Archer Coaching

Speaking

Are you looking for a speaker for your group? Archer Coaching offers dynamic workshops and inspirational speaking (including breakout sessions, telecourses, workshops, half- and whole-day seminars) designed to provide listeners with inspiration, motivation, structure, and hands-on tools to apply right away. Content can be customized to client’s needs.

Some of our developed programs are the following.

Broad Interest

• Professionally Speaking: 6 Keys for Better Presentations. Geared for people who are afraid of public speaking or those who want to boost their professional reputation with speaking skills. Includes actionable tips for mindset, planning, rehearsal, performance, and more.
• Talk the Talk: Finding Your Authentic Voice. Appropriate for any audience. When working with clients and customers, job-seeking, and networking, it can be difficult to get your message across in a unique and memorable way. Find out how to connect your real, passionate self to your message in a way that is comfortable for you! (Can be packaged with Professionally Speaking to create a half-day or whole-day intensive workshop on oral communication.)
• Getting Yours: Self-Coaching for Success. Appropriate for anyone wanting to achieve more! Attendees learn how to visualize their dreams, find their deepest motivation, use powerful goal-setting tools, deal with anything that sidetracks them, and track progress toward success.
• Phoenix Rising: Coping with (and Growing From) Change. Appropriate for professional and personal development. Deal with change and learn to grow, transform, and create a powerful new reality where you are always becoming (and not just overcoming). (Can be packaged with Getting Yours for a half-day intensive workshop on personal achievement.)
• The Overwhelmed Professional: Reaching for a Balanced Life. Appropriate for any kind of professional audience. Attendees learn a variety of tried-and-true time/task management skills, as well as gaining insight into their relationship with time, structuring their lives for the truly important things, and achieving balance in all the areas of their lives.
• Success with Clients & Customers. Appropriate for service professionals, managers, and salespeople who want to improve their skills and achieve successful outcomes with clients and customers. Attendees learn how to use essential, powerful coaching and listening techniques with clients to get the best possible outcome for all involved.
• Demystifying Social Media. Appropriate for any audience, particularly self-employed people. If you’ve heard that you should be on Facebook, Twitter, Inside919, MySpace, and all manner of social sites, you might get overwhelmed. This talk offers a sane approach to using these social media appropriately, professionally, and in a time-sensitive way.
• Making the Most of Downtime. Appropriate for solopreneurs, self-employed, contractors, direct sellers, and others who work for themselves. Learn how to make the most of nonbillable hours to position yourself for success and build your business.
• Detox Your Emotional Life. Appropriate for any audience. Tips and techniques for getting out of and growing beyond toxic relationships and situations.

Specialty Programs

• Build Your Business with Trade Shows and Fairs. Appropriate for any self-employed person, direct seller, or small business looking to grow their customer base by having tables at trade shows and fairs. Includes guidelines for preshow planning, booth design, promotional activities, and follow-up. (Training CD available for this program.)
• The Direct Sales Toolbox. Appropriate for direct sellers. Boost your sales and build your income, then teach your team to do the same! Includes mindset, tips, and tools for growing your income. (Can be packaged with Build Your Business with Trade Shows and Fairs and/or Backstage Magic for direct sales training.)
• Backstage Magic: Growing Your Direct Sales Business When You’re Not Actually Selling. Appropriate for direct sellers. Powerful tips to make the most of downtime while positioning yourself for future success. Can be packaged with Build Your Business with Trade Shows and Fairs and/or The Direct Sales Toolbox for direct sales training.)
• Editorial Bootcamp (www.editorialbootcamp.com). Designed and intended for freelance book copy editors. Covers skills, knowledge, techniques, work and business practices, and communication. Co-developed and co-facilitated with Carolyn Hassett. Full-day intensive workshop (individual modules on Copyediting, Proofreading, and Business can be offered individually).
• Coaching and Counseling. Designed for therapists, counselors, and other health professionals. Clearly defines what coaching is and isn’t, how coaching might complement (but not replace) traditional helping professions, and what to look or in a coach referral. Also includes information on how to become a coach, for those who are interested.

Customized presentations are available on request.

Added Value

• Coaching. As an experienced and credentialed coach, Laura offers high-quality coaching, available to individuals, teams, or groups. This can work well with a prepared presentation to bring even more value to the audience.
• Articles. Laura also writes companion articles and shorter pieces designed to augment her presentations or offer something new to readers. Appropriate for guest blog posts or newsletters.

What People Are Saying

Laura gave three seminars on stress management for our employees here at Allscripts [January 2011]. Two of the seminars were live at our campus and one was a webcast. Overall, more that 900 of our employees attending one of Laura’s sessions. In addition to the great turnout by our employees, I have received tremendous positive feedback on Laura’s seminar content, presenation style, and usefulness of the material. Our employees were very happy with Laura and have even asked for her to come back with more tailored seminars for our workforce. I would definitely recommend Laura for any company who cares about their employees and wants to give them a great resource to manage their careers and lives.” –Chloe Lipp Wellman, Allscripts

“At the NC PMI Annual Event [September 2010], Laura presented to project managers the topic ‘Overwhelmed Professional: Reaching for a Balanced Life.’ Her ‘delete, defer, delegate’ mantra was incredibly helpful, coupled with tips for prioritization. For professionals awash in waves of data, Laura’s enthusiasm and guidance were truly inspiring.” –Lisa Pappas, SAS

“I attended Laura’s presentation on “Using Linkedin for Coaches” Jan. 12, 2011. Her presentation was most helpful and informational. I liked the way she gave pertinent information, yet did not overwhelm the audience. I loved her specificity and how flawlessly she interjected humor at just the right spots. Her engagement of the audience was masterful and she controlled the time. She had the right number of powerpoint slides and used them effectively to enhance the presentation, not as notes.” –Betsy Smith, PhD

“We have used Laura’s services as a trainer numerous times. She provides carefully guided and insightful training that was targeted and to the point, offering tips and techniques to increase sales volume. Through her efforts, we have seen improvements in our company’s overall sales. I highly recommend Laura as a trainer.” —Wayne Teres, director, Temptations Parties

“Laura Poole has proven to be an outstanding instructor and motivational speaker. She is energetic and engaging, and strives to both educate and empower her audience. She was a special presenter at a one-day writing conference, and she was absolutely dazzling. We received many compliments on Laura’s session, and look forward to having her back.” —Don Vaughan, cofounder, Triangle Area Freelancers