Group Workshops Through workshops and teleclasses, Opening Eyes, LLC offers individuals, businesses, organizations and professional groups the opportunity to address in very practical ways, today's most pressing topics including: living a passion-fueled personal and professional life; work + life balance; communication 'musts' to get what you want and create healthy boundaries; integrating one's body, language and emotions in order to live fully. As author of Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo, Dana also presents on the power of microfinance to alleviate poverty, and what microentrepreneurs teach us about what it takes to affect meaningful change in our lives. While the topics are proposed for groups, you may find that the themes are a key area of focus that you would like to work on in one-on-one coaching. Workshops and teleclasses may be comprised of readings, reflection, discussion, interactive practices, and always, concrete action steps to carry you beyond each session. Topics, dates and times are initiated both by Opening Eyes, LLC and by request. Please email dewhitaker@openingeyes.net to make a workshop (or one-to-one coaching) request from the list below. Workshops range from one, one and one-half hour session, to a full day. Teleclasses typically run four weeks, one hour per session.   Current Teleclass/Workshop Courses Women's Initiative for Self Employment LEAP Program: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur—"I've written my business plan; now what?" WHEN: Alternate Thursdays, January 12-March 22nd, 10-12 workshop series (by invitation) WHERE: Women's Initiative for Self Employment, Oakland Office REGISTER: Christiane Gonzales, SuccessLink/Avance Specialist Oakland, (415) 308-8652 Join Dana—coach/mentor/facilitator—who will help you define major and minor business development goals, creatively and successfully confront inevitable challenges and, with other budding entrepreneurs, identify and strategically follow solutions towards creating a business that brings you pride, joy and financial freedom. Leadership: Balance; Is It Possible? YES! WHEN: Thursday, March 7th, 6:30-8:30 workshop (open to women) WHERE: O'Melveny and Myers LLP Two Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA REGISTER: www.futurewomenleaders.net What does it mean to be a successful leader today—and avoid burnout—given one's myriad professional and personal responsibilities? Aspiring and current women leaders, join Dana in the discovery and practice of essential strategies to identifying and following YOUR priorities, letting go of unnecessary tasks and feeling good (versus guilty) about doing so. Balance is about what matters to YOU. Group Workshop Topics: 7-Keys to Living a Passion-Fueled Life What does it take to move from mere surviving to thriving? Exhausted to energized? Bored to excited? Anxious to calm? Unclear to focused? Sad to happy? In essence what does it take to live a passion-fueled life, moment by moment, day by day, year by year? It takes: vision, action, self-care, learning, connecting, virtuous attitudes and sharing. Join coach Dana on a journey exploring and activating the 7-keys necessary to creating the personal and professional life YOU want to live. Features At each session, we'll delve into one of the 7 keys using various modalities including journaling, art, movement, visualization and group discussion We'll engage in a range of exercises, practicing and fine-tuning them between sessions to align with and activate your unique self We'll read and discuss pertinent, provocative articles and poems We'll develop, declare and chart personal/professional goals In a safe, supportive environment, we'll share questions, doubts, baby-steps and leaps forward into a passion-fueled life Benefits You'll connect with your inner desires, values and strengths in order to identify and pursue concrete, practical, perhaps before-unimaginable goals that matter to YOU! You'll become equipped with essential tools—from attitudes to action—to maximize your resilience when confronted with life's inevitable bumps You'll develop insights and processes to let go of things that hold you back and add things that enhance who you are which will help forward what you want to do You'll develop a new group of supporters You'll be activated versus enervated by life since you'll be conscious of YOU! Career/Life Integration is about Time Commitment, Not Time Management Where do your days go? Do you ever end a day, a week or even a month in a blur, struggling to recall what you accomplished and what zapped your time and energy? Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, seasoned executive or juggling work and family responsibilities, being balanced is essential for your health, your happiness and your ability to consistently do those 'its' well. In this workshop you will learn how to become focused on a daily, even moment by moment basis so that you may (re)energize yourself and (re)direct your precious time and energy towards that which is truly important and impactful for you and the life you want live. 3 Communication 'Musts' for Getting What You Want While Creating Healthy Boundaries How many times have you made a request or an offer only to discover that what you receive or promise to do is not at all what was expected? That's because communication always includes three parties: 1) the words exchanged between the parties; 2) what's going on inside your head and, 3) what's going on inside the other person's head. In order to get what you want and establish healthy boundaries, your communication 'Musts' must include: 1) shared clarity, 2) self-reflection and, 3) an honest response of 'Yes,' 'No, thank you,' or 'Let's negotiate' the request or offer. Your communication (speaking and listening) determines the degree to which you can truly connect with others, set boundaries, and achieve the results you desire. This workshop is for you if you want to replace frustration and stress with efficient, self—and other-honoring communication. Mind, Emotions and Body—Activating All of You; It's Essential to Living a Full Versus a Fractured Life What emotions flare up when your body aches? What do you say to and about yourself when you make a mistake—especially when witnessed by others? Whether you realize it or not, your body affects your emotions, which affects the language you use about yourself, about others and about the possibilities for your life. We are often unconscious of the constant interplay between these three components of ourselves. In this three-part workshop/talk—which may be presented in a three-part series or all at once—you will explore the ways you hold your body, the stories you tell yourself and the emotions that hold you captive and stuck or set you free to be the person you want to be—personally and professionally. Experience the Power of Microfinance from the Microentrepreneurs' Perspective & Learn from These Experts What It Takes to Activate Daring, Meaningful Change Using her book of photographs and stories (based on interviews), Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo, Dana offers a dynamic presentation and/or workshop on the power of microfinance to alleviate poverty—both inside and out—and the essential ingredients that microentrepreneurs use—which we can all use—to drive meaningful professional and personal change. Through thought-provoking conversation and self-reflection you will explore how your attitudes and actions can align with these practices towards building your own purpose-filled life. Tailored to your audience and venue, Dana's presentation/workshop is ideal not only for you, but also for building relationships around a global theme with clients, colleagues, club members and friends.