The document provides information about Alison Fourie and her virtual assistant business. It states that she was the first VA in South Africa to be VA certified in 2009 and was nominated for an international award in 2010. It includes her contact details, background experience, skills, services offered, and websites. The document defines what a virtual assistant is and why clients may need one.

1. The first VA within South Africa to be VA certified
Nominee for the 2010 Thomas Leonard International VA of Distinction Award (OIVAC)
VAccolade October 2008
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2. Contact Details
Tel: +27 011 768 5028
Fax: +27 086 514 8475
Cell: +27 082 871 3452
E-mails: amftyping@mweb.co.za
alison@amftyping.co.za
info@tavasa.co.za
Web Sites: http://www.amftyping.co.za
http://vaforhire.co.za
http://www.tavasa.co.za
Skype: amftyping
MSN Messenger: alison19558@hotmail.com
Blogs: http://alison-fourie.blogspot.com
http://tavasa.blogspot.com/
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3. AMF Typing Services, Alison Fourie
• Owner of AMF Typing Services established
1st April 2001
• I have over 30 years experience in Office
Administration/Management, and have won
many individual and team award, i.e. Quality
Customer Service award 1996
• Co-owner of Tavasa (The Transcriptionists
and Virtual Assistants of South Africa) we
are the first combined group within the
country, established 2008
• Born in Sunderland, UK. Emigrated to South
Africa in 1986, Married to Dries with two
children Katie 13, Tom 10 and a dog named
Scooby Doo
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4. Accomplishments
• Awarded VAaccolade October 2008
• The first VA within South Africa to be VAcertified September
2009
• Nominee for the 2010 Thomas Leonard International VA of
Distinction Award (OIVAC)
• Winner of 2010 Afrivan VAimpact Achievement Award
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5. Skills
• Office Management • Recruiting/Staff • Creating/Documenting/
• Time Management Management Publishing Policies for HR
• Prioritisation Skills • Compiling Stats procedures
• Document • Internet Research • Budget management/
Management • Maintaining forecasting
• Function Staff/Contractor • Performance Management
Organisation Database • Liaise with Staff etc.
• Office Administration • Prepare Database for • Taking Minutes at Meetings
• Telephone Salaries • Transcription Skills
Management • Typing Skills
• People Liaison • Graphics
• Secretarial Support • Web Design
• Database • Computer Skills
Management
• Project
Administration
• HR Administration
• Creating/maintaining
databases, Data
Entry/Data Capture
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6. Services - AMF Typing Services
Graphics/Desk Top Publishing
Data Entry
Transcription Services
HR Administration
Telephone Services
Internet Research
Project Administration
Business Presentations
Typing Services
Word Processing
Diary Administration
Gantt Charts, Flow Diagrams, Spreadsheets
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10. What is a Virtual Assistant?
• A Virtual Assistant is a person with an office
administration/management, secretarial, PA background,
bookkeeper, web designer etc
• Who works from a virtual location
• Assisting clients with work on an as needed basis
• The client will only pay for the work that the VA completes for
them
• No employee expenses, medical aid, pension, leave etc
• VAs carry the cost of stationery, computer repairs, paper, office
equipment etc
• A VA is an independent business owner
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11. ‘My Definition of what a Virtual Assistant is’:
A Virtual Assistant is a person who works for many clients, providing office
administration tasks, communicates with clients via telephone, email, Skype;
we may never meet our clients face to face
A person who works independently from his/her own virtual office
An office administration person, with at least 10 years of office experience
as a PA/Secretary or Office Manager
A person who can work alone
A person with exceptional time management and prioritisation skills
Someone who can run an office and liaise with clients on an ongoing basis
Someone with a bit of management experience and can learn quickly and
who is at ease with software
Virtual Assistants need to be pro‐active and assertive
Virtual Assistants are Business Owners, who run their own companies, do
their own marketing, networking, debt collection etc
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12. Why would I need a VA?
• Because the new buss word is 'outsourcing'
• It is becoming the way to go for companies to save money on
employee expenses, and also the problems that come with
having employees
• With this worldwide recession lots of companies are
downsizing, this gives people a chance to open up their own
businesses, VAs can provide lots of services to help/assist
businesses who require assistance
• Now could be the right time to find a Virtual Assistant to help
with your business
• Let Virtual Assistants assist/help you
• They provide a quality service, in meeting your requirements
• Their skills include time management, being able to prioritise
• They are pro-active, assertive and get the job done on time
• Are you downsizing your office staff and need assistance?
• Is the recession affecting your business?
This is where a VA can assist…
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13. A few Services VAs Offer
• Proof Reading, Editing
• Transcription (General, Legal and Medical)
• Event Management
• Typing of CVs
• Creating Spreadsheets, graphs, charts etc
• Creating flow diagrams
• Organograms for companies, Family Trees etc
• Invoicing for clients
• Telephone Management
• Data Entry, Databases
• Translation
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14. A few Services VAs Offer
• PowerPoint Business Presentations
• Word Processing
• Office Administration
• Typing - typing books for authors, business
documentation, procedures, tenders, reports, typing from
PDF, typing of manuals and training material etc
• Social Media marketing
• Website support (design and creation)
• Newsletters etc
• Internet Research
• Writing
• Graphic Design / Desk Top Publishing
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15. Websites/Blogs
http://www.amftyping.co.za
http://alison-fourie.blogspot.com
http://www.tavasa.co.za
http://tavasa.blogspot.com/
http://vaforhire.co.za
If you required the services of a Virtual Assistant / Transcriptionist / Translator etc., please contact us
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