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The Importance of the To-Do List

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I also found the To-Do list very helpful when arranging seminars or conferences. Tags: conference planning event planning to-do list seminars Administrative Assistant conferences. Once an item is complete, strike it off the list! Submitted by Lynn Crosbie, Administrative Assistant.

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Following the Leader

Laughing all the Way to Work

At many offices I have worked in I have noticed that many times when a seminar or event for staff is organized, the people who organized it don't show up. If a function is set up at work and the managers don’t show any interest, what does that tell us about how important it is to the company and whether we listen or not?

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What do we do all day?

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Here is my list: Drafting letters Scheduling meetings Managing boss's time Transcribing tapes Typing correspondence and lengthy documents Organizing yourself and others Filing Setting reminders and following up Managing bring-forward system Making travel arrangements Typing expense reports Managing boss's e-mail account as well as your own Sending (..)

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Our Changing Role

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Encourage and, if feasible, pay for your administrative personnel to attend professional development seminars and conferences. Offer to pay for your assistant's membership in relevant trade and professional associations. -- Provide ongoing educational opportunities.

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Teaching Your Boss to be the Boss

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It quotes some very forward thinking law firms who run seminars for new associates on how to work with an assistant. It brings up the subject of young lawyers needing to be taught how to make the most of having an assistant. I think it would apply in all offices. What a great idea for the executive and the assistant.

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How Important is it to Keep an Accurate Contact List?

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You are doing a mass mailing, sending invitations for a conference or seminar, or you are sending sales brochures or company information, hoping to get new business and you address it to a CEO who was fired from that company, or to a President, but you have spelt his name wrong, or the company changed their name or address, etc.

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Organizing a Conference

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Tags: seminar event planning organizing to-do list Administrative Assistant conferences.

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