Missoula, MT (1888PressRelease)
May 01, 2007 - Two years ago, if anyone had told Missoula resident, Lorri Morin, that what started simply as a desire to achieve work/life balance would propel virtual administrative professionals to create their own international day of recognition, she probably would not have believed it. Morin is a Virtual Assistant (VA), and she along with more than 20,000 other virtual professionals, worldwide, will celebrate the second International Virtual Assistants Day (IVAD) on Friday, May 18, 2007.
Morin is an administrative and Internet-savvy virtual professional working for clients she has yet to meet. Her company specializes in providing exceptional support and handling professional and personal administrative needs for busy entrepreneurs, executives, and small business owners. “This day of observance allows VAs to celebrate individual accomplishments as well as rededicate ourselves to providing exceptional customer service to our clients, remotely.”
Morin, a former executive assistant, originally conceived the idea for her business in February, 2005. She started a new career in order to achieve more balance in her life, and to help other small business owners achieve balance.
Proposed by the online advocacy group, Alliance for Virtual Businesses™ (A4VB), IVAD is the annual commemoration of the Dedication, Experience, Expertise and Determination to Succeed (DEEDS) of VAs who make important contributions to the growth and stability of small businesses everywhere”, states Sharon Williams, chairperson, Alliance for Virtual Businesses™.
Virtual Assistants or VAs are independent entrepreneurs who use the latest technology to deliver professional administrative, creative, managerial, technical, business back-office and/or personal support services to busy professionals. Clients only pay for the time actually spent working on projects and often retain a fixed amount of hours per month for service.
Since 1996 more than 20,000 administrative professionals around the world have become VAs. More than 90 percent of them are highly-skilled working mothers who choose to start their own businesses.
For more information about the upcoming IVAD celebration, visit www.oivac.com.
About Virtual Synergy
Launched in 2005, Virtual Synergy specializes in creating balance for busy entrepreneurs, executives, and small business owners by providing exceptional support and handling their professional and personal administrative needs, freeing them to focus their attention where it is needed most. Visit the website at www.virtualsynergy.net.
About Alliance for Virtual Businesses™
Established in June 2003, the Alliance for Virtual Businesses™ (A4VB) is the leading advocacy, education and publicity organization for administrative virtual professional entrepreneurs, dedicated to the growth of the Virtual Assistance industry through networking, information-sharing and proactive interaction between the global business community and the industry. At the web site client-related case studies, industry-related demographics, and a wealth of other types of information are available to facilitate learning about our industry.
Visit the website at www.allianceforvirtualbiz.com.
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