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The Assistant Toolkit

Practically Perfect PA

Meeting Management including Board and Committee Meetings. Minute Taking. When do we look online to see what the latest product is that will help with presentation design, or a few shortcuts that will make it easier to produce reports? Skills: Advanced IT skills including Microsoft Office. Social Media Management.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" It's called a Presentation Remote. Thanks Patty.

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I look like that!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in a workshop today on presentation skills and one of the things they had us do was present something to the group while they filmed us. Other than the extra work I need to do at the gym to tone up and trim down, I saw some good qualities as well and it was helpful to see myself present. Thanks Anonymous for sharing.

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Tips on good minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

This comes with time but getting a real sense of what people are discussing in the meeting makes writing the minutes up afterwards a lot easier. This is the grammar to use when writing minutes, for example: Nicky Christmas agreed to distribute the minutes as soon as possible. Emphasised. Guaranteed. Identified.

Agenda 100
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Tips on good minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

This comes with time but getting a real sense of what people are discussing in the meeting makes writing the minutes up afterwards a lot easier. This is the grammar to use when writing minutes, for example: Nicky Christmas agreed to distribute the minutes as soon as possible. Emphasised. Guaranteed. Identified.

Agenda 100
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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. I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. Read their letters and reports and see how they craft their words. There is usually a pattern.

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you are the presenter you have to study and know your subject well which helps you to be more confident in what you know and you also gain experience in making presentations which can help you in your career. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I'll be posting it later to my tweeps.