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      Two female executive assistants building a meeting agenda on a board
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      How to Build an Effective Meeting Agenda

      An effective, successful meeting boils down to purpose. It’s easy for attendees to feel frustrated and overworked if they regularly attend sessions that lack proper structure and intention. Meetings - especially ones where attendees have to...

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      An Executive Assistant discussing how to be more strategic with a colleague
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      5 Steps to Becoming More Strategic When Planning Meetings

      Not enough Executive Assistants (EAs) connect their day-to-day responsibilities with their company’s wider strategy or goals, but this is of...
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      Iceberg image of hidden meeting costs
      Travel • Troop News

      Hidden Costs to Consider When Planning In-Person Meetings

      There are many hidden costs to organizing in-person meetings—and we’re not just talking about financial costs. As an Executive Assistant (EA...
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      ChatGPT Prompts to Help Executive Assistants With Meeting Planning
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      7 ChatGPT Prompts to Help Executive Assistants With Meeting Planning

      As an Executive Assistant (EA) or meeting planner, you often have to juggle multiple stakeholders, requests, tools, and responsibilities—so ...
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      An airplane about to land with the numbers 2025 written across the tarmac
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      4 Expert Small Meeting Predictions for 2025

      Business meeting trends are evolving in 2025, and the role of simple and small in-person meetings continues to grow in significance within o...
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