London, UK, January 7, 2008 – DeskDemon, with its platinum sponsor Holiday Inn, is pleased to announce the December’s winner of an award program that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of the backbone of the management, the administrative professional, Caroline Melville.

In August 2007, DeskDemon launched a year long award program that acknowledges and rewards the accomplishments of those who support and keep companies running smooth. The viewer’s voted Caroline Melville of Virtually Sorted December’s winner.

Caroline Melville

Caroline set up her own Virtual Assistance (VA) business in 2005 and has become a successful solo entrepreneur. She has many clients who utilise her secretarial and call answering services. She is a panel member of the Glasgow Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Caroline is a fantastic VA and has offered valued assistance to established and new VAs via a forum and website that she has set up for UK VAs - www.societyofvirtualassistants.co.uk which has become greatly received to all that visit. Caroline is a top notch VA! Caroline is efficient and focused and enjoys what she does; that is a rare combination.

The goal of the Management Fellowship Support Award Program is to acknowledge, recognise, reward and promote a network of knowledge of each individual story.

Anyone can nominate an assistant who has made a difference in their day. The criteria for the nomination includes outstanding achievements in at least one of the following areas - organisational and project management, training and mentoring, office management, communication, technology, problem-solving. Winners will be chosen by those who know the job the best, their peers. Each DeskDemon user will be given 10 tokens/votes to distribute as they wish to the entry/entries they want to vote for. Users may change the distribution of these votes anytime within any given month. At the end of each month, the entry with the highest number of votes will receive £250 and their nominator will receive £100. At the end of the Award programme, a group of industry experts will choose the most extraordinary entry for the chance to win the grand prize of £10,000.

If you would like more information on the award program please visit:
http://www.deskdemon.com/pages/uk/awards2007/index (for more information on the program)

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