Global Career Brainstorming Day - CTL and RWA

By: Stan Washington

http://www.careerthoughtleaders.com/brain-day-2014/

How does Brain Day work?

Groups of career professionals meet for 4 hours to talk, explore, learn, collaborate, discover, and share. Each group is led by an experienced facilitator working with a discussion outline we’ve created to guide the conversation. Yet, you should never feel restrained by the outline! One of the most fascinating aspects of Brain Day is that each group is dynamic and conversations flow in every direction and around every topic imaginable. That’s a great deal of what makes this event so very special!

There’s also a scribe (note taker) at each event to record the highlights of the day. Using a note-taking tool that we’ve developed, scribes capture all of the insights, ideas, new perspectives, resources, and more that everyone shares. The role of scribe is very important because our final publication of findings is only as strong as the information we capture from each event. That white paper is distributed to:

• Brain Day facilitators, scribes & participants
• Thousands of career professionals worldwide (10K+)
• Colleges & universities in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia & Australia
• Military installations, government agencies & workforce development centers
• Broadcast, online & print media
• Social media outlets & PR channels
• Job seekers

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Daring Communication

Get unstuck, be brave and bold with your clients. Communicate effectively during coaching sessions. Practice courage and vulnerability to say what is underneath the conversation.

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Sandy Mitsch, MCC, CPCC

Moving Your Business to the Cloud

How to safely move your business processes to the cloud and increase your business

Join May 13th for this FREE webinar

Email: salesteam@careercoachoffice.com to save a space 

Stan Washington, President

Resume Writing Academy Begins

Whether you are seasoned or just starting, Career Thought Leaders has what it takes to add powerful techniques to your skills.

Join them May 16th for this great learning experience!

http://www.resumewritingacademy.com/rwa.php

Wendy Enelow / Louise Kursmark, Founders

Inventors Town Hall Meeting

Ideas, Innovation, Inventions is what the Chicago Inventors Organization is all about.

Join them May 24th for a wonderful time of sharing!

http://www.chicago-inventors.org/

Calvin Flowers, Founder

Great Topics to Grow Your Business

By: Stan Washington
Date: April 23, 2014

I recently attended the Career Thought Leaders Conference and met with a number of small business owners. They had great speakers and wonderful interaction.

Here is what some people asked:

Why do I need to be on social media?
Use Social media to be where you audience is.  If you want to find "mom's who wish to reenter the workforce then Facebook would be the place because of their high degree of mom's who leverage the tool. Join groups. Participate.  Blog.  People want to hear from you!


What is the future of technology?
Terms that were discussed made me put my nerd beanie on.  "Big Data" and "3 Dimensional Browsers"  sound cool but what does this mean to you.  My input to this is you should be setting your sites on the "cloud." One presenter showed kids looking at a "Walkman."  Yes I had one of these 1980's relics. The kids of today couldn't even fathom music coming out of it. They couldn't even turn it on.

Now look at your business.  Are you still using old processes that does not include an "online" audience? Are you closing yourself off to an online business because you are afraid of it?  Don;t be. Start out small then move a little at a time and before you know it you will be online.

When is it time to expand?
When your business model has maxed out and your revenue can no longer increase.  If there are just no more hours in the day when you finish work and you still have not met your goal, then maybe it's time to expand.  Think carefully how you will do this.  Will it be selling something?  Can you work smarter? Should you streamline your processes so that you work more efficient?

Overall it was a wonderful conference! Speakers were engaging and lots of information was disseminated between small businesses.

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