Do you get nervous about networking? Have you given up on the "whole networking thing?" Stop! Do not give up! This is easier and more fun than you think! Join us for this exciting, interactive networking presentation with Deanna Tucci Schmitt, Executive Director of BNI, and past presenter at NAWBO Day.

Detecting and creating emotional alignment can be essential because improvement, success and change result from being congruent (emotionally aligned) with your goals.

In this presentation, you will learn techniques on how to:

• Properly prepare to attend a networking event.
• Be able to explain to new acquaintances what you do using the "I help" statement method.
• Understand the messages given and received through networking body language.
• Practice the FORM system for developing rapport with a new contact.
• Learn a new follow-up technique that sets you apart from others.

In addition to coaching and speaking, members of the Pittsburgh Coaches Association conduct workshops and seminars and for several years have also conducted teleclasses on a regular basis. These teleclasses are now held monthly, and are an opportunity for Pittsburgh coaches to share some of their coaching knowledge and experience with participants, as well as their passion for helping others to move forward and reach new levels.

This month the PCA features: Getting on Google Page 1: a 20-minute SEO Crash Course with William Weil on January 20, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. ET.

SEO guru, Bill Weil, will provide a phone-based crash course for beginners in search engine optimization (SEO) - and talk about how to get your site listed on Page 1 in Google and Yahoo! SEO results are five times as valuable as paid search results (e.g., Google AdWords) and available at a fraction of the cost - or you can do it yourself and the only cost is your time. Following the 20-minute crash course, Bill will take questions.

Teleclass topics range from sales and marketing to creating space, leadership, and finding your dreams, and can help people to make important changes and take steps to reach their potential.

Bringing Out the Best in Executive Communications Talent

Hank Walshak, President of Walshak Communications, Inc, coaches top-level executives to articulate themselves and their messages with the highest cogency through the written or spoken word.

His third book, Driven: A How-to Strategy to Unlock Your Greatest Potential, co-authored with Razi Imam, Founder of Landslide Technologies, Inc., is slated for publication in July 2010 by John Wiley & Sons. The book will be listed for advance sales on Amazon.com in January 2010. Hank's earlier works include two histories -- Elmira College: Still Ahead of Its Time and Meeting the Challenge: The Wesley College Story.

For more than 25 years, Hank has coached senior level executives in presenting before live audiences, on television, and on radio. His program, "The World Is a Stage and You're On It," applies his Mini-Max© process to identify, validate, and build on inherent executive strengths that result in great presentations. In his program, "Tell It to Them in Sound Bites," he trains executives to deliver crisp, broadcast-quality presentations.

You can reach Hank at (412) 831-3023, www.gettodonenow.com, or at hankwalshak@verizon.net.

Explode your coaching. Strengthen your skills. Deepen your coaching confidence. Join the Coaching Skills Forum (it's free) with Ben Dooley, CPCC, PCC.

Every 2nd Tuesday 11 - 12 EST
Every 4th Wednesday 3 - 4 EST

Think you know your coaching skills? You'd be amazed at what you don't know. Come join coaches from all over the world as we spend an entire hour exploring a single coaching skill to amazing depths. If you're new to coaching, it's a great way to build upon the skills you're learning in class. And if you've been doing this for a while, you're probably getting settled in your coaching and could use a spark. Either way, plan to leave each call energized and expanded and ready to go out and impact your clients powerfully and confidently. CCEU's are available and the calls are free.

"You want coaching confidence? I'm a phone call away."
-Ben Dooley
630-484-2336
Specializing in Core Curriculum, Certification, Exam Prep, and Beyond

We invite experienced coaches, as well as those new to the profession, to join the Pittsburgh Coaches Association (PCA). This is an exciting time to be a member! We are a 501(c)6 professional organization, and an International Coach Federation (ICF) chapter.

Additional benefits for member coaches include networking opportunities with other professional coaches, a profile on PCA's 'Find a Coach' website directory, discounts for monthly luncheon meetings featuring interesting and relevant speakers, a forum to offer teleclasses on coaching-related topics of your choice, and special events to raise the profile of coaching within the community. There are many more benefits; please don't hesitate to become a part of one of Pittsburgh's best professional associations.

You can now register to become a member online at www.pittsburghcoaches.org. Join today. The $130 PCA full membership is discounted to $120 if you register before the end of the year.

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