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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

Practically Perfect PA

Considering this task is not the staple part of our profession I can still imagine your answer to be ‘quite often’. A clear and concise statement about the purpose of the event should be written down so that you can refer back to it during the organisational process. What are the goals and objectives for the event?

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Answering Reader Mail: Creating a Good Relationship with Other Assistants

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You asked many questions so I will answer all of them and also encourage you to read all my old posts and refer to my other site since they all answer your question in one way or another: [link] To create a good relationship with the other assistant and the other secretary is a two part answer. First, for the business aspect, mirror them.

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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

They are then placed in a reference (Rolodex) file by type of business and not the name. When it's accepted, I go to their profile and download their vCard into Outlook, adding any other contact info by reading their business card (the vCard never has a phone number, for example.) Thanks to Ann Gambrell of Creative Time-Plus.

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Do You Hate Your To-Do List? Try This Instead - Productive & Organized

Stephanie LH Calahan

  She did not have faith in her tools and did not have a consistent way to reference or write out her objectives.    Green for work and blue for personal for example.    I carry a Note Jotter by Staples in my purse and love it.    Many lists were tattered or half-done. 

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Leading Remote Teams? 3 Ways to Avoid Confusion and Burnout

Success

When you work remotely, the hallway conversations, office banter and overheard learning experiences—long a staple of office environments—are replaced with a vacuum of silence, save for the ping of chat notifications. If you’re inconsistent, there will likely be a record for people to refer to. Be consistent.

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How to take meeting minutes like a professional

BMT Office Administration

Meeting minutes are a staple of all Board meetings, and many internal company meetings, as they serve as an official written record of a meeting to aid in future decision-making and fill in employees who couldn’t attend. Examples include companies that don’t have a Board Secretary or instances where the Secretary cannot attend.