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March 28, 2012: “Public Speaking for Coaches – Strategies for Success” with Millie Calesky

January 30, 2012 By WMCA Leave a Comment

Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Meeting begins at 6:30; Networking available 7:45-8:30pm)

For: Especially for coaches and open to anyone interested in the topic

Location: Office of Shana Hiranandani, 41 Main Street, Florence, MA 01062  [MAP]

Parking: Free, on-site or on the street

Refreshments? Bring your own or Cooper’s Corner store is next door.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Public Speaking for Coaches – Strategies for Success

Public speaking is a powerful tool for coaches…

  • It can help us generate revenue, new contacts and consulting opportunities.
  • It enables us to get up in front of our potential clients and explain what we do.
  • It provides an opportunity for people to get to know us and understand how we can make a difference in their lives.

In this interactive presentation, you’ll learn strategies for developing your skills and how to market yourself as a speaker. There will be at least 15 minutes set aside for  Q&A and sharing our own “lessons learned” from our adventures in public speaking.

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Coach Millie Calesky
Motivational Speaker, Trainer, and Workshop Facilitator

Warm, upbeat, and engaging, Millie delivers practical, real-world tips that participants can use to
transform their lives. She engages her audience through fun, interactive exercises that encourage
participants to explore, both on their own and in groups.

Millie honed her speaking skills as a long-time member of Toastmasters International and as a former 6th grade English teacher. She is a past president of the Last Word Toastmasters Club in Pittsfield, MA, and has maintained a full-time coaching practice in the Berkshires since 1998. She is an
energetic, entertaining speaker who inspires her audiences to break through and achieve their goals.

Since 2007, Millie has facilitated a weekly job-seekers’ support group at BerkshireWorks – a one-stop career center in Pittsfield, MA. She is also a popular workshop leader at venues such as the Whole Health Expo, Berkshire Community College, and the Berkshire Women Writers’ Festival.

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April 25, 2012: “What Makes a Great Workshop Great” with Dale Schwarz

January 29, 2012 By WMCA 1 Comment

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Meeting begins at 6:30; Networking available 7:45-8:30pm)

Location: Office of Shana Hiranandani, 41 Main Street, Florence, MA 01062  [MAP]

Parking: Free in the lot in front of the building or on the street

Refreshments? Bring your own or Cooper’s Corner store is next door.

 

Facilitating Workshops:  What Makes a Great Workshop Great

Meeting Facilitator:  Dale Schwarz

Come and be part of a conversation about facilitating workshops. I’ll guide us through an exercise that will tap our collective wisdom.  By sharing our ideas we’ll all learn something new about leading workshops.  I’ll talk about what I’ve learned from my thirty-five years as a workshop facilitator – what works and what doesn’t.
About Dale Schwarz
Dale Schwarz is the co-founding Director of the Center for Creative Consciousness and The New England Art Therapy Institute. For over thirty-five years, her work as a Leadership and Personal/ Professional Coach, a Registered Art Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and workshop leader, has helped people bring forth their talents and creativity.  She co-authored Facilitative Coaching: A Toolkit for Expanding Your Repertoire and Achieving Lasting Results (Wiley/Pfeiffer 2009) and contributed chapters to various books, most recently in Supervision in Coaching (2011).  http://www.tocreate.org

 

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May 23, 2012: Mastermind for Your Own Coaching Business (ongoing)

January 29, 2012 By carlyn Leave a Comment

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Time: 6:30-8:15 pm

For: Especially for coaches and open to anyone interested in the topic

Location: Office of Shana Hiranandani, 41 Main Street, Florence, MA 01062  [MAP]

Parking: Free in the lot in front of the building or on the street

Refreshments? Feel free to bring your own (quiet) supper or snack.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Tapping into the resources we have in each other at  the last two roundtables on our own business development has been convivial, productive, and “masterminding.” Both events generated so much valuable brainstorming and mutual laser coaching that many of us were reluctant to end. Networking sparks were flying!

One long-time member wrote the facilitator of January’s mastermind circle…

“I am still impressed by the strength of the WMCA meeting last night.
It was one of the all-time top meetings, from my perspective.”

These structured conversations are facilitated to make space for attending to our immediate practical concerns as heart-centered business professionals.

Old members and brand new ones are saying that every other month would be a good rhythm for this business development mastermind. The next one will be May 23rd.

We’d love to see you in the circle. RSVP is optional. We start promptly at 6:30 pm.

 

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