Katie's experience and associations also include:
- three years as an Elite Success Coach with The Coaching Staff
- graduate of Anthony Robbins Mastery University, an extensive two-year program focusing on life mastery and successfully managing change.
- certified Handwriting Expert (Grapho-Analytics).
- certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- registered and certified Hypnotherapist
- certified Career/Life Planner®
- participant in Women Work, a five-part video production by Humboldt State University and California Commission on Status of Women
- member of the American Society of Training and Development
- member of the Association of Women in Computing
- member of the International Coaching Federation
- 2002 graduate of Coach U
- founding member of Coachville
- founding member of the Graduate School of Coaching
- member of the Board of Directors for the Women Entrepreneurs Institute
- co-director of Business Connections, a business women's networking group and National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) affiliate network
- creator, director, and facilitator of the Women Entrepreneurs Roundtable, a twice-monthly tele-forum for women with an entrepreneurial spirit (the first virtual NAFE affiliate network created in 2000)
- co-founder and director of the Career Life Institute since 1997
- Owner of BizSuccessGroup.
Katie has extensive experience as a graphic artist as well as developing written and instructional materials, including editing and publication of newsletters for insurance agencies, the California State Controller’s Office, networking groups, a quilt guild, the Yurok Indian Tribe, and the City of Arcata. She also uses a graphic vision mapping process for creating group consensus and vision, and provides classes on how to create a graphic journal.
She loves working with creative people and her purpose in life is to create the opportunities for people to discover their innate brilliance. An award-winning webmaster and artist in her "spare" time, Katie considers herself fortunate to live with her husband and two cats in their wonderful ocean-view home on California's North Coast.
Katie Darden can be contacted at bizlifecoach @ gmail.com