Ready for Payment

My friend Angela Dayton, a very successful seminar presenter, gave me advice in January. Angela told me that to start my business I should give 10-15 free seminars. By mid May I will have given 10-11 free seminars and every one of them have gone well.

After my 10/11th seminar I will start to charge for my seminars. I have already contacted my block club that I'm a member of and I also was able to speak to the women that is in charge of all the block clubs communications in my community. That women has offered to send a massive email to all the block club announcing my availability to teach a workshop on self defense to any and all clubs for a charge.

April 16th seminar

Last night I gave a seminar at the Cattaraugus Branch Relief Society, I was expecting the Young Women to be in attendance but some how that did not work. The seminar went well, I gave out my business card to every one, and I announced that I will be charging companies for my seminar in the very near future. One of the women asked if I taught this in a school setting and when I said yes, she said that she would bring it up to her school district.

May's Schedule

In May I have three seminars so far scheduled. I will be presenting at Everywoman Opportunity Center, Inc., Buffalo Ward Buffalo New York Stake Relief Society and Young Women, and Women for Human Rights and Dignity

Everywoman Opportunity Center, Inc is a "...not-for-profit corporation to help women (displaced home makers) achieve economic and personal self-sufficiency, and has been a regional employment service provider for 30 years."

Relief Society is "Female Church members ages 18 and older belong to the Relief Society. The Relief Society was founded by the Prophet Joseph Smith on March 17, 1842, in Nauvoo, Illinois. In the days of its founding, it had two main purposes: to provide relief for the poor and needy and to bring people to Christ. The organization continues today, staying true to those original guiding principles as women in the Relief Society meet together on Sunday and in other settings as needed."

Young Women's is "The purpose of the Young Women organization is to help each young woman, ages 12 to 18, "come unto Christ" (Moroni 10:32).

By following the Savior's example and teachings, she can:

• Solidify her testimony of Jesus Christ and the restored gospel.
• Fulfill her mortal mission.
• Return to live with her Heavenly Father."

Women for Human Rights and Dignity was organized during the 1970's due to a horrific tragedy that occurred to a mother and her children. One of the missions of the organization is to empower and support the role of motherhood.

April's schedule

This month I will be having one seminar so far. The seminar will be held at Cattaraugus Branch Buffalo New York Stake and I will be presenting to the Relief Society as well as the Young Women.

Relief Society is "Female Church members ages 18 and older belong to the Relief Society. The Relief Society was founded by the Prophet Joseph Smith on March 17, 1842, in Nauvoo, Illinois. In the days of its founding, it had two main purposes: to provide relief for the poor and needy and to bring people to Christ. The organization continues today, staying true to those original guiding principles as women in the Relief Society meet together on Sunday and in other settings as needed."

Young Women's is "The purpose of the Young Women organization is to help each young woman, ages 12 to 18, "come unto Christ" (Moroni 10:32).

By following the Savior's example and teachings, she can:

• Solidify her testimony of Jesus Christ and the restored gospel.
• Fulfill her mortal mission.
• Return to live with her Heavenly Father."

Todays Seminar

Today I gave a seminar that went very well. Not as many women were there as were supposed to be.

I gave my business card to every one. Each woman at the seminar said that they knew another group that could benefit from my presentation.

Every seminar is an opportunity to network and get other seminars scheduled.

Another Seminar

Tomorrow I will be giving another seminar on Women's Self Defense. I will be going to the orgainzation Church Women United.

Church Women United is part of a larger group called Network of Religious Communities

From their web site http://www.religiousnet.org/
"The Network of Religious Communities (NRC) is an interreligious/ecumenical organization of denominations, congregations, and religious organizations located in Western New York State, U.S.A. and the Niagara Peninsula of Southern Ontario, Canada.

Our purpose is to:
*foster interreligious, ecumenical, and interracial understanding, dialogue, and cooperation
*facilitate collaboration in areas of common concern and in response to the needs of the residents our region
*promote justice, peace, and the common good — as expressed in the faith traditions of our members. "

Incredible Seminar

Today I had an incredible seminar. I had the Seminar at the Joan A. Male Family Support Center. Before going I had asked what the main concern would possibly be that I might want to discuss during the seminar on self-defense. The main concern was that most of the workers were needing to go into neighborhoods that weren't always safe.

I will post the comments that I received today on my other blog Seminar Comments

I addressed that concern through 1) being aware of ones environment, 2) listening to the inner voice, 3)de-escalating a situation, 4) planning an alternative means by which they visited their clients, 5) basic physical self defense moves, 6)teaching them that they had the right to defend themselves and never to give up.

Today was a great networking seminar also. One of the participants is going to call me to set up another seminar to give to a group of teen age girls. The director also spoke to me about a larger organization that their organization is a part of. She told me that when I was ready to sell my seminars that I should tell her because that larger organization pays for presenters to give seminars on a number of topics. She told me that I should keep in contact with her about the future seminar topics so she could tell the other organization---she would sell me to them.