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How to take better notes with Speed Writing

BMT Office Administration

It also gives you something to reference later if you need to study the information, send out meeting notes, or verify the instructions that you were given. Those that are highly skilled at Gregg or Pitman shorthand can write 275+ words per minute (wpm). Include these new words in your notebook for reference.

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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. Meeting participants will go off the topic or on tangents. You must develop the skill of knowing when they are saying something of importance. It is also important to maintain an accurate meeting folder for reference. Side conversations.

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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. Meeting participants will go off the topic or on tangents. You must develop the skill of knowing when they are saying something of importance. It is also important to maintain an accurate meeting folder for reference. Side conversations.

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. I tend to use the term boss when I refer to my employer. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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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. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Monty Python Officeland

Laughing all the Way to Work

With references like these how can I lose? EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. Oh where or where is my password?

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

Like you, I list the new assistant as not only a contact but a definite resource for future references. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!