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DavenportFolio Launches 'Professional Mentoring' Services
 
MESA, ARIZONA, APRIL 23, 2001. Certified Professional Mentoring® - a new concept in career development - is now available with the opening of DAVENPORTFOLIO, a comprehensive consulting service for business professionals and entrepreneurs. DEBRA B. DAVENPORT, president and CEO, said her company provides individualized mentoring sessions for mid-to-senior level professionals and business owners.

DavenportFolio specializes in working with success-minded people who are ready to advance in their career; are transitioning from one career to another; are starting their own business; or are ready to take their business to the next level. Additionally, DavenportFolio counsels clients on innovative career-building strategies; business start-up and management; personal branding and reputation; and achieving career and life goals. The firm also presents seminars and conferences on such topics as self-marketing, networking, self-employment, communication skills, finding the right career, employment search strategies, interviewing skills, and developing one's "brand".

"The Certified Professional Mentor® [CPM] is a professional designation earned by executives with at least ten years of management experience and a graduate degree who complete a 12-month certification program of education, an internship, and supervised practice," Davenport said. "Though it has elements of coaching, mentoring is much more comprehensive in scope. Whereas coaches typically work with their clients by telephone, addressing areas of personal and professional growth, the CPM is a highly trusted business advisor, promoter, and dynamic facilitator who also works 'behind the scenes' identifying and creating opportunities for his or her clients. CPMs provide straightforward advice and teach their clients the finer points of how to achieve success". The CPM certification is awarded exclusively by DavenportFolio.

As part of the company's holistic approach to personal and professional development, a consultation with DavenportFolio typically covers a client's community involvement, personal branding and positioning along with the more traditional career planning advice. DavenportFolio also arranges personal introductions to key professionals, assists with new business start-ups, and recommends growth areas such as education and specific areas of skill development in order to maximize a client's potential.

Because of the intense level of personal service provided, Davenport sees individual clients on a retainer basis. Seminars and workshops are offered to the public regularly and an initial consultation with Davenport is available by appointment.

Davenport is the founder and former CEO of The Orion Institute for Organizational Excellence, a corporate education center and organizational think tank headquartered in Mesa. The Orion concept placed Davenport as a finalist for the 2000 SBA Small Business Person of the Year Award. A licensed career counselor and marketing consultant since 1989, she has extensive experience providing management, marketing, and organizational expertise to the health care, corporate, aviation, and small business sectors. Davenport utilizes her marketing expertise to creatively promote her clients by establishing their brand, refining their professional image, and exquisitely "packaging" them via their résumé (a unique format Davenport has coined the "FOLIO"), collateral materials, visual image, and even special functions she coordinates to showcase her clients.

She is cited as a resource in the best-selling book What Color Is Your Parachute? and is the creator of the instructional career game "Career Shuffle(tm)". Davenport holds BA and MA degrees from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and is completing a PhD in communication and education. She is a faculty member at the University of Phoenix and Mesa Community College, and is a newly-elected Board member of the Arizona Small Business Association.

For additional information on upcoming seminars, the CPM certification program, or to schedule a private consultation with Debra Davenport, call the DavenportFolio offices at (602) 553.0808.
 
 
 
 
     
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