Office Dynamics
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
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).
Office Dynamics
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
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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Office Dynamics
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
I wanted to know the areas the assistants were interested in growing and learning about. When it comes to figuring out your soft skills, enlarge your vision; don’t just look at the tasks such as meeting planning or calendaring. For example, what are the skills you need to be excellent at meeting planning?
Office Dynamics
AUGUST 29, 2019
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.
Office Dynamics
AUGUST 22, 2019
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. .
Office Dynamics
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
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.
Office Dynamics
APRIL 18, 2019
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. I know one executive who has a 90 minute drive into the office and does not want any meetings scheduled before 10:00 a.m. COGNITIVE task!
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