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The art of finding the perfect venue for your corporate event

Practically Perfect PA

The best venue finders are experienced negotiators able to secure rates that are lower than if you booked direct. Function Fixers are a long established venue finding agency based in London. This blog post is sponsored by Function Fixers. What’s the process of using a venue finding service? Carrie is as professional as it gets.”

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The wonderful world of events – roundup

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing a series of blogs on events, well more specifically how assistants can organise and run great events within the context of their role. Here are the links to my previous blogs: How to negotiate when planning an event. Understanding the delegate’s perceptive is critical.

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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve written a few blogs on this subject in the past and I will put a link at the bottom so that you can refer back, however in this blog I want to talk about how you add value at the beginning of the event organisation process. Do you need additional resources such as a venue finding agency to help? What is the budget?

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Diapers.com uses customer service.

Service Untitled

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The company has developed software explicitly designed that allows it to ship orders the same day until 6:00 PM and has negotiated discounted rates with the major shipping carriers. L.L.Bean ranks #1 in customer service L.L.

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While in Transition, Are You Keeping Pace with Technology?

Job Advice Blog

On March 21, 2010, In Interview Skills by Alex Freund , By Alex Freund 0 I know that the title I selected for this blog represents a near impossibility. In this blog I want to limit my intent to two areas when I talk about technology. Read my blog. And that makes it even more difficult to stay abreast with.

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So, How about a Career Coach?

Job Advice Blog

The coach assists with resume writing, provides marketing material, gives unbiased opinions and advice regarding next steps and how to accomplish them, and assists in teaching the skills for negotiation of a better compensation package. Read my blog. Above all, a coach typically speeds up the job search process.

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hi there, I just stumbled upon your blog today and am glad that I've done so! I plan on spending some time going through your blog but was wondering if I could get your input. I'm an EA to the President and CEO of a North American marketing agency that is growing rapidly. They write. “Hi Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!