To the Online International Virtual Assistants Convention. There are paid sessions and free sessions so you would be most welcome to come along and visit! Readers of this blog will know by now that I was nominated for an award - I didn't win it but I was given the wonderful honour of being the Master of Ceremonies for that event after it became evident (to the steering committee) that the winner was the lady who was originally planned to be the MC. So the reigns were handed to me and I spent … [Read more...]
Less Than 24 Hours Away….
The Online International Virtual Assistants Convention is almost here - the inaugural, the first event! And it's shaping up to be quite an event. Anyone who gets involved on a voluntary basis to help set up a major event, and still run their business (not to mention family) at the same time must surely be eligible for the insanity award. The past couple of weeks have been frantic - meetings, hundreds of emails (it's felt like that), discussions, setting up timetables for speakers, sponsors, … [Read more...]
Award Nominee!
I've been nominated for International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award through the Online International Virtual Assistant Convention. This is an inaugural award and I know that there will be many leaders, and movers and shakers of the VA industry nominated, so I'll be up against some pretty stiff competition. However, just to be nominated is an honour in itself. The ceremony will take place on May 19th during the VA Day Event which begins at 5:30 pm. EST (NY time). Why not come along to … [Read more...]
What Does It Take To Be A VA?
I had an interesting email discussion with a member of my team in the past week. She's trying to decide whether or not to renew her membership or whether to return to the workforce. She's only been a member for just under six months, so not very long. I had to ask her some questions to get an idea of where she is at and what has taken place at her end to know what to advise her - she was obviously seeking advice, rather than just tell me she wasn't staying with the team. A number of items … [Read more...]
Jeckyll & Hyde Clients
Periodically home based operators become targets for 'shady' clients, those who seem really nice and genuine, or perhaps helpless, but end up being something completely different. They will start off enquiring about services and will send a test sample of something to be done to see if you can carry out the work adequately. The trouble is they will do the same to about a half dozen operators, and end up getting their entire job done - for gratis, because there will be a reason why the test … [Read more...]
Administrative Professionals Day a Holiday?
I knew this day is celebrated the world over, but I didn't know it was actually an official public holiday. Perhaps we need to look at this in Australia too . I've just seen an article that indicates it is actually a national holiday and that the country comes to a standstill. Perhaps, one day in the future, the new International Virtual Assistants Day will be seen in the same light! Click on the article title below to read about it. What a day; we need to celebrate KMT … [Read more...]
Interview On Another Blog
It's always good when another blogger makes reference to what you've been doing and on this occasion, I've been interviewed by Donna Hamer of WealthyOnlineWomen. Why not drop over to her blog and see what she has to say? Like me, Donna is an Australian Woman Blogger and we found each other via another Australian blog site that was talking about the top Australian blogs - we'd both noted the lack of Australian women mentioned. But that's another story... … [Read more...]
Exciting New Event in May 2006!
The Virtual Assistant Industry is coming of age, and with it a celebration of the industry and all that being a part of it entails! If you are a Virtual Assistant, or perhaps planning to be one, or maybe you are wanting to learn more about how the industry can help you in your business, then the Online International Virtual Assistants Convention is just for you! You'll see the logo/link to the right of this screen - just click on that and it will take you direct to the event, where you can … [Read more...]
Client or Employer?
The team and I were having an interesting discussion yesterday about a job that had been posted via a vacancies list at a well known organisation, and also about approaches by email. There is concern these days about which ones are genuine and which ones are illegal. My response follows: "If it has anything to do with processing accounts, handling money on their behalf, being a finance officer or similar - STAY RIGHT AWAY FROM IT. In fact, any offer of a 'job', so to speak, by email, should … [Read more...]
