NEW! July Coaching Groups Hosted by Daisy Swan & Associates

We have some exciting news, here at Daisy Swan & Associates! We have opened a new office location which, in addition to being lovely, is also a more group-friendly location. Please note the new address: 2901 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Our phone number remains the same, 310-820-8877.

Since we will now have this new, group-friendly space, we have decided to expand our group coaching offerings for this next series of sessions, to begin in July. We will be breaking the groups into two different options, “Job Search Bootcamp” and “Job Search and Likeminding,” geared specifically towards the different LifeStages of the participants.

The “Job Search Bootcamp” is for all of you 20-somethings out there, who are just getting going with your careers – or, are not even sure where to begin. And for those of you who are mid-career, we are offering our popular “Job Search and Likeminding Group”. Please read on to learn about each of these groups, and then sign up soon, as space is limited!

Beginning LifeStage “Job Search Bootcamp”

We at Daisy Swan & Associates know that Beginning is an exciting and stressful time of decision making and choice. So we’ve designed this group coaching series specifically for those of you who have:

• 0-7 years of work experience
• recently graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program, and need clarity on what to do with your academic accomplishments
• to figure out how to begin your job search
• the desire to set up a good strategy to launch your work style and get a sense of a forward moving path; the desire to get some answers to fundamental=2 0questions about work and life balance.

This group is designed to help participants jumpstart their job search. Participants will engage in valuable discussion and complete useful homework to form a vision for an ideal work/life situation, and develop a plan for how to reach this goal. Guidance and coaching on goal-setting, decision-making, resume revision, and effective networking will be provided, and you’ll hear how others, like you, are coping and learning through the similar challenges and changes of this LifeStage.

This group will provide a sense of community; you will be able to share resources and support. You’ll receive great tips, advice and motivation to keep you going, and to get your parents off of your back – tactfully! These sessions will be facilitated by Daisy Swan & Associates.

This group series will include six (6) sessions, for a package price of $359.00 per person.* This will include assessments, resume writing, group coaching, interview prep, and other useful tools, like how to secure informational interviews. This group will be limited to six (6) participants, who will receive intensive support and help in launching their careers, as well as a discount on future Daisy Swan & Associates programs and events.

Starting Tuesday, July 7, from 10:00am – 11:15am, meeting for three (3) consecutive Tuesdays and Thursdays (July 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23) at the Daisy Swan & Associates NEW Santa Monica office (2901 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90405)
Tuesday and Thursday Morning Group ($359.00 for 6 meetings):

* All group participants will receive a 10% discount off of additional programs and coaching. We will be announcing new panel and networking events soon, which will feature employers and graduate admissions professionals.

Job Search & Networking Groups for Mid-Career LifeStages

As we enter this new era of change, ask yourself: Am I prepared? Changes in the economy, the workplace, how we search for new jobs and careers, and how we network, are coming at us at an unbelievable pace. But there’s no need to feel overwhelmed and frustrated by the process of reinventing, repackaging, and showcasing yourself and your skills.

Job Search & “Likeminding” Group, only $120.00 per person.* "Likeminding" meetings are fluid, and give group participants a chance to exchange ideas, job search tips and stories – and contacts – while also receiving guidance, inspiration and sound feedback from a professional career coach, all for a budget-friendly price. Group participants receive valuable materials, as well as a sense of accountability, community, and confidence, which is of great importance as you conduct a job search.

The discussion during the weekly meetings will also help participants to gain perspective on their own, respective situation(s). This group series is meant for Roadblock, Authenticity, and Wisdom LifeStages. Whether you are moving on from a current job, or are planning an exit strategy, this is the group for you.

During the group sessions you will receive advice about resume and cover letter preparation, as well as encouragement and suggestions about networking and job search activities. Participants will also be encouraged to set weekly goals, to keep themselves on track in their searches. These sessions will be facilitated by Daisy Swan & Associates.

$120.00 per person fee includes all four (4) group meetings. There is also an optional $45 individual resume review, for group participants.

Starting Wednesday, July 8, from 7:00pm – 8:30pm, meeting for four (4) consecutive Wednesdays at the Daisy Swan & Associates NEW Santa Monica office (2901 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90405)

Wednesday Evening Group ($120.00 for 4 meetings):

Individual Resume Review ($45.00):

* All group participants will receive a 10% discount off of additional programs and coaching. We will be announcing new panel and networking events, soon.

PLEASE NOTE: We will schedule more groups to meet any additional demand. If you receive an error message when you try to register for a group, that means that it is full – please send us an email to let us know that you are interested in the groups, and we will form additional group series.

For more information, please contact: anna@daisyswan.com

What’s Happening?

A night of Conversation about Trends and Changes in the Employment Landscape that You Need to be Aware of — and Ready for…

The April 2nd event panel keeps getting better! Please welcome Gurminder Singh, Ph. D. to our panel of experts.

We are happy to have added Dr. Singh to our panel, to further our discussion on finance, technology, green initiatives and entertainment. Please see Dr. Singh’s bio, below. If you are looking for new ways to work in the new economy, be sure to attend this informal conversation with our esteemed panelists and other likeminded event guests.

Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(Registration, 6:30 PM; Program, 6:45–8:00 PM; Open Networking, 8:00–9:00 PM)
Location: The Olympic Collection Banquet & Conference Center
11301 Olympic Blvd., Century Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA 90064

$35

Join Daisy Swan & Associates, and friends, on Thursday, April 2, 2009, for an informal evening of discussion about what’s happening in five areas of commerce that are currently facing change, and will undoubtedly offer growth opportunities in the coming years.

We have gathered accomplished professionals from each of these five areas – healthcare, marketing, finance, energy and education – all with a deep knowledge of their respective fields, to address questions about developments and challenges in the marketplace and employment landscape. Daisy Swan will moderate and facilitate the conversation and interaction between panelists and event attendees, to keep the dialogue lively and informative.

April 2nd event attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, offer perspectives and meet other curious individuals of like mind – currently employed, or not. Light refreshments will be available, and as with all of Daisy Swan & Associates’ events, there is a strong potential for meeting highly creative, intelligent people of all ages and LifeStages, through the networking portion of the evening.

April 2nd event guests will receive a contact listing of all attendees, for post-event networking purposes.*

Event attendees will not only gain insight on market and employment trends in these five sectors, but will also learn new strategies for shifting the focus of their conversations, and personal and professional messages, to create a base for a more knowledgeable exchange with potential employers or partners in these areas. The discussion and advice delivered by these experts, and Daisy Swan, will show attendees how to shine in this time of change, and how to navigate these new and possibly unfamiliar waters.

Tickets for the April 2nd event are $35 each. For more information or to register, please call 310-820-8877.

Panel Members Include:

Diana Huffaker is an expert in nanotechnology, applying this to green tech business developments. Diana received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, with dissertation studies focused on vertical cavity microlasers and quantum dot devices. Prior to joining the University of California at Los Angeles as a Professor, she was Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of New Mexico, Center for High Technology Materials. Diana has also served as Senior Research Scientist at Picolight Incorporated in Boulder, Colorado. Diana’s research interests include directed and self-assembled nanostructure solid-state epitaxy, optoelectronic devices for energy applications, with special emphasis in extreme lattice mismatched such as III-V/Si photonics. Diana has patented several technologies with utility in energy harvesting and started small company called Na notechTPV. She has co-authored over 130 refereed journal publications and has reported her work through many invited presentations. Diana’s awards include the NSSEFF Fellowship 2008, IEEE Fellow 2008, 2004 Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship at Technical University Berlin, and the 2002 Compound Semiconductor International Symposium Young Scientist Award. She is an active volunteer in the technical community with leadership responsibilities in IEEE/LEOS, SPIE, WIE, OSA and TMS.

Alan Sterling’s career as a hospital administrator, insurance executive, and consultant, spans the past 23 years. Alan was one of the original founders of Health Net, helping to take the company public, as well as creating and developing the financial algorithms for Health Net’s product lines in California. At the start of his career, Alan did a two-year administrative residency at a 23-bed women’s hospital owned by Intermountain Healthcare, where he helped to develop a plastic surgery center. Alan also worked for Maxicare Health Plans, working on mergers and acquisitions, and has consulted in the Long Term Care arena for US Care, and in the Pharmacy Benefits area for MedImpact. Alan has delivered speeches at The Institute for International Research and Group Health Association of America, and at The World Research Group Healthcare Predicative Modeling Series, discussing various subjects such as “Horizontal Merger vs. Vertical Integration,” and the “Benefits of Using Risk-Adjusted Institutional Data for Predicative Modeling.” Last year, in close collaboration with DxCG, Alan published a risk-adjusted Healthcare Financial Model in a healthcare journal. Alan is currently consulting for Blue Shield, in their Medicare Division.

Dianna Sadlouskos, a management consultant with 20 years of experience in higher education and the high-tech industry, brings to her engagements a unique blend of left-brained research and analysis ability and right-brained creativity, leadership and passion. She facilitates break-through strategies by “unsticking” the stuck organization leveraging high-impact techniques that include rapid assessment, smart design and swift action. Dianna’s projects have focused on strategic planning, project management and organizational change management. In previous positions at Microsoft Corporation and IBM Business Consulting Services (formerly PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Dianna led small- and large-scale consulting projects. She also held leadership positions at Pepperdine University and The Phelon Group (a marketing consultancy). Educational and high-tech organizations Dianna has worked with include: Washington State Community & Technical Colleges, Stanford University, UCSF, UCLA, UC Berkeley, University of Hawaii, Hewlett Packard, EMC, Network Appliance, Computer Associates and Sun Microsystems. Dianna holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BA from Prescott College.

Sasha Strauss, Brand Strategist, is an awarded speaker and university lecturer. Clients, agencies, media and academic institutions have called upon his engaging brand strategy forums worldwide; presenting throughout East Asia, Europe and North America. NPR, ABC Radio and The Wall Street Journal continue to seek his expertise on branding everything from presidential candidates to innovative start-ups. Sasha is an Adjunct Professor at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication, where he teaches graduate brand strategy. As such, he regularly guest lectures at preeminent graduate programs such as the Anderson School at UCLA, MIT Sloan, The Johnson School at Cornell and Columbia Business School. He also delivers presentations for organizations including The American Marketing Association and The American Institute of Graphic Arts. When he’s not educating, Sasha is the Managing Director at Innovation Protocol, a brand strategy consulting firm that exclusively serves innovators. The firm’s clients range from global market leaders like Korn/Ferry International and Johnson & Johnson to PayPal. With over 14 years in strategic brand development, Sasha has lead international branding programs for companies such as Thermos, Clorox Brands, Electronic Arts, Yahoo!, TiVo, Microsoft and Adobe. Sasha holds a bachelors degree from UC Irvine, a masters in Strategic Corporate Communication Management from USC and an executive business management degree from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management.

Gurminder Singh, Ph.D., President of Transformative Capital, a noted authority on finance, enterprise, business and technology development, brings unique insights and creativity to business design20and capital formation activities, using his technical expertise and more than 20 years of business experience in organizational development, business re-engineering, technical consulting and capital formation. Dr. Singh’s past experience has included mergers and acquisitions, technology and bond underwriting, alternative investments, securities and derivatives trading, consulting and international business development. He serves as the Co-Chairman of the Green Technology Institute, an initiative of the Tom Bradley Legacy Foundation at UCLA, where he has created various Green Technology programs. Dr. Singh is also Chairman of the Global Council for Social, Economic, Environmental and Educational Relations. Dr. Singh has vast entrepreneurial experience, having started several consulting and technology-related companies. He currently provides consulting for the development of wireless PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN and GAN and wireless middleware technologies. Dr. Singh also advises the security and entertainment industries on developing strategies for scalable compression and encryption technologies, and he serves as the Chairman of the Board of Advisers of Uponus Technologies Inc., in Chicago, which is developing groundbreaking algorithms and patent pending technologies for scalable compression and encryption. Dr. Singh recently started a new venture in Singapore, Earth Networks Television (www.earthnetworks.tv), with his younger brother and with leading experts in educational, economic, entrepreneurship, empowerment, environmental and entertainment development.

* Event attendees may submit their contact information for an ‘opt in’ networking list; it is not a requirement that all event attendees submit their contact information to this listing.

For Parents Who Want to
Give Their Kids That Added Edge:
How to Make Sense of the Twenty-Something Job Search

Date: TBA
Location: Olympic Collection, 11301 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, 90064
$65each/$80 for two advanced registration/ $80/$95 thereafter
For One:

For Two:


Daisy Swan & Associates hosts a helpful and informative program that answers questions you may not know to ask. We are living in an economic downturn that inevitably affects your kids’ job search. Hear from Annika Hylmo, Ph.D., coach and expert on generational shift in the workplace; Vanessa Van Petten, blogger and author; and Daisy Swan, M.A., who has worked with hundreds of clients and their families as they’ve launched -and re-launched — their careers over the past two decades.

Find out
* What’s New for Job Searchers
* Successful Launch Strategies
* Ways to Help Set and Manage Expectations
* How to Engage in a Strategic Plan So Your Family Reaches Those Important Goals

Trends show that parents and kids are closer than ever, and adolescence is stretching well into the twenties for a large percentage of young people – you may have heard ‘the thirties are the new twenties’? This event is designed to update you on what’s happening in workplace cultures and interviews your kids may be facing. You have the chance to make an impact at a crucial time in your adult kid’s life. Learn practical information and tools that will help you and your family move through the important launch years that will be the foundation for years to come.

Valuable materials and light refreshments will be available.

About the Panelists:

Annika Hylmö, Ph.D., career coach and consultant, supports people seeking to find or change careers. Annika helps clients to clarify their career direction and interests as she guides them in identifying and taking the steps needed to realize their professional and personal visions. Annika has worked extensively with undergraduate students as a teacher and counselor for 13 years, transitioning to use her empathic coaching skills to successfully coach new college graduates and adult career changers for the past two years. She has worked with individuals in a range of technical, creative, and professional fields. Annika brings her extensive experience with interviews and resume construction as well as other forms of professional communication and presentation skills to her clients along with her in-depth understanding of organizational cultures to help clients find an overall “fit” with not only a career but an employer as well.

Vanessa Van Petten wrote her first parenting book from a teen’s perspective when she was 17, called “You’re Grounded!” She started her company when she was a freshman in college by hiring employees in India with her allowance to build her parenting blog called OnTeensToday.com for young people to communicate better with parents. She now runs her popular blogs, speaks to schools and companies about the net-generation and mentors young people on how to network, become an entrepreneur and make life and career goals. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fox 5 New York News, CBS 4 Miami and the Santa Monica Daily Press as a young entrepreneur and parenting coach.