Any administrator should excel at:

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates, as well as communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization, and getting them to work together to accomplish tasks by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

• Writing and submitting grant applications or proposals for securing funding for distance learning programs.
• Reviewing distance learning content for ensuring compliance with copyright, licensing, or other requirements.
• Conducting inventories of distance learning equipment, summarizing equipment usage data.
• Communicating technical or marketing information about distance learning via podcasts, webinars, and other technologies.
• Training instructors and distance learning staff in the using or supporting of distance learning applications, such as course management software.
• Troubleshooting and resolving problems with distance learning equipment or applications.
• Supervising distance learning assistance staff.
• Purchasing equipment or services in accordance with distance learning plans and budget constraints.
• Selecting, directing, and monitoring the working of vendors that providing products or services for distance learning programs.
• Preparing and managing distance learning programs budgets.