Public Seminars

We offer a variety of public seminars at colleges, universities and related venues as noted on the calendar on our home page.

These can be offered as they are described or customized for your specific needs.

Please contact us for details.

Become a Professional Organizer

Learn insider secrets from a professional organizer

 Do label makers and putting things into 3-ring notebooks make you smile? Do you enjoy watching organizing TV shows? You can turn your organizing skills into a moneymaking career! If you have a knack for neatness and are interested in starting your own business, this class will help you launch a career as a professional organizer. Discover insider secrets that could only be acquired through hands-on experience (until now!).

 Some of the secrets revealed include:

  • ·        Organizing specialties and finding your niche

  • ·        Understanding and using the Clutter-Hoarding Scale

  • ·        Structuring your business for SUCCESS

  • ·        Business licensing and insurance to cover all the bases

  • ·        How to get experience before your first stranger client

  • ·        Preparing to impress your first client

 If you want to use your aptitude for organization to change lives and earn a living, this class is for you. You’ll be given the tools and knowledge to succeed as a professional organizer, but will not be shown methods of organizing or how to organize people. (This seminar is NOT for a person wanting to get organized.)

 A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the manual How to Become a Clutterologist (978-1-891440-56-4).

 About the instructor:

Nancy Miller of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has been an organizer for more than 15 years, offering both personal and business consultation. Nancy’s credentials include membership in the National Association of Professional Organizers and the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization.

 SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 96 words

 Do label makers and putting things into 3-ring notebooks make you smile? If you like to organize stuff and enjoy watching the organizing programs on TV for more tips, you’re a good candidate to become a professional organizer!

 You’ll learn:

  • ·        Organizing specialties and finding your niche

  • ·        Understanding and using the Clutter-Hoarding Scale

  • ·        Business licensing and insurance to cover all the bases

  • ·        How to get experience before your first stranger client

 This is not for a person wanting to get organized.

 A $30 materials fee for the manual How to Become a Clutterologist.

 

 Build Your Own Business Web Site for $5 a Month

 You can have your own Web site for as little as $5 a month. You don’t have to be a programmer to design professional looking and cost effective Web sites, but you do have to decide what you want the Web site to do, what you put on it, and how you promote it.

 Don’t be deceived by Web site designers that insist that creating a Web site will take thousands of your dollars, weeks to complete and insist that they be paid ongoing charges for changes that only they can make.

 This workshop requires no prior Web site development experience and is suitable for:

  • •     Web site beginners

  • •     Web experts

  • •     Managers

  • •     Web designers

 We GUARANTEE that you’ll learn how to:

  • •     Improve your business with a Web site

  • •     Analyze your needs and select the best Web design criteria

  • •     Make the site user friendly

  • •     Get a FREE shopping cart that only costs if sales are made

  • •     Promote your Web site and link with search engines to make sure you can be found

 When you complete this seminar, you’ll have the confidence and tools to create your own Web site or hire someone to do it . . . with solutions that don’t cost more than $5 a month.

 A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the book, Fishin’ With A Net (978-1-891440-55-7).

 About the instructor:

Mike Rounds of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has been called “One of the country’s most knowledgeable individuals on the topic of effectively creating Web sites for businesses.” Mike takes complex technological topics and makes them understandable to the non-tech savvy.

 SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 94 words

 You don’t have to be a programmer to design professional looking and cost effective Web sites, but you do have to decide what you want the Web site to do, what you put on it, and how you promote it.

 You’ll learn how to:

  • ·         Analyze your needs and select the best Web design

  • ·         Make the site user friendly

  • ·         Get a FREE shopping cart

  • ·         Promote your Web site and link with search engines to make sure you can be found

 A $30 fee is payable for Fishin’ With A Net (978-1-891440-55-7).

 Cash From Your Clutter

How to turn the clutter in your house into cash

  •  •     Are you in need of cash?

  • •     Do you have things lying around your house that you are ready to part with and want to sell?

  • •     Do you have extra or old baby clothes, music CDs, cassettes or records, jewelry, collections, timeshares, vehicles, gift cards or old electronics?

These are just a few of the many things you have in your own home that you can use to generate cash. This class will investigate a variety of ways for you to cash in on your clutter and together we’ll explore new and exciting ways to profit from your excess stuff.

 A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor for the manual.

 About the instructor:

Nancy Miller, author of Clutterology® Getting Rid of Clutter and Getting Organized, has helped people clear out clutter in their lives and generate ready cash from their unused belongings.

 Clutterology® Eliminate Clutter in Your Life and Get Organized

 Are you tired of searching for items lost in piles of chaos? Do you stumble over stuff strewn throughout your house? Clutterology® will change your life by making your environment work for you. Don’t let your clutter dictate your life and discover how Clutterology’s® innovative ideas can get your clutter in order. You CAN change your environment to work for you with simple, easy and practical ideas on how to remove clutter from your life and get organized.

 This class is fun-filled and non-confrontational plus you’ll find out:

  • ·        How to put a stop to junk mail – NOW

  • ·        Distinguishing between organized and neat

  • ·         The true and destructive cost of stuff

  • ·        How to determine keep items from toss items

  • ·        Removing clutter to improve your life

  • ·        Creating an efficient environment so you can get more done

 

Stop stressing over mess and finally put an end to the havoc by taking this practical class.

 

A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the books The Clutter Bug Attacks Junk Mail, Spam and Telemarketers™ (978-1-891440-75-5) and Clutterology® (978-1-891440-62-5). Please bring charitable donations including old cell phones, empty printer cartridges, books, something from the kitchen and two items from the closet.

 About the instructor:

Nancy Miller of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has been an organizer for more than 15 years, offering both personal and business consultation. Nancy’s credentials include membership in the National Association of Professional Organizers and the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization.

 SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 109 words

 Tired of searching for lost things and stumbling over stuff? You CAN change your surroundings to work for you with simple, easy and practical ideas on how to remove clutter from your life and get organized.

 Attend this fun and interactive program, you’ll learn:

  • ·        How to stop junk mail

  • ·         How to remove clutter

  • ·        Distinguish between organized and neat

  • ·         The cost of your stuff

 A $30 fee for the book s The Clutter Bug Attacks Junk Mail, Spam and Telemarketers™ (978-1-891440-75-5) and Clutterology® Getting Rid of Clutter and Getting Organized (978-1-891440-50-2). Bring donations including cell phones, printer cartridges, books, something from the kitchen and the closet.

 

 Consulting

How to make a living with what you already know

  •  •     Looking to achieve financial independence?

  • •     Interested in working for yourself, part or full-time?

  • •     Want to cash in on your knowledge and experience?

 If you have special skills or knowledge learned through your employment or life experience, you can become a highly paid consultant, or trainer.

 You’ll learn how to:

  • •     Become a consultant or trainer

  • •     Promote and advertise your services

  • •     Structure your fees to maximize your potential and profit

  • •     Prevent legal and tax problems

 As a part-time or full-time consult you get independence, freedom and financial gain.

 A materials fee of $30 is payable in class for the book and DVD Consulting for the Clueless® which contains the PDF book Marketing the One-Person Business (2nd Edition) (1-891440-29-2).

 About the instructor:

Mike Rounds has been a full-time consultant for over 30 years. His work allows him the freedom and financial independence to work as a consultant, author and professional speaker.

 Coupons, Discounts, and Deals

How to SPAVE

  •  •     Not sure where to begin when it comes to keeping and using all these coupons?

  • •     Want to save money on your shopping?

  • •     Have you seen television program or heard stories of people saving tons of money and want to learn how to do it?

 If you would like to learn about bargains, how to save money, and get free stuff, this class is for you. In this seminar you will learn to apply smart strategies that include:

  • •     How to manage your coupons, time, and resources

  • •     The basic rules to follow when shopping

  • •     The secrets of how and when to shop your favorite stores

  • •     What good, better and bad couponing is

 You will be provided with resources for saving money while shopping, dining and more. Bring your ideas, resources, and coupons to share. Learn how to SPAVE!

 A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor.

 About the instructor:

Nancy Miller, author of Clutterology® Getting Rid of Clutter and Getting Organized, has helped countless people clear out clutter in their lives and generate ready cash from their unused belongings.

 

 How to Sell Your Ideas and Inventions

How to sell, protect and promote your innovative ideas

 Want to learn the proven ways to cash in on your inventions? If your idea works, it’s a GREAT idea but now you need to know-how to make money with it.

 If you want to secure the rights to your ideas and learn the proven way to CASH IN on your inventions, this program will show you how to:

  • •     Make your invention intellectually safe and profitable

  • •     Protect your ideas with patents, trademarks, and copyrights

  • •     Evaluate your ideas for marketability

  • •     Find potential buyers for your invention

  • •     Offer it for sale in the safest method possible

 This is NOT one of the invention marketing hypes. This program delivers the most accurate and relevant information available for inventors to cash in on their expertise.

 A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the book, How to Sell Your Inventions for Cash (1-891440-27-6).

 About the instructors:

Nancy Miller of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has trained thousands of inventors throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. Nancy’s trademark is Clutterology® and she has numerous copyrights. For over ten years, Nancy has assisted inventors in their marketing and solicitation efforts.

 Mike Rounds of Rounds, Miller and Associates, is a patented inventor. He is the creator of the “… for the Clueless®” series and a director of engineering for one of the world’s largest toy companies. As a project manager, Mike has worked with numerous manufacturers to take new products to market.

 SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 100 words

 Want to learn proven ways to cash in on your inventions? Television programs have shown that people, just like you, are selling their inventions for big money!

 If you want to secure the rights to your ideas and learn the proven way to sell your inventions, this program will show you how to:

  • ·        Using patents, trademarks and copyrights to protect your idea

  • ·         Evaluate your ideas for marketability

  • ·         Find potential buyers for your invention

  • ·         Offer it for sale in the safest method possible

 A $30 fee for the manual How to Sell Your Inventions for Cash (1-891440-27-6).

 

 Professional Speaking for the Clueless®

How to give profitable seminars and workshops

 Want to make six-figures talking about what you know?

 If you want to enter the highly lucrative business of seminars, workshops, and professional speaking, this workshop is for YOU!

 Because of the rapid changes in our world and the need to know more about different things, professional speakers and trainers are more in demand than ever before.

 You can profit by sharing your expertise with people who are willing to pay for it.

 In this dynamic program you’ll learn how to:

  • •     Make six-figures talking about what you know

  • •     Make the correct choices that affect your success as a speaker

  • •     Apply as a trainer with seminar companies

  • •     Book over 100 paid engagements in your first year of business

  • •     Work with bureaus and agents

  • •     Create profitable support products like books and audio products

 A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the CD, Professional Speaking for the Clueless® (978-1-891440-53-3).

 About the instructor:

Mike Rounds of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has averaged three to four paid engagements per week for more than 25 years. Mike is the former president of the National Speakers Association’s Greater Los Angeles chapter. He is the creator of the “… for the Clueless®” series.

 SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 99 words

 Want to make six-figures speaking about what you know? Then enter the highly lucrative business of seminars, workshops, and professional speaking! You can profit by sharing your expertise with people who are willing to pay for it.

 In this dynamic program you’ll learn how to:

  • ·         Make six-figures speaking about what you know

  • ·         Apply as a trainer with seminar companies

  • ·         Book over 100 paid engagements in your first year of business

  • ·         Work with bureaus and agents

  • ·         Create profitable support products like books and audio products

 A $30 fee for Professional Speaking for the Clueless® (978-1-891440-53-3).

  E-Publishing, Self-Publishing, and More

How to get your book on the market quickly and easily

Want to be published and e-published? NOW? Do you dream of seeing your book featured on Amazon.com? Do you have useful knowledge or skills that you think others could benefit from?

 It’s not a question of whether people will either read a paper book or an e-book. Unlike when people went from cassettes to CD, and dropped tapes and converted to CDs, books are popular in a dual media format.

 Publishing is easier than you think. If you want to be published, but don’t know where to start, this class will give you the know-how to fulfill your dream of creating your own books, booklets, audio CDs and e-books. 

In this cutting edge class, you’ll learn how to:

  • ·        Use quick and easy methods to get your work published

  • ·         Convert your book to an e-book for the iPad, Kindle and PDF formats for FREE

  • ·         Upload your finished books and e-books to Amazon and other major chains

  • ·         Offer it as a pay-per-download product from your Web site

  • ·         Create podcasts and other saleable products

  • ·        Use copyrights and trademarks to protect your work

 Don’t get left out—publish your book NOW and start profiting from it immediately!

 A $30 materials fee for and Self Publishing for the Clueless® CD and E-Publishing for the Clueless® book.

 About the instructor:

Mike Rounds of Rounds, Miller and Associates, is a speaker, trainer and author with more than 200 published works. Mike’s books are sold by major distributors, including Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and Baker and Taylor. Mike delivers more than 150 seminars per year, and his students have published more than 2,000 products. He owns a micro-publishing company and is the creator of the “… for the Clueless®” series.

 SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 119 words

  •  ·         Have you dreamed of being published or e-published?

  • ·         Are you ready to be published now?

  • ·         Do you want to see your book on Amazon.com?

 Writing the great American novel may take years but writing an useful book doesn’t—it just takes know-how to put it all together into a finished piece of work.

 You’ll learn how to:

  •       Be published—quickly and easily

  •       Offer it as a pay-per-download product from your Web site

  •       Convert your book to an e-book for the iPad, Kindle and PDF formats for FREE

  •       Protect your work with copyrights and trademarks

 

A $30 materials fee for and Self Publishing for the Clueless® CD and E-Publishing for the Clueless® book.

 Stop Being Unemployed—Start Your Own Home-Based Business

In today’s job market, individuals are realizing success with home-based businesses. If you are concerned about your job security, are looking for ways to earn more after-tax dollars, have always dreamed of starting your own business or already work out of your home, this class is for you! Be in control of your income level. With very little money and the guidance of this class, you can build a successful business and determine your own job security.

 This informative class covers:

  • ·        How to legally form your business

  • ·        Easy do-it-yourself strategies for market research

  • ·        Accepting customers’ credit cards to maximize sales

  • ·        The easy and right way to do your bookkeeping and tax records to make Uncle Sam happy

  • ·        How to acquire a sales tax permit and business license to make things official

  • ·        Dispelling myths Web designers promote

  • ·        FREE resources that can boost your business

 

This class is not a get-rich scheme. It is designed to give you the tools to find a business. You will not be sold a franchise, business opportunity or an eBay store. You’ll come away from this class with the know-how to launch a successful home business. (If you already have a business, this class may be tax-deductible.)

 A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the book, Mechanics of Starting a Home-Based Business (978-1-891440-52-6). 

About the instructor:

Nancy Miller of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has had several home-based businesses, including professional organization services, public speaking, a mail order company and a micro-publishing company. Nancy gives more than 150 presentations each year and has helped people launch successful businesses operated from their home.

 

SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 90 words

 With very little money and the guidance of this class, you can build a successful business and determine your own job security.

 In this program, you'll learn the information needed to start or improve a business including how to:

  • ·         Legally form a business

  • ·         Accept your customer’s credit cards

  • ·         Keep bookkeeping and tax records

  • ·         Calculate sales tax on product or from the Internet

  • ·         Use your Web site as an effective business tool

 A materials fee of $30 for the Mechanics of Starting a Home-Based Business (978-1-891440-52-6).

  Using Your Computer to Make Money

How to start and run a business from your computer

 

The Internet has enabled people to run a business with low startup costs and high profitability. From information brokers to freelancers to eBay sellers, people have used their computers to build their fortunes.

 

This class presents more than 120 high-demand businesses that can be completely run from your home computer. These computer-based businesses may utilize skills you already have, skills that are easily attained or skills requiring formal training.

 In this class, you’ll gain knowledge in:

  • ·        Types of business that use only a computer

  • ·        Easy methods for bookkeeping and taxes to make Uncle Sam happy

  • ·        Making sense of the legal mumbo-jumbo (sales taxes, business licensure and business structure)

  • ·        Making a profit-boosting Web site

  • ·        FREE resources that can give you a leg up

 This class is NOT an eBay class or a web design class. Both of those topics may be discussed, but not in depth.

A $30 materials fee payable to the instructor for the book, Mechanics of Starting a Home-Based Business (978-1-891440-52-6).

 

About the instructor:

Nancy Miller of Rounds, Miller and Associates, has had several home-based businesses, including professional organization services, public speaking, a mail order company and a micro-publishing company. Nancy gives more than 150 presentations each year and has helped people launch successful businesses operated from their home.

SHORTENED DESCRIPTIONS 89 words

 There are hundreds of businesses that you can run from your home computer. The great thing about working from your home computer is that your starts up costs are so low, but profitability can be so high! So get started now!

 

This seminar shows you over 120 businesses, including how to:

  • ·                     Legally form your business

  • ·                     Accept credit cards

  • ·                     Keep bookkeeping and tax records

  • ·                     Use your Web site as an effective business tool

 

A $30 fee for the book Mechanics of Starting a Home-Based Business (978-1-891440-52-6).

Rounds, Miller and Associates   6318 Ridgepath Court   Rancho Palos Verdes   CA   90275   

Phone 310-544-9502  

Mike@RoundsMiller.com   Nancy@RoundsMiller.com