On The Job
JULY 22, 2010
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 22, 2010 Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea? They Twitter. Facebook announced this week is has 500 million users. And not one of them ever, ever, ever uses it at work.
Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 16, 2010
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? Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Lets enjoy our day together.© Whose responsibility is it anyway?
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On The Job
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, September 14, 2009 4 Ways to Make Meetings Better If you look up the term "necessary evil," youll probably find a photograph of a bunch of people in a meeting. than what is on the agenda?”
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 20, 2010
Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. I put the items from the agenda on the template in the same order and with a space to put the discussion and decisions/actions from the meeting.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JUNE 14, 2009
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. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. 411 Look Up 411.ca
Laughing all the Way to Work
NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat.
Productivityist
OCTOBER 17, 2012
Here’s how I set myself up for this downtime: I wrote several guest posts and took part in several interviews ahead of time. Urgency never really was a problem with this strategy, and neither was running into an issue with falling short with the important things on my agenda. I pushed aside a lot and forged ahead in others.
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