Australian Labor And Greens Senators Support 4-day Work Week
Allwork
MARCH 9, 2023
On Thursday, the Senate Work and Care Committee, chaired by Barbara Pocock of the Greens, called for policies that could drastically adjust work-life balance.
Upping your A(ssisting) game when you work with a Board of Trustees
Executive Leadership Support Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Offer to help put together the agenda for meetings, offer to tackle a project for a committee. As a bonus this will also alleviate emails and phone calls to you asking when something is due. You not only help the board, you increase your knowledge and become more valuable as a partner.
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How to Protect Yourself from Online Scams
Success
OCTOBER 4, 2021
If you’ve felt like the number of scammy emails coming through your inbox has risen in the last year, you’re not alone. If something feels wrong or weird about an email, text message or website, pay attention to your gut, and use the tips below to help protect you from online scams. Keep your devices up to date.
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Meet the Most Interesting Non-Athletes at the Olympics, Who Make the Games Run Smoothly
Success
AUGUST 11, 2024
In Paris, this was the number of staff positions the Olympic committee estimated were created to support the Olympics and Paralympics. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), over 700 people work in administration alone. Over 150,000 people do—that’s who.
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On to the next task.
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 27, 2018
When I receive an email relating to a meeting, I create a meeting sheet and cut and paste the email in there and make any relevant notes. I know others who keep folders in their Outlook and drag and drop emails there that have to do with a particular meeting. Most everything I do revolves around meetings.
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Why Muting Your Work Notifications Could Be The Healthiest Thing You Do This Year
Allwork
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Quiet Hours: Implemented in digital tools such as Slack or email to silence notifications during specific times for rest. However, the future of this legislation remains uncertain — causing it to fail to advance past the Committee stage in 2024.
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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation
Office Dynamics
JULY 10, 2018
Serve as department liaison and attend or participate in company-wide committee meetings to stay up to date on new policies and announcements and report back to manager and department. Create email templates for responses to most frequently asked questions to save time. Explore ways to reduce supply costs by 5% to 10%.
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How to Name Your Business
Success
JUNE 17, 2022
We had our creative department design logos for those three names and present them to our executive committee. We get lots of engagement with Facebook campaigns and click-throughs on Google AdWords as well as email promotions. Eventually we agreed on RedPeg, referencing the board game Battleship.
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More minute taking tips
Practically Perfect PA
JULY 17, 2014
It can be quite daunting taking minutes for a Committee that you have never met. Prior to the meeting introduce yourself to the chairperson (if you have not met them before) and ask them to either introduce you to the other Committee members or ask at the beginning of the meeting for each member to say their name. Remembering names.
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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.
Success
JULY 6, 2022
But his perseverance as the president of the new managing committee prevailed. After I interviewed Britney Spears over email—a story that made the cover—I was done. Given prevailing land mafia politics, goons from the opposing camp hunted down and beat up my bewildered grandfather. Home was also where the heart was. Broken. * * *.
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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress
The Office Professionals Place
DECEMBER 9, 2009
Form a committee, then within the committee form subcommittees for activities throughout the event. Have a sub-committee for the catering/venue (if the event is not going to be held at the company), another sub-committee would be for entertainment. This is a chance for you and your committee to be creative.
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Ep 204: Whitney Kelso on Networking, Boundaries, and Taking Risks
LEADERASSISTANT.COM
JANUARY 29, 2023
Whitney also serves as a committee member for the Governance and Leadership Committee for the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com.
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Technology to help with minute taking
Practically Perfect PA
MAY 2, 2014
About 10 years ago I used to manage 12 Committees as part of my role at the time. These minutes were just from the main Committee meetings – I also had to attend and minute other meetings throughout the year. I absolutely loved the job but it did mean that I had to write 48 sets of minutes each year. Less Meeting – Free.
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Ep 147: Giovanna de Beij – Executive Assistant at Royal BAM
LEADERASSISTANT.COM
DECEMBER 26, 2021
She’s currently the executive assistant to the Executive Committee at Royal BAM. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. THE LEADER ASSISTANT PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP. LEAVE A REVIEW. Either way, I’d love to hear from you!
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98 A day in the life: Saba Ali, Royal Academy of Dance
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 also act as the central point of contact for both Directors which might include meeting clients/suppliers, telephone liaison and managing emails whilst they are away. What do you have for lunch?
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Do you have the confidence to open the boardroom door?
Practically Perfect PA
JUNE 20, 2013
Finally ask if your director would prefer you to email or text them if anything urgent comes up. Committee meetings confidence Relationship with the boss admin administrators assistants EA Executive Assistant PA Personal Assistant Time management' Just ensure they have their phone on them during the meeting!
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The hidden world of London’s Livery Halls
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 7, 2015
There are three smaller private rooms on the 1 st floor, the Court Room, Luncheon Room and Committee room which are great rooms for presentation lunches and each boast their own style and theme. To enquire about hiring Brewers’ Hall, Haberdashers’ Hall or Coopers’ Hall please email William Smith from ITA.
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Ep 200: Shelli Wassall – Executive Assistant at ADB Companies
LEADERASSISTANT.COM
JANUARY 1, 2023
Shelli is an active committee member for the Health and Wellness cultural pillar at her organization where she takes part in bringing events and challenges to team members to support their mental, physical, and all-around well-being. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.
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98 Building Your Network
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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Colour Coding Works.
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. (for
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Ep 244: Andrea Shaffran on Assisting 8 Executives and Holding Multiple Roles
LEADERASSISTANT.COM
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Andrea also serves on the Employee Housing Committee for the hospital to find creative solutions for providing staff with affordable housing options. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to The Leader Assistant Podcast so you don’t miss new episodes!
The ups and downs of working from home
Practically Perfect PA
AUGUST 9, 2013
I didn’t have a blackberry… actually I didn’t have a mobile phone that accepted emails or had the internet so it wasn’t easy to stay connected. This meant starting up my home computer from 1997, connecting it to my dial-up internet and attempting to log onto the torturously slow remote email system.
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 30, 2015
I had so many meetings to keep track of that I needed a method of finding the details quickly from the various emails I had about the meeting. I managed a Senior Leadership Team meeting as well as the Board of Directors' and all of its Committee meetings. The CEO also was a frequent traveller to cities near and far.
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100 Ten tips on preparing board papers
Practically Perfect PA
NOVEMBER 24, 2014
Working for a Company Secretary in one role and looking after 12 Committees in another means I have spent more time than I care to admit putting board papers together. I often had quite heated conversations with one of my managers about taking the board papers online or if that was too much of a leap just emailing them to board members.
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Inside the Guernsey PA Network
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 10, 2016
I can keep up to date with the Guernsey PA Connect website and emails, my personal and work emails, along with always being able to call anyone if I need to. 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. About the network….
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Make or Break Moments
JULY 1, 2010
June 20, 2010 Sheila Clover English , Social Network Committee Chair , International Thriller Writer’s Organization I didn’t know Sheila. So I emailed and said thank you and said – I’d love to return the favor – any thoughts? com as my email address). She is engaging and fun as well!”
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Great Apps for Assistants
Practically Perfect PA
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. Also you can share your plans with colleagues, family and friends either directly by email or through Facebook and LinkedIn. The app then sends you an email with their details.
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Great Apps for Assistants
Practically Perfect PA
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. Also you can share your plans with colleagues, family and friends either directly by email or through Facebook and LinkedIn. The app then sends you an email with their details.
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Podcast 129: Track others’ work
Clutter Coach
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Everyone gets so much daily email that they might overlook one that seems like a routine company communication. If you’re delegating to your kids or to a neighborhood committee member, the same issues apply. They want to appear competent and trust worthy. Two, some things may have changed recently so procedures have to be different.
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Calendar Clarity
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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The ultimate app guide for assistants
Practically Perfect PA
DECEMBER 13, 2013
Whenever you receive confirmation emails from any bookings you can forward it to plans@tripit.com and they will add the details to the itinerary. Also you can share the plans with colleagues, family and friends either directly by email or through LinkedIn. The app then sends you an email with their details. Zwoor Event HD: Free.
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Want to Blog About Your Work?
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. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!
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100 4 Reasons Why She is in Love with @Asana and Her Team Has Never Been More Productive - App Review and How-To
Stephanie LH Calahan
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
I've tried delegating through email, google and drop box. But it can be used for so many multi-user projects, such as planning an event, running a committee or board together, etc. 3 - Declutter Your Email Inbox. It will then show up in Asana with the attachments and everything from the email intact.
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100 A day in the life: Katrina Wardell, EA at Dropbox
Practically Perfect PA
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. I check my emails first thing when I wake-up so that I can prioritise my day properly. Tech is a rapidly growing industry and can be incredibly busy at times, so being able to multitask and adapt is important.
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Five top tips for using a unique event space
Practically Perfect PA
MARCH 23, 2016
Be it the office Christmas party, team building events, off site board meetings and committee to large scale global conferences. To enquire about hiring the ITA* venues, please email William Smith from ITA. We are doing it all! Finding venues that cover all of the different types of events we organise can be tricky.
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100 Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry
Practically Perfect PA
MARCH 25, 2015
So, after some advice from my mentor, I started sending my boss weekly emails detailing what I had achieved that week. The email wasn’t particularly sales-y but I did make sure that I put down everything that I knew would impress her. He sponsored the committee and volunteered a few more members of staff.
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Strategies for Expanding Your Professional Network
Eat Your Career
JANUARY 29, 2013
Join a committee or run for a leadership position. Email this to a friend? If it’s too small, or the people aren’t what you’re looking for, it’s not worth the investment. Once you’ve found an association that works for you, be sure to regularly attend meetings and participate. Don’t be a wallflower or an observer. Get involved.
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100 The Assistant Toolkit
Practically Perfect PA
JULY 28, 2016
Email and Diary Management. Meeting Management including Board and Committee Meetings. Here is a selection of skills and competencies I had during my time as an assistant (and still do hopefully!): Skills: Advanced IT skills including Microsoft Office. Minute Taking. Social Media Management. Events Management. Managing staff.
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A day in the life: Laura O’Malley, Team Lead and Executive PA, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Practically Perfect PA
APRIL 4, 2016
There is the usual diary shuffling and checking of emails (mine and my bosses), the phone is always ringing and I get a zillion requests for meetings every day, all of which seem to eat up a huge amount of my day. What has been your career highlight?
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100 Bad Career Advice: It's Not WHAT You Know, It's WHO You Know
Eat Your Career
JULY 21, 2010
Join a professional organization and volunteer for a committee or run for a position on the board. Your email address will be kept confidential. Get out into the world and use your skills. If you’re not using your full potential in your current professional role, you need to find another way to do so. I HATE SPAM!
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What can assistants expect in 2013
Practically Perfect PA
JANUARY 4, 2013
It is getting so much easier for Committees to meet virtually and this will become more and more popular over the next year as will virtual conferences and events. Along with new technology for personal use your company should be using technology to hold virtual meetings. Confidentiality .
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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network
Practically Perfect PA
APRIL 18, 2016
I actually don’t have a laptop at home and conduct all my organising, social media and emailing through my iPhone. 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. Drop us an email edinburghpa@gmail.com or Tweet Us! Location: Edinburgh.
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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy
BMT Office Administration
AUGUST 8, 2022
Others, such as emails and social media posts, are not so obvious. Plenty of other factors will influence your document retention policy, too. Basically, the term refers to evidence of business-related activities, such as events, transactions, discussions, and communications.
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105 Going Checklist Crazy
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. Dates (Writing out dates) Diagnosis or Diagnoses Dictionaries Due to Electronic dictionaries Email Salutations Exclamation marks versus question marks Expressing Currencies Expressing Time Fewer vs. Less Further vs Farther Grammar or Style Hope: the Word??
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