People First -Total Solutions Newsletter October/November, 2005
In this edition....
What is the measure?
Competition!
Our Second Birthday!
Successful Projects!
Helping Individuals Succeed
Competition!
To Celebrate our Second Birthday (see
below), we are giving our newsletter subscribers a chance
to win one of five book vouchers.
Simply click here
to be taken to a survey page where you will anonymously
answer the following two questions:
What has been something that has been a "success"
for you in 2005?
What success do you wish for in 2006?
Competition closes Midnight GMT on Christmas
Day, December 25, 2005. The prizewinners will
be people drawn randomly from the entrants.
You will be able to use tokens/vouchers at your local
bookshop for a book to help you improve yourself, relax
with over the holidays or even give to someone else!
Good Luck!
Our Second Birthday!
The statistic is that 50% of businesses
fail in the first year. We have made it to our second!
- and grown very fast! Thank you for your support.
There are now six staff
on the team, ensuring that we complete our projects
professionally and competently.
We are working with clients
in seven countries including individuals,
not for profit organisations, government instrumentalties
and private companies.
This newsletter will go to 651 subscribers
(year ago: 51 recipients). In September, we had 2028
distinct website visitors - way up from the
265 visits we had in the same month a year ago!
We are also keen to make a difference in
our community. In 2005 we have:
- given almost 100 hours pro bono to non- profits
- financially supported Lets Read
- planted trees through Greenfleet to soak up greenhouse
- sponsored an 11 year old from a disadvantaged background through The Smith Family's Learning for Life
In all of this, the key thing for us
is to serve you effectively. Do not hesitate to ring,
write or email us to let us know how we can best assist
you.
Successful
Projects! 
We' ve had a series of successful seminars in Australia, the USA and UK through September to November:
- with OZVPM a series entitled: "Turn Your Organisation into a Volunteer Magnet" in six cities across Australia with almost 200 attendees and very high ratings: "Well done team very interesting workshop. I learned so much."
- Jacksonville, Florida for the ICVA Conference
- St
Croix, Virgin Islands for Americorp/Lutheran Social
Services
- Coventry,
UK for Institute for Advanced Volunteer Management
- Singapore for National Volunteer & Philanthropic Centre (picture: Lam Moy Yin=, Trainer for NVPC & Martin J Cowling)
Our team including CEO Martin J Cowling is available
to assist you in your part of the world with training,
public speaking and consultancy.
- Australia /New Zealand; Feb- Dec
- USA; Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov
- UK; May-Jul, Oct-Dec
- India; Sep
Please contact us soon to see how we can assist you.
Helping Individuals Succeed
There has been significant discussion in the media
and community about "personal" or "life"
coaching. Some of it sceptical- some glowing.
Coaching is a method of personal development where an
individual meets with a "coach" who supports,
encourages and challenges them.
Coaching is not counselling or advising. A coach helps
people better manage and organise their present and
future circumstances and achieve greater success because
of the external perspective. Many people report significant
success because of the assistance of a coach.
As you or your staff head toward 2006, coaching may
be a helpful tool to plan life, relationships, career
and business in 2006.
People First -Total Solutions offers coaching as one
of our services. This coaching can be conducted over
the phone or on a face to face basis worldwide.
We offer a range of coaching
packages:
- A single hour session to meet a specific challenge challenge
- Three one-hour sessions -build new direction in key life area
- Five one-hour sessions - tackle multiple issues
- Ten one-hour sessions – create and solidify major life change
These packages can be easily purchased for yourself
or as a gift for a relative or staff member and used
anytime in 2006. Contact us for further information.
