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"Through The Effective Admin
training and professional development resources and tools, I'm here to
show you how to be the best administrative professional you can be WHILE
getting the benefits and satisfaction you deserve as an admin career professional."
Karen Porter
The Administrative Professional
Job Performance and Career
Success Coach
and Founder and President
of
The Effective Admin
Karen Porter is the founder and president of The Effective Admin,
which includes a newsletter, website, and numerous administrative
professional training and
development publications. She is also known as The Administrative
Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach. Porter has provided professional
development and training resources for administrative assistants,
executive assistants, secretaries and all administrative professionals
since 2004. Topics covered include meeting coordination, goal setting for admins, e-mail management and netiquette,
admin time management, office organization, and many more.
Porter
is one of the foremost (and few) authorities on administrative
professional job performance and career development who
strictly specializes in serving administrative professionals as well as
their supervisors, managers or executives in relation to working with
their admins. She serves as an advisor and mentor to administrative
professionals seeking to be or remain top notch assistants in their field
who are satisfied with their job and career choice -- whether through the
self-study tools and resources she provides through The Effective Admin
or through one-on-one correspondence with individual administrative
professionals.
Current administrative customers have described Porter's digital
informational products with phrasing such as:
"...one of the best products
I have found for EA training...;"
and
"...priceless tools to remain
successful in my profession and allow me to be a valuable asset to my
directors and my company."
Porter shares information, ideas, advice, and research that:
1) helps administrative professionals advance their careers and perform
their administrative support job duties effectively and efficiently;
and
2) helps managers and executives to work more effectively with their
administrative support.
Porter
corresponds regularly with administrative professional readers in need of
advice or with viewpoints to share. She also seeks perspectives from
experts in various specialty areas who can offer solutions to workplace
challenges specific to administrative professionals. She regularly researches and surveys the activities and
needs of today's administrative professionals and their supervisors,
managers, and executives. This 360 degree approach enables Porter to keep
closely in touch with the needs of both administrative professionals and
their leaders at work, while providing real life feedback, advice and
solutions to administrative professional readers and clients.
Porter previously worked as an administrative support professional for
more than 10 years as well as worked with and utilized the assistance of
administrative professionals when she held higher-level positions. She is
well aware of the substantial job administrative professionals perform
daily, while making it appear seamless to onlookers. She knows the
challenges admins face in their job and career. Prior to founding The
Effective Admin, Porter also spent several years researching and writing about topics relevant to
administrative professionals for national trade publications.
A native of New York raised in Florida, Porter has resided across its
border in Georgia for more than 15 years. Porter has worked in multiple
corporate and higher education environments. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and communications
from the University of Florida. This added expertise enables her to relay
job performance and career success concepts clearly to administrative
professionals and their supervisors.
Porter founded and produces The Effective Admin to serve and benefit
the thousands of administrative support professionals at work globally. If you know administrative assistants, executive assistants or other
administrative professionals who would like tips about how to advance
and/or succeed in
their careers and simplify and perform their job duties, please direct them to The Effective Admin.
You can contact Karen Porter at anytime at
karen@albeepublishing.com
for more information about how her expertise in administrative
professional job performance and career success shared through The Effective Admin
products and services can be of assistance to
you, your team of administrative professionals or your company.
To
learn even more about Porter, The Administrative Professional Job
Performance and Career Success Coach, and The Effective Admin, read the
letter on the home page here.
Additionally, the following is what some administrative professional clients say about the "An
Effective Admin VIP" materials -- a prime professional development and training
informational product specifically for admins developed and produced by
Porter and exclusively offered by The Effective Admin. After these
client comments you'll find a box where you can subscribe to receive
notifications of current and future products and services produced by
Porter for The Effective Admin clients.
"I bought the Effective Admin VIP because I am always looking to further
my knowledge and the publications looked very promising.... I haven't had
as much time as I'd like to read everything I've received, but I have
enjoyed everything I have read so far. I've
actually learned something from everything I have read. I
haven't read the tips in order and I'm currently reading tip 2 and I LOVE
IT!!!"
Carolyn Isherwood
Department Specialist IV
San Diego, CA
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[Specifically, in the tip sheet] What do Managers want from You? 'PAR' has
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Debbie Ryan
Admin Assistant
Santa Clara, CA
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"I am responsible for training new EA's and this
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Kathy L Jordan
Executive Assistant
Decatur, TX
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I love this product and all of the information it
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Shannon Farrell
Administrative Assistant to
the Dean of Academic Affairs
Herkimer, NY
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"I purchased this product because I want to be a better admin and I will
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Michele Duke
Executive Assistant to CIO
Houston, Texas
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"I purchased this product to help me improve in my profession.
I think the product is great! I am getting new ways
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Name Withheld for Privacy
Executive Assistant
New York, NY
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"The material is great, just what I had been
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Norma Ramirez-Hall
Administrative Assistant
Sugar Land, TX
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"[I purchased this VIP product because] I want to be the best executive
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Moreover, I like the goal setting information as well.
I definitely have learned extra tips throughout the
entire course of information that was provided, and think that this is a
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enhance and improve their role within an organization.
Additionally, I like the suggestions provided with the email management
section; the part about ... is a great tip that I immediately started to
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volume of emails transmitted throughout the day."
Michelle L Hogan
Executive Administrative Assistant
Provo, UT
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"I purchased Effective Admin VIP because it seemed like a good source of
material all in one location. The information is
very helpful with lots of good tips. I printed it and put it in a binder
for future reference. As I get the newsletters, I add those as
well. I have purchased many of the books recommended and now have a wealth
of information.
Executive Assistants often feel that nobody understands their isolation.
We work closely with Executives and are privy to so much confidential
information, yet we are not members of the Executive. Knowing as much as
we do also means we cannot join in the conversations with other
administrative staff as we are often asked to reveal things we cannot. I
also must remain loyal to the Company while others discuss their
frustrations.
Your publications and suggested readings have helped me to understand that
this is all part of the job and that feeling this way is normal. If I did
not feel this way, I would not be doing my job properly! I have learned to
put things into perspective and I now feel like I am a part of a large
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Barbara Tait Persaud
Executive Assistant to the Department Head
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
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"I purchased the 'Make Me An Effective Admin VIP' for 12 months package
because as I read the outline, it sounded very interesting and it was/is
things that I do everyday.
I wanted to see what others think and how they handle everyday situations
and problems and projects with tight deadlines.
I think the product is very good and very well
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information."
Judy Amrhein
Administrative Assistant II
St. Louis, MO
If you are ready to learn more about the "An Effective Admin VIP" product
for administrative support professionals, please go to
www.admin-ezine.com/store.htm
If
you would like to be put on the mailing list to receive product and
service information from The Effective Admin and Karen Porter, The
Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach,
sign up below and you will receive The Effective Admin
FREE 10-page report: 4 Benefits of
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as well as periodic updates on services and products for sale at
The Effective Admin Store of use to admins. It's free to sign
up and you can opt out of receiving the product/service emails at
any time -- while still keeping the free report (a $19.95 value).
This information is for administrative professionals interested in
ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
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Do you have
a question, problem, or dilemma related to your administrative
professional job or career? Share it with The
Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success
Coach. The Admin Pro Coach may address your question or issue
in The Effective Admin Newsletter or in The Effective
Admin Mailbag. If so, you'll receive a complimentary copy of
that digital publication issue with the coach's response.
Please include your first name, job title, and state and country
with your question, problem, or dilemma. Be as succinct or
elaborate as you want in explaining it. Send it to:
AdminProCoach@albeepublishing.com
Your question becomes the property of The Effective Admin
and may be edited for length or clarity to fit the publication
column.
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