Organize VA Tasks

But I have these interns, and I'm trying to keep them busy. And I missed what you said, but do you have any suggestions if you're onboarding somebody new, like an intern or a BA, what you can do to have them help?

So I'm going through this process right now as we speak. What I have done, Bonita, and this may or may not work for you depending on the type of work you're having them do, is I created a separate Google Calendar and I called it Virtual Assistant. Um, I made it a red color so it stands out on my calendar when I'm looking at it. And then I shared that specific calendar with my virtual assistant. And what I'm putting on that calendar are tasks that I want her to complete. And last night we had a phone call and I explained this whole thing to her and she, um, verified that she has access to the calendar. She verified that she can see the things that I put on there and she's a Google Calendar user already. And so when I add something new, she gets a little reminder that something new has been added. So that's the method that I am trying. I've been doing it for a whole whopping week. So, so stay tuned. In a month or so, I will let you know how smooth or not smooth it's going. But that seems like the easiest, most cost-effective—because it's free—method of doing that. Did that help, Bonita?

Yeah.

Does she see your other things on your calendar too? No, no, because I have them in a separate calendar. So Google Calendar allows you to create multiple calendars. So I have my appointment calendar, which is connected to my CRM. I now have the virtual assistant calendar, and then I have an everything else Dotty is doing calendar. And the only one that she sees is the one that I shared with her, which is the VA calendar.

Hmm.

I just have to be mindful when I add something to my calendar that I'm putting it into the right one.