How a Virtual Assistant could help with… Christmas 2012

Whether  you’re a larger company or a soloist, a Virtual Assistant can prove helpful over the holiday season.  Here are 20 things a Virtual Assistant can do to make the holiday period less stressful for you and your staff:

Corporate Gifting Help
1.   Creating an address list for client Christmas cards/gifts from your CRM
2.   Organising the printing & sending of corporate Christmas cards
3.   Organising the purchase & delivery of corporate gifts
4.   Maintaining register of gifts received for thank you notes
5.   Noting your CRM re cards & gifts sent and received

 Christmas Event Relief
6.   Book venues for Christmas events
7.   Send out invitations
8.   Manage RSVPs
9.   Liaise with catering
10. Organise for the venue to be decorated

 Holiday Related Headache Cures
11.  Take administrative duties off your hands during busy periods
12.  Monitor daily/weekly functions such as accounts or emails, to allow key staff to focus on other areas
13.  Setup Out of Office notices for email accounts that won’t be regularly checked during holiday periods
14.  Monitor incoming telephone calls and organise responses for urgent queries
15.  Assist staff with pre-leave clean-ups

 Staff Christmas Cheer Creation
16.  Helping organise your staff Christmas party
17.  Remotely cover telephone & email services so all staff can attend daytime parties
18.  Organise gifts for staff
19.  Coordinate Christmas cards for individual staff members key clients
20.  Cover during staff absences

 What brings out your inner Grinch over the holiday season?  Let me know in the comments.