Must Have Technical Skills for EA/VA : Calendar

Calendar Management Skill

Calendar management is an art form and almost a job in itself. It requires constant care and maintenance. Otherwise, you could end up swamped with menial tasks and devoid of time to focus on truly valuable projects and events. It goes beyond filling in your appointments and making sure there are no overlaps. It is also helpful to use certain tips and tricks to keep that calendar running smoothly, especially if there is a need to juggle many aspects. Using automated meeting set-up platform like Calendly, scheduling those meetings also takes time out of your busy day. As an assistant working with executives or business and always booking new appointments with clients or colleagues this will always come in handy.

As Virtual assistant while honing this skill should always avoid setting tasks and meetings back-to-back. When using a scheduler like Google Calendar, you can set reminders to give you a digital nudge when you need to finish a task, like making a reservation at a restaurant. This is very important as we can misplace notes and jotters and no one can remember all we need to set up off hand, Reminders are there to make our lives as Virtual assistant easy while also juggling other tasks. Another great digital hack is to add different time zones to your calendar platform. This is particularly useful if you work with colleagues and clients across the world 3:00 PM their time could be 1:00 AM your time.

You can also change the time zone of a certain calendar, such as a work calendar or a family calendar, such as if you were traveling abroad for business and your family was back home.