Description of The Archives of The Effective Admin Newsletter

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 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.
√...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).
√...two tips for better e-mail communication (including when you should reach for the telephone instead).
√...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).
√...a tip about how to organize your email inbox messages with color.
√...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.)
√...two ways you might be letting others impact your workplace productivity and work day satisfaction.
√...three things at work that might be the cause of your neck and shoulder aches.
√...what's the employment outlook for secretaries and administrative assistants in the U.S.
√...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!
√...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.
√...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.
√...and much more!
√PLUS the newsletter includes some tips from your own administrative professional colleagues in their words.
√AND it includes one on one advice from the admin pro coach, in response to your admin colleagues' dilemmas and issues for which they write for assistance. (And just so you know ... there is an "in this issue" table of contents on page one of every 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 newsletter archives include the paid issues of The Effective Admin (2008 forward) and 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.
Altogether this is 400+ articles 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 newsletter archives are at the VAAP members-only online Web site called "VAAP Private Member eLearning Community" (it's searchable electronically by key word or phrase). The 2008 forward issues also are printable as individual issues (PDF files) at the "membership educational resources download page."