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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, The Art of Minute Taking. There are definite skills required to be a good minute taker and I’ve listed some of them below: Listening. Strive to develop these skills so you can be the best minute taker you can.

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Is shorthand still a relevant skill for a minute taker?

Practically Perfect PA

It was a very handy skill to have! … They would’ve thought that this would be a must have skill to be able to take minutes. The disadvantage of being a good shorthand typist in a meeting is that you can fall into the trap of taking too much down because you’ve been trained to take verbatim minutes. But now a dying art.

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What can assistants expect in 2015?

Practically Perfect PA

The last few years I have written a blog about what assistants can expect from the year and here you will find the tradition has continued into 2015. I genuinely think 2014 was a turning point in our industry and I think 2015 will see a consolidation of our efforts to take our profession forward. Assistant networking and events.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

Success

So, the duo founded nonPareil Institute, a post-secondary training institute, in 2008. We saw their self-esteem and self-confidence go up in that short amount of time.” These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

Success

A 2018 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even created a General Charisma Inventory with points that varied from leadership skills to general approachability. Could your listening skills use a polish ? Confidence to spare. Instead, research suggests that charisma is as varied as ice cream.

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Own Your Career, Build a Professional Development Plan

Office Dynamics

When I founded Office Dynamics in 1990, there were very few companies who offered specialized training for administrative support staff and executive assistants. When you take control of your professional development, you become more confident and will be presented with new opportunities. A surefire 10-step process.

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OFFICE DYNAMICS CONFERENCE RECAP PART III: The Final Day

Office Dynamics

As Joan explained, neither her career, nor this signature annual gathering, is about “training” — it’s about making work lives substantially BETTER for administrative professionals in every stage of their careers, and carving out the administrative path as a career of choice for high-performing and high-potential individuals.