Technology
Issue: November / December 2013

Don’t Let Technology Rule

By - November 25, 2013

Time is the only issue we have absolutely no control over, it ticks relentlessly by, second on second, minute on minute. It is precious, so precious we all want more of it and it is the one commodity we cannot buy, the one issue that stops for no one. The pace of our lives is... Read more »
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Issue: November / December 2013

How I can see your Facebook posts even if we aren’t connected

By - November 25, 2013

Unless you’re part of my family, a close friend of mine, a classmate, old boyfriend or someone I’m stalking, I’m pretty sure that we aren’t connected on Facebook says Vickie Sokol Evans Yet. But if you email me it’s quite possible (and scary) that I can see that you’re leaving for a 7-day cruise vacation... Read more »
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Issue: November / December 2013

The Ultimate App Guide for Assistants

By - November 25, 2013

Like a lot of us these days I am glued to my iPhone and I have a lot of my life on my iPad. If I’m honest, I am really just lost without them (sometimes I am literally lost without them thanks to my dependence on Google maps to get me around!) I use my... Read more »
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Issue: September / October 2013

An Introduction to Instagram

By - September 25, 2013

Alicia Rittenhouse looks at how you can use Instagram within your business to build its brand. Social media and networking doesn’t have to be all about status updates and sharing links. After all – it is called social media. Think of how you can creatively engage with your friends and followers through images and video.... Read more »
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Issue: September / October 2013

Email Security

By - September 25, 2013

Dr Monica Seeley’s top tips on creating and maintaining email security As an Assistant you are often privy to highly confidential information. Yet email is one of the easiest ways to leak information quite by accident. Five common ways to breach security and confidentiality through email are: 1 Sending an email to the wrong addressee... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2013

Plan for a Disaster – Don’t Pay Until it Happens

By - July 25, 2013

How businesses can protect their business IT infrastructure, mitigate risk and keep costs to a minimum Whilst stories of businesses being affected by natural disasters grab the headlines, it is the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks that has helped move IT disaster recovery planning up the agenda for business managers. No plan. No excuse IT disaster... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2013

Using Social Media to Effectively Market and Run Events

By - July 23, 2013

In all aspects of our home and professional life there is no escaping Social Media. Whether we personally like or dislike it is now not the question; the question is “How do we embrace it and use it to its best advantage?” When planning your event it is becoming increasingly important to have a social... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2013

Format Documents In Minutes, Using Word Styles, Style Sets & Themes

By - July 23, 2013

As a former PA turned small business owner, Vickie Sokol Evans has always worn multiple hats Like you, I need to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks and that I’m working at my top speed. This includes automating my process for creating proposals, project plans and other Word documents, by using Styles, Style... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2013

Social Media – It’s A Hot Topic, Make Sure You Don’t Get Burnt

By - July 23, 2013

I’m going to start off this month’s column by talking to you about baking – not because I don’t want to talk to you about training, but because I think all becomes clear when you compare work to life. I’m taking you into the kitchen, where you’re baking gorgeous cupcakes and they’re all neat and... Read more »
Technology
Issue: July / August 2013

The most essential Excel feature every assistant should use

By - July 23, 2013

As a former PA turned technology instructor, Vickie Sokol Evans has worked with every type of document, spreadsheet, presentation and database you can imagine over the past 25 years, and seen some major improvements in the technology since the dos-based version of Word. We have the capability to get more things done in less time,... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2013

Where Are YOU on Google?

By - July 23, 2013

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Issue: May / June 2013

IT Talk

By - May 25, 2013

How many times have you heard this reply when you call IT support “Hello IT support , Have you switched your PC on and off , is your PC plugged in?” or the worst when you don’t even reach a person and you have to listen to pan flute hits of the seventies . I... Read more »
Technology
Issue: November / December 2012

An Introduction to MS Publisher

By - November 25, 2012

How to get the most out of MS Publisher and create your own, unique publications. If you are handy with other MS Office applications, you will find MS Publisher a piece of cake. MS Publisher is a desktop publishing application which you can use to create flyers, brochures, invitations, newsletters and more.. Where MS publisher... Read more »
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Issue: September / October 2012

Just How Social Can You Be at Work?

By - September 25, 2012

With advances in technology and culture, the lines of work and play are being blurred – but how far can you go? Comfort Zones… Remember when the introduction of ‘dress down’ Friday meant heading into work in your ‘weekend clothes’? Initially this felt like quite a strange concept and one that took a lot of... Read more »
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Issue: September / October 2012

An Introduction to Digital Dictation Outsourcing

By - September 25, 2012

Maxine Park, director and head of HR for outsourced digital dictation specialists DictateNow, looks at the ways in which this is affecting today’s Assistant, and how in fact, it can be of real benefit.   As organisations increasingly look to outsourcing as a way to help improve efficiency and reduce costs, one area experiencing significant... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2012

Introduction to Cloud Computing & Office 365

By - July 25, 2012

We look at the benefits of using Microsoft’s Office 365 as a way to start working in the Cloud. How many times in recent months have you heard the term Cloud Computing? A number of industry experts are predicting that this is the year that Cloud becomes a reality for the majority of us. Perhaps... Read more »