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Professional. Administrative Professional.

Office Dynamics

Here’s what happened: Following a 2-day business conference I had planned and organized, I was seated at dinner along with three attorneys, one of whom worked in Australia. Everything cost so much. After a full day of managing an agenda, his comment caught me completely off guard. The other lawyers and I sat there, speechless.

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Avoid Conference Call Catastrophes

The Office Professionals Place

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Avoid Conference Call Catastrophes Have you ever been on a conference call and couldnt get a word in because there were so many people on the call and they were talking over each other? Does it seem like nothing is accomplished on conference calls? Distribute the agenda/handouts prior to the meeting.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. It must be a learning activity, though the cost of the activity is not necessarily relevant. In full disclosure, I am deeply involved in the PACE program as its lead trainer. Some certifications accept a wide variety of learning activities.

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The Good, Better, Best of Professional Development for Admins

Jen Lawrence

The day had gone pretty much as you would imagine – being shuffled between conference rooms and offices meeting various team members, answering carefully planned questions, hearing all about how great the company was to work for. Below are a few administrative professional organizations to consider. Best: Conferences.

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Do Bad Bosses Breed Bad Bosses?

The Office Professionals Place

How to deal with it: If you keep your bosses calendar, you can ask him ahead of time if he needs anything in particular for the meeting or if you know the agenda you can suggest information your boss can take to the meeting and have it prepared. The Office Professionals Place Readers What influences your perception of people most?

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Can you bring in new business, improve operating efficiency, reduce costs, help build the strategy that will form the company’s future? And of course you don’t want to completely control the meeting, or otherwise disregard the other person’s agenda. Help them better leverage partners and suppliers?