Facebook just keeps changing. It can be very confusing to stay current with how things work and if you’re supporting clients who need help in this area, the onus is on you to spend considerable effort to stay on top of the latest changes to this ubiquitous social media. VAClassroom has made a big effort [...]

Besides operating my business, Loose Ends, another professional activity I head up, along with my colleague Tara Fort is Arizona Virtual Associates (AZVAs). It’s a virtual water cooler for entrepreneurs, self-employed business support service providers, small business owners, and in particular, Virtual Assistants. AZVAs  activities include: our monthly podcast (resuming in February), and accompanying newsletter, [...]

Brenna, my dear friend Christy’s little girl, uses this word for what you do on a backyard trampoline. You just go “boingy-boingy” for awhile and then you’re happy and life is good. These days we could all use a little more boingy-boingy. Or, in adult terms, a little more faith and optimism.

It’s a contemplative month for me. One child leaving home (for the second time), another well into adulthood and having a birthday, the holidays over, snow on the ground, work AND life to consider… So, enjoying a few dear minutes or so of absolute alone time today, I got a new client’s project proposal sent [...]