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Note From Julie: Plan Now for Your 2019 Professional Development

Each year, dozens of amazing admin-centric conferences take place around the world! Few of us have the luxury of attending them all. So it’s important to choose wisely, especially if you can get funding for a professional development conference. With just a couple...

Mail Merge Made Simple with Avery [Sponsored]

Ever struggled to get address labels merged and printed correctly? Looking for a fast and simple way to upload event details once and apply them to the materials you need (labels, name badges, tent cards)? Let Avery simplify the process with their Design and Print...

Affiliate Webinar: SharePoint Workshop: Mastering Document Management

Has your workplace deployed Microsoft®SharePoint® 2013 or 2010, but you're still using only a fraction of the software's capabilities? One of the best uses for SharePoint is document management. But without any more training than, "Here, put this in SharePoint,”...

Julie’s Picks: My Favorite Midsize and Large Administrative Conferences

As administrative professionals, it’s crucial to continue to hone our skills if we want to remain relevant. Attending conferences and training events is a fantastic way to keep up with the innovations, changes, and trends of the profession. But when training dollars...

Affiliate Webinar: Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace: Dealing with Troublemakers, Whiners, Pessimists and Other Difficult Employees

Just one bad apple is all it takes to infect the entire workforce and demoralize everybody. Don't let things go too far — learn how to put a strategy in place to combat negativity. When confronted with employees who complain, criticize, or try to stir up trouble,...

Note From Julie: No Money for Training? No Problem!

There have been times throughout my career when my employer was willing to reimburse me for professional development training. But more often than not, I personally funded my training investments. This experience alone was a driving factor in launching All Things...

Affiliate Webinar: The First 90 Days – Step-by-Step Onboarding

You spend so much time and effort finding the right people, but what happens when they show up on day one? How do you handle employees' first few hours and their crucial first 90 days on the job? It's vital to make a great first impression – you won't get a second...

Affiliate Webinar: Excel Pivot Tables: Getting Your Data to Talk

Data is just data until it gives you information you can actually use. Pivot tables are the answer for extracting usable information from all that data. When some Microsoft® Excel® users hear the term "pivot tables," they usually run for the hills, believing that...

Affiliate Webinar: Gossip, Rumors & Workplace Busybodies

When toxic talk infects an entire department, you may be tempted to throw up your hands and just give in. You might feel powerless to counteract the damage caused by disparaging comments and persistent negativity, believing that, "you can't change human nature." But...

Affiliate Webinar: Microsoft Outlook Calendars & Tasks

You can do more with Microsoft® Outlook® than just email! Most of us use Outlook for email. Some use it for both email and calendaring. But few of us know how to get calendaring and tasks to really help us manage our time and workload. In this popular webinar from...