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Sonya  D. Kensey

How about you? 2 Replies

Started by Sonya D. Kensey in Welcome to our Group - Introduce Yourself. Last reply by Cindy Bruce Jun 18, 2010.

Cindy Bruce

ILVAC Moving! 5 Replies

Started by Cindy Bruce in News. Last reply by Dawn Lawson Jun 2, 2010.

Sonya  D. Kensey

Meet Ups 3 Replies

Started by Sonya D. Kensey in Welcome to our Group - Introduce Yourself. Last reply by Cindy Bruce Jun 2, 2010.

Sue Kramer Harrawood

Need a free conference room in the south suburbs

Started by Sue Kramer Harrawood in General May 27, 2010.

Cindy Bruce

ILVAC Lunch Meet-up April 24, 2010

Started by Cindy Bruce in General Apr 21, 2010.

Doreen Patrick

Opportunity for New/Newer VA

Started by Doreen Patrick in Opportunities. Last reply by Sandy Plarske Apr 7, 2010.

Cindy Bruce

How About A Call 3 Replies

Started by Cindy Bruce in General. Last reply by Sandy Plarske Apr 7, 2010.

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Cindy Bruce

2/27 Meet-Up At Famous Dave's / Bolingbrook

We had an awesome lunch today although we did miss those that couldn't come due to other commitments or illness.



Today's lunch included:

Kathy Watkins, Dawn Lawson, Kathy Vargas, Doreen Patrick, Sandy Plarske, Cindy Schroeder and I.



We had great discussion about new business, software, social media, new client vetting, home/life balance, and more.



The food was delicious - although Kathy Watkins did not eat her bread pudding at lunch she did manage to take a half… Continue

Posted by Cindy Bruce on February 27, 2010 at 7:08pm — 3 Comments

Cindy Bruce

A VA Conference in the Chicago Area?

At our last meet-up luncheon the ideas were flowing! Lunch and Learns, Holiday Gathering and a VA Conference were just a few of the topics.



Our next lunch in October we have scheduled to discuss and plan our IL VA Holiday gathering. Will you join us for lunch and the planning? The benefits of working from your home office are plenty but there are things that we don't have in our businesses such as our lunches and holiday gatherings. Why don't we? We can get together to enjoy the… Continue

Posted by Cindy Bruce on October 1, 2009 at 9:35am — 2 Comments

LaTosha Johnson

Benefits of a Meetup

On Saturday, August 9, 2009 I had the pleasure of going to my first meet-up with other VA’s in Illinois. I had the pleasure of putting faces to the following names:



Cindy Bruce



Dawn Lawson



Doreen R. Patrick



Kathleen Vargas



Kathy Watkins



If it were not for social networking websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Virtual Assistant Forums, etc., I never would have had the opportunity to meet these amazing women. We are constantly being… Continue

Posted by LaTosha Johnson on August 11, 2009 at 9:45pm

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Monica Williams is now a member of Illinois Virtual Assistants Connection Aug 25, 2010
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Darlene Dionne and Erin Pakowski joined Illinois Virtual Assistants Connection Jul 20, 2010
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Cindy Bruce replied to Sonya D. Kensey's discussion 'How about you?'
Hi Sonya; Sorry for responding so late - my alerts to the forum are not working properly. Oh well, maybe our new site will have this feature and work correctly :) I started my VA business; Essential Office Solutions in March 2009. I had my first…
Jun 18, 2010
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Dawn Lawson replied to Sonya D. Kensey's discussion 'How about you?'
Hi Sonya, SO sorry for the delay in responding. This has been sitting in my inbox all week. I've been getting my bootie kicked with assignments. #1, feel free to post anything "family friendly" :) on ILVAC. We are actually in the…
Jun 9, 2010
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How about you?

Hi ladies, I'm not sure what we can discuss and ask here, but I was just curious.  If you don't mind sharing, I had a few questions. How long have you been a VA?How did you secure your very first client?How long did it take you to secure your first client? I just wanted to see the different experiences that everyone has.See More
Discussion posted by Sonya D. Kensey Jun 6, 2010
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Dawn Lawson replied to Cindy Bruce's discussion 'ILVAC Moving!'
All I have found so far is an export option. I'll check again.
Jun 2, 2010
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Sonya D. Kensey left a comment for Dawn Pigoni
Hi Dawn. Thank you. I look forward to meeting everyone and learning from you all.
Jun 2, 2010
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Cindy Bruce replied to Cindy Bruce's discussion 'ILVAC Moving!'
Dawn; Doesn't Spruz have an option to import all of our profiles? I thought it did so that we do not have to recreate everything - just wondering.
Jun 2, 2010
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Dawn Lawson replied to Cindy Bruce's discussion 'ILVAC Moving!'
Hi All! We will be moving over to spruz.com. The new site is http://illinoisvirtualassistants.spruz.com/. The site has been created and I hope to have it completed by next Friday. I just have to figure out the new platform :) It seems fairly user…
Jun 2, 2010
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Cindy Bruce replied to Sonya D. Kensey's discussion 'Meet Ups'
Sonya; We live in a rural area which is about 1 hour south of Naperville/Aurora and 1.5 hours east of Iowa. I am in Ottawa which about 1.5 hours (per MapQuest) west of Lansing and 1.5 hours east/northeast of Bolingbrook. If you would like to plan…
Jun 2, 2010
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Dawn Pigoni left a comment for Deana Paine
Hi Deana Its great to have you here. I'm here catching up on the new members. Dawn
Jun 2, 2010
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Dawn Pigoni left a comment for Sue Vickers
Welcome to the group. It seems we are in the same specialty - Social Media Marketing :)
Jun 2, 2010
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Dawn Pigoni left a comment for Sonya D. Kensey
Welcome to the Group Sonya. Glad to have you here.
Jun 2, 2010
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Sonya D. Kensey replied to Sonya D. Kensey's discussion 'Meet Ups'
Hi Cindy, Thank you for your response. I was just wondering. I am in Lansing, on the border of nothwest IN. Bolingbrook is almost an hour away for me. Since I am new I am not sure where everyone is located. Where are you located at? If there are…
Jun 2, 2010
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Cindy Bruce replied to Sonya D. Kensey's discussion 'Meet Ups'
Hi Sonya; When we first started meeting those that were attending suggested the Bolingbrook area as central to all who would be there. We have members throughout most of the state of Illinois and choosing a meeting location, central to all is a…
Jun 2, 2010
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Meet Ups

Hi ladies, I was just wondering how you decide on the location for the meet ups.  Do you stay in one generalized area (north suburbs, south suburbs, west suburbs etc.)? See More
Discussion posted by Sonya D. Kensey Jun 2, 2010
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Sonya D. Kensey and Sue Vickers joined Illinois Virtual Assistants Connection Jun 2, 2010
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Sue Vickers left a comment for Kathleen Vargas
Thank you, Kathy.
Jun 2, 2010

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