May 5th 2008
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May 4th 2008
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I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to anyone, everyone who attended our session, Mind the Gap: Connecting the Generations. It was truly an honor to get to present before you and we so appreciated your participation. The information we got back from program participants was wonderful; you provided us with 75+ ideas, strategies, and best practices that you use to connect with a multi-generational population. Over the coming days, we will be sharing that feedback with you. Until then, thank you for your contributions to our presentation. If you didn’t have a chance to attend, feel free to share, write, post, pass along the feedback as you deem appropriate when it becomes available. Thanks again from the three of us, Sarah, Karen, and Billie.
posted by: billie sucher
May 2nd 2008
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Here are 5 things that were new to me from John Suarez’s entertaining presentation:
- Resume writers should be verb-aholics.
- Despite all we know about how technology is affecting resume delivery, write for the human eye first.
- Undergo job-hunting yourself to test your own resume.
- For each client, ask yourself, what is this person’s value proposition, and what proof supports it? (here, Deb Dib added that constantly keeping the value proposition in mind helps you edit out material that doesn’t support the proposition).
- Employ the 5-5-2 rule: No more than 5 lines of text, no more than 5 bullet points, and no more than 2 pages.
May 2nd 2008
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The first 4 of these items came from Richard Leider’s phenomenal keynote presentation; the last one came from Caitlin Williams’ session on working with “third-quarter” clients:
- A million people a day worldwide turn 65.
- Every 8 seconds, someone turns 50.
- Retirement has tanked as Baby Boomers refuse to grow old and quit working.
- 70 percent of aging is optional; the rest is genetic.
- A great beginning to assisting Boomers with career management is to listen as they tell their stories.
May 2nd 2008
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If you’d like to see a slide show about the story of Johnny the Bagger that Don Huse referenced in his presentation Friday, here’s a link: http://www.stservicemovie.com/.
May 2nd 2008
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In his highly entertaining and informative presentation Friday morning, John Suarez kicked off by marvelling at all the great stories folks have about how they got into their career practices – and then he told his story of the moment he realized his journalism career wasn’t right for him and how he then got into resume writing.
John pointed out that virtually no one has a childhood dream of being a resume writer or other career practitioner, so the stories of how we got into it are almost always fascinating.
Anyone care to share the story of how they got into the business? Why not share here on this blog?
April 30th 2008
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The 2008 CMA Conference kicked off with a gala reception and town meeting at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. And hey, its wasn’t even cold, not even for this California boy! (Hi around 60).
However the locals say that will change in the days ahead, and they won’t let us leave without a little chill.
CMA Director Liz Sumner chaired the town meeting, which included some terrific, provocative results on the CMA’s recent survey of its members. 
There was alot of terrific discussion, including the unveiling of the location and date of next year’s conference.
And I would have brought you a video interview with Liz herself, except my jet lag began kicking in (up since 4 this morning). Hopefully, we will get that in tomorrow.
But the conference space is beautiful, and it looks like we are in for an amazing 2 1/2 days of inspiration and terrific information.
April 24th 2008
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So how much CAN you make in your first year?
(Even if you haven’t been on Oprah)
People don’t know what to believe when it comes to Passive Revenue:
- Wow, it sounds great!
- But I’m not a big cheese, so it can’t be for me
Well, I’ve got some surprising news for you. Leveraging passive revenue products, not only to boost revenue but to jack up demand for everything else you offer is one of the best ways to catapult your profile in the eyes of your potential clients and customers in the shortest possible time.
So, just what can you do . . . in your first year . . . even starting from scratch?
I’ve put together a video that showcases the 5 primary ways your own passive revenue products can give your business a 5-figure boost.
No smoke and mirrors. But you may be surprised just how doable this is for you.
See you at the conference!
April 24th 2008
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10. To meet one nice not crazy Millennial.
9. To meet two nice and crazy Boomers.
8. To see a cool PowerPoint.
7. To pick up a tip or two.
6. To have some fun.
5. To participate.
4. To discover.
3. To learn.
2. To give.
1. To get.
H2SUT! : - )
posted by: billie sucher
April 21st 2008
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Robert Stack of Fame Coach has had to back out. Luckily Richard Leider has agreed to extend his keynote.