After reading some of the tips in resources included in your Virtual Association for Administrative Professionals educational materials, your administrative peers stated that the information helped them to…

· …update their skills and keep up with current processes and systems.

· …learn about what other administrative professionals are experiencing.

· …hear how other administrative professionals have dealt with situations, which gave them a different perspective and helped them to see ‘outside the normal box.’

· …discover new and more efficient ways to do their work – even for seasoned administrative professionals with many years (even decades) on the job and in the admin field.

· …enhance their skills and performance.

· …enhance and improve their roles within their organizations.

· …answer questions they’ve been asking themselves or others – neither of whom always had the answer.

· …refresh skills not used in a while – but needed now as their roles, or employers and jobs, change.

· …improve in their administrative profession.

· …find new ways to do things.

They also said they…

· …found ideas and scenarios that applied to and helped in their everyday situations, such as tips for using Outlook® software, planning travel, creating itineraries, event planning, Internet research, e-mail management, conducting effective meetings, and more.

· …discovered plenty of topics to help them increase their productivity, knowledge, organization, and more.

· …gained tools to remain successful in their profession and be a valuable asset to their directors and companies.

· …enjoyed the publications because they gave them helpful tips but also made them think.