Executive PA Forum
Preparing Today’s Assistant for Tomorrow’s World
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EXECUTIVE PA FORUM 2020
EXECUTIVE PA FORUM
THE FORUM 2020
The Executive PA Forum is a 2 day fully immersive learning experience taking place on November 3rd & 4th 2020. Forum Day covers a wide range of topics relevant to the EA/PA & Administrative Professional role while Workshop Day offers more intensive learning and development opportunities for the modern Assistant.
We prepare today’s Assistant for tomorrow’s world by bringing together thought-leaders and expert trainers who offer compelling learning experiences, equipping you with the skills and tools you need to meet the demands of modern industry, as well as a supportive community where you feel you belong.
JOIN US ONLINE OR IN PERSON !
We are thrilled to share this year’s programme with you and even more excited to let you know you can join us online from anywhere in the world.
We are proud that The Executive PA Forum is accredited by the CPD Standards Office, whose mission is to improve the quality of CPD activities in the market-place, and increase individual professional’s experiences of CPD activities.
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WHAT OUR COMMUNITY SAY
TESTIMONIALS
Roseanne Connolly, Executive Assistant, Dublin
Zoom In, take a bow, great day at the Executive PA Forum this year.Roseanne Connolly, Executive Assistant, Arthur Cox
Shireen Dallas, PA, Dublin
Inspiring talk from Zelda La Grange at the Exec PA ForumShireen Dallas, PA, Dublin
Claire Broderick, Executive PA, Dublin
Powerful story telling from Zelda la Grange at the Executive PA Forum. Wonderful to listen to her. Thank you Claire Broderick, Executive PA, Dublin
Breda Shanahan
“Huge thank you to Zoom In and all of the speakers at Executive PA Forum – brilliant day!”Breda Shanahan, Kerry Group
Paula Crean
Excellent Forum, first time, will be back. Lots of good tips to take awayPaula Crean, Executive PA,
Natalie Egan, Executive Assistant, Dublin
Excellent workshops today at the Forum – Entertaining, engaging & enlightening! A huge thank you to Zoom In for another excellent Exec PA Forum. 2 amazing days of learning & networking with peersNatalie Egan, Executive Assistant, Dublin
Sinead Donnelly
Delighted to be attending the Executive PA Forum. There is a fantastic line-up of speakers and workshopsSinead Donnelly, West Pharmaceuticals
This event was a great opportunity to come face to face with our corporate customers who see the Just Eat app as an increasingly useful resource when organising food for events and meetings.
Edel Kinane, Commercial Director, Just Eat Ireland
For us, the Executive PA Forum is a professional and premium level event which helps us to find a large number of potential clients all under one roof, saving us days of time in business development and office calls.
Terry Spence, Sales Manager, One4All
As Ireland’s only major training event for this group of professional, it is an ideal place for us to meet potential premium level candidates as well as increase our branding exposure in the industry. The Executive PA Forum is the highlight of our calendar year and we are always proud of how the bar is raised year after year.
Siobhan Kelly, Cpl Office Support
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As the only event of its kind in Ireland, the Executive PA Forum brings together Ireland’s most accomplished and influential EAs & PAs in one space, for 2 days of the year.
If you would like your brand to be seen and experienced first hand by our savvy network, get in touch today.
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We are proud that The Executive PA Forum is accredited by the CPD Standards Office, whose mission is to improve the quality of CPD activities in the market-place, and increase individual professional’s experiences of CPD activities.
The specific remit of the Office is to independently accredit training and learning activities for CPD purposes. Each activity submitted to the CPD Standards Office for formal assessment is carefully reviewed by our assessment team, considering the educational structure, learning value and design of content for each event or training, and ensures it adheres to the CPD guidelines and criteria that have emerged from comprehensive research into CPD.
The Executive PA Forum is assessed in line with a robust and recognised learning structure, which ensures high quality professional development in-line with industry requirements.
What does this mean for Forum delegates?
As well as an assurance that the training and learning experience the Executive PA Forum offers you is of an exceptionally high standard, we can issue you with a certificate stating the number of points that you have earned by attending (online or offline). You receive 1 CPD point for each hour of learning. The certificate can be used to demonstrate your individual commitment to CPD and proof of quality learning that has been undertaken.
We are proud that The Executive PA Forum is accredited by the CPD Standards Office, whose mission is to improve the quality of CPD activities in the market-place, and increase individual professional’s experiences of CPD activities.
The specific remit of the Office is to independently accredit training and learning activities for CPD purposes. Each activity submitted to the CPD Standards Office for formal assessment is carefully reviewed by our assessment team, considering the educational structure, learning value and design of content for each event or training, and ensures it adheres to the CPD guidelines and criteria that have emerged from comprehensive research into CPD.
The Executive PA Forum is assessed in line with a robust and recognised learning structure, which ensures high quality professional development in-line with industry requirements.
What does this mean for Forum delegates?
As well as an assurance that the training and learning experience the Executive PA Forum offers you is of an exceptionally high standard, we can issue you with a certificate stating the number of points that you have earned by attending (online or offline). You receive 1 CPD point for each hour of learning. The certificate can be used to demonstrate your individual commitment to CPD and proof of quality learning that has been undertaken.
Progressing through roles from Chemical Engineering to Corporate Governance, solution-oriented with an enquiring mind, Roseanne Connolly has been consistently interested in how things are made and figuring out the best approach to optimise processes. Demonstrating her knowledge of the business and how it operates, being a quick learner, her can-do attitude and diplomatic personality were all recognised as the golden combination to fulfill the role of a C-Level EA in a busy international financial services firm which kicked off her career as an Executive Assistant.
Since then Roseanne has qualified as a Chartered Company Secretary & Corporate Governance Professional. She is also currently the APAI’s Executive Committee Chair
Elysia Hegarty, Future of Work Lead – Cpl Group
With over 15 years’ experience in Human Resource Management and the Wellness Industry, Elysia has combined her expertise to partner with businesses to help develop strategies to attract, engage and retain employees.
Working within multiple sectors Elysia helps promote a healthy workforce that supports business needs and enhances productivity and engagement.
She does this through a range of strategies including workshops, speaking engagements, workplace wellness strategies and diagnostic assessments. Elysia currently leads the strategic wellness service offering within Cpl’s Future of Work Institute.
Adam Fidler, International EA/PA Coach & Trainer, Principal and Founder of Adam Fidler Academy
Adam is a renowned global trainer who offers inspirational teaching and learning for PAs, EAs and business support professionals.
After graduating with a degree in business studies in 1999, Adam worked as a corporate Board-level Assistant in a variety of organisations, including The Boots Company PLC, Bank of America and Salford City College.
He qualified as a teacher in 2008 and has, since then, educated hundreds of Assistants all over the world.
Janet Barrett has had a wide and varied career on her journey to becoming an Executive Assistant, and combining all her experiences to date – unconsciously or otherwise – have shaped her to becoming the person and professional she is today.
From studying nautical science, to running her own business, to being the only female working in a Nigerian construction/agri company to now working as an Executive Assistant at one of the world’s most high profile organisations, Facebook.
Elzaan Marnane, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Core Clinical
Elzaan is a Principal Clinical Psychologist who qualified as a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2004. In 2006, she started her journey of escaping her cage by boarding a plane for Ireland with no more than a pink suitcase and a load of study debt.
Elzaan is registered as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland. She is currently a Director of Core Clinical which she co-founded with Dr Linda O’Rourke, Consultant Psychiatrist. A main focus of Elzaan’s work is the psychology of women and giving women access to information that can help them free themselves from self-limiting beliefs. Additional current professional roles include being a guest lecturer on the Psychology and Psychotherapy training courses at Trinity College and has lectured on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme since 2008.
Elzaan also consults at Empower, a company dedicated to empowering disadvantaged members of the community in the Fingal area.
Ciara Conlon, High Performance Leadership Coach, Speaker & Author
Ciara Conlon is an experienced Speaker and Coach, and expert in Productivity and Performance. She works with leaders and their teams helping them to recognise how their subconscious mind is limiting their potential.
Her mission is to help people and organisations to wake up and remove the habits and beliefs that aren’t working in order to make space for better performance and productivity, more creativity and innovation and overall happier people and workplaces. Ciara speaks regularly on the subjects of Productivity and Performance, Conscious leadership, Creating a Culture of Innovation and High Performance Habits, and she is known for her positivity and her ability to inspire the most resistant.
Gillian is passionate about exploring learning, with a proven track record of developing training solutions that are innovative, cost-effective and responsive to learner’s needs. With more than half of the workforce needing upskilling in 2020 (LinkedIn Learning, 2018) I’d love to chat about how I can help you meet the needs of growing L&D market demands.
Known as a warm and engaging thought-leader with a proven track record for high performance team building, Gillian is currently driving an exciting nationwide industry-focused blended-learning program, with the goal of developing learner’s core competencies for workplace agility.
With over a decade of curriculum design and delivery experience, I am highly analytical and data driven and understand the role of feedback and evaluation to drive process and programme improvements.
I champion student-centred approaches to training that empower learners to realise their best skilled selves in the workplace, through the learning and development framework taking you to the next level.
Jackie Erskine, Office Manager, Link Group; Founder and Chair, Belfast PA Network
As Office Manager of a leading Australian listed plc, providing technology-led financial administration across global markets, Jackie Erskine’s day is filled with variety. Not only that, as a wife, daughter, sister, community member and busy mum of four, her main attributes include organisational skills, time management, conflict resolution, negotiation, financial solutions expertise and designated taxi driving! Jackie believes that today’s modern office chair should be a throne of sorts where one feels proud and empowered, as well as comfortable and supported! It’s no surprise that with all her achievements to date, Jackie has been shortlisted for numerous Awards over the years.
Elizabeth Whelan, Founder of Zestivo Holistic Lifestyle
Elizabeth Whelan, Director of Zestivo Holistic Lifestyle is a health and life coach and has a specialism in complementary health therapies focusing on overall well-being and mindfulness. Her unique skills and techniques are of great value to companies who wish to support their staff in the workplace and in their personal lives.
Elizabeth provides practical life enhancing skills that can be implemented into daily life to minimize stress, develop a nutritional diet and enhance the mind and body. Through her business, Zestivo Holistic Lifestyle, she teaches practical life enhancing skills that can be implemented into daily life to help stress related issues, guidance on nutrition, health of mind and body and time management.
Aoife Mollin, Corporate & Executive Coach AMA Results
Aoife Mollin is the MD of AMAResults, that supports middle & senior managers to achieve values driven success in their leadership role so that they are confident, satisfied & successful in their role as a leader. Aoife has spent over 13 years in Management consultancy working across industries within both the private and the public sector. She combines her consulting experience with training and coaching skills with her particular focus on facilitating individuals and teams to contribute more effectively to organisational performance, whilst enhancing their own work satisfaction and productivity. She designs and delivers customised development programmes tailored to the clients’ requirements.
Aoife holds a European honours degree in Business & Legal Studies from University College Dublin, a Diploma in Corporate & Executive Coaching and a Diploma in Personal and Small Business coaching. Aoife is a member of the Irish Institute of Training & Development (IITD) & the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Aoife is currently pursuing a part-time Masters in Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology with the University of East London & a PCC credential (Professional Certified Coach) through the ICF. Aoife was a finalist in the 2016 Coach of the Year Ireland ICF awards.
