Category: Meeting Management
Note-taking is a vital skill that sets you apart from the rest. Unlike the habits of your college days, though, professional note-taking as an executive assistant is a different ballgame. Here are some tips to help you take better and faster meeting notes without missing crucial information.
September 6, 2023
Categorized in: Travel
International travel can easily feel overwhelming, but at times it is undeniably necessary to push your company forward. Fortunately, with a few effective strategies under your belt to choose from, international travel can be simple to plan and prepare multiple colleagues for.
As an inexperienced secretary, I hated taking notes and writing minutes. As I progressed to more senior roles, I eventually got the hang of it and have, since 2000, been helping other PAs, EAs and administrators to resolve their concerns. Here are some hints.
The IRS’s standard mileage rate, which you can use to reimburse employees who drive their own cars on business, or to value employees’ personal use of company vehicles first made available to them this year, increases to 65.5¢ a mile for 2023, up 3¢ from the July to December 2022 rate.
If you’re responsible for handling meeting minutes, make the process smoother for yourself, while also working to produce a succinct, accurate document. Fortunately, these two things go hand in hand. With the right process and tips, anyone can be a meeting minute pro.
Try these tips to enhance your relationship and create a rapport.
If you find yourself exhausted after the third videoconferencing call in a row, you’re not alone. Say hello to Zoom fatigue.
July 7, 2021
Categorized in: Travel
The Better Business Bureau website offers plenty of solid tips and advice for avoiding travel-related fraud.
November 4, 2020
Categorized in: Travel
Question: Next year it looks like I’m going to have to do a lot more travel for my job than I thought … and much of it is beyond the range I feel comfortable with. How do I express this to my boss, who I’ll have to tag along with at various meetings?
If you want to engage a speaker for a function or celebration, start early. The more research you can do before you sign a contract, the better your choice will be. Here are some steps that Bryan Caplovitz of Simply Speaking Seminars suggests to get a jump on the selection process.