Guest Expert:

DJ Watson   (About DJ)

The Program:

Are you tired of doing everything yourself? But you don't want to hire someone permanently, or have them in your space regularly. Or your work volume ebbs and flows, so you need someone a lot one week, and not much the next. Or you have more specialized needs than your spouse, college student, or part-time help can handle. Then a Virtual Assistant (VA) may be right for you. DJ will discuss how to find a good one, what questions to ask before hiring, the types of tasks VAs typically perform, and payment guidelines.

You will learn:

• What a Virtual Assistant is and what kinds of work you can hire out
• How to find qualified Virtual Assistants
• 10 questions to ask *before* you hire
• Why consider virtual assistance and contracted work
• How other speakers, authors and consultants are using Virtual Assistants
• The typical set up and work arrangement
• How to know that this arrangement is a fit for your personality and work style
• How much you can expect to pay

Additional resources for this seminar:

• Handout -- (PDF, 120K)

About our guest expert:

"Eat a toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day". DJ Watson is a Professional Speaker and Business Owner with a mission: to help us find the "toads" taking over our lives causing stress, guilt and overwhelm.

As a speaker, she shares ready-to-use tips in her lively talks that can be applied immediately and enable audiences to take back control, get organized and still maintain sanity. As a business owner, she provides time- and sanity-saving options to busy professionals via VirtualMVP, her marketing assistance firm and Virtual Assistant consortium for solo-entrepreneurs. VirtualMVP is your Virtual Marketing Vice President -- and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) on your team!

DJ is no stranger to unusual work environments, the virtual work concept, office chaos and project management on a shoestring. She founded her parent company sorganized® (pronounced "so organized") Professional Business Operations in 1994, after spending 10 years overseas as a senior executive for the USO Europe and Middle East. During her tenure, she deployed to Desert Storm and Somalia, managing recreation programs and USO Celebrity shows in support of our troops, and coordinated field operations in eight countries -- the beginning of her expertise working long-distance and virtually.

DJ is the author of "TeleTips" and "30 Days to Getting Organized" and the soon-to-be released ebook: "Working Without Staff". She has appeared on television programs around the country and is regularly featured in magazine and newspaper articles.

You can find out more about DJ by visiting www.VirtualMVP.com, and learn more about her team of Vital Assistants at www.VitalAssistant.com. You may also sign up for her "10-Minute Nuggets(TM)" -- productivity tips and sanity savers you can apply in less than ten minutes.