Katie Darden is a Business and Career coach, Trainer, Speaker and Internet Marketer with over 20 years experience in Human Resources, including Personnel as well as Training and Development. She's held several different roles in government and private industry across a broad range of organizations, from small business start-ups through City, County, State and Federal governments.
Her vast experience includes working as a consultant for businesses such as Microsoft, Intel, Continental Airlines, Alcoa, Johnson & Johnson, Applied Materials, MCI, British Telecom, Glaxo, Hewlett Packard, Honda, Ontario Hydro (Canada), Syncrude Canada, US West, Department of Veteran's Affairs and several California State Agencies.
Katie has built and managed several small businesses since the 1970s, enjoying all the benefits of being a serial entrepreneur. She loves working with creative people and small start-ups. For several years she focused on working with women entrepreneurs, winning awards for website design and managing local and national business networking groups. In 1999 she received National recognition when she designed and managed the first online virtual network for the National Association for Female Executives.
She is a 1997 graduate of Coach U, a founding member of Coachville and the Graduate School of Coaching, a certified Handwriting Expert, a registered and certified hypnotherapist and Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). She is trained in the Emotion Code and several other healing modalities.
Katie is an artist in her "spare" time, designing and creating award-winning fused glass jewelry and painted fabric items for her etsy stores, as well as adult coloring books and journals. Her designs are also sold on tshirts, cups and other materials on both etsy and Amazon.
She considers herself fortunate to live on the far Northern Redwood Coast of California and to spend the rainiest 4-6 months every year in San Felipe, Mexico, on the Sea of Cortez.
Katie enjoys creating environments and opportunities for people to discover and express their natural gifts and talents.
You can find out more about Katie at her website http://careerlifeinstitute.com/about/katie-darden/
***EVALHENA STORIES***
Katie started writing Children's Books with her granddaughter Evalhena Owen, when Evie was 11. Their first book is "The Sad Little Cloud Who Wanted to Make Friends." They had 3 more planned, but you know, life happens!
She also collaborates with friends to create adult coloring books. So far she has one with her grandson Billy, and one with her friend Yvonne and her cousin Michael. They can be found under Magical Design Studios.
