Alumni Workshops

Alumni Workshops
All alumni workshops will be free for Naropa alumni and their guests. Please RSVP online or by phone (303-546-3597).  All workshops will be held in Boulder, CO, at Naropa University.

Co-sponsored by Naropa University Alumni Relations and Career Services and Boulder Business and Professional Women organization.

Fall 2009: Alumni Workshops

• The Publishing Industry & Breaking into Print
  Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
  Time: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
  Location: (NEW!) Student Center, lower level of the Administration Building, 2130 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO, free parking available, south of Sycamore Hall
  Facilitator: Nate Jordon, '08, founder of Monkey Puzzle Press
  What are the current trends in the publishing industry and what does the future hold for it? How does one break into print and stay published in a constantly changing industry? Join us for ideas, strategies and inspiration in this workshop facilitated by Naropa alumnus Nate Jordon, ’08, founder of Monkey Puzzle Press.
  
  Nate Jordon, ’08, founded Monkey Puzzle in 2007, a biannual literary arts journal published by Monkey Puzzle Press. He’s the chief editor, designer and creative director behind Monkey Puzzle - affectionately referred to as the “Monkey-in-Chief.” Nate holds a BA in English from California State University, Fresno, and an MFA in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School. His poetry and prose appear in various periodicals and journals.
  
  
• Finding Sacred Ground in the Changing Landscape of Money: Upgrading Heart, Soul and Humor with your Cash and Credit
  Date:  Monday, October 26, 2009
  Time: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
  Location: Jim Spearly Lecture Hall, Paramita Campus, 3285 30th Street, Boulder, CO, free parking available
  Facilitator: Denise Barnes, '89, founder of Soul Savvy.
  Has your money situation gotten shaken up lately? The current economic turbulence is challenging to real and hoped for security. Bailout, meet The Secret.
  
  Take your money scene to the laundromat of the soul for a new way to clean up your act. This introductory crash course will include honest discussion, practical steps and mind/body/energy experiential work. You’ll leave with a sense of having strengthened your own wisdom and creativity about how to best steward your current and future wealth.
  
  We'll cover:
  • Your inner and outer wealth balance—and next steps it suggests
  • Naming what is and facing what ifs
  • A Sufi practice for heart-centered business decisions
  • Mental tools to tame fear and self sabotage
  • Body-based fun for anchoring future desires in the now
  • Energy techniques for bypassing the inner skeptic
  • Wealth sanity practices including decluttering and time management
  
  Denise Barnes, ’89, MA, LPC is a licensed therapist, life and business coach and Naropa alumna who helps healers and artists transform money weirdness to healthy wealth mindsets so they can better serve. She authors the MoneyMonk eZine and champions money healing as a cutting edge spiritual path. For questions, contact Denise@SoulSavvy.net or visit http://www.soulsavvy.net/.

• Creating an Abundant Private Practice
  Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  Location: Jim Spearly Lecture Hall, Paramita Campus, 3285 30th Street, Boulder, CO, free parking available
  Facilitator: Michelle Frieswyk-Johnson, ‘02
  
  Whether you are just starting your private practice or feel stuck in your current practice, fine tuning your professional vision and learning mindful marketing strategies will move you and your private practice into a life of abundance. In this vibrant experiential workshop you will explore your beliefs around abundance, discover your greatest assets as a clinician, learn how to market yourself through both mindful and practical steps, and learn how to sustain an abundant private practice.
  
  Michelle Frieswyk-Johnson, ‘02, LPC, PC is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Gestalt Psychotherapist. She specializes in parent coaching, teens and individuals. She maintains a thriving private practice in Old Town Louisville, Colorado. 

Register Now!
RSVP required; registration is available online; click here to register.
You may also register by phone: 303-546-3597.
Event details will be sent via email; please update your email address to stay in touch.

Spring 2010: Alumni Workshops

If Therapy's So Great, Why Can't I Find Clients?
How to Repackage Your Gifts for Success... in 8 Weeks or Less
Facilitator: Before graduating from Naropa's TCP program in 2006, Becky DeGrossa, ‘06 worked for IBM for twenty years. She's fascinated with the challenge of marketing therapy and started New Generation Practices to support therapists in developing their practice. This workshop is  based on her recent experiments in helping therapists repackage their services, and promises to open your eyes to a new way to rejuvenate your practice—yes, even during a recession.
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Jim Spearly Lecture Hall, Paramita Campus, 3285 30th Street, Boulder, CO, free parking available

Brainstorming With Three Levels of Biz Building:
How to serve your customers and clients, while maximizing your time, energy and profit-ability.
Facilitator: With Denise Barnes, ’89, founder of SoulSavvy and guide to spiritually healthy wealth and enlightened finances.
Date: Monday, March 1, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Jim Spearly Lecture Hall, Paramita Campus, 3285 30th Street, Boulder, CO, free parking available

From Vision to Reality: Writing a Business Plan for Profit or Nonprofit ventures
Learn from the stories of two Naropa alumni who have started a non-profit organization and a successful business; as they share their stories, they will share what they learned along the way, and their tips and advice. Resources available for non-profit organizations and entrepreneurs will be shared.
Facilitators: with Carmen Cool,'01 founder of the nonprofit Boulder Body Youth Alliance and Arron Mansika, '04, founder of Boulder's Best Organics.   
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Sycamore Hall, Room 8120, Arapahoe Campus, 2130 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO, free parking available     

How to register:
RSVP required; registration will be available online December 1, 2009.
Event details will be sent via email; please update your email address to stay in touch.