Product Catalog

Summer 2010 Classes at the ITT Institute

Is Your Spouse Your Business Partner? Communication Strategies to Save Your Sanity!

It’s one thing to fall in love with someone because they’re wonderful and they’re everything you’re not; that’s why you married him or her. It’s something else altogether to harness the energy of your two opposite styles so you bring the strengths of each to your business and capitalize on both for the greater good.

In three short sessions, you will learn exactly how to do that, with three simple strategies that will transform your business.

Session 1:

1. Learn why this relationship mix can be heaven—or hell!—when you identify your communication challenges
2. Discover how to shift your perspective with The Gears
3. Explore the three communication variables that will transform communication hell into your personal paradise
   

Session 2:

1. Discover the two decisions that get made every time you interact with your spouse and what you can do about them
2. Set yourself up for communication success with your DiSC Indra communication profile
3. Explore the specific communication strategies that will create the winning combination for you and your spouse
   

Session 3:

1. Discover your biggest listening barriers and what you can do about them
2. Uncover the secrets of listening that eliminate communication breakdowns
3. Create an action plan
   

Your investment: $199 for one spouse; $299 for both spouses attending seperate classes.

Materials: Course workbook plus the DiSC Indra assessment and profiles

Dates & Times: Stay tuned for Fall 2010 dates.

Stop Your Communication Breakdowns!

This is the original class that’s been helping people avoid and repair their communication breakdowns for over 20 years. The components of this course are so basic and simple that their power often gets overlooked. If you’re feeling stuck in a business or personal relationship, this class will really help.

Session 1:

1. Identify your communication challenges—and the underlying assumptions that are so easy to make
2. Discover how to shift your perspective with The Gears
3. Explore the three communication variables that will make or break your communication

Session 2:

1. Discover your biggest listening barriers and what you can do about them
2. Uncover the secrets of listening that eliminate communication breakdowns
3. Create an action plan

Your investment: $149

Materials: Course workbook

Dates & Times:

• July 27 & August 3, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (bring your lunch!)
  or
  
• August 18 & 25, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Yes, You Can Market Your Business With Public Speaking!

If you’re a business owner or solopreneur, you’re the face of your business. If speaking in public is not a positive experience for you, odds are high that you don’t do it. This wouldn’t be a problem, except that it’s hard to get to know you, like you or trust you if your potential customers can’t experience you in person. Speaking in public is the most effective way to for people to get to know you and your business.

One Session:

1. Examine the power of Attention to transform your speaking challenges
   
2. Learn a simple structure to present your information to any audience in a way that makes your prospects want to contact you immediately
   
3. Discover the one secret of great speakers that will result in your audiences feeling that they know you, like you, and trust you
   

Your investment: $79

Materials: Course workbook

Dates & Times:

• July 20, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
  or
  
• August 17, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (bring your lunch!)

PowerSpeak: The Art & Science of Confident Speaking

Since 1999, 100% of the people who have taken this course have left with a measurable increase in their speaking confidence and skill. None of them are professional speakers, yet they have found that their ability to speak confidently has allowed them to make more sales, speed up their professional progress and increase their business success. If you want to get more speaking practice and join that group of confident speakers, you can do it one day.

Morning:

1. Identify your speaking challenges (the purpose of the course is to address all of them)
   
2. Explore the behaviors of great speakers so you can harness them for yourself
   
3. Experience the power of Attention to transform your speaking challenges into confidence
   

Afternoon:

1. Review the strategies from the morning to prepare for your speaking practice
   
2. Speaking practice, with coaching and feedback
   
3. Revisit your speaking challenges to see how you have transformed them in the practice so you can do it again, every time you speak
   

Your investment: $179

Materials: Course workbook

Dates & Times:

• Wednesday, July 21, 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
  or
• Tuesday, August 24, 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.

Powerful Presence Teleclasses

Introduction to Powerful Presence (Free!)

What is it about some people that has you “at hello?” Odds are high that they have Powerful Presence.

There is a structure to Powerful Presence that can be learned. On this call you will learn:

1. The three beliefs that are its foundation
2. The three abilities that are at its heart
3. The three actions that you can take to increase your Powerful Presence
   right now

Mapping Your Journey to Powerful Presence
$299 Each class limited to 8 participants)

Are you having the impact you want to have in your professional and personal life? Have you been feeling like there is “something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on” that would help you to move forward and increase your results?

Powerful Presence has often been called that “something extra” that makes the difference between OK results and exceptional ones. It’s not true that you either have it or you don’t—what’s true is that you either make sure you have it, or you don’t.

Everyone has a presence—it’s your behavior, your expressions and the impressions you give; it’s your impact. Powerful Presence is a choice—and it can be learned.

In this teleclass series you will explore and practice:

• The three Beliefs that will help you to develop dynamic resourcefulness
• The three Abilities that will allow you to feel comfortable in your own skin, create authentic connection with anyone and navigate through any situation you face.
• The three Actions that help you to grow and enrich your Powerful Presence, long after this class is over.

For less than the price of 1 hour of coaching with me, you will receive:

• Twelve weekly 60-minute teleclasses (see Schedule for dates)
• Twelve detailed handouts and worksheets
• Two 30-minute individual coaching sessions with me

Do you ever wish you had outside support to prepare for an upcoming presentation, a pivotal meeting, a crucial conversation with your boss or an important client? As a participant of this teleclass series, you will also receive:

• Unlimited email support for 12 weeks (during the teleclass series)
• The support of a community of people who are sharing the journey with you (on the private Yahoo group for Powerful Presence)
• Unlimited email support from me for one year after the conclusion of the class

Click here for more details.

Coaching Programs

Sample Coaching Session (Free!)

• 30 minutes to find out if coaching with Maia
  is what you are looking for.

Laser Coaching ($250)

• 1 session—1 hour—1 topic

Project Coaching ($700)

• Three 60-minute sessions to prepare for a
  presentation or video.

Co-Active Coaching Program ($3000, see savings options below)

• Twelve 60-minute sessions over six months focused on increasing your unique powerful presence as a speaker, in your relationships, or in becoming—as you move through a major life transition.
  • Payment Option 1: One payment of $2700 (save $300)

   

  • Payment Option 2: Two payments of $1425 (save $150)
    

   

  • Payment Option 3: Six payments of $500
    

Books, E-books and Other Resources

Bootstrap Words—Pull Yourself Up! ($10 plus shipping)

Learn how the quotes in this book inspired Maia as she journeyed from 17-year-old runaway to successful business owner, coach, trainer, and international keynote speaker. This book is no longer in print and is available in limited quantities.