February Workshop: What’s the Big Deal about Your Writer Platform?

"You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction."— Alvin Toffler

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February Workshop: What's the Big Deal about Your Writer Platform?

When: Monday, February 9, 2009, 6:30–8:00 p.m.

Where: Stone Chapel, 280 East Woodmen Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Workshop: As an author and national speaker, Beth attended workshops and read articles and books about building her platform. It wasn't until she completed a six-month mentorship with Rob Eagar of Wildfire Marketing that Beth grasped the importance of an author platform--and the best ways to establish one. Beth's book, Baby Changes Everything: Embracing and Preparing for Motherhood after 35, came out in 2007. She'll share the one thing she wishes she'd known before her book was published, as well as the top three things she learned during her mentorship that helped her establish a strong author/speaker platform for her Mommy-Come-Lately® brand.

Speaker:
Beth K. Vogt is the editor of Connections, the leadership magazine for MOPS International, and a regular contributor to MomSense. Beth earned a journalism degree from San Jose State University. Her publishing credits include Discipleship Journal, Virtue, The Christian Communicator, and Crosswalk.com. She is also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Tribute to Moms
and The Mommy Diaries: Finding Yourself in the Daily Adventure.

March Workshop: Writing in a Hurricane

When: Monday, March 9, 2009, 6:30–8:00 p.m.

Where: Stone Chapel, 280 East Woodmen Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Workshop: Leslie reveals practical tips on how to write through the stresses of life's difficult events.

Speaker: Leslie Yeaton Koepke is an international speaker with a 20-year career in marketing and communications. She's gifted, witty, energetic, creative, compelling, and engaging. Her articles have been published in Brio magazine and Belief.net. She's also published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Empty Nesters: 101 Stories about Surviving and Thriving When the Kids Leave Home.