Shawn Faulkner’s VEA Helps Expand His Ministry Reach
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Welcome to this week's episode of the Virtual Assistant Podcast! Watch for new episodes every other Monday, highlighting how eaHELP clients are using virtual assistants to take their businesses further, faster. We're pleased to welcome Shawn Faulkner as our guest this week.
Shawn Faulkner is a part of the leadership team of CRU ... an international ministry that serves students. He balances both his local worth with students with a regional oversight role that has him directing and caring for leaders like him in three states! In this interview Shawn talks about how working with his VEA has increased his ability to reach more students and expand the ministry.
Episode Highlights
00:08 // Rich introduces Shawn to the show.
00:40 // Shawn introduces himself and talks about his organization.
02:45 // Shawn talks about his decision to hire a VA.
04:17 // Shawn talks about how she first heard of eaHELP.
00:04:39 // Shawn talks about CRU.
00:05:05// Shawn talks about how she’s done the administrative things and freed him to lead his team, build relationships, grow the organization
00:05:35 // Shawn gives an example of how his VA has improved the running of his organization.
00:07:47// Shawn talks about the trust he has in his VA and the positive impact it has had on the ministry.
00:10:11 // Shawn talks about his VAs involvement with all levels of the organization.
00:10:22 // Shawn talks about his VAs role in facilitating the growth and reach of the total organization.
Lightening Round
Top Productivity Apps // Email, Calendar, Google Drives, Google business account, Concur to track expenses and Producteev for collaboration
Planning Process // Strategic planning process season by season, SWOT analysis, objectives, vision, goals, strategies, tasks and evaluation
Protects Time // Organizing files and calendars, managing contacts and priorities weekly and monthly
Fun Story with his VA? // His VA sent him the wrong gift, mixed up the tags and apologized, told him to keep it!
Contact // crusd.org
Episode Transcript
Rich - Well hey, everybody. Welcome to the Virtual Assistant podcast. My name’s Rich Birch, the host around these parts. We’re so glad that you decided to spend some time with us to put us in your ear buds. This is the show for busy leaders who are looking to delegate more so they can focus on what’s most important in their organization. And today we’re super p