Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

This does increase the preparation time, but on the day of the meeting it goes very smoothly with no stress. 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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e. Meeting with Mr. Brown and Ms. Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. Where is the meeting being held?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

They are a team of office professionals for office professionals. Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

I mentioned this to our team of admins at one of our meetings so when one of my co-workers found out how to do something they thought to share it with the team. I also drag items from my Inbox if someone sends me an email to advise they will be sending an agenda or some other item by a certain date.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

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. Each meeting has some differences, but usually the basics are the same so your checklist can be pre-populated with those things so you can re-use it for each meeting.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Another benefit to writing it down is if your boss asks you to cancel it or to quickly tell you when the meeting is, you can look at the sheet rather than trying to search for it in your calendar.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:16 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , agenda , checklist , executive assistant , minutes , motions , professional assistant , to-do list , voting Reactions: Newer Post Older Post Home Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Being organized helps de-clutter any task and makes it more manageable and doable.

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JULY 5, 2009

She had an agenda and was going to let him have it. The longer she couldnt get in touch with him, the angrier she became. When she finally did reach him she started off really nice. "Hi, Hi, how are you?," she said sweetly. Then you could see it progressing downward from there. What happened? Crankiness and bad moods can be passed on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Next week I would like to talk about meeting planning and give you some scheduling tips that have worked well for me. This also works with your Calendar, which comes in handy if you want to either insert the agenda or another document from Word, or if you need to insert an e-mail. cc = courtesy copy; bcc = blind courtesy copy].

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

For a boss who is on the road a lot you can use the electronic method of dragging the e-mail or whatever they will need for their meeting into the calendar date, including directions on how to get to the meeting, flight numbers and times, call-in numbers for teleconferences, agendas, e-mails, etc.

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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.

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MAY 24, 2009

Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. In the Paragraph dialog box, click Tabs (bottom left). Then tab over and your leader will appear. 2 Line Spacing Highlight section you want to change spacing on. spacing To insert a document i.d.

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