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4 Fresh Meeting Trends and Where to Find Them

Office Dynamics

Environmental friendliness has crept slowly into our culture over the last decade, touching every industry including meeting planning. Making meetings more sustainable, or ‘green,’ is all the rage and venue owners and companies alike are designing their spaces with sustainability in mind. A great example of this.

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Working for the Disorganized.

Laughing all the Way to Work

That definitely can be a challenge. In my readers example, the problem was the trials of working for multiple bosses when one or more of them is disorganized. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 October, 2008 Working for the Disorganized. In all my career I have only worked for one person who fit this description.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck.

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Will Google ever stop amazing me? Introducing Goog/411

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am hooked already and this will definitely go into my Favourites under 411 Look up as well as on speed dial on my cell, home and work phone. Example: If youre looking for a Blockbuster in Arlington, Texas you can send this text message: Blockbuster 76001 Pretty neat. Oh yeah, did I mention, its free.Try it, youll like it!

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. It is an American based company and I am in Canada, but the cards I sent were all received within a week. What a neat idea for businesses too.

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Managing your Boss's Inbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. If I am waiting for something, I will check it mid-day, but I definitely feel out of the loop if I dont check it at all, so schedule a time and make it a regular part of your day. Speak to your IT Department. Find a time that works for you to check your bosss e-mail account.