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Online Courses

What is The Hub?

The Tomorrow’s VA Hub, affectionately known as ‘The Full Monty’, is the complete box set of my online courses.

All the training in Microsoft 365 applications in one place with LIFETIME access. Pay once and never pay another penny again.

You can pay in Pounds sterling, US Dollars or Australian Dollars. The Hub gives you a 40 percent saving compared to buying the courses one by one.

Do you do any discounts or bundle deals?

There are usually no discounts with my individual online courses as they already represent great value for money. Sometimes, there may be a launch promotion price with a new course.

The HUB of course is a great bundle deal as it includes all of my courses (including any new ones) and gives you a 40% reduction on buying them individually.

Can I pay in a different currency?

Yes. You can choose to pay for your course in pounds sterling, US dollars or Australian dollars for tomorrow’s VA and for Essential Office on the MSOfficeMaestro site, you can choose your currency at the checkout.

How much are your online courses?

My online course prices start from £147 for tomorrow’s VA and the individual Essential Office Courses are all priced at £395 – they are created following a different structure and contain a lot of content.

What if I can’t decide which course is best for me?

Obviously, I want you to have the course (or courses) which will help you most. If, having explored my range of courses, you’re still unsure what to go for, let me help you. Simply book a free Discovery Call and we can talk it through.

Can I see a course before I buy it?

It’s not possible to view a whole course. However, if you want to get an idea of my training style, delivery and pacing you will find ‘Preview’ videos on some of the course pages. An example can be found here.

You’re also welcome to book a free Discovery Call to discuss courses before you decide to go ahead.

What are your courses like for me, the learner?

Each course comprises a series of short step-by-step videos. You see what I see on the screen as I go through each task. Every mouse move, every click. It’s like having a trainer right by your side as you work through the stages.

Clear instruction is matched by excellent sound quality. I take you through things at a good easy pace. You can pause or rewind any time, to take notes or embed the learning.

The courses are for your learning and enjoyment. I want you to learn loads and have fun.

When you get the course it’s yours. You use it the way that works best for you. You can follow the logical order of the course structure provided – or just jump into the bit you want to start with and go for it. 

You can learn where you want, when you want. Return to the course or a specific video whenever you need a refresher.

There is also a community element to the training. With each course you can add comments or questions in the system. You can also ask to join our closed Facebook group.

Do you do courses for Mac?

Yes. My online courses have versions for Windows users and for Mac users. Simply select the right version of the course for your computer’s operating system.

What online courses do you offer?

My online courses cover you for applications in Microsoft 365, whether you use Windows or Mac. That means Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams.

The courses are task-based, designed to show you how to complete the most likely tasks a VA, EA or PA might be asked to do. Practical, step-by-step training with no waffle or padding.

Explore my range of courses or visit The Hub.

Learning Online 1:1 with Shelley

Do you offer sessions or workshops for groups?

Yes, online learning sessions or workshops can be arranged for small groups of 2 to 8 people. Book a Discovery Call to discuss your requirements.

For groups of more than 8 people, please get in touch for more information.

How long is the Online Learning Session with you?

The session is 90-minutes. Contact me to discuss so that we make sure you learn exactly what you need 😀

What do you cover during the Session?

The session or workshop is personalised to whatever you need help with. 

You can focus on one application or course. Or you can learn bits from one and bits from another. It’s all about helping you get clear and confident about using Microsoft 365. 

Expert Speaker

How do I book you as a speaker?

Please contact me to talk about your specific requirements.

Where have you spoken before?

Organisers have booked me for speaking engagements at events such as

  • The PA Show
  • ExecSecTech
  • Practically Perfect PA online summit
  • Miss Jones PA Virtual Showcase
  • Hemsley Fraser – PA and Administrator Conference
  • Office – the show for PA’s and Executive Assistants
  • European Management Assistants (EUMA) 40th Anniversary Conference in Paris
  • PA Life training day
  • IMA

What are your speaker fees?

Please contact me to talk about what you need. We can take it from there.

What types of talk can you do?

You can book me as a keynote speaker, to deliver focussed sessions or present workshops, typically of 30 to 90 minutes. In person and online.

Engaging, informative and entertaining talks and training – for events, presentations, seminars, training days, webinars and workshops

What topics can you speak about?

My talks and presentations can cover any aspect or application of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams and more.

Delivered to share practical know-how, time-saving tips and learning for audiences to take away and implement straight away. 

Expert Author – Microsoft Books by Shelley Fishel

Where can I buy your books?

You can find my training books and manuals on Bookboon. 

My other book is ‘Business Barista – Essential Excel Skills to Streamline Your Business’. It tells the journey of a fictitious coffee shop owner called Matt, and how he’s able to use the Microsoft application to grow his business. You can find it on Amazon.

What books have you written?

On Bookboon, you’ll see 48 books and manuals for sale. They are my ‘How to’ guides for Microsoft 365 and ‘Office’ applications – including Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint. Different publications cover different versions, eg 2013, 2016 and 2019.

I also wrote a book called ‘Business Barista – Essential Excel Skills to Streamline Your Business’. It tells the journey of a fictitious coffee shop owner called Matt, and how he’s able to use the Microsoft application to grow his business.

Virtually Amazing – The Podcast

What topics does your podcast cover?

Each episode, we share practical tips and interview a guest expert. 

Topics we have covered include setting up a VA business, GDPR, contracts, content writing, websites, coaching and training, tech security, using LinkedIn, blogging, copywriting and productivity.

Is the podcast only for VA’s?

The podcast is aimed at Virtual Assistants. If you are an Executive Assistant, PA, or someone starting or running a business on your own, you’ll also find the content really interesting and valuable.

How frequent are your episodes?

The last episode of the Podcast was on January 12th 2022. You can still listen to all the past episodes via your favourite Podcast player or via the Podcast Page on this website. currently has a new episode every week. Subscribe, follow and enjoy. 

How can I find your podcast?

Shelley’s podcast is called ‘Virtually Amazing – The Podcast for Virtual Assistants’. It is co-hosted by Jo Brianti. You can find all episodes on this website.

You can also listen to the podcast on the popular platforms, including iTunes and Spotify. 

Accreditations

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I have used what I learned to help me be quicker and more efficient when creating new documents, letters and even spreadsheets even though I have not done the Excel part of the course yet – just knowing what Copilot is capable of has enabled this and I am excited to learn more about how I can use it with Excel.  It is also great for helping me find lost information and sources.  It has definitely made a positive impact on my productivity and efficiency, and I hope even more so once I have recapped all the sessions.  I think the overarching benefit of the course is that it allows you to see what Copilot can be used with and how; if you don’t know what it can do, you can’t ask the right questions, now I know how to ask the right questions to get what I need.

I would definitely recommend that all the other EAs do this course – if it is an option for them to do so and they want to!  

Microsoft 365 with Copilot – The Human Advantage

Really clear and inclusive training at a good pace

Microsoft 365 with Copilot – The Human Advantage

Shelley’s teaching style is relaxed but engaging, she’s happy to take questions & go over things more than once and in different ways to help you understand.

If you need to get to grip with CoPilot – whether it’s because you want to or (worse) have to, then I can’t recommend Shelley’s course highly enough. She’s got a new cohort running in January – my advice: Be there or be a right -angled, equal-sided parallelogram!

Colin Foster

Microsoft 365 with Copilot – The Human Advantage

This course has benefitted me enormously in becoming the go to person for all things AI with colleagues, I have a learnt an awful lot in these four sessions with Shelley across Microsoft 365 and can better visualise how to use it on a daily basis.  Shelley uses clear examples on how to incorporate it in your daily work, and not only that but the access to the recordings and the additional documents is invaluable, thank you so much again Shelley!

 Elizabeth Bate  

Microsoft 365 with Copilot – The Human Advantage

Attending the Copilot AI course was a game-changer for my productivity. I learned how to leverage AI to streamline tasks, draft content faster, and make smarter decisions with real-time insights. The course was practical, easy to follow, and immediately applicable to my daily work. Highly recommended for anyone looking to stay ahead in a tech-driven world in the EA world.

Joann Bergstrom

Microsoft 365 with Copilot- The Human Advantage

Shelley provides invaluable insight into leveraging Microsoft products most efficiently and effectively.

Top Time Busting Tips for Microsoft Office – Ginger Aslous

Crammed a lot in today’s session and we all came away having learnt a lot of things! Considering how much time we had, I feel a lot was taken away

Manage your data in Excel – Olivia Nelson Potter Space

Microsoft 365 is the perfect session to get a basic (and more) understanding of Microsoft 365 incl. all apps! Shelley is a great trainer and expert with lots of experience and so much knowledge. I could have listened to all her tips many more hours. With all features out there, Microsoft 365 seems like a wild jungle sometimes but the session helped me getting a few things sorted. I look forward to the next session!

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Collaboration with Microsoft 365

I always come away from a presentation by Shelley with useful tips to incorporate into my day job – she has a clear & patient presenting style & her content always has some invaluable tips for streamlining and making processes more efficient.

Collaboration with Microsoft 365 – Kate Watson

Shelley is very patient and made me feel comfortable with asking for further clarification. She was very receptive to intermittent questions as well.

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Collaboration with Microsoft 365

Shelley was very thorough in her explanations and made OneDrive and SharePoint easy to understand – would recommend.

Collaboration with Microsoft 365 – Olivia Tubman

I find Shelley’s training easy to follow and the very best thing is that you can do it all at your own pace and revisit modules if it doesn’t quite sink in the first time round! I have learned so much from her training and continue to do so! She is responsive to my questions and I learn something new with each module. I find Iam hardly ever having to Google or YouTube information now, so it really is saving me time in my work day. Time that can be better used by learning more about the business I operate in!
Thanks Shelley!

Tracey Whitehouse – Executive Assistant

I have been following Shelley on Linkedin for several years, and always loved her hints and tips. In May of this year, I had the opportunity to recommend Shelley as one of our workshop speakers at the annual HMC Heads’ PA Conference in Sheffield.

On receiving the brief Shelley quickly produced content for two IT Microsoft Skills Workshops covering nuggets from Outlook, Word and Excel. Shelley then delivered (virtually) these two fantastic workshops to over 60 PAs at our conference.

From initial enquiry to delivery Shelley is the consummate professional and it was my pleasure to have had the opportunity to engage with her.

I would have no hesitation in recommending Shelley to any individual or group.

Michaela Fletcher – Heads PA

Shelley is THE guru on all things Microsoft.

I love Outlook, use it every day, and think I have a pretty good understanding of it. But every time I attend one of her sessions I learn a lot more. Her knowledge is remarkable. And she delivers her knowledge in a really clear, engaging way.

Thanks Shelley

Kathy Soulsby

I have just spent less than an hour at one of Shelley’s presentations and my mind is truly blown! I thought I was fairly proficient in Outlook, but I had no idea it could do so much more! So many time saving tips and shortcuts to help me – I can’t wait to get stuck in and implement them all! Thank you Shelley – I would highly recommend!

Hayley Rose – Executive Assistant -Dalcour Maclaren

Shelley joined us for the annual HMC Heads’ PAs conference in May 2023, where she delivered two hands-on practical IT skills workshops for over 60 PAs in attendance. Both sessions were warmly received by all participants, and from a personal perspective it was an absolute pleasure for me to work with Shelley both offline in the extensive prep phase ahead of the sessions, and online during the day itself – sharp in subject knowledge, flexible in content delivery and everything executed with a really affable manner and “can-do” approach throughout. I would recommend her services wholeheartedly.

Gareth Johnson – Leader GRE Education

Heads PA Conference