This year is off to a flying start, full of opportunity and promise. Can you believe that January is gone already? That has to be the fastest 31 days so far.
That leaves us with just 11 months to put into place the game-changing initiatives we promised ourselves for the International Year of the Secretary & Assistant. The world has changed for Assistants in the last five years and every Assistant on the planet should be aware of IYOTSA and its key message, that Assistants are no longer just ‘assisting’. They are actively ‘doing’ as business people in their own right.
We promised you that in 2014, we would help you to correct some of the stereotypes that exist around you as Assistants in your businesses, help you work towards recognition of your role, get training and encourage your businesses to get you out into the community & networking with your peers.
All this is happening, but we need your help. Our cover story in the new issue of the magazine is an in-depth guide to IYOTSA and we have decided to make the link public so you are able to share it with as many as possible in your businesses and networks. It is one of our three "Articles of the Week" at the bottom of this newsletter.
In addition, I was invited by new community website, Officepal.com to give a webinar interview on the subject of IYOTSA. They have kindly shared the video recording of the webinar with me and you can see the interview in full by clicking here. Officepal is a big supporter of IYOTSA 2014 initiative and they have planned several webinars/trainings around various themes of IYOTSA charter. Stay tuned to for more information. We believe that the IYOTSA initiative can help change the face of administration profession and we would like your help in getting the message across to every admin on this planet. Please share this link/video (https://officepal.com/pd?discussionId=1258) with every admin you know - so they can learn more, participate and benefit from IYOTSA initiative.
A reminder that I am happy to attend any event, anywhere in the world in 2014 and speak or Chair for free, as long as my travel and accommodation are covered. We have a very small window of opportunity to make a difference and I want to grab it with both hands. Whether you are running an internal company networking meeting, a conference or an Association meeting, whatever the event and however many people you have in attendance, I would be delighted to come and speak to them.
Please contact me if you would like me to come and speak at an event that you are hosting.
Speaking testimonials are available at my LinkedIn profile
www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=25058950&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile.
I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in the next 12 months.
Feel free to share this newsletter with anyone else you think might benefit - we are always delighted to welcome new recipients.
SO HERE IS THIS WEEK'S FREE RESOURCE
This newsletter is always packed with free resources. On the LinkedIn group, we often ask you to recommend your favourites and one that comes up, time and again is www.gcflearnfree.org.
GCFLearnFree.org creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve their skills in a variety of areas needed to be successful in both work and life. By delivering over 750 different lessons to millions of people in over 200 countries and territories ABSOLUTELY FREE, GCFLearnFree.org is a worldwide leader in online education.
View one tutorial. Complete a whole class. They believe there's freedom in the ability to learn what you want, when you want, regardless of income or circumstances.
AND HERE ARE THIS WEEK’S AWESOME SPECIAL OFFERS
ASAP WEBINARS
We would recommend that all our readers join the ASAP as a member. Registering for membership is easy and FREE and they have many excellent free resources. Click here to join.
Our friends at ASAP have put together a very special webinar offer for all Executive Secretary Newsletter subscribers:
Take un-limited live or on-demand webinars at any time in 2014 and get $25 off each webinar! (ASAP webinars are $99) Please use coupon code EXECSEC25OFF to get your discount
ASAP also produces the annual Administrative Professionals Conference (APC) - see http://www.apcevent.com
ASAP members receive a $200 discount on their APC and EAS registration fee.
IF YOU’RE BASED IN THE MIDDLE EAST...
Marcus Evans’s ‘World Class PA Forum’ will be gathering the region’s PAs, for an interactive, inspirational two days in Dubai this February. Highlights of the conference includes a half day workshop on communication with bosses, a role play session on scenario management , an exclusive demonstration lab to boost your professional image and a mini think tank session to present solutions and not problems to your bosses. You would be sure to take home the lessons in the presentations available on multi-tasking, stress management and time management.
Marcus Evans have very kindly offered readers of this newsletter a 10% discount off a ticket to this prestigious conference.
For more details please click here and to claim your discount, just put ‘Executive Secretary Newsletter’ in the comments box.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY LIVE, LONDON
We know that some of you can’t make the whole weekend in March, so we have put an offer in place for the next week only on the two half-day Friday workshops. Book both workshops and get a £100 discount, taking the cost from £199 each to £298 for the two.
Here are the speakers & topics:
Shirley Taylor
Supercharge Your Business Writing With the WOW Factor!
Half-day masterclass
Do you realise that what you write and how you write is very often the first impression of you that people receive? Do your business writing skills create a WOW or a WHOA?
The typical executive today spends approximately 20-25 per cent of their time writing. Yet, writing is a skill that few people seek to improve. With so many emails, letters and other documents to write, and time being an issue, writing effectively can be very demanding. However, the truth is that your writing skills can have a significant impact on your effiiency, productivity and business success.
We now communicate with people from all over the world, and much of the time the only way those people can form an opinion of us is by looking at the way we write. Shirley will show you how to create a WOW with your writing!
Best-selling author and communication expert Shirley Taylor will show you how to create a WOW with your writing!
Highlights:
• Why you must build a WOW into all your communications
• Common errors that make readers go WHOA!
• Are you writing for yesterday or today?
• 5 simple steps that will supercharge your business writing
• WOW your readers with the WOW Factor
• Questions to ask before you click send
Vickie Sokol Evans
Simplify Your Life Using Office Themes
Half-day masterclass
Time-saving Secrets to Transforming Your Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations into Professional-Looking Masterpieces
Whether you’re a graphic designer or you are like me — seriously lacking any design skills — the last thing you want to do is spend unnecessary time getting your documents to look GREAT! Introduced in Microsoft Office 2007, Office Themes are available across all Microsoft Office applications and allow you to create professional-looking and branded documents with ease. In this session, understand what makes up a Theme and best practices for automating your work so that you can work less.
• Leverage existing themes across all applications
• Customize an existing theme
• Create a new theme to match your company
• Save your custom themes and share them with others
• Discover the #1 mistake people make when changing fonts in their document that costs them valuable time
For full speaker biographies, more information or to book, please visit www.executivesecretary.com/live. To claim your discount simply type ESNEWS in the ‘Where did you hear about us?’ box
THE NEW ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE IS OUT NOW - LAST FEW DAYS TO CLAIM 30% OFF!
The January issue came out on Friday and is packed full of training and inspiration from the world's best trainers of administrators. We have been offering a 30% discount on an annual subscription throughout January, so click here to buy now and take advantage of the discount before the offer runs out on Friday.
The website prices are preset with the 30% discounted special offer until then.
Articles include:
Leadership and Strategic Process - Doug Van Dyke
Get Connected: Seven Reasons Why all Admins Need Social Media - Julie Perrine
Work 24/7 - Just because we can, should we? Marsha Egan
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - Bonnie Low Kramen
The Changing Face of Education - E-Learning - Natalie Lloyd
Be Results Drive - Joan Burge
Profile: Deborah Shaw, Kelly Engstrom & Kimberly McFarland, the three Presidents of the Associations for Celebrity Assistants in London, New York & LA
And this is only a tiny selection of the full content available.
PDF VERSIONS OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY MAGAZINE TO SHARE
You may be interested to know that we now have a new facility which allows you to download PDF versions of all the magazines (as well as of all the archive editions) directly from our website when you subscribe. You are also now able to search the website by author as well as by topic. To subscribe, visit www.executivesecretary.com
You can also subscribe as a company to a PDF licence version, which allows you to share the magazine and all the training in it between all your administrative staff. Contact me if you would like details at lbrazier@executivesecretary.com
You can also subscribe as a company to a PDF licence version, which allows you to share the magazine and all the training in it between all your administrative staff. Contact me if you would like details at lbrazier@executivesecretary.com
To stay up to date on a daily basis with what's going on, you can join the LinkedIn group by clicking here or follow us on Twitter at @lucybrazier, and join in the conversation. We are also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/executivesecretary. Feel free to share anything you feel we, and the rest of the community should know about with us.
Shout loudly if you need any further information on any of the above or if you have information that you would like us to share with our community of over 18,500 Assistants from all over the world.
Lucy Brazier
CEO, Executive Secreatry Magazine
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