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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. The most difficult part of taking minutes is deciding what information has to be written down verbatim, what can be paraphrased, and what is unessential for the official records. It is also important to maintain an accurate meeting folder for reference.

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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. The most difficult part of taking minutes is deciding what information has to be written down verbatim, what can be paraphrased, and what is unessential for the official records. It is also important to maintain an accurate meeting folder for reference.

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10 E-mail Etiquette Pet Peeves and How to Handle Them

Office Dynamics

If you choose this option, remember to include a reference (“1 of 4,” “2 of 4,” etc.) The “oops” factor: Also consider whether you really need to include meeting minutes or status reports with your email. The “oops” factor: Also consider whether you really need to include meeting minutes or status reports with your email.

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Training On-line

Laughing all the Way to Work

The good thing about on-line courses, is anyone can do it from anywhere. I use a place based in Toronto, Canada called Last Minute Training. It works in the same way as last minute flights do. When it gets closer to the course date and it doesnt look like they will fill the seats, they offer the course at a cheaper price.

Training 100
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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

We really dont have an excuse because it is becoming increasingly easy to take courses online. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses. One question I have about this entry is where do you find online courses. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

With references like these how can I lose? Years ago, when I worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), I took a training course on a Telex machine. Again, when I worked at the RCMP, I went on a training course for a machine to do criminal record checks. Of course I had to tell everyone at the office. *