Presence With A Purpose™

Make your Passion for Fashion
‘Work’ for You Workshop

• Are you passionate about fashion and style and making a difference in people's lives?
• Do you care about how you look and wished everyone felt the same about their appearance?
• Do you like working with people? Ever considered coaching as a career?
• Do you ‘dress’ people in your head as they pass you by and have a keen, critical eye for what looks good?
• Do you love clothing, color, accessories and shopping and mixing and matching these in new and creative ways?
• Do you wish you could be a celebrity stylist like Rachel Zoe, Lloyd Boston, June Ambrose or Tim Gunn? Ever wondered what it would be like to have a career as an image consultant?

Then attend this workshop to learn all the nuts and bolts about a career in Image Consulting. This is a fast growing field with great opportunities for people in the DC metro area. Are you one of them? This workshop is designed for anyone from college seniors exploring career opportunities, to recent graduates starting out on their first business venture to people looking for a new career in this field. This informative and fun workshop will be taught by AICI certified image consultant, fashion expert and image/style blogger and columnist, Natalie Jobity, CEO and President of Élan Image Management LLC.

Read what past workshop participants said:

• "I thoroughly enjoyed the seminar presented by Natalie Jobity. I felt that it was extremely insightful, the lecturer was very down-to-earth and willing to help the participants. The seminar was organized, detailed and well thought out. One vital attribute I want to possess after leaving the seminar is to “think outside of the box and be thorough and detailed in all that I do."
  
  
• "This was an inspiring and informational seminar, which was well organized and perfect for me as a new Image Consulting business owner. This seminar reassured me that I am on the right track and helped me identify areas of opportunity for improvement in my business model, services, and marketing."
  
  
• "The workshop was absolutly wonderful. I have been raving to all of my friends on how helpful it was and the wealth of material that I received to help me narrow down my focus and what an inspiration you are. I am slowly but steadily making progress, more since the workshop then ever before. You are Great!!! "
  
  
• "The “Make your passion for Fashion ‘work’ for you workshop was very informative and covered all the basic need to know information one needs to get started in this field. Thank you Natalie for sparking the fashion flame in me again."
  
  
• "The seminar gave me a lot to think about in this field and actually helped me come up with a new vision for restructuring my business."
  
  
• "Natalie exudes enthusiasm and passion for the world of fashion and image consulting. She is equally passionate about the importance of preparation, professionalism and career development in order to advance in this exciting field."
  
  
• "Your workshop/seminar was extremely helpful and immensely appreciated! I have so much research to do and I am extremely ecstatic because of it!"
  
  
• "I found the marketing, branding and the web exercise about my connections thus far were the most helpful. It gave me a huge idea of how I could begin to get my name out there and market myself. I also found the AICI Certification’s, etc. to be extremely helpful because I do believe that having certificates is a great way to demonstrate one’s determination to potential clients."
  
  
• "The training was excellent and it gave me a lot of food for thought."
  
  
• "It was informative and entertaining. I learned a lot and was able to take home information for further review."
  
  
• "Natalie Jobity is very enthusiastic and excited when it comes to teaching others, which makes it easy to reflect her energy. I attended her seminar and it was extremely informative and made me even more excited than I was before. I recommend it to anyone who knows they want to pursue a career in fashion."
  
  
• "Since I am in the beginning stages of exploring this field I felt that the workshop provided me with a solid introduction to this career as well as resources to continue my training."

IN THIS WORKSHOP ‘MAKE YOUR PASSION FOR FASHION ‘WORK’ FOR YOU’ YOU WILL LEARN:

• The key success factors for becoming a successful image consultant
• Determining if this career is right for you and the different career paths you can take
• A typical day in the life of an image consultant
• The difference between fashion styling for magazines, models or photo shoots and working as a personal stylist/image consultant for individuals as a personal shopper, wardrobe consultant, etc.
• How to build up your portfolio/gain and experience for your resume/bio
• Basic image consulting “tools of the trade” with demonstrations
• Finding your market niche—who is your target customer?
• What to charge for your services
• Ways to establish multiple revenue streams for your practice
• Positioning yourself as a brand and differentiating yourself from your competitors
• Tools of the trade: agreement letters, worksheets
• Making sure your image, your number 1 marketing tool in this business, hits the mark.
• And more!

You'll leave this fun, fast-paced 4 hour class with all the information necessary to determine whether image consulting is a career for you. Network with other people like yourself and come prepared with an open mind and ready to learn. This workshop provides invaluable consolidated information and gives you the "what you need to know" type of information that you are not likely to find in any book. And it’s an environment where you are free to ask ANY question about the industry. At the end of the workshop there will be a Q&A period to address specific individual questions. As part of your registration packet you will receive a binder with a 50 page booklet of resources, information, tips and ‘tools of the trade’ and be entered into Élan Image Management’s subscriber database which gives you access to our monthly newsletter and upcoming events.


Investment:

• Early Bird Registration: $129 if RSVP & payment is received by Friday August 29th, 2008. After August 29th, $159
  
• Registration deadline: September 15th, 2008

Note:

• No registrations accepted after September 15th, 2008
  
• No refunds

Payment is required at time of reservation to guarantee your space. To REGISTER click HERE.

For more information contact: info@elanimagemanagement.com or call 301-776-7564