What is an Efficiency Expert? Part 1

You may have noticed that I call myself an Efficiency Expert.  That’s all well and good, and it sounds really neat, but what the heck is an Efficiency Expert anyways? Here’s an official definition: An efficiency expert is “a specialist who seeks to...

VA Associate Contracts ~ A Good Lesson Learned

I recently had an unexpected turn of events that made me take another look at the contract that I have when I take on new associates to my team. There was a short blip in there that covered the whole non-compete for perpetuity stuff, but turns out that wasn’t...

IVAA Live Summit was Definitely Worth It!

I just got back from the 10th annual IVAA (International Virtual Assistant’s Association) live summit in Portland, and I am so glad I went! I had mentioned in a previous post that I have had not had the best experiences with conferences in the past, but that was...