La Asistencia Virtual nace en Estados Unidos en 1992, de la mano de Stacy Brice. En 1997 comienza a difundir sus servicios de Coach para Asistentes Virtuales a través de la empresa AssistU.
En 1995 nace IVAA empresa fundada por Christine Durst. En 1999 esta empresa luego se convertiría en la primer Asociación de Asistentes Virtuales www.ivaa.org
En 1996 en Argentina nace Secretary Bureau, empresa fundada por Marcela Frugoni. Primera empresa de Asistencia Virtual en el Mundo de Habla Hispana. En 1999 se convierte en Bureau Red y comienza a capacitar Secretarias, Asistentes y Personal de Mandos Medios en las organizaciones. Desde 2001 inicia la capacitación para Asistentes Virtuales.
Hoy en día hay un sinnúmero de empresas que brindan Asistencia Virtual. Con el paso de los años ha quedado demostrado que tanto en Estados Unidos, Canadá, Australia, India y el Mundo de Habla Hispana, toda VA debe obtener una Certificación, o sea capacitarse para poder brindar servicios de excelencia a sus clientes.
También es fundamental que adhieran a un Código de Ética que las una y respalde.
In 92, I made a huge change. I moved myself out of the agency environment and into my own home office. I worked as an outside contractor for the agency, providing my clients with the travel planning and personal assistance they most needed. All of this was done virtually. My client base was international. I was a Virtual Assistant, but didn't realize it, yet. Stacy Brice
From her rural home in Connecticut, Christine Durst founded the Virtual Assistance industry in 1995. She believed the Internet could open her door to global business, and she was correct. With Michael Haaren, she co-founded Staffcentrix and IVAA separately but simultaneously -- with the intention of staying at the helm of the former and turning the latter over to its members as soon as membership reached meaningful numbers. IVAA was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1999 and became officially recognized as a 501(c)(6) on February 2, 2001 with 28 members. Since then, IVAA's membership has grown to more than 600, in 16 countries. Collectively they conduct business worldwide, via the Internet. The Board of Directors is now comprised of five officers and five directors-at-large. Christine Durst
I created the VBSS (Virtual Business Startup System) to be that much needed support for Virtual Assistants worldwide. In 1997, when I first became a Virtual Assistant, it was a tough struggle from start-up to success. It was a time-consuming mission to find even the smallest tidbit of information to answer the tiniest of questions I had revolving in my head regarding starting up a Virtual Assistant business. Tawnya Sutherland
16 de Mayo 2010 Día Internacional
de las Asistentes Virtuales
2010 -
Professor Lauri Smedley, Business
Division, Sacramento City College, CA, wrote:
Virtual
Entrepreneurship
Creating
and Operating a Home-based Online Business
