My First ProVA Video!

WooHoo! I followed Eleanor Roosevelt’s advice and I did the thing I feared - I made a video.
What a great way to end 2009 and here’s to a wonderful, fun and prosperous 2010 - for all of us!
~Sandra
Movie Mogul in the Making!

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On Heating, “Them” and Taking Responsibility

Dec 23, 2009  |  under Motivational Moments, Something to think about  |  by Sandra

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This article was inspired by Jon Morrow’s post, On Dying, Mothers, and Fighting for Your Ideas, on Copyblogger - thank you Jon and Jon’s Mom for your courage and determination.

It’s been 10 days since my furnace thermostat shot sparks and smoke at me and the furnace breathed it’s [...]

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Questions to Help New Virtual Assistants

Dec 17, 2009  |  under The VA WaterCooler  |  by Sandra

A new Virtual Assistant over on Virtual Assistant Forums posed these questions to experienced VAs and I thought I would share my answers with you. Even though I’ve been a VA for a few years and worked at home for a lot of years, I found this exercise very thought provoking. Whether you are an [...]

Sometimes Rules Must Be Broken

Dec 15, 2009  |  under Motivational Moments, Something to think about  |  by Sandra

I’m a big fan of Copyblogger. I enjoy reading it and have learned a lot. One of my favorite contributing writers is James Chartrand of Men with Pens.

Yesterday James published one of the most thought provoking articles I’ve read in a long time - Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants.

It clearly struck a cord with [...]

FaceBook’s New Privacy Settings

Dec 10, 2009  |  under Tech Tools, Your Professional VA Business  |  by Sandra

I use Facebook more for fun than business but in today’s Social Media world it is sometimes difficult to separate the two. I think this makes Facebook’s new privacy settings even more important - don’t just take the default’s for granted.

For more on this, check out this article on Fast Company:

Facebook Privacy Update - Don’t [...]

News You Can Use and the Low Information Diet

Dec 8, 2009  |  under Something to think about, The VA WaterCooler  |  by Sandra

I studied International Relations in College. And became a news junkie. When CNN was born, (did I just date myself or what?) I was thrilled! I could get all the bad news any time I wanted it. Drama on Demand.
Then some stuff happened.
9/11
The war in Iraq
And the Drama on Demand features of the Internet

And I [...]

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