Executive and Personal Assistants Association

Our website is now finally back up and running. 💻 Emails are due back up within a matter of hours. 💻 Apologies for any inconvenience over the last week and a half. All paying members will be given an extra months membership free of charge to convey our apologies. Membership records will be updated over the Christmas period to reflect this. Please note our volunteers are now off for their festive break. Maggie will return on Monday 27th December and Sarah on Monday 6th January. Victoria will be monitoring the inboxes over this time period.

We finally hope to have our website and emails back within the next 24 hours! (fingers crossed) Again, I am very sorry that it has been down for a week and a half. 🙏 🙏🙏Executive and Personal Assistants Association Never in my life have I been asked to provide so much identification to prove I am who I say I am. I have had to do this with GoDaddy, as they simply didn't accept my British passport, driving licence, birth certificate, marriage certificate, a selfie holding my IDs... I literally ran out of IDs to give them! I am all for cyber security but this was obsence. I felt deeply uncomfortable having to show so many of my personal documents. All members will be provided with an extra months membership to convey sincere apologies for this. We will update all member records over the festive period to reflect the extra month.

The EPAA website and emails are all down at the moment. We have tried to fix over the weekend, but was made difficult due to Storm Darragh and a number of power cuts. Hopefully we can get it all back up and running by the end of today. Huge apologies.

⚠️⚠️ Unfiltered & Unstoppable Panel: A No-Holds-Barred Conversation - Part One⚠️⚠️ Monday 2nd December at 7pm (UK Time) It seems my 'lets get out of the echo chamber' post from last week really resonated with many people! Get ready for an unapologetically honest and dynamic discussion where no topic is off-limits and no opinion is sugarcoated. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 Unfiltered & Unstoppable brings together speakers & trainers, industry disruptors, and candid EA & Admin voices to tackle today’s most pressing issues with raw authenticity. Expect debate, unexpected insights, and powerful takeaways as we break down barriers, challenge the status quo, and explore the ideas shaping the future. This is not your typical panel—it’s a real, unvarnished conversation you won’t want to miss! This is part one of a series that will take place over the coming months. The panel joining me for the first session is: ➡️ Anel Martin ➡️ Candice Burningham ➡️ Fiona Kelly - Executive PA Forum Global ➡️ Mallory Rothstein ➡️ Shelagh Donnelly, speaker and trainer for resilient high performers Anyone from around the world is more than welcome to join us. Brits, it is tea time for us on Monday evening, but hopefully you can eat and watch/listen. If you want to come on a future panel of this series and give your unflinching feedback and thoughts... do it! It is really important at this stage that we hear from as many people as possible. Book your place here - https://lnkd.in/eVYYUH66 #executivesupport #businesssupport #administrativeprofessionals #administrativeprofessional #fireside #disruptor

In light of the UK governments recent budget announcements and the fact the UK economy is not going to be in a period of growth for some time and after many discussions with numerous members, focus groups, the committee and partners, we are changing the membership fee structure for the Executive and Personal Assistants Association. Please read our full announcement below. #executiveassistant #executiveassistants #businesssupport #executivesupport #personalassistant #personalassistants #administrativeprofessional #administrativeprofessionals

Our next Executive and Personal Assistants Association Fireside Discussion I am hugely honoured to welcome Simon Fanshawe on all things EDI! 27th November at 1pm (UK) 💻 💻 💻 💻 'Flying the Flags and Ticking Boxes - what went wrong with EDI and how can leaders fix it?' This report started with a hunch. Through Simon's work with Diversity by Design, he thought he was seeing the same things happening across organisations in the public and private sectors. These patterns were emerging whether he was working with boards, executive teams or staff networks. Diversity, equality and inclusion (EDI) work appeared to have become disconnected from its fundamental purpose. Join us as we talk through the findings of this report and how you as an EA or PA can support leadership teams to readdress the balance on EDI. About Simon ⬇ Simon co-founded Stonewall, which transformed the face of gay rights. Simon was an original member of the generation that transformed stand-up in the UK (and he won the Perrier Award). He is a formidable public speaker, a much in demand Chair of conferences and events, and a well-known broadcaster. For six years (2007 – 2013) he was The Chair of the Council of the University of Sussex. He currently serves on the Boards of the Brighton Dome and Festival, Housing & Care 21, The Kaleidoscope Trust and The Museum of London. Simon’s career has spanned live performance, broadcasting, journalism, training and advocacy on leadership and equality & diversity and as a non-exec. He has had several of his own series on Radio 4, Radio 5 and Talk Radio. He makes documentaries for the BBC on both Radio and TV. He is a regular on BBC Breakfast (BBC1). Booking link here - https://lnkd.in/gA5VmgJP #equity #equality #diversity #inclusion #edi #executivesupport #executiveassistant #executiveassistants #personalassistant #personalassistants #businesssupport #administrativeprofessional #administrativeprofessionals #virtual #fireside

📢 Calling all UK Millennial & Gen Z EAs, PAs or Admins or those thinking about such a role in the future. The Executive and Personal Assistants Association will be holding Millennial & Gen Z Focus Groups 📝 🗓 🔔 💻 💡 The focus groups aim to reshape the UK profession and ensure that it is fit for future generations, businesses and incoming leaders. ⬇ Read Victoria Wratten's post below to learn more about the initiative, the dates the focus groups will be held, and how to sign up for them.

Tomorrow at 3pm we kick off our focus group series with millennial and Gen Z EAs, PAs and Administrators! 💻 💻💻💻 ⭐ We invite anyone in these generations who are currently undertaking these roles or seeking to enter the profession, to join us for these focus groups, as we seek to reshape the UK profession and ensure that it is truly fit for future generations and incoming businesses and bosses too.⭐ This is a chance to share your honest opinions, perceptions, and attitudes in an open, interactive setting. ➡ The goal of these focus groups is to collect qualitative insights that may not surface in surveys or individual interviews. ⬅ These sessions will be facilitated by me and will operate a confidential setting. 🤐 The session will be approximately 90 minutes long. ⏰ You do not need to undertake any preparation for this! 🙂 You can sign up for any of the sessions here - https://lnkd.in/ePZB6jXZ ⭐ If you are a People Manager/Line Manager of Gen Z and Millennials we are running a separate focus group on 3rd December at 11am ⭐ - https://lnkd.in/e2caxqP2 #executiveassistant #personalassistant #administrativeassistant #adminsupport #administrativeprofessional #administrativeprofessionals #executivesupport #businesssupport #executiveassistants #ukbusiness #millennials #genz #generations

Oh wow 😮 I didn’t realise that an Executive Assistant role could be junior and entry level… You learn something new everyday! https://lnkd.in/eFycXMM5

Read our first newsletter on LinkedIn on what we have got wrong during 2024 and how we intend to act going forward. 📰 🗞 📰 🗞 📰 🗞 #executiveassistant #executiveassistants #businesssupport #executivesupport #administrativeassistant #administrativeprofessionals #administrativeprofessionals #ukeconomy #ukbusiness