Hi

I was just wondering if the VA's that were fortunate enough to go to the recent VA conference, would be able to give us their feedback on the event.

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Maria Quick Link Virtual Assistant Services
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Yes, yes, please send us your thoughts and reactions, or at least let us know where your blog posts are about it! I love conferences, they are the voice of the people!

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Mary H. Ruth/Virtual Writing & Communications
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Hi, I just returned from FoVA. It was great but I am totally jet lagged. I plan to blog about it sometime this week and will let you know when I do.

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Sally Kuhlman
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FoVA was awesome, and probably one of the best VA events I've been to. Barbara Lang did a fantastic job organizing it - it was a top-notch event. I loved the fact that it wasn't your usual conference where speakers get up in front of the group and "present," but an interactive forum that encouraged participation and feedback. Granted some of the sessions couldn't be very interactive due to the content, but the majority of them were. I was very excited when I first saw the agenda because the topics were exactly what I needed for my business, and I wasn't disappointed. I would have to say that my two favorites were Erin Blaskie's session on passive income and Michelle Jamison's Multi-VA workshop. The venue/hotel was great ... excellent food and dang good Canadian beer.

I had such a great time hanging out and networking with the VAs I'd already met and count as friends, as well as meeting and hanging out with a whole bunch of new VA friends. It was exceptionally great to be able to meet so many of the Canadian VAs for the first time. And ... to top it off, I had the privilege of meeting both my project manager and one of my team members in person for the first time.

It was great, and I'm already looking forward to FoVA 2009.

Warmest regards,

Terry

I'm looking forward to seeing similar feedback for 2009!

Did anyone attend FoVA 2009? Was just wondering what the feedback was for 2009!

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Maria Quick Link Virtual Assistant Services
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Me too, actually Who was there? What was discussed, etc? Anyone care to share some details from personal experience?

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Many of you will know that I was travelling from Australia to attend the Forum on Virtual Assistance (FoVA) as I'd been invited to give a full day workshop at the start of this event. What an honour and I was thrilled when asked and pleased to accept.


I've uploaded the FoVA photos I took to my Facebook profile at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...6&l=9b55080480 and I invite you to go and have a look. I'll gradually add all the names to everyone that I can.


The event went very well although numbers weren't as high as Barb Lang had hoped for. Last year I believe she had around 75 but with the current economic situation and possibly the location, it meant that numbers were lower. Niagara Falls was a lovely location but not easy to get to and Graham and I had to fly Melbourne-Sydney-Vancouver-Toronto and then Barb picked us up at Toronto airport to drive us to Niagara Falls which was well over an hour away. Altogether we were in transit for 28 hours from our home to the accommodation at Niagara. We slept well that night!

I was delighted to meet well known industry names such as Sharon Williams, Stacey Brice, Tawnya Sutherland (and her crazy other half Arnie), Patty Dost, and heaps of others whose names many of you will recognise.

The sessions were great and I did pick up a lot of information but at the moment all the papers are in transit as Graham and I had to ship books and papers and some other things - our luggage was way overweight by the time we were drawing close to the end of our 4 week trip.

My workshop was well attended and I thoroughly enjoyed the two sessions as we opened up for discussions and shared information.

The venue was lovely, meals were great, company was fantastic and there were displays of books, brochures, gifts, etc from various VA groups.

Barb did an excellent job organising the event and is now in the middle of packing as she's shifting house in the next week or so - I think she likes to keep busy!

Hi Kathie - Thanks for that good report! We're considering a local VA meetup. It's exciting to look forward to meeting other VAs! I have never met one in person ....

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Mary H. Ruth/Virtual Writing & Communications
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Originally Posted by virtual writing

Hi Kathie - Thanks for that good report! We're considering a local VA meetup. It's exciting to look forward to meeting other VAs! I have never met one in person ....

I highly recommend it. Here in Australia, VAs get together in each capital city a few times a year - and thoroughly enjoy the connections. Attending FoVA was fantastic and meeting people I've known online for years in the flesh for the first time was rather awe-inspiring.