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Chela Hardy's administrative background and a love of words–both their written and spoken power–have taken her career down a path that absolutely makes sense: working with authors, many of whom are also speakers who use their books as a way to grow their businesses through speaking engagements, course delivery, and workshop facilitation.

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As a longtime Virtual Author Assistant, Chela guides individuals through the self-publishing process and assists small publisher clients in the role of Publishing Project Manager. As a Virtual Speaker Assistant, she offers services to professionals who speak from the stage, facilitate workshops, lead seminar and conference breakout sessions, and more. And as a coach and mentor, Chela empowers other Virtual Assistants to explore growing their VA businesses by adding author and speaker as clients.

The author of Noted! Business Lessons Learned from Twenty-Two Years of Virtual Assistance (March 2024), Chela lives, writes, sings, and works from home in Northern Virginia.