The VA Conference is a growing annual conference for Virtual Assistants that began in Ottawa, ON, Canada in 2017, and has expanded west into Calgary, AB, Canada.
This event is hosted by the Canadian Association of Virtual Assistants (CAVA) and the Global Alliance of Virtual Assistants (GAVA) and Your VA Mentor.
My name is Tracey D’Aviero and I am the owner of CAVA and GAVA, and Your VA Mentor.
One of the first things my members started asking about when I purchased both associations in September 2016 was live events.
When would we be able to get together in person?
That wasn’t a very hard decision – I absolutely love getting together in person with my VA colleagues (from FoVA in 2009, to the IVAA Live Summits, to my own VA Mastermind events through Your VA Mentor, to social gatherings in various cities).
I held the first VA Conference in Ottawa in May 2017 and it was a blast! We headed west to Calgary in October 2018, and now have a live conference in Ottawa every spring and Calgary every fall.
The attendees are thrilled to gather together in person to get to know each better, and to be able to take part in some professional development specifically for VAs.
The most common piece of feedback from our first year in Ottawa? “It needs to be two days next year!!” So we did that! We do one full day with expert speakers and then another optional day of a mastermind workshop.
I have formed very special and lasting friendships with my colleagues by attending conferences like this one.
In fact, there are small groups of VAs finding each other in cities across Canada and getting together socially. It’s amazing to see these groups starting to pop up in other parts of the country as well. Reach out to your fellow VAs, it’s fun to get together in person!
The VA Conference is not a huge event (yet!) but we would love to have you join us at our next event. We are making each conference bigger and better every year.
Registration is open to anyone who operates a VA business!
We invite you to join us whether you are a CAVA or GAVA member or not! The more the merrier!
If you want to join one of the associations, let us know! CAVA and GAVA members receive special discounted members-only registration rates for the conference.
