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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. Lynn has organized strategic events such as the companys internal trade show, all-hands meetings, the annual awards banquet, internal events and leadership off-site meetings. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

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JANUARY 10, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Taking stock

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

The meetings were stress free and I was able to depend on my checklists and templates. Now I am on holidays and preparing for a big move to a new home. Have a great summer everyone and enjoy your holidays when they come. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

My boss tells me I should be able to write a letter or a report on something even if I dont know the subject that well. I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. Read their letters and reports and see how they craft their words. There is usually a pattern.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Admin Buddies

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Dealing in real time.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

For instance, waiting for a meeting participant to choose a date, waiting for someone to order something that I need to do my job, waiting for someone to call me back, waiting for someone to get back from holidays and then to top it off they don’t put their out-of-office assistant on so you have no idea why they havent gotten back to you.

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When your voicemail goes awry.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

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. I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 27, 2009

Now I am off for a weeks holiday at the cottage with my daughter and grandson. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If the meeting is accepted -- What does your boss need for the meeting and who will be in attendance? Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e.

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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Spring cleaning on the blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

Under My Favourites, I have added a Meeting section with some useful sites and combined many of my travel related links under one title simply called Travel. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Another time I wanted to try a career in the travel business. I have become familiar with time zones, airport codes and international holidays to avoid. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

WORK/LIFE BALANCE We do spend more time at work than at home, but we should try to keep a balance and when we go home, we should be in home mode and when we take holidays, stay away from work (remotely or physically). EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. Excellent material!

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Playing nice in the sandbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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JANUARY 10, 2010

I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 002 cents a litre.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 9:54 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , booking meetings , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

I use this all the time on my calendar and my boss's calendar, and it helps us both to know which events are phone calls which he can take in the office or on the road (yellow) or which events will require travel (blue). I put travel in red and action reminders in yellow, but that is our own system and it works for us.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Once the date and location is finalized, if it requires flight and hotel, then I put a travel sheet on top of the meeting sheet and start to go through that checklist to see what I need to do, from getting the passport ready, contacting the travel agent and arranging for a purchase order, etc. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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We have a winner!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Congratulations Tammy!

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Contest!

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Great article!

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

Some things I have on this list is a memory stick with the minute templates, tentcards, meals ordered, meeting packages, pen, notebook, highlighter, calculator (I hate math so just in case they ask something that requires mathematical skills) and attendance records to establish quorum for each meeting. It is interesting work.

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ▼ August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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How to get Office fat fast.

Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 21, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

Self Esteem Time Zones IAAP International

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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. That is a good site too.

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What happens at the office Christmas party, stays at the office.

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Merry Christmas everyone and have a safe and happy holiday and a prosperous New Year. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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