Web conferencing can help your company increase productivity, be more environmentally aware, plus improve your own work-life balance. BT is leading the way in conferencing solutions, so why not take this opportunity to join this BT Webinar? Using Microsoft Live Meeting 2007, you'll learn how to hold a web meeting, take part in a polling session, share applications from your desktop, interact virtually with other participants and much more. You will also be entered into a prize draw to win £200.00 amazon.co.uk vouchers - the winner of which will be revealed during the Webinar session!

If you're looking for a temp or permanent position, JobDesk has been designed specifically for you! It will make searching and finding the job you truly want easier than ever before. Specifically tailored to the needs of the secretarial community - whatever industry and area of work you are involved in - JobDesk offers you the opportunity search through employer vacancies, receive job vacancies via e-mail and manage your own jobseeker's area. JobDesk is updated several times a day, so you won't miss the best opportunities around. As always, we're looking for your feedback, so please give us your thoughts and comments:jobdesk@deskdemon.com.
Meantime, if your company is looking for secretarial or administrative staff, then you can post details of the position absolutely free of charge!

Organising corporate events, meetings or parties is part of the modern executive PA's role. But where do you go to find a unique London venue and how do you find suppliers with ideas to set your event apart?

Look no further than easyFairs® londonlaunch LIVE (25-26 June, Earls Court) - to find the latest venues, caterers and entertainers to help you host your best events in the capital!

Changing direction because of redundancy or the need to balance the demands of family can open up opportunities too, says Lilach Bullock. The Virtual Assistant profession is one of the fastest growing in the country with many PAs and secretaries setting themselves up in business. We asked Lilach, an experienced VA to give us the pros and cons of going Virtual.

In general, PAs are by their very nature helpful and thoughtful. But this means that there's an added risk that your needs, wishes and priorities will take second place to others'. Paul Pennant, DeskDemon's agony uncle and managing director of Today's PA, offers some useful advice on asserting and defending your rights. He explains how you can make use of a number of tactics in saying that all-important "No" when you need to - which includes putting a positive spin on it by suggesting some way else for the requester to solve their problem.

Active desktop calendars can help you in a number of ways. They can help you get - and stay - organised through having your commitments and priorities laid out in front of you. They can also brighten your day if you make use of inspiring images of your choice. Most of us spend much of our days in front of screens and so by customising our desktop we can go a long way to reducing the stress of "screen boredom".

How can Dawn, a CEO's PA lead a successful secretaries group? Should experienced EA, Julia, start afresh with a new company? How do you cope with doing the job of two people? These are just some of the questions you've put to Paul Pennant, our very own Agony Uncle. Paul, a former PA himself and now MD of Today's PA, a successful training company, is on hand to share his considerable experience and offer advice on your conundrums.

We know that PowerPoint is a great tool for creating stunning photo slideshows. However, did you know that PowerPoint 2007 is even more versatile? You can use it as a photo editor as well as a slideshow maker, improving the quality and impact of your presentation photos and giving it a great lift. Find out how to put PowerPoint 2007 to even better use.

It's a dangerous job, being a PA or secretary. First of all we became aware of repetitive strain injury and now the risks of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is becoming apparent. By not taking time away from your desk to move around and stretch your limbs, you could be double the risk of a blood clot! Fortunately help is on the way. This article explains the perils of desk-based work and offers up some solutions - from "desk-ercise" to eating and drinking well.

Incredibly, according to a new report, over 90 percent of PAs said that neither they nor their managers had been offered any form of e-mail training whatsoever. The report goes further, calculating that this could be costing companies around 20 days in lost productivity! To help people where companies are failing, Dr Monica Seeley gives her top five tips on saving time with e-mail - which includes the vital 4Ds principle - deal, delete, delegate or defer action.

Congratulations Debbie Neal, PA to CEO & COO at G4S PLC, our May winner of the Management Support Fellowship Award. Debbie is the last of our monthly winners and nominations have now closed. Look out for in depth interviews with each of finalists coming soon to DeskDemon. We'll be asking you to judge and vote for the candidate, you believe deserves to be the overall winner of this prestigious award.