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The AI Series: How EAs Can Use AI to Automate Scheduling
EAs deal with scheduling challenges on a daily basis. Base has outlined a few ways you can simplify calendar management through AI.
Attention Executives: It’s Time to Take Care of Your Greatest Asset, Your EA
As an executive, the most impactful relationship in your workplace is the one between you and your assistant. To help you create a healthy dynamic between you and your EA, Base is here to share some advice.
The AI Series: How EAs can Use AI to Automate Outreach
As an EA, you likely handle a lot of outreach in your day-to-day that could easily be allocated to AI. You simply have to identify patterns of communication that follow paths of logic and then use those patterns to trigger AI.
5 Event Management Tools That Will Save Your Sanity
Base has rounded up our top five choices for event management tools that can help you save time - and keep your sanity!
EA Spotlight: Sue Ann Curley
Base’s Spotlight Series highlights top performing Executive Assistants around the country! This week, we’re thrilled to get to know Office and Facilities Manager, Sue Ann Curley. Based in Menlo Park, California, Sue Ann has been an Executive Assistant for the past 25 years.
EA Toolbox: Text Expanders
Managing email is a huge part of every Executive Assistant’s work day. Adding a text expander to your toolbox can help you manage email effectively.
The AI Series: How EAs Can Use AI to Automate Processes
Executive Assistants tend to manage a variety of routine tasks on a recurring basis. Repetitive tasks may not take a lot of effort, but are often time consuming and monotonous. The great news is that process automation is the perfect candidate for AI! All you have to do is identify the trigger for the process, and then teach AI the specific action to be taken.
Staying Proactive As An Executive Assistant Part 2: Proactivity Basics
As an Executive Assistant, how do you start taking proactive action in your daily work? Once you’re used to being reactionary, changing your perspective and looking towards the future can be difficult. To help you change your habits and take charge, Base is here to help!
EA Spotlight: Mallory Greer
Base’s Spotlight Series highlights top performing Executive Assistants around the country! This week, we’re thrilled to get to know EA and Data Analyst, Mallory Greer. Based in Greenville, South Carolina, Mallory partners with a number of agencies including 33Vincent, Virtuous CRM, and Keller Williams Realty International.
Staying Proactive As An Executive Assistant Part 1: Fight Fires Efficiently
We all know that the most effective EAs are proactive, not reactive—but with so many incoming tasks, emails, and obstacles, it’s difficult to get past the fire-fighting stage. As an EA, putting out fires is part of the job, but it’s important to learn efficient ways to handle these scenarios while leaving space for proactivity.
The Small Details: The Importance of Pre-Work When Planning Successful Meetings
Pre-work is imperative when planning and executing successful meetings. As an Executive Assistant, it's your job to ensure that meeting attendees are thinking ahead about the topics that will be discussed, formulating ideas and solutions, and familiarizing themselves with the other participants. Successful pre-work will ensure participants feel invested in the meeting, engaged in the topics at hand, and connected to the other attendees.
Executive Assistant Calendar Management: Click-to-Call Numbers (mobile only)
As an executive assistant, it’s important to make working from a mobile device as easy as possible for the executive you support. One way to simplify scheduled phone calls is to use “click-to-call” numbers in Google Calendar holds.
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