Office Dynamics
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
A meeting planner by MY definition is the go-to person within an organization – be it corporate, association or otherwise – charged with the responsibility of planning and executing a meeting or special event. Did I think of this as meeting planning? DMC (Destination Management Company). Get Your Copy Today!
Office Dynamics
APRIL 17, 2018
The professional world of administrative and executive assistants and support staff is an exceptional melting pot of backgrounds, experience, knowledge, gender, age, education and personalities. By Dana Buchanan. Cross-mentorship is a necessity. We are all contributors to that mapping.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
MARCH 6, 2008
Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. What better candidate to take on that role as a career, than the assistant who regularly plans events from small meetings to large conferences.
Professional Assistant Blog
MARCH 20, 2008
Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. What better candidate to take on that role as a career, than the assistant who regularly plans events from small meetings to large conferences.
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. I have seen some contracts for event planners and it seems like a lucrative career to get into. When I was young I wanted to be a teacher.
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. I had an event for November 7th and the contract was signed, sealed and delivered, but then I noticed the hotel had put the wrong date on the contract. What are the dates you can cancel by?
Laughing all the Way to Work
APRIL 22, 2009
I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. The one good thing about speaking at an event where nobody knows me is, they have no idea whether my hair is supposed to be this dark. Some good advice to pass along: Never colour your hair the night before an event.
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