BONNIE LOW-KRAMEN CEO Ultimate Assistant. Thought Leader. Speaker.
International speaker and teacher, Bonnie Low-Kramen is recognized as one of the world’s most respected and inspirational leaders in the administrative profession. In 2015 Bonnie was named Educator of the Year by the Domestic Estate Managers Association. She worked as the Personal Assistant to Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis for 25 years until 2011.
Bonnie is a co-founder of NYCA – New York Celebrity Assistants – a professional networking organization. A New Jersey native and Rutgers University graduate, Bonnie’s interactive, passionate, entertaining, and inspiring workshops and presentations give assistants and managers the vital edge necessary to stand out and excel in today’s challenging and highly pressured workplace.
Bonnie’s passion is to affect positive change in the global workplace by paving the way towards healthy and productive relationships between assistants, managers, and fellow staff. Bonnie and Vickie Sokol Evans host a monthly Podcast series where they tackle the burning issues of the workplace. A writer for Executive Secretary Magazine, SmartCEO Magazine, and the Ultimate Assistant blog, her website was named as one of the “Top 10 Websites for Assistants of 2015” by Business Management Daily.
Bonnie is the bestselling author of the desk-side resource book “Be the Ultimate Assistant, A celebrity assistant’s secrets to working with any high-powered employer.” She is a sought-after speaker and trainer at conferences and corporations around the world.
In April 2015 she launched an international initiative called Speak Up! Pledge to motivate more positive and productive communication in the workplace (SpeakUpPledge.com.)
She is a member of many professional organizations, including New York Celebrity Assistants (co-founder), International Association of Administrative Professionals, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, and the National Association of Professional Women. Bonnie is at the center of the movement to close the wage gap and to end workplace bullying.
Bonnie’s work with Olympia Dukakis included close involvement with the Academy Award win for Moonstruck, the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis, and travel around the world to places such as Sydney, London, Alaska, and Prague.
A New Jersey native, Bonnie holds a B.A. degree from Rutgers University in English and Theatre. She worked in public relations and marketing for not-for-profit theatres in Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston before returning to New Jersey in 1986 where she became the Public Relations Director at Olympia Dukakis’ Whole Theatre in Montclair, NJ. The rest is history.
BE THE ULTIMATE ASSISTANT
A best-seller, Be the Ultimate Assistant, A celebrity assistant’s secrets to working with any high-powered employer is a rare, first-hand look at the world of a celebrity assistant and its place in the larger realm of all professional assistants. Enlightening and entertaining, this book pulls the curtain back with solid information and true stories from Bonnie Low-Kramen’s 25 years working with Oscar winning actress Olympia Dukakis. Every assistant wants to keep a copy within reach.
For example, would you know what to do to…
Get a lost passport replaced overnight?
Convince airline personnel to hold a plane for your high-powered employer?
Get the State Police to provide an escort for a celebrity stuck in traffic?
Locate a make-up man when the only clue you have is that he is “in Miami”?
Find the right exotic puppy in time for your employer’s birthday?
Professional assistants know how to do all these things, and much, much more. This book educates and celebrates assistants, and is a must-have resource for helping them strive for excellence and achieve greater success.
Reserve your copy and complete your payment at the conference. Bonnie Low-Kramen will personally sign your book and you will be entered into a raffle to win a Full Scholarship to the 2-day “Be the Ultimate Assistant” Workshop in 2020 in the city of your choice.
Instructors: Bonnie Low-Kramen & Vickie Sokol Evans
Book Price: $15.00 (signed)