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• CCC Community of Practice: Marketing for Private Practice May Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, May 15, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    38

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   CCC COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

  MARKETING FOR PRIVATE PRACTICE

  Monthly virtual drop-in group

  
  

  Presenter: Suzanne Blake

  
  

  Thursday, May 15th, 2025

  
  

   "The best marketing doesn't feel like marketing." Thomas Fishburne

  
  

  Whether you are new to your own career coaching practice, or an established entrepreneur, keeping up with marketing trends and being consistent with your marketing may be a joy or a challenge. We have created a monthly 1 hour marketing community of practice to share resources, wins, challenges and brainstorm solutions that began in January and will continue through June taking place the third Thursday of each month.

  Seasoned career coach and marketer Suzanne Blake, PCC will facilitate this interactive group and help you decide which marketing programs might be best practice, given where your goals and business is now, and where you want to go in the future.  

  Future participants may want to look into their local Service Core of Retired Executives, SCORE.org, and take a few marketing workshops and/or find their own SCORE marketing mentor before the start date. Let's all learn and grow together!  

  More about Suzanne!

  

  Suzanne Blake, PCC, is an award-winning International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach with 26+ years of coaching, training and business consulting experience. With warmth, humour and the latest in coaching and brain science techniques, Suzanne works in partnership with individuals and groups to attain their communication, empowerment, career and leadership goals. 
  

  Suzanne Blake is the Founder and President of Blake Coaching and Training. She has helped hundreds of emerging leaders expand their capacity, make decisions, use focused strategic thinking, build confidence and self-awareness. Her coaching work has been featured in on The Today Show, NPR, The New York Times, The Boston Globe and numerous other media outlets. 

  A passionate industry leader, she specializes in coaching executives and managers in leadership development, managing individuals and co-located and virtual teams, communications styles effectiveness, work-life balance, presentation skills, emotional intelligence, time and performance management. Suzanne has comprehensive experience designing and facilitating training and coaching programs, facilitating team buildings, and conducting one-on-one Executive Coaching sessions. 

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• CCC Community of Practice: Marketing for Private Practice June Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, June 05, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    45

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   CCC COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

  MARKETING FOR PRIVATE PRACTICE

  Monthly virtual drop-in group

  
  

  Presenter: Suzanne Blake

  
  

  Thursday, June 5th, 2025

  
  

   "The best marketing doesn't feel like marketing." Thomas Fishburne

  
  

  Whether you are new to your own career coaching practice, or an established entrepreneur, keeping up with marketing trends and being consistent with your marketing may be a joy or a challenge. We have created a monthly 1 hour marketing community of practice to share resources, wins, challenges and brainstorm solutions that began in January and will continue through June taking place the third Thursday of each month.

  Seasoned career coach and marketer Suzanne Blake, PCC will facilitate this interactive group and help you decide which marketing programs might be best practice, given where your goals and business is now, and where you want to go in the future.  

  Future participants may want to look into their local Service Core of Retired Executives, SCORE.org, and take a few marketing workshops and/or find their own SCORE marketing mentor before the start date. Let's all learn and grow together!  

  More about Suzanne!

  

  Suzanne Blake, PCC, is an award-winning International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach with 26+ years of coaching, training and business consulting experience. With warmth, humour and the latest in coaching and brain science techniques, Suzanne works in partnership with individuals and groups to attain their communication, empowerment, career and leadership goals. 
  

  Suzanne Blake is the Founder and President of Blake Coaching and Training. She has helped hundreds of emerging leaders expand their capacity, make decisions, use focused strategic thinking, build confidence and self-awareness. Her coaching work has been featured in on The Today Show, NPR, The New York Times, The Boston Globe and numerous other media outlets. 

  A passionate industry leader, she specializes in coaching executives and managers in leadership development, managing individuals and co-located and virtual teams, communications styles effectiveness, work-life balance, presentation skills, emotional intelligence, time and performance management. Suzanne has comprehensive experience designing and facilitating training and coaching programs, facilitating team buildings, and conducting one-on-one Executive Coaching sessions. 

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• Professional Development Seminar:Navigating 'Othering': Empowering Clients and Practitioners to Thrive

  • When
    Friday, June 06, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Professional Development Seminar: 

  
  

  Navigating 'Othering': Empowering Clients and Practitioners to Thrive

  
  

  Presenter: Andrea Horton-Mericli 

  Hosts: Laurie Stickels and Anastasia Lopez

  Location: Virtual (a Zoom link will be sent a few days before the event)

  Date: Friday, June 6, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

  In this 2-hour interactive online seminar, Andrea Horton-Meriçli, founder of Diversifuse, will guide participants through the complex topic of ‘othering’—the act of marginalizing individuals or groups by treating them as outsiders. This workshop will explore how othering affects both clients and career practitioners, examining the personal, professional, and systemic impacts it can have. We will discuss short- and long-term consequences, identify ways practitioners can prepare clients to face othering in their job searches and workplaces, and reflect on how career professionals can protect themselves when being othered. The session will also offer practical strategies for responding to othering, whether you are the one being othered or a bystander witnessing it.
  

  Attendees will leave equipped with tools and strategies to build more inclusive, supportive environments—not only for their clients but also within their own professional networks and workspaces. Through interactive activities, role-play exercises, and group discussions, participants will gain actionable insights to better serve marginalized communities and promote belonging in career services. This workshop emphasizes allyship, self-advocacy, and bystander intervention techniques, empowering participants to make meaningful changes that foster inclusion, both for themselves and the individuals they serve.

  More about our Expert Speaker

  

  Andrea Horton-Meriçli is an experienced leader, advocate, and entrepreneur with a career dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and career development. Her professional journey spans education, workforce development, nonprofit management, and diversity advocacy, with a consistent focus on fostering inclusive environments and empowering underrepresented individuals. Andrea’s roles have included developing and implementing initiatives to recruit and retain diverse talent, ensuring organizations reflect the communities they serve.

  
  

  In addition to her diversity recruiting and sourcing role at the University of Pittsburgh, Andrea is the founder of Diversifuse, a consulting company that provides DEI-focused training, strategic assessments, and career development services. Through Diversifuse, she works with organizations across industries to help them implement sustainable inclusion strategies, believing that innovation and progress are fueled by diverse perspectives. Andrea’s work is grounded in empathy, data-driven insights, and a passion for equity. Whether guiding career professionals, training leadership teams, or consulting on DEI strategies, she remains committed to creating spaces of belonging where everyone, regardless of background, can thrive and succeed.

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• Best Practices Roundtable: Thanks ChatGPT - Am I Obsolete?

  • When
    Wednesday, June 11, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    99

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  Best Practices Roundtable:

  Thanks ChatGPT - Am I Obsolete?

  
  

  Presenters: Kimberly Lurie and Nora Salmon

  
  

  Host: Adesuwa Igbineweka

  Location: Virtual (a Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the event)
  

  
  

  Date: Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

  
  

  Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

  
  

  Program Overview

  In an era where AI tools like ChatGPT can answer career questions in seconds, what does it mean for co-op advisors, career counselors, and coaches?

  Far from being obsolete, your role has never been more essential!
  

  This interactive session explores the irreplaceable value of human connection in career advising, especially in a post-COVID world, where students and clients are experiencing record levels of isolation and mental health challenges. You’ll learn how to embrace AI—not as a competitor, but as a powerful tool that enhances your ability to support students and job seekers with empathy, nuance, and personalized guidance.

  Together, we’ll:

  • Learn why your roles in either co-opertive education or career advising are critical to support individuals, in a world where mental health issues are on the rise, and students are having fewer than ever human interactions.
    
  • Share tools and techniques to integrate AI into coaching, co-op, and career development
    
  • Explore ways AI can reduce bias and increase equity in hiring
    
  • Encourage colleagues to embrace AI and use it to enhance current co-operative education, internship search, hiring practices, and to share AI best practices.
    

  More About Our Speakers

  

  Kimberly Lurie: Kimberly Lurie is a Co-op Coordinator for Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University. She previously worked at Suffolk University. She has 7 years of experience lecturing and helping students identify their career goals and assisting them as they navigate their search and interview process. Additionally, Kimberly has over 25 years of experience working as an appellate attorney for the indigent. She holds her Bachelor’s degree in Management and English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk Law School. 

  

  Nora Salmon is a Co-op Coordinator for Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. She joined the College of Engineering from Northeastern’s Global Experience Office. She previously worked at Penn State University. Nora holds BA from the University of Connecticut in Psychology and a MA in International Education from the School for International Training. Nora’s experience includes working and teaching internationally, advising students, developing Northeastern programming, and supporting Global students.

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• LEGO Serious Play and Career Development Summer Event

  • When
    Friday, August 01, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Northeastern University Innovation Campus at Burlington
  • Spaces left
    86

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  LEGO SERIOUS PLAY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT SUMMER EVENT

  
  

  IN PERSON

  
  

  Presenters: 

  Erik Pavesic

  Certified Facilitator LEGO Serious Play

  CCC Summer Event Committee Members:

  Anne Grieves, Erik Pavesic, Ethan Selinger, Pat Phelps, and Anastasia Lopez

  
  

  Location: Northeastern University Innovation Campus at Burlington

  147 South Bedford St. Burlington MA 01803

  Date: Friday, August 1, 2025

  Time: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

  
  

  Register by June 30th to get the Early Bird Rate!

  Continental breakfast, lunch and the ice cream bar social are all included in the registration price.

  
  

  Event Description: 
  

  Explore the intersection of LEGO Serious Play and career development. The LEGO Serious Play (LSP) method began in the early 2000s, and has been used by organizations including Google, Ernst & Young, Shell and others for organizations looking to develop vision, strategy, teamwork and more. Erik will provide an opportunity to explore how he has used the LSP methodology to help individuals visualize their career plans, integrate their values and other assessment results, build relationships, and facilitate in-depth conversations. This is an opportunity to learn how to integrate LSP into your work and conversations. Participants will leave this workshop with tools, strategies, and a small kit of LEGO bricks and pieces to put this methodology immediately into action.

  Tentative Outline of the Day:

  • 9AM-3PM
  • Arrival & Breakfast 9-9:30am
  • 9:30am Icebreaker cards (15 min. activity)
  • 9:45am Welcome and Meet the Board 
  • 10:00– 12:15pm – Lego Serious Play Event
  • Spotted Cards Activity
  • Lunch and Networking with Table Topics for Discussion – 12:30-2:30pm
  • 2:30-3pm  - Ice Cream Bar

  Door prizes from free assessments and a debrief to a raffle of one free membership are part of the fun!

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