Australian Institute of Office Professionals (AIOP) upcoming events

NATIONAL WEBINAR - Copilot for Office Professionals: What it actually does, and how to make it work for you. (20 May 2026)

Wed, 20 May 2026 02:30:00 GMT

Copilot for Office Professionals: What it actually does, and how to make it work for you.

You've heard about Microsoft Copilot. You might even have a licence. But between the hype and the reality, it can be hard to know where to start, or whether it's even working the way it should be.

This webinar cuts through the noise.

Informotion's Microsoft specialists will walk you through everything an EA needs to know:

how Copilot's permissions work (including the delegate access gap that trips up nearly every OP),
how to write prompts that get useful results,

and

which automation features are worth your attention right now.

Expect live demos, real examples, and a prompt-building exercise you'll actually use on Monday morning.

Built for: Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Administration Assistants, Office Managers, and Business Support professionals across Australia.

Make sure you don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn from the best. This amazing webinar series will be held over two days for 1 hour each session, you only need to register once.

Date: Wednesday 13th & 20th May 2026

Time: 12.30PM - 1.30PM AEST

Registration: Online registration here (zoom link provided day prior to webinar)

Ticket Prices:

Members - No charge
Non-members - $99.00 per person
ZOOM opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

^{Delivered by: Informotion - Microsoft Cloud & AI Solutions Partner}

Rachel Hall FAIOP

AIOP National President

NATIONAL WEBINAR - Circolo Software - The Future of Event Management (3 Jun 2026)

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:30:00 GMT

Join us for an exclusive AIOP webinar with CIRCOLO Software as we explore the future of event management and the technology transforming how events are planned, coordinated, and delivered.

Built by the events industry, for the events industry, CIRCOLO is an all-in-one event management platform designed to streamline everything from runsheets and guest management to team collaboration, budgeting, and event operations.

In this practical and insightful session, Vanessa Winter and Andrew Nash of CIRCOLO will take AIOP members behind the scenes of their new software platform, sharing how event professionals can simplify workflows, reduce operational chaos, and manage events more efficiently in one connected system.

Whether you coordinate executive events, conferences, team functions, client experiences, or internal activations, this webinar will provide valuable insights into modern event management tools and processes.

Date: Wednesday 3 June 2026
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST
Ticket Prices: Free to everyone

ZOOM opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

Perfect for Executive Assistants, Office Managers, Event Coordinators, Business Support Professionals, and anyone involved in planning and delivering events.

Rachel Hall FAIOP

AIOP National President

NATIONAL WEBINAR - ShareCal - Making Scheduling Easier (9 Jun 2026)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:30:00 GMT

If your day revolves around scheduling and calendar wrangling, there's a tool designed just for you. ShareCal helps make scheduling faster, smarter, and way more accurate, giving you precious time back in your day.

ShareCal is an AI-powered, enterprise-grade scheduling platform designed specifically for Office Professionals using Microsoft Outlook to streamline calendar management. It eliminates scheduling bottlenecks by automating time zone conversions, creating booking links, and finding optimal meeting times.

Key Features and Benefits

AI Scheduling Assistant: Understands natural language requests to create, reschedule, or cancel meetings.
Outlook & Teams Integration: Functions within the Microsoft ecosystem for seamless calendar management, including automatic Zoom link creation.
Advanced Time Zone Handling: Instantly converts time zones and creates availability snippets to eliminate email back-and-forth.
Group Scheduling & Holds: Automatically identifies optimal times for groups and manages, tracks, or deletes calendar holds.

Already trusted by some of the world’s top companies and loved by thousands of office professionals, ShareCal is making a real difference - saving EAs up to 15–20% of their time every day.

Date: Tuesday 9 June 2026
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM AEST
Ticket Prices: Free to Members : $20 for non-members

ZOOM link will be sent out the day prior to the webinar and opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

Join us for a live webinar to learn more about ShareCal can help save you time!

Rachel Hall FAIOP

AIOP National President

NATIONAL WEBINAR - From Confusion to Confidence: Take Control of Your Money (24 Jun 2026)

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMT

We’re excited to announce an upcoming webinar hosted by AIOP NSW featuring the incredible Naomi Holmes, financial educator and host of Her Money Matters, helping women build confidence and clarity around money through practical, real-world financial education.

This is a practical, insightful and conversation-driven session designed to spark fresh thinking and real-world takeaways for our professional community.

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Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026
Time: 12.00PM AEST

Format: 30-minute webinar + Q&A
Registration: Online registration here (zoom link provided day prior to webinar)

Ticket Prices:

Members - No charge
Non-members - $20.00 per person
ZOOM opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

Meet Your Speaker - Naomi Holmes:

Naomi is a financial educator with over 25 years experience and has worked as a financial advisor, led teams at ANZ and AMP, and specialised in high-net-worth clients and has also worked in governance and compliance within the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund sector.

Naomi has a Bachelor of Science (Honours), a Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning, the Certified Financial Planner designation, and an Executive MBA.

Naomi created Her Money Matters - to help women take control of their financial futures with the knowledge, confidence, and support they need.

Learn more about Naomi Holmes
Listen to her podcast

We look forward to welcoming you to this insightful and empowering webinar.

Rachel Hall FAIOP

National President

NATIONAL WEBINAR - CANVA Training for Office Professionals (1 Jul 2026)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT

This educational and creative webinar series will be held over 3 days, you only need to register once.

Session 1 - Canva for Beginners: Build Confidence, Create with Clarity

Ready to elevate your design skills without the overwhelm? Join us for a practical, beginner-friendly Canva training session with Catherine Mason, designed specifically for admin and office professionals looking to create polished, professional visuals with ease.

In this session, you’ll learn how to confidently navigate Canva, create clean and professional assets, and apply simple design principles that make your work stand out—whether it’s presentations, internal documents, or event materials. This is not about becoming a designer. It’s about equipping you with practical tools you can use immediately in your role.

Session 2 - Canva Intermediate: Design with Strategy, Create with Impact

Already comfortable in Canva but ready to take your work to the next level? This intermediate session with Catherine Mason is designed to move you beyond the basics and into more strategic, polished design.

In this session, you’ll learn how to create more cohesive, on-brand visuals, work smarter with templates and layouts, and apply design principles that elevate the quality and consistency of your work. From presentations and reports to event materials and internal communications, you’ll walk away with practical techniques that make your output look and feel more professional.

This is about refining your skills, increasing your efficiency, and creating work that reflects the level you’re operating at.

Session 3 - Canva Advanced: Design Like a Strategist, Deliver Like a Pro

This is where design meets leadership. The advanced Canva session with Catherine Mason is designed for admin and business professionals who are already confident in Canva and want to elevate their work to a truly professional, strategic level.

In this session, you’ll learn how to build and maintain brand consistency, create high-impact templates at scale, and streamline your workflow to produce polished assets efficiently. You’ll explore advanced features, smarter ways of working, and how to approach design with intention—so every piece you create serves a purpose.

From executive presentations to internal campaigns and event collateral, this session will help you produce work that not only looks exceptional, but lands with impact.

This is not about doing more in Canva. It’s about doing it better—with clarity, confidence, and strategic intent.

Date: Wednesday 1st & Thursday 9th & 16th July 2026

Time: 12.00PM - 1.15PM AEST

Registration: Online registration here (zoom link provided day prior to webinar)

Ticket Prices:

Members - No charge
Non-members - $99.00 per person
ZOOM opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

^{Delivered by: Virtually Together}

Rachel Hall FAIOP

AIOP National President

DIVISIONAL EVENT (Victoria) Working Well: Mental Wellbeing Strategies for Executive Assistants (8 Jul 2026)

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:30:00 GMT

We are thrilled to invite our members and the wider business support community to a high-value fireside chat with Luke Marshall, a mental health speaker and advocate, who will be joined by Hayden Mackenzie, AIOP Culture & Diversity Director, and Janice Parker, Victorian Division President. During this conversation, Luke, Hayden and Janice will share their lived experiences, discuss the importance of mental wellbeing, and setting boundaries without running on empty.

Having worked previously at Facebook and Google, Luke has authored two books, and is a proud spouse and father to twin boys. He sits on the board at the mental health charity SANE and chairs the Lived Experience Advisory Committee (LEAC). He has spoken about his lived experience on podcasts, in his first book, at corporate events, and at Parliament House on World Mental Health Day.

Date: Wednesday 8th July

Time: 5:30pm arrival | close at 8:00pm

Venue: Fern Restaurant at Hotel Indigo - 575 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Tickets:

Members: Included with membership
Non-Members: $20.00 AUD per person
Please RSVP by Wednesday 1st July by registering here

This gathering will be focused on meaningful conversations, practical insights, and peer connection. It is all about bringing together the people who keep our businesses running.

Janice Parker, Alison Horvath, Hayden Mackenzie

AIOP Victorian Division President & Committee

*Please note that photo and video material will be collected at this event for possible future publications. By attending, guests give their consent for such material to be published and for your name and email to be shared with our event sponsors.

NATIONAL WEBINAR - CANVA Training for Office Professionals (9 Jul 2026)

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT

This educational and creative webinar series will be held over 3 days, you only need to register once.

Session 1 - Canva for Beginners: Build Confidence, Create with Clarity

Session 2 - Canva Intermediate: Design with Strategy, Create with Impact

This is about refining your skills, increasing your efficiency, and creating work that reflects the level you’re operating at.

Session 3 - Canva Advanced: Design Like a Strategist, Deliver Like a Pro

From executive presentations to internal campaigns and event collateral, this session will help you produce work that not only looks exceptional, but lands with impact.

This is not about doing more in Canva. It’s about doing it better—with clarity, confidence, and strategic intent.

Date: Wednesday 1st & Thursday 9th & 16th July 2026

Time: 12.00PM - 1.15PM AEST

Registration: Online registration here (zoom link provided day prior to webinar)

Ticket Prices:

Members - No charge
Non-members - $99.00 per person
ZOOM opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

^{Delivered by: Virtually Together}

Rachel Hall FAIOP

AIOP National President

NATIONAL WEBINAR - CANVA Training for Office Professionals (16 Jul 2026)

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT

This educational and creative webinar series will be held over 3 days, you only need to register once.

Session 1 - Canva for Beginners: Build Confidence, Create with Clarity

Session 2 - Canva Intermediate: Design with Strategy, Create with Impact

This is about refining your skills, increasing your efficiency, and creating work that reflects the level you’re operating at.

Session 3 - Canva Advanced: Design Like a Strategist, Deliver Like a Pro

From executive presentations to internal campaigns and event collateral, this session will help you produce work that not only looks exceptional, but lands with impact.

This is not about doing more in Canva. It’s about doing it better—with clarity, confidence, and strategic intent.

Date: Wednesday 1st & Thursday 9th & 16th July 2026

Time: 12.00PM - 1.15PM AEST

Registration: Online registration here (zoom link provided day prior to webinar)

Ticket Prices:

Members - No charge
Non-members - $99.00 per person
ZOOM opens 5 minutes prior to the commencement time

^{Delivered by: Virtually Together}

Rachel Hall FAIOP

AIOP National President

DIVISIONAL EVENT (SA) From Branson's Side to Centre Stage - An EA's Story (24 Jul 2026)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT

OFFICE PROFESSIONALS DAY IS HERE… and honestly, there’s no better time to ask for your professional development budget.

If your company celebrates Office Professionals Day, values your growth, or talks about investing in its people - this is the moment to put your hand up.

Why not attend together with the other admins in your business and turn it into a shared professional development, learning, and networking experience?

Date: Friday 24 July 2026
Time: 12.00pm – 2.30pm
Place: Adelaide Marriott Hotel

What’s it really like to be Sir Richard Branson’s Executive Assistant? Find out from the woman who did it.

Samantha Cox has worked with world leaders, lived on Necker Island, and now runs her own global consulting business. And on Friday 24 July, she’s coming to Adelaide to share her story, lessons, and insights with the Adelaide admin community.

This is more than just a lunch. It’s professional development, networking, career inspiration, and a chance to learn from one of the most recognised Executive Assistants in the world.

So, if you’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to ask for PD support from your company - consider this your sign.

Check out the highlights reel HERE.

Seats are limited - tag your EA friends, organise your admin team, and book now by using the link HERE.

Proudly sponsored by: Adelaide Marriott Hotel, Admin Avenues and the Adelaide EA Influencers Network.

Rachel Hall FAIOP
AIOP National President

DIVISIONAL EVENT (VIC) From Branson's Side to Centre Stage - An EA's Story (11 Sep 2026)

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT

OFFICE PROFESSIONALS DAY IS HERE… and honestly, there’s no better time to ask for your professional development budget.

If your company celebrates Office Professionals Day, values your growth, or talks about investing in its people - this is the moment to put your hand up.

Why not attend together with the other admins in your business and turn it into a shared professional development, learning, and networking experience?

DATE: Friday 11 September 2026
TIME: 12.00pm – 2.30pm
PLACE: Rydges Melbourne

What’s it really like to be Sir Richard Branson’s Executive Assistant? Find out from the woman who did it.

Samantha Cox has worked with world leaders, lived on Necker Island, and now runs her own global consulting business. And on Friday 11 September, she’s coming to Melbourne to share her story, lessons, and insights with the Victorian admin community.

This is more than just a lunch. It’s professional development, networking, career inspiration, and a chance to learn from one of the most recognised Executive Assistants in the world.

So, if you’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to ask for PD support from your company - consider this your sign.

Check out the highlights reel HERE.

Seats are limited - tag your EA friends, organise your admin team, and book now using the link HERE!

Proudly sponsored by: Rydges Melbourne and Admin Avenues.

Rachel Hall FAIOP
AIOP National President