Do you feel like you’re scrambling to keep up with all the new IT products, terms, viruses, hoaxes etc. and still you don’t know what’s being said by the kids or those hip seniors? If you answered yes, then you’re not alone.
Many people get so overwhelmed with the amount of new techy-speak out there that they shut down and stop taking it in. The problem with this coping mechanism is that once you start to fall behind it becomes harder and harder to catch up. There are basic tech skills, terms etc. that form the foundation of what I like to call e-literacy, and if you fail to master these core skills then in our increasingly electronic world you are becoming increasingly less literate.
Yes, a great Administrative Assistant should be able to navigate many of these waters for you ; but would you consider it practical to not learn to read and rely on your Administrative Assistant to do all of your reading for you? What is practical and what a great Administrative Assistant can and should do for you is help you navigate the new waters. What’s important, what isn’t, what will actually assist you versus what is likely a gimmick.
Over the next few weeks, we will be posting articles that will help you navigate these waters and learn the core skills to e-literacy.