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Calendar Management for Executive Assistants

Office Dynamics

But now that I am the executive involved in numerous meetings, I can tell you what really is important. You must keep these things in mind when you are managing your executive’s calendar. Calendar management is an important skill. Meeting planning is a cognitive task. This week’s schedule How many meetings?

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. One of the things they recommended to executives was to use their electronic calendar to leave themselves reminders. . -- Wait a minute! I guess he thought I needed the help.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

When you’re planning a staff meeting, what do you do and in what order? Review calendars and compile date and time options. Check with all participants on availability for the options presented. Determine preferred meeting date, time, and location based on available options for all participants. Meeting Agenda.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Ensure the agenda and any supporting papers are sent out to the Committee members at least a week prior to the meeting. The timing of meetings. Planning meetings well in advance will help the members of the Committee attend on a regular basis (or at least they will have less of an excuse to send apologies).

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Ensure the agenda and any supporting papers are sent out to the Committee members at least a week prior to the meeting. The timing of meetings. Planning meetings well in advance will help the members of the Committee attend on a regular basis (or at least they will have less of an excuse to send apologies).

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A Day in the Life of an Admin

The Office Professionals Place

Their duties include (but are not limited to) answering and screening calls, meeting and greeting clients and customers, maintaining executives calendars, writing correspondence, generating reports, meeting planning, filing, travel arrangements, maintain client/customer data records, supervising others, and the list goes on.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" It's called a Presentation Remote. Thanks Patty.