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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The problem is it is now filed in the back burner of my mind. I put items in my calendar as a reminder, but the problem with calendar reminders is unless you know which day you put it on or what you named it, you can't easily find it. If I put a reminder in the calendar, I note the date on the meeting sheet.

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Calendar Clarity

Laughing all the Way to Work

Subject: Linda lunch meeting with Bob Location: Red Lobster, 99 Bank Street RESERVATION IN NAME OF LINDA When it is a regular meeting or large gathering, it will make more sense to put in the name of the meeting such as Health & Safety Committee rather than listing all the names of the attendees. Choose the country you want and click OK.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

Keep the file on your desktop or easily accessible. Serve as department liaison and attend or participate in company-wide committee meetings to stay up to date on new policies and announcements and report back to manager and department. This can be done via a checklist with feedback from your manager and coworkers.

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A day in the life: Katrina Wardell, EA at Dropbox

Practically Perfect PA

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I have my brekkie and coffee while I respond to anything urgent, check in on the calendars and update my to-do list. What is your favourite app or piece of technology that you could not do your job without?

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

You can upload an excel file with your guests names and check them in via your phone or iPad. Although I think this is mainly used for events I also think it works well for Committee meetings. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. Zwoor Event HD: Free. WeekCalendar: £1.49.

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

You can upload an excel file with your guests names and check them in via your phone or iPad. Although I think this is mainly used for events I also think it works well for Committee meetings. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. Zwoor Event HD: Free. WeekCalendar: £1.49.

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need. Try it, you may like it.