OCTOBER 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
Job Design Concepts Inc.
http://jobdesignconcepts.com/workshops.html
(416) 447-8832
• Developing emotional intelligence ($399) – Toronto
Nov. 6
• Project management ($399) – Toronto Nov. 14
• Speed reading ($399) – Toronto Nov. 29
• Supervise, motivate and lead others ($399) –
Toronto Dec. 5
• Meeting minutes made easy ($399) – Toronto
Jan. 30, 2014
• Communication skills ($399) – Toronto Feb. 13, 2014
• Assertiveness skills ($399) – Toronto Mar. 27, 2014
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.
Eli Mina Consulting
www.elimina.com (604) 730-0377
• Minute taking standards and
related issues – Vancouver
Jan. 20, Edmonton May
20, Calgary May 22, 2014
• Robert's Rules of Order
demystified – Vancouver Jan. 21,
Edmonton May 21, Calgary May 23, 2014
On-The-Right-Track Training and Consulting
www.on-the-right-track.com (877) 213-8608
• Survive and thrive as a new supervisor ($99) –
Webinar, Oct. 24, 2 p.m
Jerry Seinfeld's
awesome
productivity tip
If you want to get something major accomplished,
take a tip from comedian Jerry Seinfeld. According
to Lifehacker.com, Seinfeld became a better comedian by writing every day. But in order to train himself to do that, he got a huge monthly calendar and
put it on the wall. Every day he wrote, he marked
off with an X. After a few days, he says, he had a
chain of Xs. Then, he told himself, "don't break the
chain."
"You'll like seeing that chain, especially when
you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job
next is to not break the chain."
Try it the next time you're trying to instill a good
habit in yourself.
