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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

The Account Manager role was a little side step along my career path but required the same skills I would need in my next role as a PA and Administrative Manager. Junior PA: Booking travel and hotels for colleagues . Taking minutes, writing agendas and attending meetings. Dressing professionally. Sorting and distributing post.

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8 Easy Contract Changes to Make for More Sustainable Events

Practically Perfect PA

Sometimes we just need things written down and all we really want is an agenda on a piece of paper! Commuting accounts for a third of all car travel and events are a great opportunity to reduce that. Hannah very kindly spoke at Assist Travel which took place in London on 9th September. Arrange arrival and departure transfers.

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

Office Dynamics

I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do. Program Content/Agenda . What I also learned was that I liked what I was doing and that I was good at it – or had the potential to be.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

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 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Business Travel Planning for Executive and Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

With more and more companies expanding the reach of their market across the country and even the globe, the role of the business travel planner has become increasingly important. Novice and senior assistants alike struggle with the task of travel planning for busy leaders. You must understand that travel planning is a cognitive task.

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The ultimate guide to diary management

Practically Perfect PA

Once you have complete control over the diary it is really important that you understand how to maximise your manager’s productivity through your diary management skills. Always factor in travel times and a little extra. Agenda / meeting purpose. Supporting papers. Type of meeting (conference call, face to face etc).

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Social Fusion Mixer Kicks Off Conference!

Office Dynamics

We are respected members of the team and it is our job to respond to the changing demands of our leader’s schedule, travel and projects as their right-hands, their business partners. To experience the flow of a great tandem in process takes know-how, confidence, high level skills and on-going finessing. How great is that?

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