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How to Plan a Working Vacation

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Choose the right working vacation destination If it’s critical that you are available in case of emergencies during business hours in your home city, traveling more than a couple time zones away may not be wise. A location that’s too remote may not work if Wi-Fi and phone service are not up to par.

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

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Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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The 3-Sentence Email Guaranteed to Get a Response

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If your real goal is a phone call, don’t ask, “Could we have a phone call some time?” a good time for me to call your office for a quick 8-minute chat?”. This sentence tells Clargley you respect her time, are willing to do the time-zone math, and all she needs to do is pick up the phone.

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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

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The first step might be asking your own team what tasks are considered time-sucking for them; that is, tasks that take away from your team’s ability to focus on larger, more specialized projects. For example, the VA is most often in a different time zone than my employee, and my employee is expected to work only during the day.

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12 Last-Minute Gift Ideas For Digital Nomads

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If you’re living and working in different countries, with changing time zones, collaborating with colleagues around the world can be difficult. It would be a game changer to have access to a platform that lets you easily schedule appointments and meetings without second guessing the time difference. . Calendly subscription .

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

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Chat by phone or video conferencing, record meetings, and share screens to keep each other up to date, even if you’re continents apart! Time Zone Converter Apps: Time zones can be tricky, especially if you or your executive is working virtually from another state or country. Another cool one is World Time Buddy.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

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Use A Phone Call Log! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called?

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