Baseball at its best: the minor leagues. The third week of April has us watching the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League. The heart of the game is this great crowd of little leaguers, knitters & crocheters at an impromptu stitch-n-pitch and, best of all, watching our very own third baseman signing autographs for [...]

A huge welcome and a big hug for Sharon Williams, president of 24-Hour Secretary! Sharon’s been hopping around the blogosphere answering industry questions and promoting this year’s Online International Virtual Assistants Convention (OIVAC). Today, she’s hanging out on Loosely Speaking while I am winding down here in Phoenix with other VAs at the 2010 IVAA [...]

This is the last full day of IVAA Live Summit 2010 in Phoenix. Whatever your industry, getting together for some face-to-face with your industry peers is more important than ever in this virtual world. Summit sounds like: inspiration, motivation, challenges, friendship, and clicking knitting needles and slurped lattes. Summit looks like: long lost friends hugging, [...]

Your quick link to the April 2010 AZVAs Podcast is at the bottom of this post. You can also find AZVAs the Podcast on iTunes in the podcast directory. Here’s that link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blog-looseends-net/id355550315 April 2010 Show Notes: This episode of AZVAs the Podcast is sponsored by Versatility, Virtual Assistance for the real world. How to [...]

Or, how can I play and win?! One of the most respected VAs I know, Sharon Williams, president of the 24-Hour Secretary, is about to launch this year’s 30-Day Podcast and Blog Hopping Virtual Tour (April 15, 2010 – May 16, 2010). Designed to promote the Virtual Assistant Industry during the runup to this year’s [...]