Business of InterventionsBusiness of Interventions

Dr. Louise Stanger Dr. Louise Stanger Ed.D, LCSW, BRI Ed.D, LCSW, BRI II, CIPII, CIP

NII Membership NII Membership ChairChair

Member AISMember AIS Faculty SDSU Faculty SDSU Member WAATMember WAAT

Getting To Know YouGetting To Know You

IntroductionsIntroductions

What Brings You Here TodayWhat Brings You Here Today

Wheel of Life Exercise (Wheel of Life Exercise (Handout, Handout, ZadraZadra, , 20092009) )

What’s most Important ?What’s most Important ?

Top 10 Reasons Why You Must Top 10 Reasons Why You Must Have Your Dream Job (Have Your Dream Job (GarfinkelGarfinkel))

1. Allows you to be True to Yourself1. Allows you to be True to Yourself 2. Fits Into Your life2. Fits Into Your life 3.Incorporates your Values3.Incorporates your Values 4.Allows You to Tap into your own 4.Allows You to Tap into your own

GiftsGifts 5. Gives You Energy instead of 5. Gives You Energy instead of

draining youdraining you

Top 10 Reasons Why You Must Top 10 Reasons Why You Must Have Your Dream JobHave Your Dream Job

6. Enables you to Align With Your passion 6. Enables you to Align With Your passion and do what you loveand do what you love

7. Helps you to Make a Difference in 7. Helps you to Make a Difference in Something you BelieveSomething you Believe

8. Is Enjoyable and doesn’t seem like work8. Is Enjoyable and doesn’t seem like work 9. Follow your wants instead of shoulds9. Follow your wants instead of shoulds 10. Fulfills you (10. Fulfills you (

www.dreamjobcaoching.comwww.dreamjobcaoching.com))

The Self Employment Test The Self Employment Test

Your Business IQ : What do You Your Business IQ : What do You Know about Self Employment? Know about Self Employment?

Get to be your own Get to be your own BossBoss

Earn More $$$Earn More $$$

Greater flexibilityGreater flexibility

ConsultancyConsultancy

Long hoursLong hours

Seasonal Seasonal employment employment ( Never know ( Never know where next where next intervention is intervention is coming from)coming from)

Irregular incomeIrregular income

Pros and Cons of Self EmploymentPros and Cons of Self Employment

More Control Over More Control Over Your TimeYour Time

Set own hoursSet own hours IndependenceIndependence Personal Personal

SatisfactionSatisfaction Potential success Potential success

and $$$$and $$$$

Seed MoneySeed Money 6 Months of 6 Months of

savingssavings Long hoursLong hours Volatility of Market Volatility of Market Stress-lonelinessStress-loneliness Bookkeeper/ Bookkeeper/

Closer/SchedulerCloser/Scheduler

Creating your Dream Job Creating your Dream Job Training- Supervision Training- Supervision

Licenses ( Personal & Licenses ( Personal & Business , National & Business , National & Local)Local)

Business Name &Business Name & BrandingBranding

Strategic PlanningStrategic Planning“ “ Failing to plan is a plan Failing to plan is a plan

to fail”to fail”

Dream Job Dream Job

Geo-MappingGeo-Mapping

Banking-Business Banking-Business accounts, debit accounts, debit cards, routing cards, routing numbers & credit numbers & credit cards- Paypal and cards- Paypal and SquaresSquares

Dream Job Dream Job

Real Estate Real Estate (Virtual, Home, (Virtual, Home, Business Office, Business Office, Car, Hybrid)Car, Hybrid)

Staff –family, Staff –family, friends, associates, friends, associates, payroll or payroll or independent independent contractors, contractors, virtual, imaginary , virtual, imaginary ,

Dream Job Dream Job

Phones, Answering Phones, Answering Services ,Skype, Services ,Skype, Webex, Email etc.Webex, Email etc.

Data Keeping: What Data Keeping: What data do you want to data do you want to track ? Calls, Closes, track ? Calls, Closes, Referral Sources, site Referral Sources, site Visits , Types of Visits , Types of Engagements etcEngagements etc

Dream JobDream Job

Scope of ServicesScope of Services Say “What you do and do what you Say “What you do and do what you

say”say” Contracts –Legal CounselContracts –Legal Counsel ““Best Effort Clauses “ and Length of Best Effort Clauses “ and Length of

Engagements Engagements Billing when and how – Invoice to Go Billing when and how – Invoice to Go

/ Quick Books / Quick Books

Dream Job Dream Job

Travel and Travel and TransportTransport

Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons of Travel agentsTravel agents

Kayak, Priceline , Kayak, Priceline , Hertz, Budget etc.Hertz, Budget etc.

Wireless Devices Wireless Devices

How connected are How connected are you going to be???you going to be???

Laptops, Ipads, Laptops, Ipads, Phones, Earpieces, Phones, Earpieces,

&other devices &other devices

Social MediaSocial Media

Written MaterialsWritten Materials Business CardsBusiness Cards Letterhead etcLetterhead etc WebsiteWebsite MailingsMailings Texting Texting Facebook, Twitter Facebook, Twitter

and Linked Inand Linked In

Consultants & ColleaguesConsultants & Colleagues

LawyersLawyers AccountantsAccountants Business CoachesBusiness Coaches Publicists Publicists MentorsMentors Professional Professional

ColleaguesColleagues

Ethical ConsiderationsEthical Considerations

Fiduciary Fiduciary Relationships with Relationships with ProvidersProviders

Call CentersCall Centers Pay per clickPay per click Truth in advertising Truth in advertising Gifts & KickbacksGifts & Kickbacks Internet Marketing Internet Marketing

scams scams

Ethical Responsibilities : Ethical Responsibilities :

To ColleaguesTo Colleagues To ClientsTo Clients To Practice To Practice

SettingsSettings As ProfessionalsAs Professionals To Professional To Professional

affiliationsaffiliations To Broader Society To Broader Society

Anything The Mind Can Believe it Anything The Mind Can Believe it Can Conceive –Napoleon HillCan Conceive –Napoleon Hill

Be What You Want To BeBe What You Want To Be