Posted by Maggie Langley on Thursday, May 10, 2012,
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Productivity
How to choose productivity tools that get the job done
Every business has to manage information.
The Essentials Contacts Calendars / diaries Email
The Usuals Invoices Tasks / To Do Lists
The Should Haves Social Media Time Tracking Shared space for Team
The Advanced Ticketing system Gant Chart Project Management system Real time collaboration tools
Although every business needs to use some kind of tool like Outlook or Google Apps to manage The Essentials, choosing the best productivity tools depends on the... Continue reading ...
Posted by Maggie Langley, OfficeHounds Virtual Assistant Services on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
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Productivity
If you want to make this a productive year, get control of your email.
Some scary stats
• “One of the biggest time-wasters reported by office workers is managing email. • 39% of office workers feel lost and even frustrated when it comes to organizing and managing email. • Over half of the participants surveyed said they receive up to 75 emails each and every day, and felt that a number of those emails were a result of being CC’d unnecessarily. • 48% of the respondents s...
Posted by Maggie Langley, OfficeHounds Virtual Assistant Services on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
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Get organised
For many of us, email is a bad habit, a time killing addiction. We check it on our crackberry’s. We often stop what we’re working on to get our email fix.
Don’t play Email Russian Roulette with your work time.
I’ll quickly check my email. Then I’ll get started on that important task.
BANG – I can’t start that important task yet. I need to reply to this email.
We’re addicted to looking. Our brains love variety, but productivity demands focus and discipline. We’re add...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Tuesday, May 10, 2011,
In :
Networking
I had the pleasure of attending a unique networking event hosted by Liam Gooding of Cloudminds and Fruitbowl Media. The event was held at the Aquarius7a Fusion Media Centre on the Canterbury High Street. The event attendees included artists showcasing their work and business people. I was quite surprised to see that the artists congregated on one side of the room, and the entrepreneurs congregated on the other with very little integration.
I enjoyed speaking with the one artist who chatted to...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
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American ex-pat living in England with hubby & hounds. Love helping businesses to get organised and offload those time consuming tasks that my Virtual Assistants do efficiently.
American ex-pat living in England with hubby & hounds. Love helping businesses to get organised and offload those time consuming tasks that my Virtual Assistants do efficiently.
