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Find More Success at Networking Events by Setting Goals

Jen Lawrence

You may find it helpful to have the agenda at hand so you can align your goals with specific speakers, workshops, or other attendees. . A word of caution – be wary of quantifiable goals such as “get business cards from 10 potential customers.” Prior to the event, write out three goals you hope to accomplish.

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

Course agendas and certificates from continuing education. Personal Business Cards. A lot of companies provide employees with their own business cards. However, if you want the ability to promote yourself professionally without the association of your current employer, personal business cards are must!

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Make No Mistakes With Meeting Request Attachments in Outlook 2007

Professional Assistant Blog

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. Trust me, people start to get irritated when this happens over and over again.

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How to Hold Effective Meetings

Professional Assistant Blog

Plan out an agenda of all points that will need to be discussed. The Timekeeper would make sure each topic is covered within the amount of time mentioned on the agenda. If the person isnt responsible for any of the items discussed in this meeting, dont invite them. Delegate a person to be a a Facilitator, a Timekeeper and a Scribe.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

Professional Assistant Blog

In my case, I am lucky, since I only have to track calls for myself and use my daily journal or agenda (call it what you will) to make notes. Do you wish that you could be able to track calls and make sure that you have all of the details in place? This happens to everyone from time to time.

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Arizona Virtual Assistants Retreat

Loosely Speaking

Branding Iron Designs —Discounted business card and brochure printing, including complimentary design! If you’re a VA in the area interested in participating in this FREE event, drop me a line at ktcosmos at LooseEnds dot net and I’ll send you the particulars. Got a Better Idea?

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Yet establishing any consistency to your information management system is a challenge because there are so many mediums to work with - paper files, computer documents, email, voice mail, hand-written notes, business cards. all in your tickler file--and will use that as the way of reminding yourself of what you need to do.

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