Melissa Bagamasbad

A communications professional and journalist, with background in features, lifestyle, investigative reporting, and development work.

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So many of us are doing multi-tasking that focusing on one task at a time seems underrated, or even old-fashioned. There are those who believe that focusing on one task a time is still effective in this day and age, though. The Ivy Lee Method, which has been around a century already, believes in this technique in order to achieve peak productivity. This method was created by Ivy Lee, a businessman who was also famous in the field of public relations.

  Aldie Pilena, 26, is another example of a virtual assistant who maintains her colorful lifestyle with help from her part-time job as a virtual assistant. She graduated with a degree in BS Psychology from De La Salle Dasmarinas. Together with her VA job, she is an entrepreneur and runs a concept store and food stall. Aldie also juggles all of these with hosting rock (sometimes reggae!) concerts and events on weekends!

June was an especially inspiring and exciting month for Connected Women’s meetups as they held the biggest edition of this event last June 27 in 15 cities across four countries (Philippines, Singapore, Pakistan, and the UK). These cities were Baguio, Bohol, Cavite, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Iloilo, Lahore, Makati, Pampanga, Pagadian, Pasig, Quezon City, Singapore, and London. An estimated more than 350 women were able to form new communities, share stories, and learn more about entrepreneurship and freelancing that night.