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Canada has a world record for gold medals in the Olympics, a record for medals for Canada, we won gold in hockey -- Woo hoo!  National pride -- all time high.  What a blast the last two weeks have been, but I don't think I could have taken any more late nights staying up to watch the Olympics in Eastern Standard Time. I can just hear the conversation at the office tomorrow...

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy ,  remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?"  Here we were, professional assistants talking about the thingy for the PowerPoint.  So I did what I normally do when I want an answer -- I Googled it! And guess what?  Nobody seems to really know what its called, but Powerpoint Remote was given as a common name.  Great! Now at least I will have a name that most people will know what I mean.  Technically I think it is a remote mouse with Powerpoint clicker capabilities, but PowerPoint Remote works just fine for me.  Although thingy  will work in a crunch...

Minute taking definitely isn't easy, but it doesn't have to be stressful. In its simplest form minutes are a record of discussion, decisions and actions to be taken and the date by when it needs to be completed. Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. I put the items from the agenda on the template in the same order and with a space to put the discussion and decisions/actions from the meeting. Putting it in table format is the easiest, then it is just a matter of filling in the blanks. I use four columns with the headings: Item#, Discussion, Decision/Action, By when. Going in cold When you don't know the subject matter and are asked to take minutes, preparation is the key. Read three or four of the previous minutes to get familiar with the language of the meeting and the subjects that are discussed. If you can meet with the regular minut

I like to work with fixed dates. If I know something is due on February 23rd, then I can work towards the date and prioritize all my work accordingly. The way I like to do that is by creating a timeline to-do list of everything I need to do to get everything done by the required date. If it is a big project I use a calendar and write down all my required to-dos on the dates I need to get them done to make my deadline. I�m a visual person so it really helps me to plan my way to my goal. There are different styles of to-do lists and you can use the one that suits your work style and the type of project you are doing, but the main thing is to have one. By the same token, I appreciate it when someone lets me know by when they will have something for me and if they can�t have it done by that date, then I like it when they get back to me to say when I can expect it. That way I can do a proper tracking as I have a date to work with. So that is what I like, but it isn�t always what I get. If I

I'm sure I'm not the only one this has happened to -- you are leaving a voicemail and make a mistake and then try to fix it, but the voicemail becomes longer and longer and depending on who you are leaving the message with, it can get more and more embarrassing.  A good tip if you flub up your voicemail is to press # and it should give you prompts to get out of it.  I have never used this escape route, but was reminded about it at a webinar I participated in recently and will keep these instructions close at hand.  They said it works with most phone services. I thought I would pass this tip along in the event you find yourself wishing you could take your words back.