Cater your writing to ‘skimmers’
The Internet is changing the way we read and think, asserts a recent article in The Atlantic Monthly titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” So what does that mean for you? Cater your writing to skimmers.
Category: Office Technology
Tricks of the trade, admin-to-admin
To do your job well, you probably need to remember a gazillion things —and the same goes for the others on your team. Wouldn’t you love to share all that knowledge and expertise? One idea: an e-mail newsletter just for your admin team.
Google search tips
Go beyond ordinary searching with these handy googling tips.
Simple way to cure a case of the ALL CAPS
Ever receive a spreadsheet where someone entered the entire field in ALL UPPER CASE? How do you change the field to upper and lower cases?
A ‘Neat’ way to keep receipts neat
For the boss whose drawers and briefcase are whitened with business cards and receipts, it might be time for this tech solution: Neat Receipts (
www.neatreceipts.com
).
Before you hit ‘send’: 3 e-mail tips
Think before you click.That’s the in-a-nutshell advice of Will Schwalbe, co-author of Send, a book about how to write the perfect e-mail. Here are three of his best practices.
Cool Google tools
Here are three productivity tools from Google that are worth trying.
Multitask with souped-up cell phone
Don’t have a fancy smartphone? These add-on tools can make your cell phone as much of a workhorse as an iPhone.
Cut costs, boost your personal value
Saving your employer time and money is one of the few measurable ways to demonstrate the contribution you make at work. Here’s how Amy Gurren, winner of OfficeTeam’s Administrative Excellence Award, proactively found ways to save her employer some of both.
Top 5 little-known web research sites
Save time doing web research with these five powerfully helpful sites: Ask a Librarian; OWL, the Online Writing Lab; the Phrase Finder; Refdesk.com; and LibrarySpot.com.