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Fail to Plan; Plan to Fail – Meeting Planning Success

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My Request for Proposal (RFP) template will help you define your guest room and meeting specs for the venues under consideration lessening the chance for any misunderstandings. It does and it will unless you first have a PLAN and a PROCESS in place to help you. Seems overwhelming doesn’t it? To order a hard copy of my book, click here.

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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. Get Your Copy Today!

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What is a Meeting Planner Exactly?

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Mary Jo Wiseman, CMP | Author, “The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings ” | [link]. The Meeting Planning Process — A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings. The post What is a Meeting Planner Exactly? Get your copy today!

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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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How to Stay Organized with Leadership Team Meetings? – Ask An Admin

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Meeting Planning and Execution Live E-Learning Course. If you have a question that you would like to submit, please send it to officedynamics.aaa@gmail.com and include the name you would like us to use. If you want to subscribe to our blog so you don’t miss any posts, please visit [link] and subscribe in the right-hand column.

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Calendar Management for Executive Assistants

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Meeting planning is a cognitive task. You must think about your manager’s workload, other commitments, travel, upcoming meetings, past meetings, previous week’s schedule. You must keep these things in mind when you are managing your executive’s calendar. Calendar management is an important skill. COGNITIVE task!

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