Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I can count on one hand the amount of travel I arranged for them in the 15 years I worked there as their meetings were usually local meetings with clients or short flights to nearby cities such as Toronto, which is only an hour's flight and rarely required an overnight stay. The CEO also was a frequent traveller to cities near and far.

Filing 100

Filing Travel Time Zones International 100

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 3, 2016

After the success of the Assist Conference and Assist Travel, both of which are based in London. Organising boards and Committee papers. I have decided to hit the road and organise some events in other parts of the UK. So what do I have planned? Well, I’m going to run two free to attend events in Leeds and in Edinburgh.

Social Media 100

Social Media Travel Forms Networking 100

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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Restaurants Travel Phones Calendars 100

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Phones Calendars 100

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 1, 2015

I provide extensive diary management including global travel arrangements, compile reports, agendas and for Committee and Board meetings. I support both the Artistic Director and Director of Marketing, Communications and Membership. I also get a lot of phone calls from an array of people about all sorts of things.

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Suppliers 2011 Agenda Lifestyle 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Subject: Linda lunch meeting with Bob Location: Red Lobster, 99 Bank Street RESERVATION IN NAME OF LINDA When it is a regular meeting or large gathering, it will make more sense to put in the name of the meeting such as Health & Safety Committee rather than listing all the names of the attendees.

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Calendars Holidays Agenda Administrative Professionals 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Staples Meeting Minutes 100

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2007

I am actually a part of a committee called the “Administrative Exchange&# at my firm. Only the employees within that company can view the information that they write. This is definitely good for sharing ideas and skills among teammates and other departments.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

The time traveler. In the midst of all the yapping and smirking and boasting, the pacifier finds the solution for all the chaos and lack of progress: send the issue to committee for discussion. The navel-gazer begins telling a story about last Christmas’s stocking stuffers. A perpetually confused and bewildered demeanor. The pacifier.

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Doodle Travel UPS 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

When you join, your strategy should be to look at the various committees of the organization. Volunteer for the committee that engages in the activities that are most important to the organization, such as governmental affairs or fundraising. And you contribute to the committee as a peer, not as an employee or subordinate.

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Networking AT&T Health 2010 100

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. If your manager travels on one airline frequently it is worth downloading their app.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Phones Expenses 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”]. Length of employment at current company. Nancy Fraze works at Chevron Corporation as a Legal Assistant.

Networking 100

Networking Skills Confidence IAAP 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”]. Length of employment at current company. Nancy Fraze works at Chevron Corporation as a Legal Assistant.

Networking 100

Networking Skills Confidence IAAP 100

Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 9, 2013

I looked after Committees made up of the association’s members so I didn’t need to be in the office because they were not. I only needed to be there to attend Committee meetings so I worked from home quite a bit and I used to get so much done!

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UPS 2003 AT&T Clothes 100

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 4, 2013

Keeping up to date on useful apps is a great example of how assistants can value, make a list of great travel apps your boss could use while travelling would be so helpful and could also save you time from writing complicated itinieraries. Applications. I wrote a blog recently on useful apps for assistants which you can find here.

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2013 Social Media 2012 Salary 100

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 28, 2016

I have just finished the regional events and we are just adding the final details to Assist Travel. Meeting Management including Board and Committee Meetings. Arranging complex business travel. It has been a busy few months here at Practically Perfect PA. Email and Diary Management. Minute Taking. Social Media Management.

Skills 100

Skills 2017 Meeting Minutes Confidence 100

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 10, 2016

We now have a Committee who are very passionate about making Guernsey PA Connect an Ambassador for Guernsey, as many people don’t even know where it is. I also had Caroline Renouf join me in setting the network up and she is still on the Committee and very much part of Guernsey PA Connect. It’s not from me alone.

Networking 100

Networking Promotion Mentoring Training 100

Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I could spend a day visiting event venues, in back-to-back meetings, booking complicated travel itineraries or organising a team party! What does an average day look like? I hate to use a cliché but there is no average day.

Dropbox 100

Dropbox International Calendars Collaborate 100

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 12, 2013

I’ve even been Account Manager for 12 Committees. Most of us in the corporate world will be asked to support other people in the company even if it is just to arrange travel or do expenses. I’ve been Executive Assistant to the CFO, COO and Company Secretary.

Goals 100

Goals AT&T Expenses Training 100

Loosely Speaking

APRIL 23, 2010

Additionally, the VA may choose to volunteer on various committees and participate in industry-related activities, again as an opportunity to showcase their expertise and overall commitment to their business development and growth. Tomorrow, I travel over to Amy Blesser’ s blog at Virtual Services 4 U.

AT&T 100

AT&T Training International Promotion 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

On Day 1 we have Committee meetings so there is a list of things I need for those. Making a List, Checking it Twice The Board meeting I am preparing for is a two-day event and I dont want to forget anything that I need to do leading up to it, or anything that I need on the day of.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Worxbee

MARCH 29, 2021

They are sounding boards for their executives, helping them through their decisions and, if the work involves travel, there are many EAs who travel with their executives. For example, many EAs find themselves asked to head up new internal committees or initiatives.

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Travel Skills Customer Service Calendars 52

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Don’t get me wrong they still travel for Board meetings and client engagement but they don’t get on a flight simply because there are no alternatives to getting everyone together. Does your company still send executives to meetings around the world or have you seen a decrease in travel due to new technology?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Equipment Expenses Negotiating 100

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Don’t get me wrong they still travel for Board meetings and client engagement but they don’t get on a flight simply because there are no alternatives to getting everyone together. Does your company still send executives to meetings around the world or have you seen a decrease in travel due to new technology?

Time Zones 100

Time Zones Equipment Expenses Negotiating 100

All Things Admin

AUGUST 2, 2024

I actually have an entire binder dedicated to my community service, board work, and committee involvement for my professional association that allows me to quickly and easily add experience and samples to my professional portfolio. I share more about overcoming a lack of work samples in this article.

Filing 52

Filing Mentoring Skills Holidays 52

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

notes about work (travel arrangements and preferences for my charges, “rules” I have for each of them, team notes, etc.). We do not have any of the above but the Network group itself is run by a committee consisting of Sherien Ahmed, Sally Lloyd and Amy Smith. Amy : I am a OneNote advocate! I have everything in my OneNote.

Networking 100

Networking Social Media 2015 Confidence 100

Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

Making Travel Arrangements and Compiling Expense Reports. This can include anything from a last minute bank run to working on a company-wide committee to making sure everyone filled out an updated W-4. Managing Office Machinery. The ubiquitous “Other Duties” clause found in almost every Administrative job description.

Fax 40

Fax PowerPoint Filing Meeting Minutes 40

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Yes, Outlook Training and Training in Supporting a University Committee. Equally there are senior managers with top notch PAs who don’t know how to use them to their full potential or will not delegate even the smallest task and so are using them to just book travel etc. A waste of their talents!

IAAP 100

IAAP Training AT&T Skills 100

Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

They got promotions, salary increases, developed bet­ter relationships with their executives; they joined committees and chaired events; they set healthy boundaries; they gained immense confidence! He was a District Supervisor, who with all District Supervisors, reported to my boss and had to give me their weekly travel schedules.

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Goals 2018 Travel Administrative Training 200

Success

AUGUST 18, 2022

Until 1936, organizing committee members sold pottery, rugs, and jewelry—not the artists themselves. Generations of peoples have traveled to and through this area with their goods. This change was a fulcrum in the market’s history marking the tipping point when Indigenous peoples increasingly grabbed the reins.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

To-do lists I have to-do lists for the Board and Committee meetings and a to-do list for the Board Reception and Dinner. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 14 June, 2009 Meeting preparation. I have an upcoming Board meeting and want to be prepared for everything that is needed to make it run smoothly.

Agenda 100

Agenda Time Zones IAAP Calendars 100

C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Scheduling Conflicts : If you have a busy schedule with frequent travel and appointments, you may have difficulty organizing your time and fitting everything in. A personal assistant can organize personal and business travel, schedule all appointments, purchase gifts for family members and clients, take meeting notes, and plan large events.

Social Media 52

Social Media Stress Negotiating Networking 52

Allwork

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The reduction also includes leadership positions, Southwest said, adding it would eliminate 11 senior leadership roles which represents 15% of the company’s senior management committee. Southwest’s shares have fallen about 10% so far this year, while peers Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have climbed more than 7%.

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2025 Retirement Holidays Budget 165

Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If she’s traveling or in closed-door meetings, I work from home.” “Ask, ‘When you’re traveling or in meetings all day, do you mind if we try this arrangement?'” “Create committees within the team, partner with HR and/or executives, and take ownership of your office processes,” Hayes says.

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Policies AT&T Environment Facebook 52

Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

She is a current board member of the Estate Management Network; a member of the International Nanny Association; a former volunteer with the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Committee; an APNA Accelerator Program mentor; and more. Embassy, enabling female founders to find dignity and purpose.

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Success

OCTOBER 1, 2024

She actively participates in the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA), the world’s leading trade organization for the cleaning, hygiene and facility management industry, where she serves on several committees for North America.

Medical 263

Medical Health Agencies Mentoring 263

Allwork

JANUARY 20, 2025

“The place that we see people havent considered is when theyre traveling, and start the process without considering how long its going to take. You get travel documents, passports, drivers licenses that dont match and that creates all kinds of hassle.”

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