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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Meeting and event planning. Other systems you may want to prioritize, depending on your job duties, include: Disaster recovery planning. Human resources. Check with all participants on availability for the options presented. Determine the agenda and who is presenting. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Agenda.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Ensure the agenda and any supporting papers are sent out to the Committee members at least a week prior to the meeting. The timing of meetings. Planning meetings well in advance will help the members of the Committee attend on a regular basis (or at least they will have less of an excuse to send apologies).

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

Ensure the agenda and any supporting papers are sent out to the Committee members at least a week prior to the meeting. The timing of meetings. Planning meetings well in advance will help the members of the Committee attend on a regular basis (or at least they will have less of an excuse to send apologies).

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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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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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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. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

Knowing assistants and having a working relationship with them is very important and can make the difference when you need to set up a meeting or if your boss needs to have a quick phone call with their boss. They are a valuable resource and I appreciate them. I have found this practice to pay off big just when you need it!