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

Melissa Peoples

How do these trends and patterns affect how you manage their time, projects, and deliverables? How do you ensure tasks, projects, and meetings have a clear goal and definition so that it isn't open-ended? Meeting Type: Brainstorming, Decision, Project Update, 1:1, etc. And no, it can't be the name of the meeting.

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How to take meeting minutes like a professional

BMT Office Administration

Meeting minutes are a staple of all Board meetings, and many internal company meetings, as they serve as an official written record of a meeting to aid in future decision-making and fill in employees who couldn’t attend. Yet, if you’ve never written meeting minutes before, it may seem like an intimidating process.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I do however use my Tasks and Reminders in Outlook throughout the day for my own deadlines and projects, but for organizing someone else, this system beats even that for simplicity and it just plain works! I always put (OPEN) in the Subject of the meeting so they will know to open the calendar appointment for more information.

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Breaking down Minutes: The Art of Minute Taking

Who's the Real Boss?

So, the very best advice I can give you around how to write good minutes is to read other people’s minutes and start to work out what’s good, what isn’t; what fits your style, and what doesn’t. So, start reading!

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