Kathie Nelson, LLC

Connect & Thrive – Connectworks Strategic Networking

Networking is about the power of connecting for mutual benefit.  Strategic networking is about knowing where to show up, who to invest time with and the best questions to determine either.    We’ve organized this learning – connecting event to kick off the year to provide valuable insights to repositioning your network in 2010.   The market has changed, you’re offerings may have changed so it makes sense your network should change too.   You can expect to:

• Connect with other motivated talented leaders (Like yourself!)
• Learn fresh ways to activate and leverage your network (live and online)
• Practice what you learn
• Have fun!

Date & Time: January 13, 2009 5:30pm – 7:30pm  Postponed until February

Location: The Agency “Ultra Sports Lounge”
1939 SW Morrison St. off 19th and W. Burnside right in front of PGE Park. Click here to view our location on Google Maps.

(Parking available on the street or validated parking in garage beneath facility.)

No host bar – light hors de oeuvres provided

Cost: $10 Register here.

LinkedIn For Busy People

I hear it all the time, “I’ve got a LinkedIn account but what’s the value in connecting with people I already know?” There’s actually a lot more you can do with LinkedIn; they just don’t make it easy to find.

In this Social Networking for Busy People class we answer questions like:

• I’m on LinkedIn. Now what?
• I keep getting requests to connect. What are they and what should I do with them?
• How do I set up my profile?
• How can I use LinkedIn in my job search?
• How can I use LinkedIn to find employees or subcontractors?

We also show you how to use some of the lesser known features such as how to:

• Use LinkedIn Groups to connect with new people
• Use LinkedIn Recommendations to collect testimonials
• Use LinkedIn Questions – for market research and building relationships

Please Note that Registration is Required!

February 24, 2010,  7:30 – 9:30am
Chamber Members – $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber Members – $39 Register here.

April 14, 2010,  7:30 – 9:30am
Chamber Members – $29  Register here.
Non-Chamber Members $39  Register here.

May 26, 2010,  7:30 – 9:30am
Chamber Members – $29  Register here.
Non-Chamber Members – $39  Register here.

Location: Beaverton Chamber Conference Room, 12655 SW Center St., Beaverton, OR 97005

Twitter for Busy People

You may think you don’t need Twitter but wouldn’t you like to…

• Know what’s being said about your company, industry and competition online
• Follow trending topics your target markets care about and are talking about
• Build your mailing list
• Increase your blog readership

Yes! Twitter can do all of that!

In Twitter for Busy Professionals, we answer questions like…

How do I find people to follow? How do people find me?
There is a debate in the Twitter-verse that boils down to “Quantity vs. Quality.” In Twitter for Busy Professionals we’ll show you how to find a balance between the two. You’ll learn how to find people you want to hear from and how to get followers who want to hear from you.

How do I manage it?
Once you follow more than a handful of people, managing the flood of information can be like trying to drink water from a fire hose. There are over 60 apps, widgets and plug ins designed to help you manage that flood. Even if you’re already using Twitter, you’ll get a lot out of Twitter for Busy Professionals because we show you some of the most useful ones so you can work social networking into your already busy schedule.

Who’s using it effectively?
In Twitter for Busy Professionals we’ll discuss a variety of companies both large and small that have used Twitter to build their client base, find out what their customers want from them and get in front of potential problems.

What do I need to watch out for?
Social networking is expanding the rules of human interaction and has an etiquette all it’s own. We’ll discuss the pitfalls to avoid, how create a positive impression and how to manage negative feedback.

Please Note that Registration is Required!

March 31, 2010,  7:30 – 9:30am
Chamber Members – $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber Members – $39 Register here.

May 12, 2010,  7:30 – 9:30am
Chamber Members – $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber Members – $39 Register here.

Location: Beaverton Chamber Conference Room, 12655 SW Center St., Beaverton, OR 97005

Facebook for Busy People

Facebook is one of the most powerful networking tools on the internet. Not only can you keep in touch with friends and family, you can build relationships with prospects and clients. The fact that you can do so much with Facebook makes the learning curve pretty steep. It would take you 30 – 40 hours of poking around to figure out the tools and strategies you will learn in this 2 hour seminar. (This class assumes that you have already set up a Facebook account and started using it.)

What You will learn:

• Managing Facebook –We’ll show you how to set up lists so you can manage your contacts and make sure that what you share is appropriate for the audience.
• Facebook Pages – One of the most common questions we get is “How do I use Facebook for business without becoming everybody’s friend?” We’ll show you how to set up Facebook Pages, use them to pull in prospects and keep the conversation going.
• Promoting Events – When people sign up to attend an event, the fact that they have done so is broadcast to their network. This is great for Event hosts because it gets them in front of a whole lot of people they wouldn’t have been able to reach. We’ll discuss how to set up Events and get them in front of exponentially more people.
• Advertising – Facebook can target advertising in ways no other online medium can because members voluntarily provide a lot of great demographic information when they set up their account. We’ll show you how to use Facebook Advertising to get in front of just the right people for your service or product.

Please Note that Registration is Required!

March 10, 2010, 7:30-9:30am
Chamber Members – $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber Members – $39 Register here.

April 28, 2010, 7:30-9:30am
Chamber Members – $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber Members – $39 Register here.

Location: Beaverton Chamber Conference Room, 12655 SW Center St., Beaverton, OR 97005

Big Business Accelerator 2 Day Workshop

Resolve to Make 2010 Your
Most Profitable Year Yet!

The most common concern I hear from the owners of new or growing businesses is that they just can’t get their sales and marketing to click.  Before the recession it wasn’t such a big deal. There was enough business to go around, meaning you could get by with mediocre marketing.

Then the recession hit and the cracks really started to show.  Everybody had to work harder to get their piece of a shrinking pie.  Many simply gave up.  But YOU didn’t.

The recession doesn’t have to determine whether or not you succeed.

Sure. There are events beyond your control that can sink your business. But there are steps you can take that contribute to your success…steps you can control.  Your job is to figure out what’s not working, what’s missing, and what you need to do to fix it.

That’s how Connectworks can help.  At Connectworks, we work with a variety of local businesses that are growing despite the recession.  Our clients have decided that they aren’t going to let the “Great Recession” determine whether or not they succeed, and you don’t have to, either.

Learn the Skills You Need to Turbo Charge Your
Sales and Marketing in 2010!

Hit the ground running in 2010: Connectworks has boiled down its 8-month Big Business Accelerator Program into a 2-day, intensive workshop.

In this workshop you will…

• Figure out EXACTLY how much money you need to make to finance the life you want to live.
• Figure out EXACTLY what tasks you need to do every day, week, month to align your daily activities with your long term goals.
• Figure out EXACLY what sales and marketing tactics and message will get your bull’s-eye target clients into your sales funnel.

Make Your New Skills a Permanent Part of Your Regular Activities

With most business strategy workshops, you leave with all kinds of great intentions about what you’re going to do. Then a week or a month goes by and those ideas you worked so hard on are like a giant paperweight sitting on your desk, mocking you.

At Connectworks, we know our job isn’t done when you leave the workshop.  Our job isn’t done until your new skills are part of your regular routine. That’s why we’ve made a half-day follow-up part of the Big Business Accelerator Program.

In this second session we:

• Check in on lessons learned, progress made, and kudos to be given.
• Review what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change.
• Brainstorm creative ideas to further fine-tune your business-generating efforts.

We’re so serious about making business, sales, and marketing strategy skills part of your regular routine we also provide unlimited email follow up and substantial discounts on the other Connectworks skill building workshops.

Need more detail about what you will learn? Click here for more details about what you learn in the Big Business Accelerator Program.

Workshop Dates:
Connectworks will be running 3 different Big Business Accelerator Programs in January.

• Professional Service Firms – Friday, January 22nd & Saturday, January 23rd
• Small Business & Entrepreneurs – Thursday, January 21st & Thursday, January 28th
• Small Business & Entrepreneurs - Friday, February 19th & Saturday, February 20th
• Half Day Follow Up for all groups is Thursday, February 25th

Bonus offering yours for taking! 
Participate in 4 weeks of the Accelerator Info Pak at ZERO Cost. 

To show you how powerful and results oriented this program is, we’ve created the FREE Big Business Accelerator Info Pack. Over the next month you will receive our four part Big Business Accelerator ecourse designed to introduce you to the principles you will learn in the 2 and a half day live course.

Just click on the product link below, add it to your shopping cart and check out. (Signing up for the Info Pack does not obligate you to buy the live class and you can unsubscribe at any time.)

Treasure Mapping Workshop: Visualize Your Success

Connect to your Future – Start 2010 with Vision & Focus

Date/Time: February 20, 2010;  9 AM - 1 PM
Location: American Family Insurance, Wendi Eiland Agency, 12655 SW Center St., Ste 150, Beaverton
What to Bring: Scissors, glue stick and magazines (lifestyle, money or travel). We’ll provide the posterboard & coffee.
Price: No charge – But space will be limited!  RSVP Below.

Having trouble visualizing the year ahead?

When you’re caught up in the day-to-day of running your business and your life, it can be easy to lose sight of why you’re doing all of this and what you are trying to create. Treasure Mapping is a proven visioning process that harnesses the power of both sides of your brain to create your own “treasure map” to serve as a guide and reminder of what it is you really want to manifest in the coming year. Not only will we tap the creative juices in your right brain hemisphere we will exercise the left brain too by applying the numbers and practical initiatives that will keep you moving forward from January through December.

The Treasure Mapping workshop will help you start your year off with vision and focus. In this professionally facilitated event, you will craft not only a mental picture that supports your future vision of business and life but a physical visual as well.

Recognizing that each of us are whole people (not just our business) this workshop includes tools that not only focus your business goals but review and align life balance.

Here’s how we spend the day:

• We start the day with music, coffee, light snacks and networking
• Then settle in for a strategic visioning exercise
• Collect images and words that capture the essence of our vision
• Create your treasure map
• Discuss and define 2010 annual goals
• Evaluate, identify and plan for obstacles
• Design an action plan to get them done!

See what we did in the 2009 Treasure Mapping Workshop!

What People Have to Say about the Treasure Mapping Experience:

“I’ve taken this class for the past 3 years and found it extremely effective in my decision making process to have the visual map of the upcoming year. ”
Tia Ribary, Ribary and Associates.

“I’ve been doing treasure maps off and on for many years. It is amazes me what happens when I have that focus! I won’t miss this event.”
- JVB, Realtor

“I keep my treasure map over my desk. Looking at it brings me joy because it’s a constant reminder that I really am making my dreams happen.”
- EP, Consultant

“Creative vision is more than an interest in material things it is a commitment to a better future. Nothing will happen in your life that you do not inspire by your own initiative. Creative vision is the power which inspires that personal initiative.”
- Napoleon Hill

You won’t want to miss this highly motivating event coming up in January. Be ready to engage the right and left sides of your brain to tap into what motivates you and create a visual aide that focuses you.

Workshop Sponsored by:

Wendi Eiland Agency, Inc.
American Family Insurance
503-526-2999
www.wendieiland.com

Social Networking for Busy People – Basics

Wait no more to increase your visibility and leverage your online marketing! Social media is the fastest-growing online networking opportunity for today’s busy professional. Maybe you’ve heard you should be tweeting, Facebooking and “Linked” on Linked In. Not to mention Plaxo, Naymz, Biznik and a bizillion other social networking sites. If you are wondering where to start of if social networking is a good investment of time for you, join us! Matt simplifies social networking while giving you guidelines to choose for yourself.

Please Note that Registration is Required!

Thursday, March 4th,  9:00 – 10:30am
Chamber members: $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber members: $39 Register here.

Thursday, April 8th,  9:00 – 10:30am
Chamber members: $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber members: $39 Register here.

Thursday, May 6th,  9:00 – 10:30am
Chamber members: $29 Register here.
Non-Chamber members: $39 Register here.  

Location: Chamber Conference Room, 12655 SW Center St., Beaverton, OR 97005