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In The News…Event Management – A New Skill For Your Repertoire?

If you have reached that income ceiling by working your chosen number of hours a week and are only able to increase your earning potential by increasing your skills armoury and therefore being able to command a higher hourly rate then this could be just the course for you. The UK Association of Virtual Assistants has teamed up with expert Event Management consultant Chris Powell to offer you a one-day course on Delivering Successful Business Events. You will learn how to:

• Set event aims and objectives
• Design, create and promote your event
• Manage your event budget
• Choose and evaluate your venue
• Plan your site
• Produce and theme your event
• Risk assess and manage basic health and safety at your event
• Evaluate your event
• Deliver a great event

With today’s corporate event attendee expecting a high quality experience, creating that memorable event (for all the right reasons) is no easy task. So how do you organise an event that delivers on all fronts. What are the tools and techniques used by the professional event managers to ensure everyone leaves your event thinking ‘wow I am glad I was there!

This practical course is entirely based on what event managers have to do. The sessions are interactive, full of helpful hints, contain exercises, planning aids and are illustrated by my real life event management experiences. 

To receive more information about the Event Management Training Course CLICK HERE
 

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In the Spotlight…

PostureMinder – My Saviour!

Anyone how knows me well will tell you that I spend quite a bit of time and money various treatments to ease my aching back and correct my appalling posture. There’s nothing particularly wrong with my back as such, it’s just that I sit at a desk for many hours a day working at a computer and as you will know, as a VA there’s nothing unusual about that. This month details of a new product landed in my inbox and as it struck a chord with me, I thought I’d give it a try. Boy, has it changed the way I work.

PostureMinder is a piece of software you download onto your computer (or buy on CD) that works in conjunction with your web cam. Once installed it takes you through a series of set up steps to help you sit in the best position possible and then captures the image of you sitting correctly on the web cam. Then the fun begins. Every time you hunch, slump or lean a witty little pop up appears to let you know you’ve slipped and immediately reminds you to sit properly. There are many, many features including break reminders that remind you to take a short break, which helps to relieve eyestrain, reduce the risk of headaches and even RSI. You can set the intervals to suit you and during the breaks a window opens to reveal a series of exercises, all demonstrated by real people, that you can do in your chair to relieve aches and pains associated with working all day at a computer. I’ve become an addict and with a fantastic 14-day free trial and a 15% discount for UKAVA newsletter subscribers, what could be better. Go on; treat yourself, your back will thank you for it!

For more information, visit: http://www.posturemindershop.co.uk/Affiliatelanding.aspx?acode=UKAVA

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