Concurrent Workshops for Friday, November 7, 2008
75 Minutes each from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops
Track: Coaching
Dealing with Resistance in Career Counseling/Coaching
Deeta Lonergan, Career Transtions, Anchorage, AK
- Coaching can help individuals identify behaviors that prevent them from achieving goals and developing strengths. Almost any coaching/counseling relationship will involve resistance or "stuck" points. This session will explore the role of resistance and examine manifestations, sources and critical factors in working through resistance from a Gestalt perspective.
Track: Colleges and Universities
Re-envisioning, Developing and Marketing a Sustainable College Re-Entry Program Featuring Xtreme Career Makeover(c)
Cami Vignoe, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Kristin Frascella, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
- Create excitement about college re-entry! Learn secrets that can help you build or revive your program. Take advantage of resources that attract and target re-entry students; effectively assess and address students’ needs. Discover how the Santa Barbara City College Career Center team sparked their Re-Entry Program and partnered with students in creating new vision for a bright, adventurous career future.
Track: Diversity/Military
Jazz, Hip-hop and the Art of Career Counseling
Dr. Al Levin, CSU, Sacramento Department of Counselor Education, Sacramento, CA
Ken Times, Low-End Theory Collaborative (LET-C), Sacramento, CA
Adam Freas, Low-End Theory Collaborative (LET-C), Sacramento, CA
Michael Chappel, Sacramento Department of Counselor Education, Sacramento, CA
- Music is a source of self-reflection and inspiration. Jazz has always been a vehicle for self-expression and creativity. Hip-hop culture serves a similar purpose for its generation. Despite its potential as a career counseling tool, music has rarely been incorporated. Learn how popular music is being utilized to facilitate career counseling with diverse clients. Includes hands-on demonstrations, audio/video clips, and discussion.
Track: Assessment/Military
The Passion Test™ Would you like to clarify what's really important to you in your life and live with more happiness, joy, and fulfillment?
CJ Johnson, Spirals of Success, Sebastopol, CA
- More importantly than ever we need career-development and professional growth instruments for ourselves and our students that will enrich lives & ADD new & exciting career concepts & strategies TO our regular curriculum in order to instill relevance and quality to subject matter at school. The greatest service we can render our students is to inspire them in fulfilling their full potential.
Track: Business and Industry
Plug into the Green Economy: The New Frontier for Career Counselors and Their Clients
Carol McClelland, Green Career Central, Menlo Park, CA
- As the response to global warming and climate protection takes hold, the economy is going green. Are you prepared to guide your clients into this new world full of opportunity and unknowns? Attend this session to learn about the green economy and your role in helping your clients find their place.
Track: Career Development Research
Saving the Profession from Dying
Marty Nemko, U.S. News & World Report, Oakland, CA
- We whisper it but don't dare say it aloud. The field of career counseling hasn't changed much in 50 years and is replaced by self-help or coaching. This session will propose a bold blueprint for revitalizing the profession.
Track: Private Practice/Military
Starting a Private Career Coaching Practice: Who Will Be Your Clients and Why Should They Choose You?
Carl Wellenstein, ExecGlobalNet, Inc., Downey, CA
- Good career coaching skills and experience alone won’t guarantee success in the private sector. You must also make sure that you can clearly and succinctly tell others who you coach in 30 seconds. When asked, you must also be able to describe what sets yourself apart from all the other career coaches you will be competing against.
Track: Colleges and Universities/Military
Terrific Training Techniques for Career Development Practitioners
Judy Kaplan Baron, Judy Kaplan Baron Associates, San Diego, CA
- Filled with interactive exercises, games and activities, you'll learn practical and immediately usable strategies to incorporate in your career development or job search training sessions. Get people involved while making the learning process more productive, satisfying and fun. Topics include assessment, attitudes and perceptions, interviewing, networking, and review.
Track: Private Practice
Using Guided Imagery to Move through Career and Family Caregiving Conflicts
Lynn Joseph, Ph.D., Discovery Dynamics, Inc., Riverside, CA
Sally Gelardin, AgingWorks, Greenbrae, CA
Donna Christner-Lile, Christner-Lile Consulting, Pleasanton, CA
- Millions of working adults are juggling the demands of managing a career while caring for aging parents or a disabled spouse, and managing a family. Learn to identify the symptoms that inhibit the ability to focus on career, leading to lower productivity, lost career opportunities, and loss of self-identity. Learn about guided imagery techniques and other resources available to help this population.
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