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[Workplace 542] Re: Independent ContractorsBrooke Toomey brookestoomey at yahoo.comSun Jan 7 09:35:11 EST 2007
Dear Ronna, Thank you very much for offering to help and advise novice entrepreneurs. I am currently working on a great project and have a group of Harvard Business School students working with me as consultants, so if it's alright I would love to speak with you soon and share thoughts. I feel like the timing of all this information on the listserve is perfect! Please let me know if you prefer email or phone and when is convenient for you to talk. Thank you again and kind regards, Brooke Ronna <ronna at workplaceesl.com> wrote: I too would be happy to help those who are interested in starting their own gig. I have presented the topic, "Starting your own Workplace ESL Business" at the last CATESOL and at the last 4 or so TESOL (minus last year) Conventions. Because I get so many requests for this sort of training, I developed a workplace ESL certification seminar where I train about 5 people a month who fly here to Vegas for a day's training. I would be happy to chat with anyone over the phone or answer questions anytime (for no cost of course). I started my company 16 years ago. I only started hiring teachers in 1998 and am still pretty small. I, like Jill have a young child, and I sort of let my company grow only via word of mouth and my website I guess. I have 14 teachers who work for me and I let them do most of the teaching at this point. BUT whenever I speak to Jill or someone else who is newer at this, I get motivated all over again to grow my business. All of you should keep your eye on Jill's company. I think she has what it takes to be very successful. She is highly motivated and makes good decisions. My company has been teaching WESL and Workplace Spanish for a long time and have learned the hard way what works and what doesn't. I still don't have all the answers, but I have a lot of them :) Again, I'd be happy to share information. It's really important that we all are charging enough. Jill and I compare notes and we charge similar rates. If we charge $25 an hour, that's what value they will perceive they are getting. We need to charge at least $100 an hour, but the company needs to perceive they are getting value for their dollar. It is our job to sell them on the measurable benefits to their bottom line. We are professional trainers and facilitators, not teachers. It's a different side to TESOL in my opinion. Happy weekend all of you! Ronna Making Success The Common Language! Ronna Timpa Author, Leader & Motivator Workplace ESL Solutions 55 South Valle Verde #235-110 Henderson, NV 89012 ronna at WorkplaceESL.com www.WorkplaceESL.com tel: fax: mobile: (702) 873-3520 (702) 896-5689 (702) 812-2161 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? --------------------------------- From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Brooke Toomey Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:48 AM To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List Subject: [Workplace 538] Re: Independent Contractors Dear Donna, Could you please let me know what list you are referring to? I'm interested in exploring the websites but didn't see a link... Thank you, Brooke "Brian, Dr Donna J G" <djgbrian at utk.edu> wrote: st1\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui) } @font-face { font-family: Lucida Sans; } @font-face { font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Lucida Sans" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Lucida Sans" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Lucida Sans" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: "Lucida Sans"; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } When I look at each of these independent contractors' websites, it's obvious that each has found or created a niche (rather broad niches, at that!) for their interests and expertise. I may be getting into a hornet's nest here in asking about your businesses because the purpose of the list is not to advertise businesses but rather to share information about workplace literacy, but you both have done a good job of presenting your information without overtly drumming up business, and I think your experiences would be of interest to adult educators on the list who have been considering how to stay in their field of interest but make a living too. Are there other list members who have experiences to share? And are there questions from list members for Jennifer and Jill and others who work independently about their work? Donna --------------------------------- I, too, am an adult educator who started my own business. I have an Ed.D. in Adult Ed from NCSU. I have a BBA in Marketing. I have been on my own for 12 years, and I recommend it. As an independent, you make your own job security by being relevant and serving important needs well. Jennifer Coplin Sales and Customer Support Aztec Learning Software / East Coast Learning 6071 Bob Daniel Road Oxford, NC 27565 Ph 888 615 8301 Fx 919 603 1878 jennifer at eastcoastlearning.com www.aztecsoftware.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian, Dr Donna J G To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 6:02 PM Subject: [Workplace 531] Re: Hello from a new member We have such a lot of expertise on this list! I'm interested in your background and how you came to start this business, Jill. Did you have a background in adult education along with being a linguistic anthropologist? There is such a great amount of stress on our adult educators what with the uncertainty of future funding of programs that some of them may want to consider starting their own businesses as you did. Thanks to Ronna for sharing the information about the list. That's a great way to increase our membership! Donna Donna Brian, Moderator Workplace Literacy Discussion List Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee djgbrian at utk.edu --------------------------------- From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Jill K. Bishop Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:31 PM To: workplace at nifl.gov Subject: [Workplace 527] Hello from a new member Hello everyone: I’m a new member, and Donna suggested I introduce myself to the group. I’m a linguistic anthropologist, and I started a business here in Chicago almost two years ago focusing on improving communication in the workplace. We offer onsite English and Spanish training (both ongoing classes and workshops), diversity training, Spanish-language supervisor development and sexual harassment training, as well as translation/interpretation services. It’s been an interesting, challenging and rewarding time! When not focusing on the business, I’m with my husband and 6-month old son in our never-ending-rehab-project of a 109-year old house. I found out about this list from Ronna Timpa, and I’m looking forward to participating. Happy New Year! Jill Bishop Jill K. Bishop, PhD President Workforce Language Services, LLC Office: 773.292.5500 | Cell: 312.493.9497 www.workforcelanguageservices.com *Bridging Language & Culture in the Workplace* ---------------------------------------------------- National Institute for Literacy Workplace Literacy mailing list Workplace at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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