Lately I've been changing course slightly. I've been trying to figure out how to implement a new strategy that we are learning. It is fixed term subscription email training. Stu and I definitely think it has a place in our tool box.
The concept is an e-Workshop with e-Lessons where people will not only learn new skills but actually get the chance to practice each new skill as they proceed through the e-Lessons in each e-Workshop. The fixed term subscription comes in because there is a beginning and an end to each series of lessons or e-Workshops. A place where people can declare that it's time to go forward to the next e-Workshop or that it's time for a break before they move forward.
Today I completed my first e-Lesson. It will be for students of my Never Too Old for Email class and they will receive it for free after they have completed the class. After this first free e-Lesson, people will have the chance to sign up for a fixed term subscription e-Workshop to learn a series of new skills presented to them in weekly e-Lessons.
The idea is technically VERY simple unlike some webinars I have attended on the Internet. A webinar is a seminar that is offered over the Internet and both Stu and I have attended hundreds of these as we went through the last few years of learning stock, option, and Forex trading. I can't tell you how many times a live webinar didn't work for one reason or another. I just got use to watching the recorded versions which seemed to work a lot better.
Anyway, I am in to the EASY BUTTON and so are my students when it comes to technical capabilities. Believe me, EASY is better.
So, I have started down this new road and Stu is not far behind. No telling where it will take us but we are excited about the possibilities.
That's it for today.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Texas classes coming together for September
Once again, I will be offering classes in Texas in September in Houston/Pearland and San Antonio/New Braunfels area. Always lots of details to attend to but it is a little easier the second time around.
I get to make new friends at my classes and see my old friends and family. This is a win/win for everyone. Yes, I am a true Texas woman. I love it there but Arizona is my home and Stu and I love it here as well.
My Arizona classes are coming together as well. Now that I got my new business cards things are beginning to pick up. Just in case you haven't seen these...here is a link to my new card.
Cathy's New Business Card
Besides that, I am having lots of FUN.
Got to get'r done today...even though it is Sunday.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
I get to make new friends at my classes and see my old friends and family. This is a win/win for everyone. Yes, I am a true Texas woman. I love it there but Arizona is my home and Stu and I love it here as well.
My Arizona classes are coming together as well. Now that I got my new business cards things are beginning to pick up. Just in case you haven't seen these...here is a link to my new card.
Cathy's New Business Card
Besides that, I am having lots of FUN.
Got to get'r done today...even though it is Sunday.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Lucky's daughter...
I am behind a few days on my blogging but lots of GREAT things have been happening.
Recently I walked in to one of our wonderful senior centers out in the valley of the sun in Arizona. Not only did they want to talk to me about running their computer training area they want to talk to me about expanding their career transition training program. All because I walked in the door and opened my mouth.
Year ago one of Stu's best friend at the time and his wife told Stu in private how lucky I am...that I had won the lottery when I got the computer training manager job at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. For months, Stu did not share this with me because he thought I would be upset. When he finally did, I just laughed out loud. I said I have won the lottery time and time again in my life. I have reached places in my career that I should never have achieved. Gotten many jobs I should never have gotten. Especially since I do not have a college degree.
Not only did that happen at UTMB but has happened many times before and since. Rather then winning the lottery, the truth is probably closer to...I am good at seeing possibility and converting that in to opportunity. Now, I can even do that fairly quickly and come up with a plan to solve these problems or opportunities just as quickly. When you come up with a plan to solve someone's problems you can win the lottery almost every time. So, you have to pick and choose when and where you play the game.
I am not the only one in my family who has this gift. I am beginning to know two of my sisters in new ways and they both are expanding their gifts in this area as well. It must be a talent we learned when we were young from Lucky and/or Lucy our parents.
My husband, Stu, is known for his Stuism's and this week he came up with a new one when I was sharing with him about winning the lottery again. I said I am just a lucky girl and he said...no you are Lucky's daughter and so it is.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Recently I walked in to one of our wonderful senior centers out in the valley of the sun in Arizona. Not only did they want to talk to me about running their computer training area they want to talk to me about expanding their career transition training program. All because I walked in the door and opened my mouth.
Year ago one of Stu's best friend at the time and his wife told Stu in private how lucky I am...that I had won the lottery when I got the computer training manager job at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. For months, Stu did not share this with me because he thought I would be upset. When he finally did, I just laughed out loud. I said I have won the lottery time and time again in my life. I have reached places in my career that I should never have achieved. Gotten many jobs I should never have gotten. Especially since I do not have a college degree.
Not only did that happen at UTMB but has happened many times before and since. Rather then winning the lottery, the truth is probably closer to...I am good at seeing possibility and converting that in to opportunity. Now, I can even do that fairly quickly and come up with a plan to solve these problems or opportunities just as quickly. When you come up with a plan to solve someone's problems you can win the lottery almost every time. So, you have to pick and choose when and where you play the game.
I am not the only one in my family who has this gift. I am beginning to know two of my sisters in new ways and they both are expanding their gifts in this area as well. It must be a talent we learned when we were young from Lucky and/or Lucy our parents.
My husband, Stu, is known for his Stuism's and this week he came up with a new one when I was sharing with him about winning the lottery again. I said I am just a lucky girl and he said...no you are Lucky's daughter and so it is.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Life is good and Habitat for Humanity
Life is good. My in box is still not under control. We are having b-day party for Stu's brother today and my new business cards in my possession. Hoorah!!!
I did get mostly caught up on our business and personal books yesterday. Still haven't finished all the reconciliations for my favorite Habitat affiliate but progress has been made on that as well. I mostly work for them just so my friend Ro and I can have a reason to talk. I have done coaching for them for over five years. She has definitely transformed before my very eyes. What a beautiful person and outstanding servant she is and has been and I know will be.
Stu and I have either worked or volunteered for Habitat for Humanity for over 11 years. We even lived in Americus, Georgia for four years where the Habitat's international headquarters is. We don't work or volunteer full-time for them any longer but we often do project work for Habitat. Stu and I are considered the affiliate financial guru's. This year we volunteered for the team that worked on latest revision of the affiliate financial policy manual...I think that is revision number 4 we have participate on.
Back to outstanding servants. Stu and I have met MANY outstanding servants over our years of working with Habitat affiliates in the US and around the world. People who are not only dedicated to the Habitat mission but are dedicated community servants in their own communities. We have had the privilege of meeting some of the BEST community organizers and developers in the world. Stu even put together a course on community collaboration for HFH affiliates. I am hoping he gets that course out of moth balls and starts beating this drum again.
No more shacks...or ending substandard housing in the world is not about eating the elephant all at one time...it is about doing it one bite at a time. It is not even about Habitat solving the problem. It is about taking on one neighborhood or even a few square blocks of the worst housing in your community and finding other community minded churches, organizations and people to own that problem and the solution to the problem. That can be repair ministries, local code enforcement, government partnerships, low-income for-profit builders and a host of other groups and people that come together to declare...NO MORE SHACKS in their community...and then declare SUCCESS in one small area of the community and move on to the next.
Stu and I believe wholeheartedly in the mission of Habitat for Humanity and the GREATER cause of NO MORE SHACKS. Stu also wrote and presented a course for Habitat to help communities identify shacks. Identifing the remaining shacks (substandard housing) in Sumter County Georgia was Stu's first volunteer assignment with Habitat. The Habitat affiliate in Sumter County along with the help of Habitat International declared the end of substandard housing in that county in 2000. Stu's Mom Myrtle was at that build. She was one of the oldest volunteers there at 97 years old. She had a blast and made a lot of new, interesting friends.
More and more communities around the country are declaring their intention to end substandard housing in their communities. If you want someone to coach you on identifying the problem and/or on community collaboration, my husband Stu is the man for the job. We are not the in the trenches community servants that we have met along the way but we are both dedicated to the solution and can teach and coach you how to have NO MORE SHACKS in your community.
As Birmingham Habitat for Humanity says...I'm part of the solution...and so Stu and I are part of the solution.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teahcer@gmail.com
I did get mostly caught up on our business and personal books yesterday. Still haven't finished all the reconciliations for my favorite Habitat affiliate but progress has been made on that as well. I mostly work for them just so my friend Ro and I can have a reason to talk. I have done coaching for them for over five years. She has definitely transformed before my very eyes. What a beautiful person and outstanding servant she is and has been and I know will be.
Stu and I have either worked or volunteered for Habitat for Humanity for over 11 years. We even lived in Americus, Georgia for four years where the Habitat's international headquarters is. We don't work or volunteer full-time for them any longer but we often do project work for Habitat. Stu and I are considered the affiliate financial guru's. This year we volunteered for the team that worked on latest revision of the affiliate financial policy manual...I think that is revision number 4 we have participate on.
Back to outstanding servants. Stu and I have met MANY outstanding servants over our years of working with Habitat affiliates in the US and around the world. People who are not only dedicated to the Habitat mission but are dedicated community servants in their own communities. We have had the privilege of meeting some of the BEST community organizers and developers in the world. Stu even put together a course on community collaboration for HFH affiliates. I am hoping he gets that course out of moth balls and starts beating this drum again.
No more shacks...or ending substandard housing in the world is not about eating the elephant all at one time...it is about doing it one bite at a time. It is not even about Habitat solving the problem. It is about taking on one neighborhood or even a few square blocks of the worst housing in your community and finding other community minded churches, organizations and people to own that problem and the solution to the problem. That can be repair ministries, local code enforcement, government partnerships, low-income for-profit builders and a host of other groups and people that come together to declare...NO MORE SHACKS in their community...and then declare SUCCESS in one small area of the community and move on to the next.
Stu and I believe wholeheartedly in the mission of Habitat for Humanity and the GREATER cause of NO MORE SHACKS. Stu also wrote and presented a course for Habitat to help communities identify shacks. Identifing the remaining shacks (substandard housing) in Sumter County Georgia was Stu's first volunteer assignment with Habitat. The Habitat affiliate in Sumter County along with the help of Habitat International declared the end of substandard housing in that county in 2000. Stu's Mom Myrtle was at that build. She was one of the oldest volunteers there at 97 years old. She had a blast and made a lot of new, interesting friends.
More and more communities around the country are declaring their intention to end substandard housing in their communities. If you want someone to coach you on identifying the problem and/or on community collaboration, my husband Stu is the man for the job. We are not the in the trenches community servants that we have met along the way but we are both dedicated to the solution and can teach and coach you how to have NO MORE SHACKS in your community.
As Birmingham Habitat for Humanity says...I'm part of the solution...and so Stu and I are part of the solution.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teahcer@gmail.com
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Business cards are FINALLY ready & proof
My new business cards are finally ready. I get to pick them up on Monday. I am VERY pleased with the results. I had too of my GREAT marketing coaches give me feedback on my card and their coaching made the finished product be wonderful.
The following link should take you to a proof of the card so that you can see it or print it for you go pass along to anyone interested in one of my classes.
Cathy's New Business Card
Let me know if you have any trouble accessing this PDF file.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy Oberkampf
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
The following link should take you to a proof of the card so that you can see it or print it for you go pass along to anyone interested in one of my classes.
Cathy's New Business Card
Let me know if you have any trouble accessing this PDF file.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy Oberkampf
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
We got some of that there stimulus money
Stu and I finally broke down and decided to buy a new AC/Heat unit. Ours was over 15 years old. We started talking to the guy about adding a new whole-house evaporator cooling system to our house and ended up signing for a new AC/Heat unit. Between the federal and local rebates we will get about $1500 back. This made the more expense unit we purchased the same price as the regular replacement unit and it is a lot more bang for our buck.
We will even get our utility room air conditioned and cooled in the process. I have figured out several ways to make this in to a nice guest room without spending much money on it at all. The BIG purchase will be buying a new bed for my office and then I can put the trundle bed from there in the new guest room. I can also put the desk I just got at a garage sale out there as well. It will be an even nicer art space and work space for Stu as well as my laundry room. Can't wait for it to be air conditioned. I have been doing laundry out there in the summer with out A/C for three summers. It will be GREAT.
So we are doing our part for the economy. Have you done anything yet?
That's all for today.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
We will even get our utility room air conditioned and cooled in the process. I have figured out several ways to make this in to a nice guest room without spending much money on it at all. The BIG purchase will be buying a new bed for my office and then I can put the trundle bed from there in the new guest room. I can also put the desk I just got at a garage sale out there as well. It will be an even nicer art space and work space for Stu as well as my laundry room. Can't wait for it to be air conditioned. I have been doing laundry out there in the summer with out A/C for three summers. It will be GREAT.
So we are doing our part for the economy. Have you done anything yet?
That's all for today.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Monday, August 3, 2009
San Antonio+++ numbers working
Finally I have a working San Antonio phone number. In the last month, I also got my Houston number working and decided to change my business number in Phoenix to free up our home phone number.
Drum roll please... my business phone numbers are:
623-255-7135 Phoenix
281-617-2593 Houston
210-338-1232 San Antonio
623-229-2472 AT&T Cell Phone
Any questions, you can just give me a call on any of these numbers.
Hope you day is a GREAT one.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
Drum roll please... my business phone numbers are:
623-255-7135 Phoenix
281-617-2593 Houston
210-338-1232 San Antonio
623-229-2472 AT&T Cell Phone
Any questions, you can just give me a call on any of these numbers.
Hope you day is a GREAT one.
In joyful partnership,
Cathy
cathy.the.teacher@gmail.com
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