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Say Goodbye To Calendar Tetris And Say Hello To Strategic Calendar Planning

Melissa Peoples

Let's face it: As an Executive Assistant, sometimes calendar management can feel like a nightmare. But the truth is that there are keys to unlocking the power of a strategic calendar. Calendar management can be tough. There are endless variables that go into successful calendar management. Oh yes, we have all been there!

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4 Top Project Management Tools

Office Organization Success

Google Calendars. Good ole’ Google calendars are a really quick and simple project management tool. You can overlay your calendars with one another so you can see if there are any conflicts or gaps with your planning. And similarly you can just view one calendar at a time. Actually it’s the one I use myself!

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Review: Shifts for iOS

Productivityist

If you’ve ever put your work calendar into your Google Calendar (or equivalent) and you are an iPhone user then Shifts is an app that will allow you to “shift” away from that and enter your work schedule into it instead. Seem redundant or solving a problem that doesn’t need solving? Think again.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My favourite to-do list is a calendar timeline so I can see at a glance where I am at and what I need to do to get there. It is simply using an on-line calendar with space on each day to enter what needs to be done. To generate a calendar in Word 2007, click on the Office Button (in the top left-hand corner). No surprises!

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Dealing in real time.

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e. Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc.

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Why Reading Leadership Books will Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

For example, Walsh praises the virtues of creating frameworks and boundaries, as well as “scripting” — the notion of setting things up in advance so that your chance to success is much greater than if you just go by the agenda to presents itself throughout the game (or in our case, the day).

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