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Finding my Niche by Mary Jo Wiseman

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Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. I for one, started out on a clerical/administrative path with absolutely no knowledge at the time that a career in meeting planning even existed (and at the time it probably didn’t).

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

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Not all people who plan meetings are “meeting planners,” nor do all meeting planners start out their careers as meeting planners. Not only did I set the meetings up, but I also took notes (in shorthand no less), transcribed the notes and prepared final reports for dissemination. Site Selection.

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What is a Meeting Planner Exactly?

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Meeting planners work well independently or as a team member. They tend to be life-long learners and students of experiential learning. They learn through doing, through the professional organizations they belong to, and through outside studies such as Certified Meeting Professional and Certified Meeting Manager programs. .

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

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They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

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Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain. Learn more and reserve your seat here. You would: Take into consideration your executive’s travel.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

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It’s an exciting and unique time in history that we work with such a diverse group of peers; varied age ranges, varied technologies and learning levels, traditional and experienced based education, etc. A willingness to learn and confidence to teach creates the roadmap to keeping our professional world evolving and relevant.

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How To Leverage Criticism At Work

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But criticism can be a learning experience if you view it positively. What can I learn from what they are telling me?”. An administrative peer thinks his process for approaching meeting planning is the best way and you feel your approach is better. Not all people know how to give or accept criticism.

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