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It Takes Courage: Building Administrative Support Teams

Office Dynamics

We are able to provide quarterly meetings, mentoring opportunities, professional development classes and an annual conference. We created a budget proposal for our human resources department, which was eventually approved, allowing us an annual budget to provide lunches to the attendees of the quarterly meetings.

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5 Things Every Meeting Management Guru Does

Melissa Peoples

Benchmarking is vital so you can understand best practices and the tools that make managing meetings easy, efficient, and productive. This is a perfect opportunity to benchmark with other assistants or team members on best practices, tools, and technology. Or the team falls down a rabbit hole. Manage the process NOT the content!"

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

It was an amazing conference. They are a team of office professionals for office professionals. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. If you have never heard of OfficeArrow I would recommend you check them out.

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people dont play well in a team and can be like that link in the chain that keeps skipping. What can you do if you are part of a team that is not playing well together? Are you doing your part and contributing to the goals of the team or are you getting bogged down with situations? Good team play can be contagious.

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April 22nd - Administrative Professionals' Day

Laughing all the Way to Work

How often I have organized a conference or arranged a Board meeting and after all the organization and planning it goes off without a hitch. I think it is preferable for those who do set it aside to include all support staff as most offices now work in teams and everyone should be rewarded for a job well done. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I like working with someone who has initiative, wants to do a good job and is keen to contribute to the team, but is there a time when initiative is not a good thing? EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

Networking at a conference does little good if you never speak with the person after the event. If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. If you discussed a need at the conference, be sure to address it.