I am a Silicon Valley Venture Capital Executive Assistant writing about Executive Assistants / Admin Assistants. © Bhavana Kumar

Posts Tagged: Meetings

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Chances are you schedule a ton of meetings if you’re an Executive Assistant / Admin Assistant. I am certain my fellow Executive Assistants have exchanged countless emails (banged their head against the desk) trying to nail down a time for a meeting that works for all 9 people but that “one” person. Result, start from scratch or get on a conference call. The funniest part is when us Executive Assistants can’t seem to find a mutual time that works to get on a call for a meeting that can’t be scheduled unless we get on that call! :) I can’t thank the stars enough when I can schedule a board meeting in no time with zero conflicts! Especially when the board members are in different time zones. So, I thought of listing some of the online tools available for this purpose. These tools come in handy for scheduling board meetings, conference calls, setting up interviews, internal meetings, etc. They are all real simple to operate, so I won’t go in detail about the description. Try out and see if something works for you. In my case, I use “When is Good” and “Doodle” when I have to schedule board meetings or even internal meetings to avoid the back and forth on email and help save time. 

Doodle, Tungle, When is Good, Meeting Wizard, Setster, Congregar and Presdo. 

Including screen shots from 2 tools that can help schedule meetings. 

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As an Executive Assistant I schedule a ton of meetings in different time zones. One tool I use quite often now is the Easy Clock. My colleague told me about this site and I can’t thank her enough for this.

http://easyclock.appspot.com/

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Two amazing coffee shops on downtown Palo Alto: Caffe del Doge and Coupa Cafe. Caffe del Doge is cozy and inviting. The capuccino was just the perfect blend of heaven in a cup and for the chocolate lovers the pastries are equally delectable. Coupa Cafe is another treasure with great coffee and yes some amazing chocolates and savory treats to eat. Certainly worth a try, you will feel it is money well spent.