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5 Realistic Tips to Be More Positive

Success

It wasn’t easy, but by internalizing the following five tips, I was able to turn my negative attitude into a positive one : 1. By stepping back and concentrating on my best skill, my mind switched from feeling frustrated to feeling fresh, alert and more willing to accept new information. So how did I do it? Switch gears. Why is that?

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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, The Art of Minute Taking. There are definite skills required to be a good minute taker and I’ve listed some of them below: Listening. Check out my post here for tips on how to listen for the message.

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Is shorthand still a relevant skill for a minute taker?

Practically Perfect PA

Those people who write the minutes probably use their own version of shorthand (tips on how to do this are covered in this post ), text language or EasyScript. It was a very handy skill to have! … They would’ve thought that this would be a must have skill to be able to take minutes. Shorthand a necessity then… .

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How to Speak Well… and Listen Better

Success

So, how are your conversation skills? When a statement is accompanied by foot-tapping, it usually indicates a lack of confidence in what is being said. But they can give you valuable tips on the kind of questions to ask and the kind of answers to be alert for. This article was published in May 2015 and has been updated.

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A sneaky peek at the Future Assistant programme

Practically Perfect PA

We will compare the skills and the level of support required in these different environments, the challenges and the benefits. These are just a few of our sessions, over the two days we will also have skills workshops, panel sessions, breakout groups and loads of chances for you to network with each other.

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A review of the Assist Conference 2017

Practically Perfect PA

Back in 2015 we had just over 50 assistants attend and this year we sold out (for the second year in a row) with 125 attendees! During the sessions we looked at how we could enhance the unique skills and qualities each assistant needs to further their role and career. The theme of this year’s conference was The Assistant Toolkit.

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Episode 283: Well-Presented with Mike Pacchione

Productivityist

I wanted to bring him to the program to not only share with you some of his best tactics and tips that will help you present your ideas and insights well, but also to remind me of what I need to do in order to do the same. Why is making the assumption that because you have improvisational skills that you can nail a talk a really bad idea? (1:44)

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