MAY 2013
Administrative Assistant's UPDATE
Seminars and webinars
Seminar providers change their dates quite often. If you
plan to attend an event, be sure to verify dates, times
and places. Also, ask them about group discounts.
C A L E N D A R
Eli Mina
www.elimina.com
Contact Jessica Post, JessicaP@cle.bc.ca
• Minute taking standards and related issues ($TBD) –
Vancouver Jan. 20, 2014
• Robert's Rules of Order - demystified ($TBD) –
Vancouver Jan. 21, 2014
Job Design Concepts Inc.
http://jobdesignconcepts.com/workshop
(416) 447-8832
• Communication skills ($399) – Toronto May 30
• Assertiveness skills ($399) – Toronto June 13
• Presentation skills ($399) – Toronto June 20
• Speed reading ($399) – Toronto June 21
• Time management ($399) – Toronto Sept. 19
• Mindfulness ($399) – Toronto Sept. 25
• Business writing skills ($399) – Toronto Oct. 3
• Developing emotional intelligence ($399) –
Toronto Nov. 6
Admin associations
There are a number of professional associations
for administrative assistants in Canada. They
offer networking opportunities, courses and
speakers. You should take a look at them all to
see which one is the right fit for you.
Here are two major
admin associations in Canada:
• Association of Administrative Assistants (AAA)
www.aaa.ca
• International Association of Administrative
Professionals (IAAP), Canada division
www.iaap-hq.org
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Want your event listed here? E-mail the following
information to joycegrant@sympatico.ca: Your
organization's name, website and phone number, the
name of the event, the price, the date and city. Listings
require three months' notice and are listed according to
space availability.
• Project management ($399) –
Toronto Nov. 14
On The Right Track (Rhonda
Scharf)
www.on-the-right-track.
com/events
(877) 213-8608
• Webinar: Beat the bully ($99) –
2:00 EST, May 14
• Webinar: Advanced Word ($99) – 2:00 EST, May 30
• Webinar: Using your iPad for business ($99) –
2:00 EST, June 6
• Webinar: How to deal with office gossip ($99) –
2:00 EST, June 27
Ontario Hospital Association
www.oha.com/courses
kbyrne@oha.com, (416) 205-1586
• Essentials of project management ($1,095) –
Toronto June 3-4, Oct. 24-25
Quotes for admins
If you're a fan of daily, inspirational or witty
quotes, here's a great source—monster.com.
Here on their website, http://bit.ly/YOerKt
you'll find more than a dozen of the gems, each
targetted specifically at administrative assistants.
For instance:
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the
boss will add it to your regular duties.
or
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee,
your boss will ask you to do something which will
last until the coffee is cold.
