Executive Secretary Magazien - Weekly Newsletter

Weekly Newsletter JANUARY 13th, 2014 Dear all, Welcome to a New Year and to a whole heap of new opportunities to expand your knowledge and resources. The great thing about the start of a new year is the chance to wipe the slate clean and re-evaluate what you are trying to achieve. I don't know about you, but I always feel hugely inspired for the first couple of weeks to set and stick to my New Year's resolutions but after that, they slip somewhat. Our fabulous article, below, about setting goals rather than resolutions, makes enormous sense to me and I can't wait to share it with you. And after months of preparation, it's finally here! The International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant kicked off on 1st January and we have a whole raft of things happening in 2014 to increase the awareness of your role and the perception of what you do, in countries all over the world. Please see below for details of the webinar that takes place tomorrow, which you will be able to follow free of charge to find out exactly what is going on and how you can get involved. Feel free to share this newsletter with anyone else you think might benefit - we are always delighted to welcome new recipients. WOULD YOU LIKE LOTS OF FREE BOOKS? In the next few months (starting Jan 2014), UoLearn are running a promotion in association with Amazon. Their titles will be available as free kindle books for 5 days each. UoLearn are a small publishing company based in Lancashire specialising in skill based books like influencing skills, business writing, coaching skills, minute taking etc. To sign up, please visit http://www.uolearn.com/. ONE PROFESSION, ONE VOICE - FREE IYOTSA WEBINAR TOMORROW Every admin on this planet should be participating in IYOTSA 2014. We are campaigning on your behalf to get you the recognition that you deserve. Please share details of this webinar with your networks. We want as many to attend as possible. Officepal Webinar: IYOTSA 2014: What's In It For Admins?: A Conversation with Lucy Brazier on Jan 14, 2014 at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern, 6pm GMT, 7pm CET. Register Now. Here is the registration link: http://bit.ly/1ifCqr4. START THE NEW YEAR WITH A CLEAN INBOX The 7th International Clean Out Your Inbox Week takes place between 20 to 24 January 2014. This year’s promises to be one of the most exciting with new materials, daily challenges and incentives to take control of your inbox. And the Email (Winter) Olympics. Here is the plan for the week to help you reduce email overload and go for an empty inbox each day. Day 1 Monday 20 January – Why bother to keep the inbox clean Day 2 Tuesday 21 January – Start cleaning the Inbox Day 3 Wednesday 22 January – How to keep the inbox clean – downsize the number of emails you receive Day 4 Thursday 23 January – Brilliant email etiquette to keep the inbox clean Day 5 Friday 24 January – Pulling it together and moving forward Blogs will be posted each morning with an action plan for the day. There are free copies of Brilliant Email as prizes for the person either making the most progress each day or who has the best way of keeping the inbox clean. For more resource each day: Follow the initiative on Twitter using #cleaninbox. Join the Facebook page. 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 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY LIVE - DON'T MISS OUT, BOOK NOW- £100 DISCOUNT FOR SUBSCRIBERS UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY! Our vision was always that if a speaker is invited to speak at Executive Secretary LIVE, then they have made it to the top of their tree, as one of the world’s top trainers for EAs. Our world class speakers are not just flying in to motivate and inspire you, but to provide essential training that will boost your knowledge, skills and productivity. We guarantee that you will leave the event with a plethora of practical tips, as well as immediately actionable ideas to increase productivity and impress. But above all, we want to inspire you to go back to your businesses and use what you have learned to add new dimensions to your role. We hope you will agree that we have put together a programme that is a mixture of both the inspirational and practical. This is a truly International conference. Last year, Assistants attended from 14 different countries, from as far afield as New Zealand, the US, Russia, Turkey, Europe and of course the UK. For full details of our exceptional programme, please visit www.executivesecretary.com/LIVE and quote ESSUB to claim your £100 discount.