“The outstanding success of the last two days has put many ghosts to rest for the PA profession” said Gareth Osborne commenting on Office* 2010 held this week at Earls Court. “And full credit must go to the organisers, Diversified, who have invested heavily to ensure PAs got a show they can be proud to associate with.”“Office* was delivered by a professional and dynamic team led by its MD, Carsten Holm and they worked tirelessly to ‘get it right’ and definitely succeeded,” said Gareth. “There may be one or two minor lessons to learn for next year but Diversified have shown keenness at every step to get better and better.”
APA used the event to launch the first ever Degree designed exclusively for PAs. The new BA in Business Administration for PAs, developed in partnership with Middlesex University Business School will play a major part in APA’s mission to ‘elevate the status of PA to that of a profession.
“We were thrilled to see so many of our Members at the show and they spent time networking as they visited our Stand. Next year we intend to have an APA Members lounge adjacent to the stand for even greater interaction”
“Overall, and especially for a first show, it was a definite 10/10 and APA has already committed to being there again next year but we would like to hear Members views on what they liked and what they would like to see enhanced. Please let me know your thoughts through this and all others APA mediums,” concluded Gareth. “The PA profession more has a credible annual show and a professional business running it. The future looks bright and the floor looks extremely pink!”
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3 comments:
I thought Office was good, especially the seminars and the speeches. Gareth and Emma were great as was the lady (Laura?) from Microsoft. In a day I managed to see all the stands I wanted to see and was attacked by others - some are so pushy!
The APA stand looked great and had the chance to speak to some other members. Keep on trucking. Kelly.
I didn't go to the Show because I thought it might be like Creme and not very valuable. I'm glad to hear it was worthwhile and will bookmark it for next year - are the dates available yet? A couple of PA friends who did attend have given it a good review as well.
Well done APA.
Karen Brady was good and also liked the session with Mike and Laura (from Microsoft).
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