New York City Chapter - Useful Sites for YOU!
Below are informative links to help you find resources you need. Just click to connect to a website link. Let us know if there is something you'd like added!
Software Help:
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Gini Courter & Annette Marquis, computer professionals and owners of Triad Consulting, are ongoing EFAM presenters and contributors to OfficePro. Free downloads of EFAM and other IAAP conference materials can be found
here TRIAD founder Gini Courter is proud to be a business author for lynda.com. Gini created videos for the Office 2010 release and more titles have followed on Word, Outlook, and InfoPath. Visit
Gini's author page and check out her titles for Office 2010 and 2007.
Lynda is a fee-based site but you can take advantage of their
7-day free trial.
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Indezine - all things PowerPoint: articles, newsletters, free templates, etc.
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HowToGeek.com - Shows You How To Do Everything in MS Office (from OfficePro Express Aug 27 2009) "There's not much to say about this how-to encyclopedia provided by HowToGeek.com, except that there are hundreds of Microsoft Office how-to guides to be perused, covering everything from making the MS Office 2007 Suite save as 2003 by default, to using MS Word as a blog publisher. You could spend weeks learning things about the Office Suite you never would have known."
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eHow.com - Tagline: "Discover the expert in you"
- "With more than 30 categories that cover just about everything, eHow is your one-stop online resource for life's challenges. Professionals in every field come together to offer expert advice, backed by the additional support of a can-do eHow community. Together, they've created a library of accomplishments online–and it's available to you anytime, anywhere."
SharePoint Specific - Shared by IAAP Member, Latonya Blount
Reference Tools:
Something Fun!
- There is a website called pocketmod.com which allows you to make and print a very small notebook from a single sheet of A4 (letter-size) paper. You get 8 sections to put different designs on (grid, lines, schedule etc.) and one of the designs is a storyboard layout (within the "Writing Guides" folder).
- Maps you can put your own notes on! Scribble Maps
News Sites:
Admin Sites:
Meeting Sites - recommended by fellow IAAP members:
Free Webinars:
- American Management Association (AMA)
- The Productivity Pro - Laura Stack
- Office Dynamics - Joan Burge
- Cisco WebEx - free webinars hosted by industry experts
- New Horizons – Current schedule of free webinars and webinar archive
- Sign up for Julie Perrine's "All Things Admin" weekly newsletter. She lists what she calls "Free, Low Fee, and Investment in Me" professional development training resources at the end of most newsletters. Julie Perrine, CPS/CAP, is a personality strategist, personal brand analyst, EFAM presenter, and administrative mentor who teaches administrative professionals and entrepreneurs how to increase their professional opportunities and achieve more productive and meaningful relationships by utilizing innovative technology, ideas, and people.
Now for something different...
Shopping/Discount Sites:
- Retail Me Not
- Coupon Cabin
- www.groupon.com - Launched in November 2008, Groupon features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in 43 countries, and soon beyond (read: Space).
- www.livingsocial.com - LivingSocial offers daily deals on handpicked experiences that can be shared with friends. "Our mission is to add surprise to every calendar. So we dig deep, pursuing both the things that define a place and the undiscovered jewels. We design total experiences that bring an adventurous, loyal new following to local businesses. Innovation and imagination have made LivingSocial the fastest-growing company in the social-buying category. We satisfy cravings for the new and different at significant savings. LivingSocial means living with real connection. We shape social lives."
- www.bloomspot.com - Bloomspot is a leader in the local offer space, providing a platform for customers seeking to discover their next local favorite. From Michelin-starred restaurants, to the most highly-regarded spas, salons and merchant destinations around the country, Bloomspot gives subscribers the opportunity to fall in love with exceptional experiences, and return to them again. "We strive to facilitate lasting, valuable relationships between great patrons and great merchants. Today and every day, we want our customers to live life better."
- www.buywithme.com - "BuyWithMe is one of the country’s leading group buying and social commerce companies. What sets us apart? Well, for starters, our passion! For our members, for our partners, for our community, and for creating great deals that put them all together. By partnering with the best local and national businesses, we’re able to craft win-win deals that bring customers through their doors while delivering exclusive offers to consumers. And we know our members have enough snap decisions to make each day, so all of our deals are live for seven days. No impulse buying here! Simply great deals to great spots at great prices."
- www.restaurant.com - "Restaurant.com serves as the community matchmaker, introducing great restaurants to great people. From appetizers to dessert, from wine to dinner, Restaurant.com helps restaurant owners promote the new and unique aspects of their restaurants while providing diners with great value in a fun, new and cost effective way. Your favorite restaurant is in your neighborhood – maybe you just don't know it yet. Restaurant.com is here to help."
Mom & Baby Sites