

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Tired of spending all of your time in your email inbox? Slack helps you say goodbye to email while keeping all of your teams’ communications and files in one place, wherever you go. Here are some examples: /mute – mutes the current channel. Keyboard Shortcuts. away – toggle your away status.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In my readers example, the problem was the trials of working for multiple bosses when one or more of them is disorganized. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

For example, addressing the Minister of (insert govt agency here) is it Honourable so and so or Mr. or Ms. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? February 22, 2009 Patricia Robb said.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. Some emails are obviously junk. For instance I just received an email from a lawyer who said he has an inheritance of $4 million, but he needs me to send him some money and once he receives it, he will send me the money. Speak to your IT Department.

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Productivityist

MARCH 27, 2015

In an interview with Tim, Kevin Kelly said that he can go a week without checking his email in the states and weeks if he’s abroad and internet access is spotty to being with. How can these two people with thriving, huge, iconic (again, in the digital world) businesses and workings go without email? Wow , I thought.

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Men With Pens

MAY 24, 2012

Here’s an example: Every day, I follow the same, fixed routine. I sit at the kitchen island and read my email. whirr” – hit the keyboard. And today I wrote 8,000 words – not counting client emails!). Hit the trigger, run through them and the scenes unfold until you reach the end: you, writing.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

No less than sixty seconds later, I’d submitted my request and after verifying my email address, I was sat down on the couch with a cup of my favorite coffee, about to indulge in a session of tips, tricks and fun analogies about OmniFocus. Fifteen minutes later, I was done.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

To receive a free copy of the Career Advancement Toolkit, join the Project Management Hacks email newsletter. This skill has expedited the growth of my audience from under a hundred to over two thousand email subscribers in eight months. Example : I am currently working to launch my first online course. But where can you start?

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Productivityist

JANUARY 29, 2015

There are keyboard shortcuts for creating new tasks and branches, for grouping sets of tasks together (a very handy feature that all Project Managers will be pleased to see). I have one project I am working on at the moment, for example, where Casual.PM Files can be uploaded from your local computer, Dropbox, Box and Google Drive.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many writers hit the keyboard for set periods of time. For example, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates likes to write before breakfast. National Book Award winner and New York Times essayist Richard Powers claims he hasn’t touched a keyboard in years, not even to write an email. ” Write for time.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

For example, I set up a sales dial-in call with about 40 people from every continent on the call. I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. So far the only mistakes I’ve made have been minor.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

I’ve used all of these methods at one time or another when the events of an email gone wrong or some other item of note has me off my game. A change of pace and scenery can do wonders, and I have found that simply by walking away that I have a renewed sense of vigor when I return to the keyboard. Still, it was frustrating.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

That’s a key point and a very important question for every blogger who had been wrecked more than one keyboard writing. I know I’ve been giving a lot of examples from the blogging and copywriting niches, but for podcasts, the first one that comes to my head is galadarling.com. The closest example is a Formula 1 pilot suit.

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Clutter Coach

MAY 18, 2013

That means once you start giving in to an urge to, say, check email by opening your email program, it will be much harder to keep yourself from doing it than if you nipped that pesky desire in the bud. Pen vs. Keyboard: Which helps you organize better? To compound these problems, the effect of distraction tends to accelerate.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up. For example, if all you need is a place to store contact information and keep your calendar, that is much different than a system that can prompt you for different types of follow up, keep templates, etc. What do you need the system to do for you?

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Employers should ensure they identify a lawful basis for the monitoring including, for example, consent, public interest task or legitimate interests. For example, employers may monitor business calls to evidence business transactions, or for training or quality control purposes. The employer must also complete a DPIA.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 21, 2012

For example, I am about to start as an EA, and am a bit worried that I won't be able to write down everything my boss says. I am not a big fan of touch screen keyboards as they are not a true QWERTY keyboard. The touch screen keyboard won’t give you a fast typing rate because you have to type with one finger versus all 10.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. Take me, for example. Text-to-speech and speech-to-text are two great potential examples. I’m a pretty fast typist but it made me realise how unnatural it is to use a keyboard, or even a pen.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

It would be much easier to keyboard it but I know it wouldn’t have the same effect as writing it by hand. I do feel much more comfortable with a keyboard than hand though. As for hand-writing versus keyboard, I too am much faster when using the latter, but for me, that’s not the point. I get hand cramps!

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

People Are Approaching You in Real Life Situations For example, you may be approached by people who start up conversations with you using sentences like: I don’t know you but I read your blog. Receiving Out Of The Blue Thank You Emails This started to happen a year ago, and in the last few months has become more and more common.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Take psychology-style self-help books as an example, arguably the single most destructive e-book on the internet today. No matter what the topic is, before you put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, be sure that you have the qualifications to write about whatever you are about to share. For example, Zen Habits. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. It’s really easy to get sucked in to one more email and lose an entire evening. Kenji – love James’ example in his comment.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

This is where bloggers get a head start: if you have a blog, you have a good reason to put fingers to keyboard on a regular basis. For example, one of my favorite blogs is Liz Styles’ Damomma – I’ve been reading her blog for five years, despite having no kids and no plans to have kids any time soon. Reply Go ahead.

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