Bright Light Virtual Assistants - Virtual Assistant
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Bright Light Virtual Assistants - Virtual Assistant

Ontario
in Canada

Evena Gottschalk

Bright Light Virtual Assistants

Member Since: June 2005

Short Description:

Bright Light Virtual specializes in providing administrative and communication services to small business, busy professionals and communication consultants via Internet, fax and e-mail. We are only a virtual line away.

Long Description:

Evena Gottschalk, a communications and administrative specialist is the sole proprietor of Bright Light Virtual, a registered business located in the heart of Toronto. She opened her Virtual office in 2005 after having worked in the business world for many years. Her journey into the VA world was quite accidental. In the dying months of 2004, Evena was offered a telecommuting job- as a sub-contractor to assist with the editing and formatting in Microsoft Office of a cement manual. E-mails went back and forth and the job was a success. She had finally found her niche.

She brings a wealth of administrative and communications experience to her virtual position. Her many achievements include, manager of a health care agency and media relations coordinator for the Governor Generals Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History, Public Relations Chair for the Crohns and Colitis Foundation and Managing Editor of Jump Rope for Heart newsletter for the Heart and Stroke Foundation (Toronto Chapter0.

She has provided executive assistance to communication directors, worked as a communications advisor to a special unit with a leading legal insurance agency editing and proofing legal booklets, developing marketing communication plans and writing media releases. Among her many coordinating and administrative duties, she has maintained a database with over five hundred members, built media lists, coordinated print and distribution projects, worked with graphic designers, print houses and translators. In addition, she redesigned the organizations Intranet, designed and conducted a survey that showed an 80 per cent increase in employee use. She managed all information posted to the Intranet.

She has also worked for the Ontario Hospital Association where she wrote opening remarks for board members, prepared presentations using Quatro Pro, developed communication plans and contributed to their newsletter-Perspectives. She also prepared correspondence in response to public inquiries and complaints.

She has worked part-time with a religious organization where she developed policies and procedures to improve office efficiency. She set up filing systems in Excel and hard copy, redesigned their newsletter, prepared weekly bulletins and kept track of account receivables and payables using Accounting software.

Evena graduated from the Bell Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College with a Diploma in Corporate Communications. She also holds certificates in General Management and basic accounting.

Her office is equipped with a Mac OS 10, a Dell Laptop and three printers. She has hands on experience with a variety of software ranging from Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Outlook Express to Quark Xpress, Frontpage and Gateway Content Manager for Websites.

Shes available from Monday to Thursday, 9-5 pm, Friday 8-2 pm. Saturdays only for rush jobs and emergencies.

Services and Skills offered by this Virtual Assistant

Secretarial/Administration

• Articles
• Audio Typing
• Business Administration
• Business Plans
• Copy Typing
• Correspondence
• Data Input
• Desk Top Publishing
• Diary Management
• Editor
• Electronic Forms
• Event Management
• Executive Assistant
• Faxing
• Flyers
• Grant Writing
• Invoicing
• Newsletters
• Office Management
• Personal Administration
• Personal Assistant
• Photocopying
• Presentations
• Proof Reading
• Research
• Resumes / CVs
• Scanning
• Secretarial Services
• Spreadsheet Design
• Surveys
• Time Management
• Travel Arrangements
• Visio Charts
• Word Processing

Computing

• Software Quality Assurance
• Software Testing
• Web Design

Professional

• Public Relations

Contact Details

Name:
Evena Gottschalk

Telephone:
Telephone: 416-658-8363
FAX: 416-656-6676

Visit my Website : www.brightlightvirtual.com