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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Determine the agenda and who is presenting. Send out the meeting invitation to all participants. Determine catering needs for the meeting. Order food for the meeting. Create the meeting agenda for the department head’s approval. Gather all materials for the agenda and participant materials.

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. Not only did I set the meetings up, but I also took notes (in shorthand no less), transcribed the notes and prepared final reports for dissemination. Program Content/Agenda .

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Meetings, Meetings, and More Meetings

Office Dynamics

Identify the objective for your meeting. If you do not have a clear objective, then there is no sense holding a meeting. Distribute an agenda to participants before the meeting. Participants should come prepared for their meeting. Participants should know what is expected of them prior to a meeting.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 May, 2010 Whose meeting is it anyway? 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? Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Calling all Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants: Is there anyone.

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Calling all Northern Arizona Virtual Assistants: Is there anyone out there? Please feel free to forward this information to any other VAs you know who do meet our guidelines as stated above. We’ll meet at The Raven on Cortez Street (in Prescott Arizona) at 9 a.m.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. June 16, 2009 Ericasaid.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

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? Provide a contact number.