Returning show features include the AIM Accredited Des-
tination and Venue Village, HBAA (Hotel Booking Agents Asso- ciation) Village, and Benefit Pamper Parlour, plus the free office* Interactive Theatre. Highlights there include ‘Get 3x more done in one day – Microsoft tips in minutes’ and ‘Look good, feel good, work better’ by Benefit Cosmetics’ Lisa Potter-Dixon; plus VAs attending on the second day of the show, can enjoy three ses- sions focusing on their specialist skill-set.
MUST ATTEND EVENT Of course office* wouldn’t be office* without its capacity-bust- ing Keynotes and this year’s headliner (and Executive PA Mag- azine cover star) is Katie Piper – winner of the 2011 Women of the Year ‘You Can’ Award. The ten-session-strong line-up also includes Laura Schwartz, former White House Director of Events and Special Assistant to President Clinton, a firm advocate of the significant role – and tangible impact – that a PA can have on all aspects of any business (or country). The Executive PA Magazine Reader Panel is back for
another year – featuring PA of the Year Judy Willet, Newcomer of the Year Debbie McGibbon, Victoria Darragh (EA at Hays), and celebrity PA Josephine Green – on 8 October. Plus Exec- utive PA Magazine will also have stand space – so come over and visit us over the course of the exhibition. Experienced celebrity PA Donna Coulling, Vanessa Vallely,
founder of leading City women's networking site
wearethecity.com, and Hamish Jenkinson, EA to Kevin Spacey, will also be offering their tips and strategies for success. Complementing the show’s free Keynotes is a comprehen-
sive choice of 32 training opportunities seminars and master classes, offering tailored training and all the latest management
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latest products and technologies coming out of R&D from big names like Fujitsu, Avery UK, Brother UK, and Café Point, to a host of innovative new services and solutions from (first time exhibitors) like The Post Office, Selfridges Hampers, Corporate Traveller (sponsors of the show’s new Networking Hub), Town- ley Network Solutions, and Embarque Executive Minicabs. Given that research points to 2014 being the year that mobile
web searches may finally overtake desktop, it’s no surprise that a wealth of Apps will also be making their debut across the exhi- bition floor. Amongst them is offerings from One Transport, CitySprint, Cyclone Couriers and Cars, and, of course, office*’s very own show App (available in advance from the office* website).
MEET THE EXHIBITORS Other new exhibitors (there are over 75 exhibitors making their first-time debut) include Conference Centres of Excellence; De Vere Venues; Emirates; Guoman & Thistle Hotels; Grange Hotels; IMG; KYOCERA Document Solutions (UK); London City Airport; Marlin Apartments; Mitchells & Butlers; Ricoh UK; GLO & 5 Star office products; The Shredding Alliance; Trodat UK; and Zebra Pen (UK).
Come and join us at office*
To register for a free entry pass to office* 2013 at Olympia, London, on 8-9 October, please visit
www.officeshow.co.uk and use priority code OFF285. Your entry includes free access to some of the show’s workshops and seminars – see opposite.
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techniques in four dedicated theatres. Certainly one of the show’s biggest selling points for many repeat visitors, there’s simply not enough space to mention them all here – but you can find a full seminar and master class programme overleaf. “office* brought together all aspects of the secretarial and
administrative community and made it clear that not only do we add value but, in an ever changing world, we strive to attain further standards of excellence so that we can support business going forward,” says PA Karen Johnson, from Pantheon Resources Plc, just one of 93 per cent of last year’s surveyed vis- itors who rated the show as excellent/good. “Thank you to the organisers for getting that message across.” E
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