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Becoming Real, Gifts from Wise Administrative Professionals

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I have met thousands of people in my career as a training professional over the past 20+ years , and it is those REAL individuals who truly make a profound impression on others. Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?". "It My son, who is now 23, saved me and together growing up, we saved each other!

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Session 6 - Thursday, Sept 29, 2011

Office Dynamics

Stir Up the Profession: Trailblazing the Path Forward. At Procter & Gamble where Tonya works in Human Resources as Associate Director, they have created staffing principles and processes for the administrative and executive assistant professionals. Tonya Roth). Everyone should work at their peak performance.

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Session 2 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

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Nedra had the house pumped up and rocking as she took the stage with a few moments of rap music that shifted into Aretha’s “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” which was such a wonderful way to demonstrate working with passion and being engaged. Nedra asked the audience: “Are you an engaged administrative professional?

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Session 3 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

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It's a concept that every administrative professional should know about and care about. that simple yet profound truth seems to trip up so many administrative professionals who don't leverage this important feature about themselves, yet they will be the first to complain that they aren't getting the serious, meaty projects!].

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Looking Forward in 2011

Laughing all the Way to Work

The new year is a good time to bring up the Look-Forward Agenda. Happy New Year everyone! One of the challenges the recording secretary will have is to make sure they don't miss items that need to be dealt with at each meeting. The Look-Forward Agenda is very helpful for this.

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How are we going to top that?

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We spent some time last week in our conference room brain storming ideas on what to do for our 19th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence team building exercise. You see, in 2011, we had much success with our activity. The teams were charged with coming up with their top ways they add value in their work lives every day.

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Looking Forward – Skills to Learn for 2011 and Beyond?

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The friend in the field also told me their call board can receive up to six requests per day for an administrative assistant that is bilingual in Spanish. I have a hunch it is going to be THE most important skill in the next twenty years, not just for administrative professionals - but all professions.

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