BUSINESS OF COACHING DETAILS

Presenter: Joseph Bailey

Topic: Creating a Business of Your Own

Description: Joseph will give an interactive presentation covering the following topics:

 1) Head or heart? We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of building a business organically with a laissez faire approach or through a structured business plan approach.

2) Designing a business plan and finding the resources to help with the process.

3) Developing your clientele and business diversification.

Bio: Joseph Bailey has been a coach, trainer, consultant, and facilitator for over 30 years. He was trained at the Coaches Training Institute and is a Certified Professional Facilitator through the International Association of Facilitators.  As an instructor at Linn-Benton Community College's Business and Employer Services, he works with a variety of types and sizes of businesses. Joseph has owned an independent consulting company since leaving graduate school in 1984 and ran a successful photography business for many years.  His coaching niches are: working with organizational leadership in relationship development and communication; supervision development; executive leaders transitioning (new organizations, retirement); moving from dreams to running a business.

ART OF COACHING DETAILS

Presenter: Marcia Bench

Topic: Recession or Renaissance: What the Economic Downturn REALLY Means to You and How to Prosper From It

Description: It's no secret that the economy has shifted in recent months…but is it cause for concern (or even panic) or the gateway into a new kind of success?  Find out why the Great Shift is actually giving rise to a new kind of renaissance - and how you can position your services to grow quickly now, rather than shrinking.  Get inside the mindset of your clients and discover how to reassure them that now is the best time to hire a coach - and what strategies are working best to do so. Identify the key shifts YOU need to make in order to prosper in these challenging times!

Bio: Marcia Bench, MCCC, is a Spiritual Business Strategist with more than 23 years of experience as a coach, consultant, speaker and author.  A frequent speaker, Marcia is the CEO of Purposeful Entrepreneur Enterprises and founder and director of Career Coach Institute, LLC and other coaching companies.  She has authored 23 books including The Tao of Entrepreneurship and Career Coaching: An Insider’s Guide.  For more information about her and her programs, see www.purposefulentrepreneur.com

COST: $15 for guests and non-member coaches; free for chapter members.

REGISTRATION:  Pre-registration not required

LOCATION: SCOTTISH RITE CENTER, 709 SW 15th Avenue , Portland, OR 97205

Emergency telephone: 503-226-7827