JUNE 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
• 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
Grammar blunders
Continued from page 5
principal parts of shine (to glow or to be brilliant at
something) are shine, shone, shone.
From an Elizabeth Taylor obituary: "The remark [about a love relationship with Eddie Fisher]
should have shook the foundations at MGM, but
Ms. Taylor was, by this time, a very hot property."
Shaken (the past participle of shake) should
have been used here. The principal parts of shake
are shake, shook, shaken.
George Pearson is the editor of www.UpWORDlyMobile.com,
featuring grammar, usage, spelling, vocabulary and writing
tips. You are invited to send your grammar questions to editor@upwordlymobile.com.
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.
• Developing emotional intelligence ($399) –
Toronto Nov. 6
• Project management ($399) –
Toronto Nov. 14
On The Right Track (Rhonda Scharf)
www.on-the-right-track.com/events
(877) 213-8608
• 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
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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