Virtual Association for Administrative Professionals

If you are an administrative assistant or executive assistant who enjoys continuous learning and professional development related to your administrative professional job, role and career, you're in the right place.

YOU GET the archives of this paid newsletter, The Effective Admin.

So no matter when you become a VAAP member, you won't miss an issue. Look at some of the expert advice and tips below already published in this newsletter -- that you won't miss as a VAAP member because these back issues are all included in your membership fee.

In the downloadable archive issues of The Effective Admin Newsletter already included with your membership, you'll learn...

...the importance of managing and not crossing confidential boundaries (including 4 expert techniques for administrative professionals to maintain confidences and not answer "tough" questions). This is important information for any administrative professional but especially useful knowledge for executive assistants. See volume 1, issue 2; p. 1, 3.
...ways to communicate deadlines to colleagues (and learn why your colleagues may be ignoring your deadlines and requests in the first place and how to fix this -- it's not because you're the admin). See volume 1, issue 2; p. 2.
...two tips for better e-mail communication (including when you should reach for the telephone instead). See volume 1, issue 2; p. 2.
...what colors of clothing are always appropriate to wear to work in an office setting so you stand out as a professional (or blend in -- whichever way you prefer to see it). See volume 1, issue 2; p. 3.
...a tip about how to organize your e-mail inbox messages with color. See volume 1, issue 2; p. 5.
...five tips to use when talking to difficult people during difficult times -- without escalating the situation. (You can talk to those hard to get along with or hard to understand co-workers and customers much easier with this method.) See volume 1, issue 2; p. 6.

...two ways you might be letting others impact your workplace productivity and work day satisfaction. See volume 1, issue 1; p. 1,3.

...three things at work that might be the cause of your neck and shoulder aches. See volume 1, issue 1; p. 2.
...what to do when your asked to attend a meeting on behalf of your manager or executive. This is a high level responsibility for an administrative professional. Don't blow it! See volume 1, issue 1; p. 2.
...the right way to make business introductions. Administrative professionals probably make as many or more introductions than any one employee in the office -- because you're on the frontline greeting and escorting guests. Learn the specific business etiquette for this. See volume 1, issue 1; p. 4.
...a tip to write better correspondence, reports or any document that also reduces your word count. People have short attention spans. Get your message across quickly. See volume 1, issue 1; p. 5.

...and much more! That list barely touches on all of what's included in these newsletter archives.

PLUS the newsletter includes some tips from your own administrative professional colleagues in their words on various topics.

AND it includes advice from the admin pro coach (Karen Porter, founder and president of VAAP and TEA and advisor and coach to thousands of admins) in response to your administrative professional colleagues' dilemmas and issues for which they write for assistance. For example, in volumes 1-2, the Admin Pro Coach addresses an admin's project overload dilemma; an admin supervisor's dilemma: communicating why you terminated their co-worker and quelling related fears; seeking promotion: ambitious admin seeks promotion beyond admin level; succeeding despite lost confidence; career path for administrative professional; when to just handle it without informing your boss; recommended classes for aspiring administrative assistants; and improving attention to detail to avoid mistakes.

 

The Admin Pro Coach addresses more topics and issues from individual administrative professionals in ongoing issues of The Effective Admin. That's just a sample of some dilemmas posed to the Admin Pro Coach by real administrative professionals seeking consultations and advice for their very real personal and professional issues related to work and their careers. Of course, you can write the Admin Pro Coach for advice too at any time (***priority will be given to responding to VAAP members' questions to the Admin Pro Coach in newsletter issues -- in other words, mention you're a VAAP member when writing and your question will move to the top of the list awaiting responses***).

 

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LOCATE THE ARTICLE TOPICS YOU NEED: There is an "in this issue" table of contents on page one of every downloadable newsletter issue listing the major articles in each newsletter issue -- so you can easily locate just the articles you want to read at any time. The downloadable issues started with Volume 1, Issue 1 published in January 2008 and continue through the current year issues. So far that's more than 200 pages of newsletter articles ready for you to download and read at your leisure (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and growing as we're in 2012). That's 200+ pages of interesting and educational newsletter articles you can read and use in your daily job and career as an administrative professional.

 
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL: The newsletter archives include the paid issues of The Effective Admin (2008 forward) PLUS the previous free issues of The Effective Admin (2004 - 2007) before the newsletter was revised to a paid subscription format; the formerly "free" issues are no longer free to "outsiders" and can only be accessed electronically at the VAAP site for members online. These earlier issues were very popular with administrative assistant and executive assistant readers and contain much evergreen information that's still popular with administrative professionals today.

So altogether this is 600+ articles (and growing) on topics of interest to administrative assistants and executive assistants. Many items you can put to use right away in your administrative job and career.

The all-inclusive newsletter archives are at the VAAP members-only online Web site called "VAAP Private Member eLearning Community." This placement gives you an additional feature: It's searchable electronically by key word or phrase.

As already mentioned, the 2008 forward issues also are printable as individual issues (PDF files) at the "membership educational resources download page." So you can print them if you like and put them in a binder to read when you're on the go, at your desk, or lounging around during your off hours.

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