Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Kramen (born July 14, 1957) in Kearny NJ, USA is an American author and public speaker. She is president and co-founder of Ultimate Assistant Training & Consulting Inc.

Biography

For 25 years, Low-Kramen worked as the personal assistant to Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis and actor Louis Zorich.[1]

Bonnie Low-Kramen's best-selling book Be the Ultimate Assistant: A celebrity assistant's secrets to working with any high-powered employer was self-published in 2004 and is currently in its fifth edition.[2] The Foreword is written by Olympia Dukakis.

Low-Kramen is a co-founder and former President of New York Celebrity Assistants (NYCA) which is a professional networking association for assistants, started in 1996 by eight celebrity assistants.[3][4] She teaches the workshop Be the Ultimate Assistant (BTUA) and co-hosts the "Be the Ultimate Assistant Podcast" series with productivity expert Vickie Sokol Evans.[5]

In April 2015 Low-Kramen created the Speak Up! Pledge website, an initiative to encourage communication in the workplace.[6]

She holds a B.A. degree in English and Theater from Rutgers University in New Brunswick.[7]

Awards and recognition
  • 2018 Impact Award winner by BEA, Boston Executive Assistants organization.[8]
  • 2015 Educator of the Year by DEMA, the Domestic Estate Managers Association.[9]
  • 2012 First American in the U.K. to speak at an event for administrative professionals at the Hays Conference.[10]
  • 2002 Assistant of the Year, Campos Assistant Services, Beverly Hills, CA.[11]
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gollark: But with the big text and buttons it seems like it was designed for phones first.
gollark: And it *does* mostly have that.
gollark: And a search button so you can find the right info.
gollark: I mean, I'd hope for a brief description of what it is and a link to a getting started guide, plus relevant-to-everyone information, right at the top of the front page.

References
  1. Cohen, Patricia (2004-06-08). "When Their Wish Is Your Command; Celebrity Assistants Keep the Stars Twinkling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  2. Low-Kramen, Bonnie. (2008). Be the ultimate assistant : a celebrity assistant's secrets to working with any high-powered employer (2004 ed.). New York: NK Publications. ISBN 9780976326816. OCLC 231588720.
  3. Strauss, Karsten. "The Ultimate Assistant Academy: Inside The Elite Training Program For America's Top Executive Assistants". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  4. "After Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood assistants urged to break culture of silence". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  5. "Bonnie Low Kramen". Executive Secretary. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. "Bonnie Low-Kramen". OGA Conference and Vendor Exhibition. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  7. "Compliance Experts – traininng". www.traininng.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  8. "The story behind Boston Executive Assistants + The Assistants Hub". Executive Leadership Support. 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  9. "Bonnie". World administrators' summit. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  10. "What Makes a Successful PA" (PDF). Hays.
  11. "A taste of the limelight". Los Angeles Times. 2003-12-09. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
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