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Technology to help with minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

About 10 years ago I used to manage 12 Committees as part of my role at the time. These minutes were just from the main Committee meetings – I also had to attend and minute other meetings throughout the year. I absolutely loved the job but it did mean that I had to write 48 sets of minutes each year. Beesy - £3.99.

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need. " Warning!

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Wipe last night’s cereal crumbs from your keyboard. And maybe I don’t mean corporate in the worst sense of say, a GE advisory committee trying to make strategy decisions on microwave infrastructure and market demographic dynamics. Manage your Cashflow for real. Here’s why the solopreneur life kills productivity. Ah, freedom!

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

To-do lists I have to-do lists for the Board and Committee meetings and a to-do list for the Board Reception and Dinner. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

By masking her identity from the hiring committee, it guaranteed that she’d be judged on her performance, not her gender. But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. And you insist that your managers do their homework before they make a hiring decision. “If

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Going Checklist Crazy

Laughing all the Way to Work

On Day 1 we have Committee meetings so there is a list of things I need for those. Being organized helps de-clutter any task and makes it more manageable and doable. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" " Warning!