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Whose meeting is it anyway?

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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? If it is a teleconference have the call-in numbers been provided and moderator code provided to the appropriate person?

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Meeting preparation.

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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. June 16, 2009 Ericasaid. This is a great post.

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

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Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e. Provide a contact number.

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

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Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion.

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Are you prepared?

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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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Pass it on.

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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. Share any special training you have received with others in the office or online. (Note: The original email will remain in your Sent items and a copy will open up in your Tasks notes page).

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

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I tend to keep my scheduling sheets in chronological order and each morning I go through them to see if there is any action I need to take, i.e. follow up to ask for an agenda or see if I can start scheduling. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.