VA Institute

Today is International Virtual Assistants Day - 15 May, 2026 - and at VA Institute, this one means a lot to us.

Since 2017, we have been in the business of watching women transform. Not in a vague, inspirational-poster kind of way. In a real, tangible, "I just signed my first client" kind of way. In a "I finally left that job that was destroying me" kind of way.

More than 2,000 Australian women have come through our doors - each one carrying transferable skills, hard-won experience, and often, a confidence that had taken a battering somewhere along the way.

International VA Day is a reminder that this industry deserves to be taken seriously. That the women who choose this path are not playing small. They are building real businesses, real income streams, and real futures - on their own terms.

We are proud to have been part of so many of those stories, and we are not done yet.

Happy International VA Day to every Virtual Professional out there. You are exactly where you are supposed to be.

Ingrid, Angela and the VA Institute Team # # #

We are thrilled to announce our major sponsor at the upcoming 2026 VA Summit is Insurance Advisernet SouthEast.

Chloe Burns and the Insurance Advisernet SouthEast team are long time supporters of our Summit, and the industry as a whole. They provide cost effective insurance solutions and great advice to our Virtual Industry Professionals across Australia, and we are so pleased to have them onboard again this year at the VA Summit on 23rd & 24th May at the beautiful Gold Coast!

Every year, there are two kinds of VAs on the last day of the VA Summit.

The ones in the room - tired in the best possible way, buzzing with ideas, exchanging numbers with people who feel like they have known each other for years, already looking forward to next year.

And the ones at home - scrolling the highlights, double-tapping the photos, reading the session recaps, and feeling that particular sting of: I should have been there.

We say it every year. We hear it every year. 'Next year I am definitely going.' And then next year arrives and the excuses come back - the timing, the cost, the distance, the guilt of taking two days out.

Here is the truth. The VAs who invest in showing up for themselves - in their learning, their network, their community - are the ones who build the businesses they actually dreamed of when they started this journey.

VA Summit is not an expense. It is one of the most strategic investments you will make in your business this year.

🎉23-24 May 2026. Queensland.

This is your year. Make the call.

Grab your ticket today before we close off ticket sales - vasummit.com.au

Seats are filling up for VA Summit 2026 - and it's only a few weeks away.

23rd and 24th May in beautiful Coolangatta QLD. Two days that will genuinely change how you think about your business and your future in this industry.

Here is what is waiting for you:

Day 1 - mindset, risk management, AI, and marketing. Everything you need to build a business that is confident, protected, visible, and valuable.

Day 2 - financial growth, future-ready marketing, client magnetism, resilience, and the tools to take everything you have learned and actually implement it.

Hosted by Ingrid Bayer and Angela Revell of VA Institute, with Katrena Friel as Mistress of Ceremonies and an outstanding lineup of presenters who are genuine experts in their fields.

Plus the VA Annual Dinner on Saturday evening - because the conversations that happen over a shared meal are just as important as the ones that happen on stage.

This is Australia's premier virtual industry conference. There is nothing else like it on the annual calendar.

Last opportunity to grab your seat... do not wait until it is too late.

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Let's talk about what two days at VA Summit 2026 actually gives you.

It gives you Katrena Friel shifting your entire mindset around what it means to run a VA business - from reactive service provider to intentional CEO.

It gives you Ingrid Bayer talking about reinvention, and ways to build innovation into your VA business so that you're the go-to VA who is always in demand.

It gives you Angela Revell breaking down AI in a way that makes you excited about the future rather than anxious about being left behind.

It gives you Jenn Donovan showing you exactly how to use AI to amplify your marketing without losing your voice or your authenticity.

It gives you Melissa Meagher making financial literacy finally make sense - in the context of how VA businesses actually earn, spend, and grow.

It gives you Lauren Clemett handing you the tools to rewire your resilience and stop letting self-doubt make your business decisions.

And above all of that - it gives you two days with the most switched-on, driven, generous community in the Australian VA industry.

This is not a conference you attend passively. You leave with a plan, a network, and a completely different sense of what is possible for your business.

👉23-24 May 2026. Queensland. Payment plans available.

For more info head to vasummit.com.au

Something happens when you get VAs in a room together.

The guard comes down. The professional polish gives way to real conversation. Someone says out loud the thing everyone has been quietly thinking - about pricing, about difficult clients, about whether they are actually good enough at this - and suddenly the whole room exhales.

Because you are not alone. You never were.

That is the gift of VA Summit. It is the one place in the calendar where you do not have to explain yourself, justify your choices, or pretend everything is perfectly curated. You can show up as a work in progress and be met with nothing but understanding - because everyone in that room is building something too.

The friendships formed at past Summits are still going. The referral partnerships are still active. The WhatsApp groups are still buzzing. The businesses that grew because two VAs met over afternoon tea and realised they were stronger together.

That could be you...

VA Summit | 23-24 May 2026 | Queensland.

For more info - vasummit.com.au