Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: cohousing and career change

[Dave and Diane (daveanddee]

Hi Andrew,
I am in the process of using some of the marketing and event planning 
skills I learned during the cohousing development process to start a 
new career in meeting and event management. I have enrolled in a 
certificate program at Northeastern University and I have also joined 
MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and ISES (International 
Special Events Society) as a student member. I'm not at the point yet 
where I've been able to parlay this into a new career but I'm well on 
my way. Also, the learning experience that you go through in terms of 
how to communicate better; how to resolve conflicts more effectively 
and how to run meetings more efficiently is well worth it in just about 
any career setting.

--Diane(:^]
marketing facilitator
jp cohousing  617-522-2209
Box 300420 boston ma
http://www.jpcohousing.org
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, at 10:01 AM, Andrew Netherton wrote:

> My question is whether having been involved in a
> cohousing development has afforded you skills, abilities, or even
> accreditation(s) that you have been able to effectively use as the
> basis for a new career, or a new career path?  I am equally interested
> to hear from those using their new skills as employees and as
> self-employed professionals, especially those with a technical
> background.