The 2008 "Outside the Job Box" Career Consultant Certification Program Includes: |
| 1. Live 5-Day Training Summit delivered by Changing Course's Dreamer in Residence and Outside the Job Box Career Consultant Valerie Young. By the time you leave this training you will know what to say to your clients before, during and after each paid consultation. | a |
| 2. Access to over 10 hours of recordings by Valerie that summarize and synthesize every major concept covered in the live training. That way you can refer back to key lessons again and again. | a |
| 3. A 200-plus page Outside the Job Box Consultant Certification Training Manual detailing every aspect of the Changing Course Formula© This binder is packed with additional resources for you and your clients, worksheets, articles, and other valuable tips and tools to speed your transition to self-employment. | a |
| 4. Audio recordings of 10 Client Case Studies personally conducted by Valerie and pre-loaded onto your own MP3 player so you can listen in during the live training summit. That's over 17 hours of training materials. These CD Case Studies are jammed packed with consulting techniques and resistance-busting gems you will find yourself using with your own clients again and again. | a |
| 3. For each Client Case Study CD you will also get to see a copy of that client's actual Pre-Session Assignment based on Find Your Calling. Seeing the material Valerie was working from during each brainstorming session is like getting to "look over her shoulder." | a |
| 4. Plus you will get complete written transcripts of all 10 Client Case Study Recordings. With hundreds of written pages at your disposal, you can just start there. Or, if you prefer, after the live training you can continue to listen on your way to work knowing you can refer to the written transcript for anything you want to pick up on again. | a |
| 5. Scripts, email templates, forms and other tools you can start using right away with your own clients. You will receive these tools in print and on CD – that way you can tweak them to match your style, voice, and client needs. | a |
| 6. Initial "practice clients" arranged by Changing Course. Practice clients will be required to submit and evaluation of the session along with permission to use their testimonial on your website or other marketing materials. This alone (along with the opportunity for referrals) is worth the price of admission. | a |
| 7. An exclusive two-year license to use Find Your Calling as pre-work with your own clients. If, after that you decide to continue to license this invaluable tool for use with your clients, you may do so for a discounted Certified Consultant rate of only $29 per month for another 12 months. | a |
| 8. Bi-weekly small group "Dream Team" tele-discussion and practice sessions with your fellow classmates for a full year. | a |
| 9. Ongoing content support via three individual 30 minute mentoring appointments with Valerie, anytime you choose over the course of the year. | a |
| 10. Ongoing support via monthly call-in Q&A, brainstorming, trouble-shooting sessions with Valerie for three months following the Teleclasses. | a |
| 11. Onsite training and assistance from web guru Lisa Tarrant from www.HelpMeLisa.com to set up your website. | a |
| 12. Leave the Summit with your own website or blog using your choice of hundreds of templates. | a |
| 13. Individual work sessions with Lisa to set you up with a company to host your new website or blog. | a |
| 14. Onsite assistance to help you establish a merchant account so you can accept credit cards. | a |
| 15. Assistance setting up a professional email account for your business. | a |
| 16. Access to 9 step-by-step, easy-to-follow web and blog video tutorials that you can return to again and again. It's like bringing Lisa home with you! | a |
| 17. Ongoing technology support via three 30-minute technology consultations with Lisa, anytime you choose over the course of the year. | a |
| 18. Sample marketing copy and specially created templates to use on your website or other marketing materials. | a |
| 19. A portrait or head shot for your website or blog taken by a professional photographer at the workshop. | a |
| 20. Expert help writing a personalized bio for your website or blog introducing you to your prospective clients and customers from Master Copywriter Kammy Thurman. | a |
| 21. The opportunity to engage Kammy Thurman for future editing or writing services at a special reduced Certification rate. Kammy already has intimate knowledge of the value an Outside the Job Box Consultant provides. This means she knows how to reach your clients so she can work more quickly | a |
| 22. Meet and learn from small business marketing guru Ilise who will speak on the "5 Simple Marketing Steps You Can Take to Immediately Begin Generating Income from Clients" who will be presenting live in Northampton. | a |
| 23. An initial 30-minute one-on-one call with Ilise to identify three concrete marketing goals that fit your personality, style, and market niche. | a |
| 24. Then once a month for the next six months, you'll join Ilise and three of your fellow Certification participants for a 60 minute group conference call. This is where you'll learn about such key marketing skills like finding a niche market and building a list of prospective clients, writing an e-newsletter, getting publicity, networking locally, as well as marketing techniques specifically designed for introverts | a |
| 25. Access to a recording of each small group conference call for future reference | a |
| 26. At the three-month mark you'll have individual access to Ilise again for a mid-program check-in. And you'll have another 30 minute one-on-one meeting at the end of the marketing program to make sure you have everything you need to keep going at full speed. The six month small group mentoring and training sessions PLUS your three individual calls with Ilise means you will be receiving real time feedback for situations that arise from Ilise including answers to burning marketing questions, advice on marketing opportunities that arise, support to overcome reluctance or resistance, hand-holding, gentle reminders and (if necessary) a little bit of nagging, the wisdom of your fellow participants and their years of experience in work and life. | a |
| 27. You will also receive a copy of Ilise's latest book, The Art of Self-Promotion, plus an invaluable assortment of other products, e-books and mp3s from the Marketing Mentor Store | a |
| 28. You will also receive access to Ilise (and guaranteed 24-hour response to your messages) and light editing on your newsletter and blog copy | a |
| 29. "The Top Five Best – and Fastest Ways – To Promote Your New Business" CD from marketing guru Marcia Yudkin | a |
| 30. "The Best Low Cost Ways to Promote Yourself and Your Business" CD featuring recognized self-promotion expert Ilise Benum | a |
| 31. 200 free business cards to kick of your business right away | a |
| 32. Lodging for five nights at the historic and elegant Hotel Northampton and all meals during the live training. | a |
| 33. Ground transportation from the Hartford/Springfield airport or the Amtrak station in either Springfield or Amherst, MA to the Hotel Northampton. | a |
PLUS Your Own FAST TRACK KIT (a $297 value) Including: |
| 34. Immediate access to the downloadable version of Find Your Calling: The Handbook for People Who Still Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up... But Can't Wait to Find Out | a |
| 35. Immediate access to the downloadable version of Yes You Can: The Inspirational Kick in the Pants You Need to Take Control of Your Life and Go After Your Dreams | a |
| 36. Immediate access to the downloadable version of The 10 Steps to Escaping the Job World and Creating the Life You Really Want Personal Planner | a |
| 37. The Printed Version of Find Your Calling | a |
| 38. The Printed Version of Yes You Can | a |
| 39. The Printed Version of The 10 Steps to Escaping the Job World and Creating the Life You Really Want Personal Planner | a |
| 40. A handy printed companion for the online version of The Idea Jogger | a |
| 41. The 10 Steps to Escaping the Job World and Creating the Life You Really Want -- CD | a |
| 42. The 10 Biggest Dream Killers and How to Avoid Them – CD | a |
| 43. How to Turn Your Interests into Income – CD | a |
| 44. Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Advice from Real People Who Are Living Their Dreams – 4 CDs. Learning how these people did it will be extremely helpful in working with your own clients. | a |
A Special One-Year Guest Membership in the Fast Track Your Dreams Community (a $240 value) Giving You Password-Protected Access To: |
| 45. Online Guide 1: "Business Start-Up Tool Kit" containing over 50 clickable links to dozens of free and low-cost resources, programs, and tools to help your clients (and you) make the leap from having a boss to being your own boss | a |
| 46. Online Guide 2: Valerie's Personal "Marketing Resources Rolodex" | a |
| 47. Online Guide 3: "The Idea Jogger: 201+ Totally Cool Resources, Ideas, and Opportunities for Turning Interests into Income" | a |
| 48. Past recordings and a guest pass to all upcoming live sessions of the monthly "Dream Maker Teleclass" series featuring special guests like Barbara Sher, experts on topics like how to create your own information product, attracting prosperity, starting an online business, and how to successfully make the leap from having a boss to being your own boss. | a |
| 49. Past recordings of 12 sessions of Barbara Winter's "How to Be Joyfully Jobless" Teleclass series. | a |
| 50. The Money Matters Tips featuring strategies for finding the money to fund your client's dreams, including links to hundreds of little-known sources of money. | a |
Plus Two More Things I Didn't Even Get to Talk About... |
| 51. Guest pass to the 2008 "Work at What You Love" workshop with Barbara Winter and Valerie Young ($297 value). This includes the opportunity to showcase your talents to prospective clients (priceless) plus a "class reunion" and Joint Venture Strategy Planning meeting at Valerie's house in the country. | a |
| 52. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield. Discover how to battle the inner resistance that keeps your clients (and you) from fulfilling their fondest dreams. | a |
| Now that you see the length of this list, can you see why I couldn't list everything in the program description? |
But Most Importantly... |
| This decision is really all about you... When you register for the Outside the Job Box Career Consultant Certification training you are really signing up for the chance to finally realize your dream of escaping the 9-to-5 job world forever. As long as you have a computer, a phone, and a pad and pen, you can operate your business from virtually anywhere in the world. As importantly, you will gain the deep satisfaction of knowing that the work you do matters... And that is truly priceless. And if all this weren't enough, the work you will be training to do – to brainstorm all of the delightful and interesting ways there are for your clients to turn the things they love to do into income - is energizing and fun! As Katharine Graham once said, "To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything else be more fun?" | a |