My Beechworth Secretary was thankfully recommended to me by a close friend and business associate.  Those of us who own a business are aware of just how tiresome an occupation it can be just maintaining the status quo. Often we become so involved working ‘in’ the business and fail to identify that many tasks can be delegated so that  more time can be spent working ‘on’ the business. Karen is just that! Her skill and expertise simply exceeded my expectations.  She is a reliable, delightful, intelligent person who brings with her a wealth of experience and business knowledge.  Karen is fully engaged and displays genuine care about the businesses she is involved with.  Her influence has brought so much positivity into our day; our whole team looks forward to ‘Karen’s Day’. Karen is always accessible and nothing is ever ‘too much’ for her to handle. Karen has made such a valuable contribution to our business not only by taking over the important repetitive tasks but also by creating fabulous newsletters, flyers, client databases etc. She has so many great ideas and skills to bring to any business which also include any ideas she may have on reducing expenses and generating income.  My Beechworth Secretary is an extremely valuable asset to our company.
Danielle Colson Ovens and Kiewa Veterinary Hospital www.ovensandkiewaveterinarycentre.com.au
We introduced the services of My Beechworth Secretary to our business over 12 months ago to assist with one particular aspect, our customer database. Karen’s efficiency and enthusiasm of our business became instantly essential to our growing requirement for administrative support as a growing business. Her displayed concentration and efficiency made me immediately aware of the many areas she could give us support to increase our efficiency. Karen’s development and adaptability to our system and requirements was second to none, and she quickly become an essential part of our admin operation. She is extremely adaptable, accurate and supportive of our constantly changing circumstances.
Nick Henry - Principal The Ardent Alpaca, Camp St, Beechworth www.ardentalpaca.com.au
I have found Karen, My Beechworth Secretary, nothing but highly professional and prompt. She is brilliant she really listens to what we need and are trying to achieve and Karen comes up with the solution. Karen has a can do attitude so it makes it easy to work with her and she often gives great hints and tips to inspire. I love the free business tools on her website and I use the calendars for staff rosters, the shopping list for ordering stock and the ‘to do’ list daily to make sure I don't miss anything. Love the great ideas and project sheets and the footy fixtures as life is not all about work. I would recommend Karen to anyone who wants to be inspired and take their business to the next level.
Catherine Smith Beechworth Carriage Motor Inn www.beechworthcarriagemotorinn.com.au/
Karen from My Beechworth Secretary has worked on several different projects for The Beechworth Sweet Co.  She has an easy going professional style and has a vast knowledge of different programs and applications together with all administrative skills.  Recently we asked Karen to design a computer program for our very busy store which included the many different existing hand written documents, work allocation sheets, information data sheets and daily report books. After only one initial consultation with Karen she has designed a program that was easy for our supervisors to document all of the above on the one screen.  This now saves a large amount of time daily and we have it all on file to print off reports as required. The program is not only effective but is professionally presented on screen. Karen is gem for Beechworth Business’ with her vast knowledge and efficient professional manner.
Judi Borschman Proprietor -The Beechworth Sweet Co. The Original Sweet Shop From the Ultimate to the Unusual www.beechworthsweetco.com.au
A year ago I contacted Karen Nankervis at My Beechworth Secretary to get her to help put together our society’s newsletter, and to update our membership data-base. These jobs were done with great efficiency, and since that time we have been delighted to hand more of our society’s administrative work on to Karen. This work has included responding to inquiries from our membership and the general public, updating our policies and procedures, contacting media organizations for press releases and taking minutes via phone hook-up for our council meetings and for our AGM. I can highly recommend Karen and My Beechworth Secretary for any secretarial services you may consider giving her.
David Moore Australian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique www.austat.org.au
“I am an Independent Consultant with Nutrimetics and have a large data base of consultants to communicate with. Thanks to Karen, who has created a wonderful informative newsletter to go out to my girls on a regular basis, we have injected new life into the group.  Karen has incredible patience and excellent skills to know exactly what I need and where I should be going....she has a long challenging road ahead yet to get me organised, but she has the confidence that we will achieve our goals...she has taken a great workload off my shoulders in just a few months, I am looking forward to a long association with Karen in "Getting Organised”!!!”
Annette Flegeltaub, Independent Consultant - Albury annielorrie@tpg.com.au
"As an individual consultant with no home office secretarial support, My Beechworth Secretary has been a great help when I have needed them. They have prepared business cards at short notice and helped me improve the presentation of a report. I would describe their service as Triple P: Prompt, Personable and Professional."
Malcolm Gould Capital Markets Lawyer and Consultant Asian Development Bank
“Freeman on Ford has supported Karen’s business “My Beechworth Secretary” for many years.  Karen has typed and printed Freeman on Ford data lists/ mail outs, envelopes, newsletters, compendiums and submissions.  Freeman on Ford currently prints out her very useful  “To Do” lists and printouts from her website.  We wish her every success with her future endeavours.”
Heidi Freeman Freeman on Ford B&B, Beechworth www.freemanonford.com.au
On behalf of the National Secretariat of National Speakers Association of Australia, I would like to thank you for your prompt and efficient service throughout 2008. Your ability to comprehend our frantic requests and deliver so quickly has saved us from some tight deadlines.  We would never hesitate to recommend you to anyone and would be lost without your expertise. Thank you once again Karen for all your hard work.
Brooke Craig National Speakers Secretariat www.nationalspeakers.asn.au
Over 2 years ago I started a party plan business called Cardnell’s Country Collections.  After about 6 months I decided to look into consultancy, but had no idea how to write a consultant manual and had very little knowledge in this area.  Karen came to the rescue and wrote my manual, made up a customer database, has done my newsletters and has been a great asset to my business.  I am very thankful for her work and her advice. She has helped me overcome many hurdles. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Tania Cardnell Cardnells Country Collections www.cardnellscountry.com
Karen, it has come to my notice that you have been helping us for most of the time that we have been running our business and yet it seems that as we get more experienced we depend upon your knowledge more and more. A very sincere thankyou for being there when we call 'help'. We know that when ever we call, you respond quickly, efficiently and with a smile. Whether it be computer assistance or a business need, you tend to come up accurately and promptly - Thankyou.
Carole and Peter O'Neill formerly of Finches of Beechworth
Thanks for your fantastic recent creation, My Beechworth Secretary “Business Tools”. With life being so busy for most of us, these tools are not only invaluable for the office, they’re also of great assistance in all aspects of our life. I especially like the sheet –Great Ideas – it not only reflects your terrifically positive attitude, it’s also motivating for us! So to those of you who haven’t discovered these Tools, visit Karen’s My Beechworth Secretary website and print off plenty copies for not only yourself, but share them around with family and friends, and keep them handy for your everyday use.
Diana Leggat Marketing, La Trobe at Beechworth
“Karen has been doing my customer database for me, and I received it back last week from her. It is fantastic!!! Every customer is listed with the products they purchased and the host’s name. If she has been to more than one party, that host is cross-referenced too. It is done in our company colours which makes it stand out and look stylish. Well done. I showed it to Viva-Aroma’s owner and he decided that it was great and is now getting Karen to set up the company database. Thanks!!!
Simone Hudson Viva-Aroma Consultant
Just a note to thank you for your efforts in helping us with our Tshirts, it is good to know we can hand all our ideas across to you and it is done promptly and efficiently and with no problems at all. Thanks again.
Cheryl Bartold  Secretary Beechworth Football Netball Club
“I had extreme time frames while working towards the opening of an exhibition recently. I required pages of telephone numbers, addresses and rather scrappy diary notes to be deciphered and created into a data base. With confidence and efficiency, My Beechworth Secretary transformed this information into a comprehensive format for me to use … and met the deadlines! Thanks again Karen”
Dianna Orton, Artist Myrtleford www.diannaorton.com.au
“I am very pleased with Karen’s service and the work she produced for me. Very friendly, knowledgeable and supportive. I will be using this service again. And I won’t hesitate to ask advice from Karen, great resource.”
Jodie Scholz Beechworth
“Thank you Karen, you have taken a huge weight off my shoulders by being there to help with my book work. Now I am able to send everything off to my accountant without any worries. Without your help I would have a lot more stress which I don’t need! I have found you to be very prompt and reliable and there when needed. Always helpful and professional and prepared to go that extra mile to help. Thanks, Karen for being very committed to giving personal service which is very rare these days.
Maria Kraus formerly of Newtown Park Motel, Beechworth
Hallelujah for Karen and Michelle! has rapidly become indispensable to my Beechworth life. You see, I am an eccentric author who still chooses to work on a 1944 Royal typewriter. The girls have… Deciphered my latest reworked and scribbled-over typescript manuscript and put it on a disc. They have taken the rather sloppy disc of an earlier book and brought it in line with the original edited manuscript, producing a thoroughly accurate and professional version ready for submission to a publisher. They dispatch and receive my occasional emails. They produce all my business snail mail, to the amazement of my correspondents who have long been used to my ratty-looking letters. And all this is achieved promptly and accurately with a total lack of drama and a lot of good humour. As I said, is indispensable . What more can I say? Except thanks!”
Ian Jones - Beechworth
I would just like to thank you for the work you did in putting together my CV. The format that you gave me made it easy for me to put all of my experiences into an ordered and easily readable layout. I am really pleased with the finished product and think it will provide me with an excellent resource to gain employment. I also appreciated the extra assistance you gave me to put together my first job application.”
Rowan Mott - Wooragee
I really want to thank you for the assistance you have given me to date. Your professionalism and humour have made my "going back to school" so much easier.  I have appreciated your calmness and patience, in my endeavours to update forgotten computer skills.   I regularly set aside time to practice implementing the things you have instructed me on so far and I look  forward to continuing with my "lessons" in the near future.  Your services came highly recommended and the recommendation is obviously well deserved.
Again, thank you. Carol Bush - Wangaratta
I need a manager … Being the owner of Copy dot Com and a web design and a database programming business, I’m flat out just managing the day to day business. There is no time or energy left to follow new business ideas up, and I have a never ending supply of them. Reading Karen’s Newsletter, another brilliant idea was born; ‘How about hiring a part-time manager – Job description: Get NE Link up and running, deal with our staff members – get them organised, do what ever …. “I Don’t Wanna Know…!” ’ Magic happens – ‘secret meetings’, total visual redesign of the website, letters to all businesses, Radio ads, Alec working feverishly to meet set deadlines. Gee, what’s going on? So I asked some questions and the answers always came back with “Karen reckons….” , “Karen this, Karen that…” She always has the right answer and solution to everything. Wow – it works, nobody needs me - GREAT To make a long story short, www.nelink.com.au is now up and running – Thank you Karen!
Harald Borchard www.beechworthit.com.au
“We have had the absolute pleasure of knowing Karen Nankervis, who in a very short period of time, has assisted us greatly with all facets of bookkeeping within our business. We would highly recommend Karen to any business."
Michael & Anne Breen Beechworth Gas
I am writing to you, to thank you for your kind and brilliant service. Your prompt service and meeting the needs I required for all of my brochures, business cards and stationary are outstanding. They show to be effective in presentation at a cost effective price, great job. I have no hesitation in recommending your services to future potential clients. Keep up the good work.
Kind Regards Toni B. Atkins  -  Reflexologist
“I have had my own business for two years and just before Christmas 2004, my business started to grow and become more and more demanding. I needed to look at my business with fresh eyes if I wanted to become more successful and to continue to grow personally.  I am an ideas person but I’m not organized. Karen was very helpful and used her fantastic problem solving skills to come up with prompt solutions that helped me develop my business on a more expert level.  Her professionalism and advice was inspirational to me.  She also motivated me to be myself and gave me design options that worked with my personality.  She always goes the extra mile in supporting and encouraging me and I now ask her to run courses within my business to strengthen the skills of my team.  I can now say that we are all flowing in the right direction, thanks to Karen.”
Celeste & Paul Iannotta By Celeste - Natural Skincare www.byceleste.com.au