With over 20 years experience in the secretarial field and over 10 years as a Virtual Assistant, you can be assured that you are in very capable hands with AKA Virtual PA. Confidentiality and professionalism guaranteed.

AKA Virtual PA is located in Aspendale, Victoria, Australia, however due to state-of-the-art technology and the ability to communicate with clients all over the world, location is not an issue. Overseas clients benefit from work being done whilst they are asleep.

Anita has won several awards and post-nominals including:

• Nominated for the Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award 2011 (IVAD)
• Accredited Office Professional (AOP)
• Master Virtual Assistant (MVA)
• AIOP Presidents Award for Excellence in 2006
• Finalist AIOP National Award of Excellent in 2006
• AIOP Award of Excellence in 2003
• AIOP Encouragement Award in 2001 and 2002

Anita was an active committee member of the Australian Institute of Office Professionals (AIOP) for nearly 10 years, taking on roles such as Finance Officer (3 years), Office Professionals’ Day Breakfast Convenor (3 years) Newsletter Editor (3.5 years), Vice President and Webmaster.

In 2005, Anita was invited to serve on the organising Steering Committee for the Online International Virtual Assistants Conference (OIVAC) to assist with the website and registrations and was also involved in establishing International Virtual Assistant’s Day (and who coined the phrase) which is now celebrated annually on the third Friday of May. Anita served on the committee for 4 Conventions.

In 2010, Anita co-organised the inaugural Australian Virtual Assistant Conference with Kathie Thomas from A Clayton’s Secretary and a wonderful support committee of fellow VAs, which was held on 12 and 13 March 2010. The two day event was an amazing success.  The third Conference will be held on 4 and 5 May 2012 with the same success and is now a regular event on the VA yearly calendar .

Current Clients

VOTA (Victoria Offender Treatment Association), Secretariat

ANZATSA (Australia and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse), Secretariat

AMBC (Australian Malaysian Business Council), Secretariat

APBC (Australian Philippines Business Council), Secretariat

AVAC (Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association), Secretariat

Fairytale Puppet Theatre – Desktop Publishing, Correspondence and Website Design and Maintenance

Dr Elizabeth Celi (Author, Psychologist and Public Speaker) – Virtual Assistant

Past Clients

Marie Farrugia, Keynote Speaker and Trainer – Balance Life and Work, Relaxation and Motivation, Time For You

ANZSPM (Australia and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine), Secretariat

Penny Swain, MolinoCahill Lawyers. DTP Workbooks for Seminars

Deborah Hann, Leadership Workshops and Lawyer. practitionersplus

Pollyanna Lenkic, Facilitator, Certified Coach and a Certified Practitioner of NLP, Perspectives Coaching

Donna-Marie Coggins, Jacaranda Business Support – Typeset manuscript “Ready, Set, Go For It.” Published December 2003

Donna Hanson, Training and Speaker, Prime Solutions

Sue Zablud, Executive Coach, Human Asset Development Group

Sandi Givens, Keynote Speaker, MC and Workshop Facilitator, Author Extraordinaire

Peter Flanagan, Business Development Manager, Newsletter Production for Money Ideas Australia

Consumer Information Coordinator for Whittings Pty Ltd. Family Bakery with products nation-wide

Maree Harris, Development Coaching and Workshops. People Empowered

E-book formatting and production for Naturopathy Online

VPA to Dr. Cynthia Davis, Clinical and Corporate Psychologist and Professional Speaker. Mindwise

Chips N Dings, Moorabbin – Flyer Production

Competitive Marketing Australia Pty Ltd – Typeset a 500 page HR Manual for sale in Australia and overseas

Benchmark Publications – Typed a Manuscript for the Montmorency RSL

Leukodystrophy Association – Designed and compiled an information kit (Voluntary)

Australian Institute of Office Professionals – Vice President and Webmaster (Voluntary)

Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter Editor (Voluntary)

Previous Employers

AGL Electricity Limited – PA to Distribution Manager, then Sales and Marketing Manager

United Energy Limited – PA to Asset Manager, then PA to Site Manager

South Eastern Power – PA to Site Customer Service Manager

Digital Equipment Corporation – Desktop Publisher

Top Deck Travel – Tour Manager and PA to Managing Director (England)

Training and Education

Bachelor of Business
Chisholm Institute of Technology, Caulfield Campus

Major: Office Administration Minor: Marketing

Tertiary Orientation Program (TOP)
Holmesglen College of TAFE

Basic Bookkeeping Holmesglen College of TAFE

Diploma of Personal Computer Business Management
Australian College of Journalism

Internal Quality Assessor Training
Casey Institute of TAFE

Four Quadrant Leadership Seminar
AGL Victoria

How to Design Attention-Grabbing Brochures, Catalogues, Ads, Newsletter and Reports
SkillPath Seminar

Level 1, Workplace First Aid Certificate Emergency Life Support
Monash University Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies

MYOB Introduction
Chisholm Institute of TAFE

Event Marketing and Management
Swinburne TAFE

FrontPage 2000
Drake Training

Publisher Introduction
Drake Training

Dreamweaver Introduction
Chisholm Institute of TAFE (online)

Access 2002 Introduction/Intermediate
Drake Training

Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives and Deadlines
SkillPath Seminars

How to Have Less Mess, Less Stress and More Success
The Office Organiser

MYOB Health Check Seminar
MYOB Training

ACT! V8 Basic and Intermediate
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