Exceptional EA
a resource for assistants around the globe, published since 2013 by international trainer Shelagh Donnelly
Category: Meetings and Minutes
Elevating Your Minutes
Now that we spent time Deconstructing Your Minutes in yesterday’s blog, let’s turn to how our use of language can elevate them. When preparing minutes, do you sometimes seek inspiration to minimize repetition of verbs used to summarize actions undertaken…
Read MoreDeconstructing Your Minutes
Yesterday, I spoke of the “less is more” philosophy, and the attributes of architect Mies van der Rohe’s work. Applying those attributes to our world, I invited Assistants to think of your minutes as radiating “the confidence, rationality, and elegance…
Read MoreMinutes: Less is More
Less is more. So proclaimed German-born architect and educator Ludwig Mies (“Mies”) van der Rohe, who moved to the US in 1938 and is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential architects of the last century. The Mies…
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