Success

AUGUST 6, 2021

Could you be the next marketing pro in your industry? Ignore those safe, well-traveled paths that people love to suggest but aren’t quite you. Skill-hunters want to learn as much as they can, whether that’s marketing, negotiating or foreign languages. Follow these four steps to practice subtle persuasion and grow your business.

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Success

MARCH 15, 2023

Nicole Aunapu Mann and Katya Echazarreta both made history in 2022 as the first Native American woman and the first Mexican-born American woman, respectively, to travel to space. However, even with these significant achievements and strides toward gender equality and inclusivity for women across industries, our work is far from over.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 10, 2024

There is of course the irony of a global property conference discussing net zero whilst jetting in delegates from all corners of globe, but how do you get to inclusivity and diversity without the travel? all of which is more symbolic than impactful. Without a green future there is no future.”

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Success

MARCH 23, 2022

I talk to friends in the travel industry. I teach her not to negotiate against herself and shell out $20 to her. So do I, and I get a little scratch on the side for the time it takes me to organize everything. I throw the idea at a few friends who have been on the trips with me. They all like it and encourage me to pursue it.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

However, planning meetings also requires one to know and understand the hospitality industry and how it works, how to determine which venue and what destinations will work best for the types of meetings you’re asked to plan, the ins and outs of contracts and contract negotiations, budget prep and oh so much more.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 8, 2014

During the course of the meeting the Board decided that everyone in the organisation must attend a full day’s training on a new legislation affecting the industry. Not a confident negotiator? Firstly, do assistants really have the time to negotiate with a hotel on their day delegate rate? Let them do it for you.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

Be prepared to negotiate if necessary. Like everything in business, it’s about negotiation for both funds and time. If so highlight this and what is going on in your industry. Will you share your learning with other Assistants thus increasing the ROI? Will the request tie in with one of your appraisal goals?

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 5, 2010

Try to attend training courses that are offered for executive admin as much as you can (even if it is just one time a year and you travel to another city for it). If training/travel aren’t an option it may be a goal to strive for as a reward for a job well done. Thanks for submitting your question on networking in your area.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 5, 2010

Try to attend training courses that are offered for executive admin as much as you can (even if it is just one time a year and you travel to another city for it). If training/travel aren’t an option it may be a goal to strive for as a reward for a job well done. Thanks for submitting your question on networking in your area.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

It is easy to negotiate on the price per night with a serviced apartment as they do tend to discount on block bookings. If you have negotiated a deal whereby you make advanced block bookings there is the possibility that you will miss out on those last-minute deals with other hotels and serviced apartment providers.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

Ability to travel as necessary. Sales reps across almost every industry. Three to five years of industry sales background. Physical suffering, as Sales Representatives may need to be on their feet for long hours, contribute a lot of time travelling within locations, and carry heavy products.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

.” “This is my 15th year working in the administrative field, and while I have climbed the administrative ladder, I have not strayed outside of the admin industry. When I first started out administration was just that, dealing with diaries, looking after travel, typing, filing and perhaps covering the receptionist.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 6, 2010

  So, Washington Post, we're opening the bidding at $50 (we want to leave some negotiating room).  .  We're - well let's just say we're not that.    But we make money.    This is a substantial premium (50X) over Newsweek's estimated value. 

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Success

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

There were two businessmen I respect—[chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group and Tell to Win author] Peter Guber and [music industry executive] Joe Smith—who were sitting there courtside and were huge fans. During a Lakers game the season before, I was standing on the sidelines getting ready to pass the ball inbounds.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

A: An executive assistant role is a great spring board to get your feet wet in the industry. If you want to be a director, producer, or writer, being an EA won't help very much - unless you start out as a writer's assistant, producer's assistant, or a PA, etc, which are totally different avenues and only one way to break into the industry.

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JUNE 17, 2013

You might be the traveling entrepreneur who spends an hour observing a hawker in an open air market in Morocco, imprinting copywriting and marketing tactics onto your brain stem, while simply marveling at the guy’s ability to move his merchandise.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

And because executives are constantly traveling for weeks at a time, it may take a month or three just to finally meet everyone. Just because you have a business trip coming up or other pressing issues or diverging interests, it is highly unlikely they will re-route their travel or business schedule to accommodate your life.

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BMT Office Administration

MAY 9, 2024

The regulations update the language from the original test to reflect modern times instead of the industrial economy of yesteryear. If the worker has the power to negotiate their pay and hire other workers, they’re an independent contractor. Opportunity for profit or loss depending on managerial skill.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. It’s not unheard of to be on call 24/7 or to work 60-100 hours a week depending on your executive and industry. This segues into another aspect about being a Fortune-ranked EA.

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Brilliantly Better

DECEMBER 7, 2010

But I won’t leave this topic without saying that Life Is A Pitch was just a small part of the biggest event dedicated to the online industry in Romania, NetCamp. I pitched my business in front of 7 potential investors and entered in negotiations with 2 of them. You’re not traveling alone. A Little Bit Of Background.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

If this new executive is high-profile in your industry or field, I am sure by reading articles about them or talk of the town, what you wrote above is again, pretty accurate. Do you have responsibilities other than work that will interfere with specific job requirements such as traveling? This person needs someone that can keep up.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

At the same time, I am on board of a business event called Venture Connect where I meet with people from the online industry. I literally felt like an alien taking notes with my iPad, the only man among 20 something middle age women (there was another man attending but he was an astrologer too, so I guess it didn’t counts).

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

At first she didn’t believe it, but eventually Fletcher tried it, became hooked and ultimately quit acting to travel to India to learn more about meditation. Florence Williams, who has been a contributing editor to Outside magazine, scoured the latest science while traveling the world for examples. Fletcher makes one thing clear.

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Ideas.Ted

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The primary focus of the negotiations at COP26 has been on carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is released when fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — are burned, as well as by forest fires, land-use changes and natural sources. It powered homes, industries and opened up the planet to travel.

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