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Ask the Admin: Meeting Minutes Retention

Administrative Arts

You don’t indicate if you are talking about Board minutes or membership meeting minutes. According to every reference I can find for document retention, Board minutes should be kept permanently. I didn’t find any specific references to membership meeting minutes in any of the research I’ve done.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. Next week I would like to talk about meeting planning and give you some scheduling tips that have worked well for me.

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Ask the Admin: Records Retention

Administrative Arts

I got this e-mail from Kelly: What is the business standard for the length of time to keep meeting minutes? You didn’t specify what type of minutes you need to keep. How long you retain meeting minutes will depend on the type of meetings you are referring to. 10 Tips for Effective Meeting Minutes.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

Many new executives who have never had an assistant before have a picture in their mind of someone who answers the phone, types, and files. We know how to set and monitor a department budget, take meeting minutes, research topics and write reports, and that’s just for starters.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

Many new executives who have never had an assistant before have a picture in their mind of someone who answers the phone, types, and files. We know how to set and monitor a department budget, take meeting minutes, research topics and write reports, and that’s just for starters.

Mentoring 100
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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Works so far!