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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 organizations. Small meetings are more focused, in-person business gatherings that typically involve ...

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    How to Define Your Meeting Objectives

    Defining an overarching objective, or goal, of a meeting is arguably the most important step of meeting planning. Objectives not only help u...
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    5 New Year’s Resolutions for Meeting Planners

    With 2025 just around the corner, now is a great time to think about work resolutions for the new year. If you’re an Executive Assistant (EA...
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    How to Be a Data-Driven Executive Assistant

    When thinking about what you’d need to become a better Executive Assistant (EA), you probably think of hard work, networking, and learning. ...
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    How to Negotiate Your 2025 In-Person Meeting Budget

    In the final months of the year, many of us are getting organized and defining our plans and budgets for the year ahead. As an Executive Ass...
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    Attendee Survey Questions To Ask Before and After a Meeting

    When it comes to consistently organizing and optimizing successful, in-person meetings, never underestimate the power of feedback from atten...
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    Spooky In-Person Meeting Planning Fails - and How To Handle Them

    Forget horror films and ghost stories. When you’re an Executive Assistant (EA), nothing is more terrifying than a big mishap at work. And wh...