Time is precious, productivity is critical, and your Outlook inbox is overflowing. What’s wrong with this picture? One way every professional can recapture precious time in their day, and increase their personal productivity by up to an hour a day, is by becoming a...
In our first session on the Productivity Workflow Formula, we looked at reducing your to-do lists, addressing time wasting behaviors, and determining exactly what we need to be working on. (We’ll be covering other steps in the formula in coming months.) Now you just...
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...
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. Think about the content you use...
Do you sometimes feel like your desk should be armed with a fire extinguisher and EMT kit? Are you losing valuable time managing office emergencies and other crises throughout the day? Do you need a better way to get things back on track when the crises pass? As much...
Topic: Save Time with PowerPoint’s Master Slides and Layouts Webinar presented by: Donna Gilliland, award-winning technology instructor, certified technology trainer, president of MOSTraining Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Time: 11 a.m. CDT, 12 p.m. EDT., 9 a.m. PDT...
Do you have to take minutes during meeting, jot down telephone messages, write long lists, or remember on-the-fly comments from your executive? Can you do it quickly? So many of admins take notes, yet very few have a structure or system for writing them. There’s a...
Topic: Become a Microsoft Excel Formulas Pro (2-Part Series) Presenter: Donna Gilliland, award-winning technology instructor, certified technology trainer, and president of MOSTraining Date: Part 1: Thursday, July 16, 2015, Part 2: Thursday, July 30, 2015 Time:...
When you analyze data in large Excel worksheets, does it feel like you are looking for a needle in a haystack? If you answered yes, you’ll probably benefit from Pivot Tables. Pivot Tables make data analysis easier by providing a simple way to run reports on specific...
Life happens — the good stuff, the bad stuff, and the mundane stuff. And it can all zap your energy and kill your motivation if you aren’t taking care of yourself. Resilience and focused self-care aren’t just for the trials in life. It’s a necessary life skill to get...
Effective communication is essential to success in today’s corporate world, and it’s extremely important if you want to advance in your admin career. Yet to communicate more effectively, you need to understand the basic behavioral styles and how they impact verbal and...
Part 1: Microsoft Word 2013: Mail Merge Made Easy: Are you spending a lot of time compiling source addresses and name files into one usable document? Stop wasting time and start saving it! Microsoft’s mail merge is a timesaving feature used to merge the names and...
