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Weekend Retreat

I am excited, overwhelmed and exhausted because my usual busy schedule is much more demanding since I am also trying to clean and prepare for a weekend of guests. I’ve invited my team for a weekend retreat at my house. My hope is that they walk away from their personal responsibilities for 24 hours and [...]

5Aug2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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MIVA Conference 2009

I attended my second Michigan Virtual Assistants conference this month in Ann Arbor. I love this gathering because it’s small and intimate, we really have the opportunity to get to know the others in attendance. I spent the evening before and after in a suite with four women I got to know last June during [...]

17Oct2009 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Still Available: VA Blitz

Although the official VA Blitz day has come and gone, all three participating entities are still available to you. Yesterday several members from the Michigan Virtual Assistant Association (MIVA) spent the day in BIGGBY Coffee locations throughout Southeast Michigan. For a suggested donation to Operation Kid Equip (OKE) patrons could request a free 25 minute [...]

15Oct2009 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Desperately Seeking Susan or George or Annie or Marj…

I need a VA! Looking for a Virtual Assistant’s Virtual Assistant. The ideal candidate will be familiar with and have current programs where applicable: Real Estate Sites/drip email campaigns Constant Contact The Adobe Suite, particularly photoshop, indesign, dreamweaver, Acrobat (pdf creator) Microsoft Office Professional, particularly Publisher Familiar with Central Desktop and FreshBooks or at the [...]

1Sep2009 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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FoVA: FUN o’ Virtual Assistants

The Forum on Virtual Assistance (FoVA) was a VA industry conference held at the Niagara Fallsview Marriott. It was several days of great information and networking with the best Virtual Assistants in the business. The video includes some fun outtakes from my flip camera taken during a wine tasting event at the Hilton. Since we [...]

17Jun2009 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Falling into FoVA

Last year I attended my first virtual assistant networking conference. I’ve been working in this industry a long time but never felt the need to connect with other Virtual Assistants. My business was successful, I had no time to spend on frivolous networking activities that would surely focus on how to get more business… which [...]

17Jun2009 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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MIVA Conference 2008

I wrote about the Michigan Virtual Assistance Conference I attended in October 2008, before this site was converted to a blog format. So head on over there to read about my experience at the First Annual MIVA Conference.

17May2009 | Pat | View Comments | Continued