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March 2020 Florida Career Development Association Newsletter
What to look for in this month's newsletter:

Put a little Spring
in your Private Practice 
Registration is Open!

Florida Career Development Association invites you to attend their 3rd Annual Career Summit:

Cultivating TIME for Growth:

Trust | Inclusion | Meaning | Empowerment

April 17, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm

University of Central Florida - Career Services (Building CSEL)

4123 Pictor Lane, Orlando, FL 32816

Join us for our 3rd Annual Career Summit! During this event, you will learn about working with clients from a variety of backgrounds from leaders in the career development field and connect with career practitioners from around the state.

Keynote Presentation:  

Brian Montalvo, Ed.S., CCC, NCC 

Senior Director, Career Center at Florida Atlantic University

Career Readiness – Why This is Not Just For Clients: Shifting Our Focus Back to “Us”

As professionals, how do we shift from being productivity-centric to deeper levels of being craft-centric? What are those small steps that can have a big impact on our futures, and the futures we are helping to build? This thought provoking presentation will share old ideas from a new perspective, as well as provide practical tools to get audience members to think first about “us,” and moving toward deliberate practice for “them.”


Summit participants may choose up to three additional breakout sessions:

Hair We Grow Again! Upward Mobility, Career Compromise, and Natural Hair Bias in the Workplace

Dr. LaTonya M. Summers, Assistant Professor (Mental Health Counseling) - Jacksonville University

 

Career Infusion: From Start to Evolution

Dr. Tricia Zelaya-Leon, Director of Career Development, Center for Career and Life Planning - Rollins College

 

Time for Change: Empowering Peer Career Advisors in Higher Education

Zohra Fazal, Associate Director of Career Development, Rollins College

Tiffany Cheatham, Assistant Director of Career Development, Rollins College

 

Less Can Be Best! A Minimal Change Model for Igniting Passion and Meaning in Mid-Career and Beyond

Dr. Steve Simon, President & CEO of Human Services Outcomes, Inc.

 

Placing the Oxygen Mask on Ourselves First: Healthcare Professionals Guide for Preventing Burnout

Dr. Daniella Jackson, Jackson’s ALL WELLness Services, LLC, Founder, Owner, and CEO

 

MyCareerShines: Helping All Career Planners to Dream Big and Plan Accordingly

John Milroy, Vice President of Client Relations

 


Limited free parking available on the UCF Main Campus Garage F. Closest parking to CSEL is Garage D or Garage H. $5 Fee may apply to guests parking on campus. Allow time for campus traffic and parking. 

 

View EVENT FLYER for more information and list of speakers!


Support our event:

Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this event? A sponsorship fee of $100 provides the opportunity to have a small table at the event, at which you can engage with attendees during registration and breaks, and provide information and materials on your organization. Select the registration option "SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR" to pay online.* Contact FCDA President-Elect John Long with any questions at coach@exploretworoads.com. 

*For attendees who wish to also sponsor the summit, you must complete the registration in two transactions: once by selecting your registration type, and again by selecting "SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR"
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March FCDA Webinar

Private Practice Tips & Techniques to Improve Your Business & Better Serve Your Clients

03.25.2020 | 12:00p.m. EST

PRESENTED BY:

Chad Brown, M.B.A., M.A., & LMHC

Webinar Overview:

It can often be difficult for counselors in private practice to properly focus on both business development and providing a consistent quality of service to all clients served.  This webinar will help current private practice counselors, as well as those considering a transition into private practice, to understand several modern resources related to entrepreneurship and private practice development.  Learn about these resources and engage in a collaborative discussion to identify the best tools and strategies to improve your business while also better serving each unique client.

Webinar Goals- By attending this 1-hour training, attendees will:

  1. Develop a deeper understanding of ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a private practice.
  2. Learn about resources from Strategyzer, including Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design.
  3. Learn about specific resources and ways that Florida Counseling Association (FCA) & Florida Career Development Association (FCDA) can help.
  4. Learn about various options related to digital development of a private practice, including social media and website best practices.
  5. Participants will be provided with time for interactive discussion to ensure that resources presented can be accurately applied in a valuable and meaningful manner.
About the Presenter:


Chad Brown (M.B.A., M.A., & LMHC) is a career counselor and professional development coach with extensive expertise helping others through his unique background in both mental health counseling and corporate consulting.  Chad also has professional experience with presentations at the state (FCA) and national levels (ACA), as well as regularly engaging local high school students through nonprofits such as Junior Achievement of Central Florida.  Chad’s consulting practice includes diverse experiences collaborating with nonprofits and corporations through design and facilitation of workshops, including board member development and providing career counseling through grant funding.


Pricing:
Free for FCA/FCDA Member
$15 for Non-FCA Member
+CE Hours $25
Register Now
This Month's Featured Articles:

The Role of Financial Coaching: Powering Up Your Career Coaching Practice

By Gale Hemann

Financial coaching is an expanding field, and many organizations are pairing career coaching and financial coaching services to offer holistic support for clients. This client-led process focuses on helping clients explore both daily and long-term money management. Career professionals may be able to utilize techniques of financial coaching in their practice to provide additional support for their clients.

... Click Here to Read More ...

NCDA
This article originally appeared in NCDA's web magazine, Career Convergence, at www.ncda.org. Copyright National Career Development Association, (March, 2020). Reprinted with permission. 
Your Checklist for Starting a Private Practice in Counseling 
by GoodTherapy.Org

Starting a private practice providing counseling to clients can be exhilarating. It gives you a chance to help people on your own terms, to research and try new therapeutic techniques, and to structure your business in a way that works with your lifestyle. It can also be terrifying. After all, you might know how to support clients, but likely have little or no experience running or marketing a business.

If you’ve already finished school and are licensed in your state, this checklist can help you open a thriving private practice. If you’re new to the world of therapy and looking for help becoming a therapist, review this guide instead.

... Click Here to Read More ...
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