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What is a Meeting Planner Exactly?

Office Dynamics

A meeting planner by MY definition is the go-to person and should be a key member of the design (or planning) team within an organization — be it corporate, association or otherwise — charged with the responsibility of planning and executing a meeting or special event. Planners take their craft seriously.

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

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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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

​Whether you’re using it for travel planning, procedures development, project management, or just basic notetaking, OneNote is one of the most dynamic software programs out there for administrative professionals. Previously, I talked about two of my favorite OneNote features – color coding and custom tags.

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12 Days of Christmas Webinar: The Organized Admin with Julie Perrine

Office Dynamics

There are 5 core systems I encourage assistants to look at first: Time and Task Management. Travel Planning. Event/Meeting Planning. Project Management. The procedures all combine to create your travel planning system. It’s why I became certified as a Productivity Pro Consultant with Laura Stack.

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Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Many small things like this can be handled with a little creativity and shouldnt stop production. The Speed Trap: Are you struggling to meet a deadline? I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. On occasion I have jumped in a taxi and made the delivery myself.