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How to Hold Effective Meetings

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Home About Me Advertise How to Hold Effective Meetings By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 07, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity H ave you ever wondered why you have so many meetings to attend and most of the time, you feel that you dont have a need to be there?

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. When you are checking through the Scheduler, it gives no details on the meeting, just that you are not free. We also have a staff calendar at work and use the all day events the same way.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

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?

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

One of the toughest, but most rewarding, jobs an Administrative or Executive Assistant can have is helping a young executive learn how to partner with an assistant. They always need an adjustment period to realize just how much expertise we have as Administrative and Executive Assistants. Understanding the Need to Delegate.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

One of the toughest, but most rewarding, jobs an Administrative or Executive Assistant can have is helping a young executive learn how to partner with an assistant. They always need an adjustment period to realize just how much expertise we have as Administrative and Executive Assistants. Understanding the Need to Delegate.

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

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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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have seen some contracts for event planners and it seems like a lucrative career to get into. I love the planning, organizing and running around that goes into bringing a conference from a thought to a successful event. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.