This Professional Development Institute was offered at the International Career Development Conference in Sacramento, CA. Book Dr. Sally Gelardin and Associates.

Introduction
One of the few areas of business growth is entrepreneurship. As a career professional, you need to develop your advising skills to usher in the new wave of entrepreneurs. At this workshop, you will learn how to grow your practice, and at the same time help shape the incubation of new businesses. In a collaborative cafe setting, under the guidance of leading career entrepreneurs, you will:
(a) identify entrepreneurial success factors
(b) define entrepreneurial style, and discriminate between potential and ability
(c) identify and map out solutions for instant implementation of your business or practice.

Educational Content
Whether you work for an organization or own your own business, this workshop will teach you how to develop your entrepreneurshial skills, as well as help your clients start and grow their business. Participants will have hands-on experience with entrepreneurial assessment tools. Within their roundtable group, participants will present their vision and mission of their business and explain how their entrepreneurial strengths can support the implementation of their vision and mission.


BIO

Sally Gelardin, Ed.D., is a certified eLearning Career Development Facilitator Instructor (CDFI) and a Provider of the Global CDF curriculum, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), a Distance Credentialed Counselor (DCC), and a certified Job and Career Transition Coach. Dr. Gelardin administers the Job Search Practitioner Certificate and teaches the eLearning GCDF curriculum and Distance Job & Career Transition Coach (DJCTC) Certificate Program. She serves as Womens Studies Portfolio Evaluator at the University of San Francisco, and consults throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Dr. Gelardin earned a M.A. in Education, a M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and an Ed.D. in International and Multicultural Education. She is a former President of the California Career Development Association (CCDA) and currently serves as an active contributing member of NCDA's Publication Committee and ACA's Cybertechnology Committee. She partners with the California Counseling Association to conduct tele-interviews with leading career and counseling entrepreneurs. Gelardin is creator of Job Juggler's Lifelong Employability Program and Entrepreneur Kits for career professionals and their clients, Gelardin is editor of "Starting and Growing a Business in the New Economy: Successful Career Entrepreneurs Share Stories and Stratagies" (NCDA, 2007) and author of "The Mother-Daughter Relationship: Activities for Promoting Lifework Success."

Contact:
Dr. Sally Gelardin
415.312.4294
counselor@jobjuggler.net

ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

Donna Christner-Lile
Donna Christner-Lile, NCC, RPC, DCC, built a six-digit business by successfully combining her experience and education from two life careers into a unique planning resource for boomers, caregivers, and elders. She has presented on talk shows and has been featured in professional publications, such as ACA's "Counseling Today," "Thrivent Magazine," and public media. She runs a nationally trade registered practice, Christner-Lile Consulting. To fully assist her clients, Ms. Christner-Lile has added the services of Senior Move Management to help seniors who need to move from their homes. She staff's her move organization with women from her church who look upon moving for seniors as a ministry and a service to the community. In 2006, she authored a best-selling book, "Aging-In-Place: Living safely in your own home until you are 100Plus." In 2006, she also became the Executive Director of Counseling Life Transitions, a non-profit organization affiliated with Tri-Valley Community Foundation. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and a California Registered Professional Counselor.

Marilyn Harryman
In addition to serving as associate counselor, SF Bay Area Career Center, Marilyn Harryman, NCC, is an adjunct instructor/supervisor, University of LaVerne counselor education. She is also the producer/host CCC Live!, The Counselor Community Connection, KDOL TV 27, Oakland, CA, and a legislative advocate in school counseling for the Pupil Services Coalition. Ms. Harryman is co-author of the High School Success Guide. She earned the Morgan Vail Achievement Award, McDaniel Hall of Fame, and the Eureka Career Counseling Award, and Inroads, Educator of the Year. She has extensive experience in personal, academic, and career counseling with diverse age and multi-ethnic populations: secondary students, recent grads, drop-outs, re-entry adults, career changers, and graduate students. She is committed to provide tools and resources to remove barriers and excuses which prevent students/clients from becoming successful participants in the greater community.