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Dana’s Administrative Professional Advice – Ask an Admin

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When setting goals, a typical guideline method is S.M.A.R.T.E.R There were so many great responses and this is always such a hot topic of discussion we wanted to discuss it a bit further! Sometimes it is difficult to set specific time-bound goals for administrative professional roles. Dana is also available to speak to small groups.

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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

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. Depending on how formal the meeting is, you may need to draft an agenda for your boss’s review and forward to meeting participants in advance of the meeting. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

The night before I go to a Board meeting, I review all my templates, agendas, binder, attendance sheets and everything I am going to need or might need. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? no tickets. Do I have everything? This is where a checklist really comes in handy.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

I tend to keep my scheduling sheets in chronological order and each morning I go through them to see if there is any action I need to take, i.e. follow up to ask for an agenda or see if I can start scheduling. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?