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Links Virtual Dynamos Worldwide A website full of information and resources for serious entrepreneurs. Rebecca Trelfa, owner, also coaches small business start-ups and potential virtual assistants. Rebecca founded the first website work-the-web.com to monitor and report on the virtual assistance industry in the US. The 24 Hour Secretary The 24 Hour Secretary provides dictation, transcription, secretarial, marketing, and virtual administrative services for busy and often overwhelmed executives, entrepreneurs and their assistants. They also offer other business, media, marketing, internet-related and consulting services. Sharon Williams, owner, speaker and author is also recipient of the 2006 Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award.
Becoming a Virtual Assistant This is a website made for people who would like to become a virtual assistant and did not know how or where to start. It is full of information, articles and resources on the skills one needs to be an effective VA as well as document templates, marketing and advertising know-how to get started. Di Chapman, owner of Iceni-it, has also won several awards in e-business in UK. Female Entrepreneurs' Discussion Forum Do come and join us in the discussion forum to express your views, comments and opinions on various women's issues and to keep track of information on what is going on in the course modules. Let me know if there are any particularly sticky issues that you are concerned about and I will create a specific forum for it. May I please request participants to follow proper Netiquette rules. I would also like to discourage cross-posting or double-posting irrelevant messages to conserve traffic. Women Returner's Network 'At the dawn of the new Millennium, globalisation, the growth of information and communications technology and changing social attitudes were identified as some of the key forces likely to reshape the workforce in the 21st century.' The Women Returner's Network (WRN), an independent charitable organisation dedicated to helping women returners in all 4 devolved countries of the UK to achieve their aspirations and improve employment opportunities in the workplace, was established. They provide practical assistance for free. The website tackles current issues for women in the workplace and women returners, provides help in searching for employment, steps to building self-confidence, and a message board with various discussion forums. Read Reconciling Work and Family Life: Central Issues for Women Returners in the 21st Century a report by Dr Jennifer Tomlinson, Commissioning Editor Joy MacMillan, Women Returners Network. TiGra Networks TiGra Networks helps small businesses make better use of technology they already have and to understand and embrace new technology. Business owners do not want to worry about technology or spend time learning about it, so TiGra Networks takes all that off your hands. Acting as an outsourced IT department, TiGra handles the installation, maintenance and support for your systems while small business owners focus on running their business. And TiGra Networks can do all these for one affordable fixed monthly fee. Call 01443 208678 now for a free business assessment. MSc Entrepreneurship (Female Entrepreneurs) A University of Glamorgan postgraduate taught scheme focusing on the needs and issues relating to female entrepreneurs (entrepreneuse) which is funded by the European Social Funds Objective One programme. Women living and working in an Objective One area of Wales will have their tuition fees waived and may apply for a bursary towards books, travel and internet costs, and a small contribution towards childcare if applicable. Contact the University of Glamorgan for more information on the course. This page was last modified on Friday, 29 February 2008 06:57:40 AM |
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