"Kirsty provided the full implementation of the abstract submission and registration system for the World Climate Research Programme's Open Science Conference.
Given the complexity of the event, Kirsty's professionalism was fundamental for those systems to be in place on time and running smoothly. Her experience in the organisation of other large events was key, and her calm and friendly approach made the whole process very manageable.
Always available and a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend Kirsty to provide support to any event.”
Dr Nico Caltabiano, World Meteorological Organization
“Kirsty was our virtual assistant for our MENATOX (Middle Eastern North Africa Clinical Toxicology Association) annual conference for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. She assisted us in our first virtual meeting conducted ever and we had an excellent experience with her.
She was efficient, professional, and incredibly resourceful in troubleshooting emergent issues. She was on time for all the questions and technical issues that she managed virtually despite the multiple time zones that we bridged.
She met with us whenever we called for a meeting, responded to emails from attendees and speakers, sent emails to presenters, advised on the conference platform we used, and set up the entire conference platform. She managed our website through Wix.com and Oxford Abstracts perfectly well.
She functions to high standards and we at MENATOX are delighted to recommend her.”
Dr Badria Alhatali, President of MENATOX & Dr Ziad Kazzi, Immediate Past President of MENATOX
“Fast, accurate, helpful, happy to deal with small issues and big, great attention to detail, good value. Thanks Kirsty”
Dr Rupert McShane, Ketamine & Related Compounds International Hybrid Conference 2022
“Kirsty was our virtual assistant for our conference and I could not recommend her more. She was incredibly professional and warm, no question was too stupid (and there were a lot of questions!). She was incredible and helped so much – we literally could not in any way have put on the conference without her. She met with us weekly, responded to emails from attendees and speakers, sent emails to presenters, gave advice on the conference platform we used, set up the entire conference platform, collated all the presentations and sent them to the session chairs – as well as a host of other things.
Everything was completed on or often before schedule to an incredibly high standard. Kirsty would be the first person I would recommend.”
Sarah Egan, The Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists
“Kirsty is your dream VA. She is reliable, professional, pays meticulous attention to detail and always completes jobs on time and with a high quality of work. She has years of experience in the wider medical field - and is able to translate this experience across sectors and specialities.
She has provided event management support to 20 plus face to face training events this year - considering the challenges the pandemic has provided having someone of Kirsty’s calibre overseeing the running of these sessions has given me enormous reassurance and confidence.
I thoroughly recommend Kirsty to anyone looking for a VA.”
Mandy Day-Calder, Charles Bloe Training Ltd
“As charity Chair and dinner host, I worked closely with Kirsty on three extremely successful fundraising dinners, the most recent one raising £1m. Kirsty’s role was all encompassing, leading on all logistical and organisational elements.
Kirsty is extremely hard-working, focused and diligent, leaving no stone unturned. I would recommend Kirsty wholeheartedly to support any event or project that requires Kirsty’s significant skills.”
Previous employer
“Kirsty was part of the income generation team when I was Director at a national health charity. Kirsty was instrumental to the successful stewardship of many key supporters for the charity; and I relied on her considerable knowledge of the High Value supporters - many of whom had given for several years and were crucial to the charity as long term committed donors.
I valued Kirsty's diligent and considered approach to all aspects of stewarding those donors which included organising the annual briefing event. All logistics and planning for this key event in our calendar was co-ordinated by Kirsty which involved liaising with, and briefing Senior Staff, Trustees and Researchers to achieve the objectives set.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Kirsty to anyone considering utilising her skillset and experience.”
Barbara Osborne, Chief Executive