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ESG ambitions should top organisational agendas

Workplace Insight

And finally, nearly 50 percent wanted to be part of organisations that promoted a ‘sense of purpose’. One such consideration could be around conferences and trade shows, which account for a significant volume of business trips. This is important not just from an ‘evaluation’ standpoint but also promotes transparency.

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Embrace the chaos: the office must find a new purpose, conference concludes

Workplace Insight

The British Council for Offices (BCO) annual conference, this year hosted in Dublin, addressed the purpose of the office in the context of the evolving world of work. As one would perhaps expect from a BCO conference, several speakers made a case for the office, including Davina Saint, director of the Irish National Assets Management Agency.

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Seven industry associations join forces to develop real estate carbon pricing strategy

Workplace Insight

This initiative aims to ensure that carbon pricing is firmly placed as an actionable item on our industry’s collective agenda.” ” The C Change Carbon Pricing workshops will begin during the week commencing 20 May and there will be an additional session organised for participants at the ULI Europe Conference in Milan (10-13 June).

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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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Zooming In On Engagement: How Turning Off Your Camera Can Hurt Your Career

Allwork

Especially in video conferences which are likely to be the only times people interact with colleagues when working remotely. Be sure to clearly communicate the intent of the call or agenda to orient participants to what’s coming. Do the workers that engage more receive more promotions?

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Social Fusion Mixer Kicks Off Conference!

Office Dynamics

They heard from co-workers how great the Conference for Administrative Excellence is, and they are now here at Red Rock Resort starting their journey of growth and excellence. I think that entertainment is really appropriate for an admin conference, because that’s what we do each day at work. It was beautiful. We become READY.

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A business case outline for an internal PA network

Practically Perfect PA

Create a PA Calendar of relevant Internal & External PA Events for e.g. internal and external networking opportunities and information on approved trainers & ad-hoc training/conference days. Have a launch event to promote the PA network.