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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 April, 2010 Keeping focussed in a busy environment There are so many distractions in the office -- the telephone, your co-workers, email and your boss! EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

History When you are working in a collaborative environment, it’s important to keep track of who’s making changes and where. procedures, meeting minutes, travel itinerary, meeting planning, project plans) On the INSERT ribbon, click on Page Templates. OneNote allows you to track this with the History feature.

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Pros and Cons of Going Paperless

Office Dynamics

When you change to paperless meetings, you massively reduce the impact your business has on the environment. If you use board portals your meetings can take place in the cloud; this saves expenses costs on getting board members to one place – huge savings if you’re an international company with directors around the world.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? When booking meetings ownership of the meeting has to be established. Whose responsibility is it anyway?

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Taking stock We don't know what we don't know ► June (1) Playing nice in the sandbox ► May (2) Whose meeting is it anyway? 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Assess which meetings can be adjusted without too much disruption. Internal meetings can usually be changed more easily so start there. Depending on the importance of the impromptu meeting, it may need to be changed to another timeslot to accommodate his or her calendar. Your boss is not trying to sabotage you.