Hello! When I took the entrepreneurial leap nine years ago, I never imagined I’d be doing what I’m doing today. The past five years I’ve spent building All Things Admin have been especially rewarding and fulfilling. As I reflect on my journey, there are a few...
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We’ve been celebrating the fifth anniversary of All Things Admin all this month. But it’s still hard to believe that it’s already been five years. We’ve been having so much fun helping you enrich and advance your administrative careers that the time has flown by! To...
You have a terrific idea for making an improvement to how your team manages projects. It will save a lot of time and eliminate a lot of unnecessary emails. You have to pitch the idea to the three project managers you work with daily, then you have to pitch it to your...
If something happened to you and you missed work for a week, or two weeks, or maybe even a month, could your co-workers or manager step in and fulfill your responsibilities without a major interruption to your office or business? Do you have the processes and...
As admins, we’re always looking for ways to be more efficient and productive. But we often overlook the simplest and easiest tools to help us do that: forms, templates, and checklists. Topic: 3 Simple Tools to Increase Your Office Efficiency: Forms, Templates &...
Hello! We’re in the middle of our 5 Days to Better Office Procedures Challenge, and already our participants’ feedback and discoveries have been extremely motivating! Before I share the secret to our challenge participants’ success, I want to share some of the...
Are you... Tired of feeling guilty every time you need a day off? And returning to the office only to find a pile of work? Sick of worrying that you’re the only one who knows how to do certain critical tasks? Ready to create an office procedures binder but just don’t...
Do you know how to format cells in Excel? Can you sum a spreadsheet column without manually adding it up? Whether you’re a daily Excel user or only use it occasionally, there are several useful features every admin should know about the program. Why waste time and...
This post was originally published on the IAAP blog and is reprinted here with permission. Being an administrative assistant is hard work, really hard work. It’s a stressful, chaotic, always-on-call kind of job that can leave even the most seasoned administrative...
I see it almost daily, and I cringe every time. A professional’s social media profile with an awful snapshot, or worse yet, a selfie. A company advertisement featuring team members wearing sloppy attire. A newsletter highlighting an award or employee with photos that...
Learn to leverage the power of Microsoft Word and Outlook and store the content you use over and over in Quick Parts galleries. This feature allows you to quickly access frequently used content with just a few clicks of your mouse. Topic: Save Time Using Microsoft...
Do you understand the connection between what you do each day as an admin and how it impacts your company’s success? Could you give a company tour and explain the core role of each team or department? Do you know how your company makes money and delivers value?...