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What the what’s a wiki?

What is a wiki?

A wiki is a website or database where multiple users collaboratively add and edit content to share knowledge. It requires high trust but allows for quick sharing and fosters collaboration.

Fortune 500 companies lose at least $31.5 billion a year by failing to share knowledge

Why the heck is it called a wiki?

The first known website wiki was called WikiWikiWeb. Wiki means quick in Hawaiian. Wiki wiki equates to really quick. So essentially it was the really quick web. This site was a place where multiple users could contribute to this shared knowledge repository on software design patterns.

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Free Webinar: Notion for Task Management

I’ve been speaking nonstop with assistants since we went into lockdown here at The Officials HQ and everyone has tech on their minds. There have never been so many assistants working from home and it is pushing all this tech right to the front of your minds. 

One question that caused a big reaction was ”How do you track your day to day?” The tech savvy Laura Johnston of The Assistant’s Handbook (and an Official!) told us all about Notion, and we were hooked! So we teamed up with her to bring you our next course Notion: Harnessing the Power of Knowledge which will be released next week. Read more about this powerful and collaborative tool with the potential of becoming your new best friend.

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Course: G Suite All-Star

G Suite is a powerful productivity tool. This is the tool that startups are built on and that assistants that are pursuing a role in startups/fintech/tech need to master. This intuitive suite of products rivals Microsoft in a way that can convert even the heaviest Office power user. Why? Because so much of it’s functionality is free! Also, because Google is constantly evolving and experimenting. They are great at boiling down the essence of a product and then adding easy accessibility, collaboration and a sprinkling of kickass features.

Google has announced it will be releasing its video conferencing tool Meet, a Zoom competitor, free to all consumer Google accounts this month of May 2020. We will be updating the course with all you need to know about Meet as soon as it has been released – a promising tool specially convenient nowadays when we are all still working from home. In the mean time, you can read more about it here.

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On-demand webinar: Genius G Suite Hacks for Assistants Webinar

Become a G Suite genius! New to Google products? Want to improve your tech confidence? Want to work at a startup but are worried about the transition from Microsoft to Google products? Perhaps you are starting your own VA biz and want to know how Google free apps can help you run your business.

Don’t worry! Swing by my desk (virtually of course 👩‍💻) and look over my shoulder as I show you some of the cool features I use to make G Suite work for me as an assistant and 5 time saving tips to help make your life easier – because we already have plenty to do!

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Course: Getting the Job

Whether you are starting your career as an admin or assistant and wondering what it takes to break into the industry; or you find yourself back in the job hunt due to the difficult and unfortunate current climate; or you are looking to take your career to the next level in a new role, now is the time to prepare, reasses, and give your resume a good dusting off to give yourself the best possible chance of landing the role of your dreams.

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Administrative Professionals Day Giveaway 2020

Happy Administrative Professionals Day! It’s giveaway time!

It’s finally here! Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

We know first hand how hard admins and assistants work. They are the glue of the company. Which is why we have made it our mission to empower those that empower others.

We believe our community is the best around, though we might be biased. Which is why we wanted to thank you for all your hardwork by offering you a chance to win a Pamper Kit with some of our favorite products!

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On-demand webinar: Adjusting Your Skills to a Remote Environment

I see a lot of uncertainty popping up in the admin community lately. Each day I learn of more assistants being furloughed, let go, forced to take PTO or to take pay cuts as part of some of the incredibly tough business decisions companies are being forced to make right now. It’s more important than ever to be indispensable. One essential way to help you add value now is to help ease the transition your company is making to remote working.

I’ve teamed up with Ebony Belhumeur of The Assistant’s List to bring you the Adjusting Your Skills to a Remote Environment Webinar.

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