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? 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 23, 1 p.m. (for

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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 can talk about work on Facebook using their (smart) phones, or they can tweet at midnight from home about work.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Disorganization is so prevalent in the workplace that the Professional Organizers in Canada estimates a typical office worker wastes 150 hours a year – almost one month – searching for misplaced information. If you’re holding a meeting, draw up an agenda and circulate it to the staff attending beforehand.

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Productivity Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

You can use this tool in 4 ways: In your web browser, as a Windows Client, in an Android phone, and iPhone. The 2 phone clients can sync to the Windows version. GTD Agenda - This is one of the tools designed with the GTD system in mind. The 3 clients (Windows, Android and iPhone) can sync with the web version.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Course Agenda. Therefore, it’s important to help them guard and protect positive attitudes – among their most important assets to success in the workplace. Core business skills, such as communication and time management, are keys to developing Star Performing employees with advanced skills that add even more value to the workplace.

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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. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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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. If it is an external meeting, but local, enter location of meeting in calendar, provide your boss with address and directions, contact phone number, taxi chit. Meeting with Mr. Brown and Ms. Where is the meeting being held? 23, 1 p.m. (for

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On The Job

JULY 30, 2007

Me, the workplace writer for 20 years, had fallen into the trap that I counseled so many to avoid. I had no cell phone or Blackberry or any other agenda other than to simply move my feet from time to time. I was ashamed of myself. I had become so focused on my work that I was losing my perspective. I went to a museum.

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Success

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Having an open mind is crucial in the workplace, as approachability means access to new ideas and willing assistance when you need it. They put away their phones. They are firmly grounded in reality, and they’re truly present in each moment because they’re not trying to figure out someone else’s agenda or worrying about their own.

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Success

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We fear that slowing down and organizing will kill our productivity, but the facts suggest otherwise: The average office employee spends “at least two hours a day—or 25% of their workweek—looking for the documents, information or people they need to do their jobs,” according to Glean ’s 2022 Hybrid Workplace Habits & Hangups survey. “54%

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview! And of course you don’t want to completely control the meeting, or otherwise disregard the other person’s agenda. Youve been networking your little tail off. And better yet, its for a dream job in an exciting company!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

She had an agenda and was going to let him have it. I am sure after that call her husband got off the phone and kicked the dog or was cranky with a sales clerk at the grocery store. It ended up that the phone lines were down because of a thunderstorm in town and he had been trying to reach her since early that afternoon.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Once you log on click on the tab Productivity and you will see on the right Templates. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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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. Every time I use a bus ticket, I keep a mental inventory so I know when I need to buy some more and dont show up at the bus stop one morning and Oops! no tickets. Do I have everything?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

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. (Note: The original email will remain in your Sent items and a copy will open up in your Tasks notes page). I drag it to my Tasks and set a reminder so I can follow up whether the item was received.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

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. 23, 1 p.m. (for

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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. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Sometimes e-mail is not the best way to communicate and it needs to be followed up by a phone call or face-to-face short meeting. 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. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk To many work is the central activity in their lives and the stresses and pressures of todays workplace are enormous, overtime, project pressure, sales targets, travel to and from the place of work, to name but a few.

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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.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

How to build a workplace culture committed to exceptional results. Add this valuable webinar to your agenda today! You may include as many people as you wish while listening on a single phone line. The "Loyalty Formula” … and how every employee can influence customer loyalty. and much more! Don't wait another minute!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

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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On The Job

JANUARY 31, 2013

If you think workplace teams are a great idea but would be thrilled if you weren't on one again in your lifetime, you're not alone. Different generations, different agendas and different personality types thrown together creates tension, Feierstein says. Read how in this latest story I did for Gannett/USA Today. Teams are hard."

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Thanks to Tom Von Deck of Monkey Wisdom Workplace Meditation Programs. Thanks to Rachel Minihan of Purple Phone PR & Marketing. These are similar courses with a whole different spin for different target audiences. I used the book's table of contents as an outline for the MP3 course, which is another option.

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