WASHINGTON STATE
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS GROUP

September 02, 2020

Dr. Kira Mauseth Clinical Psychologist & Co-lead for Behavior Health Strike Team at DOH presented information on trends, workforce impacts, & Resources specifically to address COVID-19 for work and families.

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This is helpful information that will help us balance our priorities in the workforce and home.

April 07, 2020

Teleworking tips, tricks, best practices and COVID resources

March 04, 2020

Department of Enterprise Services provided a State contracts and procurement refresher that has many helpful links, contacts and more.

August 07, 2019

What can IAAP do for you? Connect, learn, lead and excel. IAAP offers relevant training, personal and professional growth, peer resources and CAP certification.

April 03, 2019

The Office of the Education Ombuds (OEO) is an agency within the Governor’s Office that was created in 2006 by the Washington State Legislature to address barriers to student achievement and reduce the opportunity gap in K-12 public education. 

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Carrie Basas presents information on Accessibility in state government.

February 06, 2019

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission presents information on public agency lobbying and annual reporting.

November 06, 2019

Franklin Plaistowe, Assistant Director for State Human Resources of Office of Financial Management presented on workplace environment.

October 03, 2018

Jennifer Steele, Public Records Counsel for the Attorney General's Office shares important information on agency response, managing records, searching, handling personal devices/accounts, and reviews limited exemptions to the law. The presentation concludes with a list of resources. 

September 05, 2018

Anita Wieland, Records Officer of the Office of Financial Management presented information at our September 2018 monthly meeting. She defined what a public record, public disclosure and records management are. This link has information that will be extremely helpful to you.

June 06, 2018

EAG members Amanda Martinez, Charter School Commission, and Denise Ross, Puget Sound Partnership presented at the June 6, 2018 monthly meeting on hosting ZOOM virtual meetings. 

April 04, 2018

Paj Nandi from Department of Health's Center for Public Affairs shared information about utilizing academic engagement and partnerships to promote excellence in public health practices, develop the next generation workforce, and advance leadership throughout Washington's Health System. Review this if you are looking to formalize your organization's internship programs. 

April 27, 2017

EAG friend Haley Lowe, MA, provides insights and resources on finding work-life balance.

Tom Sweeny, CEAP, Employee Assistance Program and friend to EAG provides an overview of the "The Three C's: Change, Conflict & Communication." This presentation is full of information, coping techniques, and empowerment. There's one thing that's always certain, and that's change. 

Speaker Jan Dwyer Bang shared information on open-ended questions to invite the person you're coaching to engage in self-discovery, get clarification on issues, and take action at a whole new level. 

Honorary EAG member Shellie Burnham, and current member Mary Anderson, provided this presentation on conference planning. This presentation covers determining your audience, timeline, soliciting volunteers, selecting a location and establishing and adhering to a budget. We recommend all EAG members volunteering to chair events to review this presentation.

October 27, 2017

Fact: conflict happens. In this presentation provided by the Dispute Resolution of Thurston County, you'll find information on self-awareness, unpacking thoughts and strategies, communications skills, setting boundaries and planning for wellness and balance. 

November 02, 2017

Cindy Varley, Administrative Assistant at the Washington State School for the Blind provides information on the most important components to accessible documents. She provides a wealth of information on styles, colors, and metadata. 

EAG member, desiree Monroy, provides an overview on adding hyperlinks and bookmarks to documents in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat. 

March 21, 2017

Presented by Oriana Noel Lewis, this presentation included emotional intelligence, elements of difficult conversations and common responses. 

The EAG membership committee provided this handout from the Department of Labor's Office for Assistive Services & Technology at the Accessibility 101 workshop in Vancouver, WA. 

In this presentation from Cornerstone Coaching & Training, EAG members learned what makes a strength, how to build your strengths, and answers the question of "what will playing to my strengths do for me?"

Joan Burge, founder and CEO of Office Dynamics, LTD, provides inspiration to administrative assistants across the nation. In this adaptation of Star Assistants, EAG member desiree Monroy reviews manager's responses to questions including "what five skills ...most important for an assistant to be successful in the workplace?" and more. This presentation provides building blocks for "star assistants" to rise further. 

June 14, 2016

EAG hosted a workshop on resumes and recruitment in Vancouver, WA. In addition to a panel of experts, EAG conducted a survey of agency director's on attributes, traits, and behaviors that they seek in an executive assistant. Click on the picture to see a visual representations of the survey responses.  

EAG member, Leslie Pope, provides a skill building tip on utilizing the free scheduling tool "Doodle" to coordinate meeting participants. 

This timeless presentation from the Executive Ethics Board contains basic information on Washington State Ethics considerations. 

The Society of Government Meeting Professionals, Northwest Chapter, presented to EAG members on creating meetings with universal access. This presentation reviews accessible location, hotel reservations, meeting registration, materials and more. 

EAG member and former Chair, Jana Greer, presents information on pivot tables in Microsoft Excel. This presentation includes information on uses for pivot tables, creating tables, and links to online training and reference sites. 

An overview of the Public Disclosure Act of 1972 (RCW 42.17). This concise presentation reviews public documents, disclosure requests and responses, and exemptions. 

First presented at the 2013 EAG Spring Planning Work Session, an encore performance of this presentation was requested for the EAG Fall Conference of the same year. EAG member, desiree Monroy, provides information and tips to conquering situational workplace anxiety and promotes the use of the five basic human needs to balance stress and be ready to help others. 

Great resource to help guide you through meeting basics. Are you a new EAG board member? Use this tool to help you open and close meetings, debates, to limit or extend debate and more.

August 02, 2017

Linda Sullivan-Colglazier, Assistant Attorney General, presented to the Executive Assistants Group on Robert's Rules of Order and Parliamentary Procedure. Her presentation includes meeting basics, motions, debates, amendments, and voting. 

This presentation is packed with networking suggestions and sample questions. 

Maura Maye, Pierce County Human Resources, provided an insightful and fun presentation on the established generations found in today's work force. This presentation was provided at the 2014 EAG Fall Conference. 

Courtesy of the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County, this questionnaire can be helpful with managing your small team. Use this to identify styles of responding to conflict. Do you avoid? Compete? Accommodate? Compromise? or Collaborate?

Grant Axtell from the Oregon Employment Security Department provided information about vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. This presentation focuses on taking care of yourself in times of great stress.

November 02, 2017

Danya Borowski, IT Supervisor/Webmaster at the Washington State School for the Blind, provided information on website accessibility tips and tricks. She taught us to ask questions about "POUR"; perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. Her presentation file also includes links to evaluation tools to help test your website for accessibility.

In 2016 Department of Health employees, Deena Barnes and Nikki Johnson, joined EAG to debut their presentation on Workplace Modernization: designing tomorrow's work. What works for your work?