ETCA Monthly Meeting - August 2006

The August ETCA meeting will be Friday, August 11 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM at the University Center at the corner of Neyland Drive and Kingston Pike. Please make sure your RSVP is in by Tuesday, August 8 (the RSVP box is in the left sidebar)or call 865-300-8272 (Jo Anne Lavender). Join us this month and find out about "Overcoming Objections." Linda Pucci, Ph. Anytime we talk to prospective clients or customers we are likely to run in to objections about why they arent' ready to become our client. These objections can be obstacles to our being abloe to provide services that a client needs (and an obstacle to building our business). We'll be examining what the common objections really are adn what you can to do to overcome them. Members will coach each ohter to devleop responses to the objections they encounter most. Come and Bring Your Obections!

ETCA Monthly Meeting

Our president, Jeff Brunson will present the program, The Brand Journey. Branding is a process. Your Brand is a claim in terms of calling and a statement in terms of action. As a Coach and/or Consultant, you must take personal accountability to live your Brand and serve your market. Jeff will share with us his own personal story of the Brand evolution. He will then summarize a Brand process in seven critical stages. Wherever you are in the process, come prepared to take the next step! We will also highlight Coaching Proficiency # 3, Elicits Greatness

ETCA Monthly Meeting

Join us on Friday, April 7 from 11:30-1:00 p.m. for a presentation by Jan Martin of Martin Publishing. Jan will talk about “Writing as a Marketing Tool: Easy Ways to Get Started.” Find out about all the types of written products that could help you launch or expand your business, as well as create passive income. We will also spend some time coaching each other about what we know that could become a written product, and hear Jan’s tips for making written products more marketable and profitable.

ETCA Monthly Meeting: Coaching Ourselves to New Heights

The East Tennessee Coaches Association IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL FEBRUARY PROGRAM: COACHING OURSELVES TO NEW HEIGHTS Come and “Put the Coach Approach to Work” for creating a great year in 2006 for our members and the ETCA February 10, 2006 11:30-2:00 p.m. (Note: this is a 2 ½ hour meeting) The University Club Corner of Kingston Pike & Neyland Drive Knoxville, TN We will be using specific coaching skills to develop our strategic plan to achieve our ETCA goals for 2006! Come be a part of this action session— Get everything you want out of ETCA in 2006!

ETCA Monthly Meeting

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the University Club, corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive, Knoxville. Our December gathering will be a very special celebration of the past year and a looking forward to the next year. Together we'll explore our professional successes individually and as an organization for 2005. Then we'll discuss what we'd like to be able to celebrate this time next year. ETCA officer and committee chairs will be listening closely so that we can plan programs for 2006 to help you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be next December. We'll also give you an opportunity to consider how you might invest your passions and strengths to further the growth and development of our organization in 2006. We'll also install the new officers as well as thank the outgoing ones.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the University Club, corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive, Knoxville. Melanie McGhee, LCSW, will lead the program, "An Elevator Speech with Heart." Get VERY comfortable talking about what you do, clearly and with confidence. And there is no safer place to talk about your dreams than with your colleagues at ETCA. So come expecting to grow, and to be a catalyst for others' growth.