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Upping your A(ssisting) game when you work with a Board of Trustees

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Offer to help put together the agenda for meetings, offer to tackle a project for a committee. Become a strategic partner to your Chairperson – just like we strive to be the partner that our CEO needs, it is important to put that effort into working strategically with the Chairperson of the Board.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Last week I wrote a blog on minute taking during meetings. It provided quite popular so I thought I’d write a little something on working with Committees in general. The saying goes that there are three requirements to make up an effective Committee – the right task, the right people and the right process. The agenda.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Last week I wrote a blog on minute taking during meetings. It provided quite popular so I thought I’d write a little something on working with Committees in general. The saying goes that there are three requirements to make up an effective Committee – the right task, the right people and the right process. The agenda.

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Minute taking template

Practically Perfect PA

Over the year’s I have written quite a few blog posts about minute taking which you can find below, but today I thought I would share with you a very simple minute taking template that you can use for every set of minutes you write. Love them or hate them – minute taking is never going to go away! The attendees. The apologies.

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More minute taking tips

Practically Perfect PA

A few years ago I wrote a blog post about minute taking which has proven to be really popular so I thought I would write a follow-up post with 10 more minute taking tips. It can be quite daunting taking minutes for a Committee that you have never met. The Committee can help you. Remembering names. Be prepared. Action tables.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 4 Ways to Make Meetings Better

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, September 14, 2009 4 Ways to Make Meetings Better If you look up the term "necessary evil," youll probably find a photograph of a bunch of people in a meeting. than what is on the agenda?”

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