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Self Employment:
People Who Own Themselves
Presenter: Cary Griffin
Date: August 12,2004
Time: 8:45 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn Motel and Suites,
75 South 37th Avenue, St. Cloud MN 56301, phone 320 253-9000.
Meeting room information will be sent once the registration form is received.
You will need to make your own hotel reservations.
Speaker:
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Cary Griffin is Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, a full service consultancy specializing in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. Cary maintains a strong relationship with the Rural Institute at the University of Montana, where he served as Director of Adult Community Services & Supports. He is the former Executive Director of the Region VIII CRP-RCEP at the Center for Technical Assistance & Training (CTAT), which he founded at the University of Northern Colorado in 1989. Cary provides training to administrative and direct service level professionals in the rehabilitation field; consultation to businesses and rehabilitation agencies regarding the employment of individuals with significant disabilities; field-initiated research & demonstration; family & consumer case consultation; resource development; organizational development. Recently, Cary has been instrumental in designing self-employment protocols and training for individuals, schools, agencies, and states. |
Target Audience: employment specialists,
vocational rehabilitation counselors, community rehabilitation personnel,
and others interested in community competitive employment for people with
disabilities.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the workshop, participants will:
- Participants will understand Self Employment as one possible vocational option among many;
- Participants will learn a variety of collaborative funding and resource opportunities available to prospective business owners with disabilities;
- Participants will learn the advantages that self employment has over wage employment in the personal acquisition of wealth and equity;
- Participants will explore the role of community rehabilitation in self employment for individuals with a disability.
Overview of Session: Why would anyone prefer the risks of self employment to wage employment? Isn't self employment risky? Isn't self employment for young capitalists with unbounded energy, stamina, and intense business savvy? This session exposes the many myths of self employment for individuals with a disability. The session is practioner focused and uses numerous examples to demonstrate business feasibility, licensing structures, marketing approaches, financing opportunities, pricing, rehabilitation and natural supports, and how to go about getting started. A planning map is provided to assist participants in the critical thinking that any business start-up will need to be successful.
You may register
online or print the form
and fax it to:
Dita Batteau, fax number: 804-828-2193
Or, mail it with your payment to:
Attn: Dita Batteau
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 842011
Richmond, VA 23284-2011
Please complete in full and mail or fax promptly, if you want to take part in this important event. Workshop registration is limited to 75 individuals. Cost is $85. No refund for nonattendance after Thursday, August 5, 2004.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to call Grant at (804) 828-6989 or e-mail him, wgrevell@mail1.vcu.edu
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842011
Richmond, VA 23284-2011
Voice: (804) 828-1851
TDD: (804) 828-2494
Fax: (804) 828-2193