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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. The first time I became involved in planning meetings was in my role as an office manager/prospect donor researcher in the Grants and Development Office of a state university.

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My boss tells me I should be able to write a letter or a report on something even if I dont know the subject that well. Read their letters and reports and see how they craft their words. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. I used to call that BS when I was young, but maybe he has a point.

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. Lynn has organized strategic events such as the companys internal trade show, all-hands meetings, the annual awards banquet, internal events and leadership off-site meetings.

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. It is so sad, because you know children so young have no idea what is going on. All they want is to be taken care of and be loved by someone.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out? vs. i.e. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone with my opinions as that is not my intention, especially against those who may have the ability and means to sue me!

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out? vs. i.e. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone with my opinions as that is not my intention, especially against those who may have the ability and means to sue me!

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to.