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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. Check out my post here for tips on how to listen for the message.

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Is shorthand still a relevant skill for a minute taker?

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Those people who write the minutes probably use their own version of shorthand (tips on how to do this are covered in this post ), text language or EasyScript. 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. Shorthand a necessity then… .

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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Going along to get along sounds like a restful approach to your interactions, but in reality, learning how to stand up for yourself—to ask for what you want, say no when necessary and insist on due respect—is much more effective for facing the world with confidence. Assertion is a skill that can be learned like any other.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She’s passionate about enabling teams of creatives, technology leaders and innovators with the skills, mindset and network to tackle the complex and evolving challenges of tomorrow. in which she shares practical tips for navigating the workplace. Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., With the U.S.

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10 reasons to attend Assist 2017

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Every session is designed to enhance your unique tool kit of skills. There will be a number of specific soft skills sessions for assistants, including an interactive keynote, from award winning coach and author Jenny Garrett, on confidence in the workplace. Places are still available for only £300+VAT. Assist Conference 2017.

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How to Understand People’s Personality Types

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“If people differ systematically in what they perceive and in how they reach conclusions, then it is only reasonable for them to differ correspondingly in their interests, reactions, values, motivations and skills,” reads an excerpt from the MBTI® Manual: A Guide to the Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®.

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Inside the Peterborough PA Network

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The confidence I gained from the recognition has led me to set up my own network, the Peterborough PA Network, from which I have had some amazing opportunities, the most recent of which is becoming a Non-Executive Director at EPAA, the Executive and Personal Assistant’s Association, which launched in January 2016. Network details….