Teach Your Expertise: Make a greater impact and serve those that you will never meet.
Raideesha Francis
Strategic Advisor to Food Entrepreneurs | Restaurant Consultant | Speaker | Culinary Management, Food Safety, Business Growth, and Real Estate for Food Businesses
By Raideesha Francis
Teaching, I thought, was a career that would remain in my past. I was the youngest professor, during my time of employment, at the culinary college where I taught. I was fresh out of culinary school. I had no plans of ever teaching, never ever, but now I have a respect and passion for the profession. In high school, I did not earn the best GPA. I was promoted from the 2nd grade at 7 years old and placed into the ending part of the school year into a 4th grade class. I did well, they stated, but I will never know what the 3rd grade had to offer. Well now I do because my son is in the 3rd grade. He already knows and understands that sometimes his mother won’t be able to assist him with homework. I am so grateful for the internet! Now with keeping on topic, in college for some strange reason I graduated with honors. Maybe because I had less classes to take and I really loved what I was doing. I still could not wait to be done with school forever!
Writing eloquently and descriptively really is not my strong point. I usually have my friends proofread my work before I publish it. Unfortunately, today I will not be doing that. This is an impromptu article that I am composing. If you are a Grammarian or are a Grammar Police Official I guess that I will be in trouble with you. I however can command the attention of everyone in any room that I am speaking in. I am a Certified Professional Communicator. In other words, I am a professional speaker. One thing I was always good at doing is having a lively conversation!
Your message is what is most important to those that it is meant for. Please do not allow anyone to silence your voice. Your message and your voice is important. Your message is a part of your legacy. Your message will continue speaking for you long after you have transitioned from this life that we know. After years of hosting events, teaching, consulting, and simply living I have learned that many people have messages inside of them that will positively, and powerfully impact a multitude of lives. You may have no idea what it is like for the life of the person that is waiting to hear what you have to speak into them. They may not even know that someone out there has the solution to their problem that is a thorn in their life that is causing them continual irritation and suffering. You may never be able to see or serve these people individually but they can still benefit from your expertise. It is humanly impossible to serve the whole world individually but you can impact more people through your books, courses, online seminars etc. If you have a message inside of you that you desire to share with a larger audience you can be local to where you are but still be globally accessible through an online course or product.
In the past, I have spent a lot of time trying to learn and understand the online course "world." It was very complex to me. I invested three days recently and created my entire online school. I used Teachable to accomplish this for my business. I once hired a company to do the same thing for me. My money was paid in a timely fashion but years later I still have not received a finished project from them. It was a headache and dead investment. I was impressed with Teachable because of the 3 day Summit that they hosted, which was completely free, teaching me how to best use their platform. I can create an unlimited amount of courses using their platform. It is super easy to use and has built-in landing pages, a seamless checkout process with follow-up emails, you can deliver drip content, you the ability to upsell a product or service, there are several ways that your customers or clients can pay you including payment plans, you can create graded assignments, also your students will instantaneously receive certificates once they successfully complete your program (if you choose to use the create a certificate feature), and so much more! It is also surprisingly affordable! I get excited when I receive an email from a course sale, and the money is deposited into my account. Yay, another source of income from work that I did once.
My peers know that I only recommend someone if I really believe in them and what they have to offer. They also know that I only recommend a company if I receive exceptional products and services from them. Recommendations don’t come from me easily. I am not easily impressed. With Teachable, there are several options for you to choose from. You can access more information about their company and how they can help you to accomplish creating and publishing a successful online course or school https://sendmeto.teachable.com/q9hZ9 What I like about Teachable is that they interview the top performing instructors that use Teachable to deliver their content and allow them to share with us newbies what made them successful. I completely appreciated and benefited from this because I skipped through the trial and error of learning on my own. I learned how to create irresistible offers, create email campaigns, and so much more. Also, through this link https://sendmeto.teachable.com/q9hZ9 you will be given one month of Free service for whichever plan you choose. You can create and build without being charged. If you are quick, you can create, build, and earn money during this trial period. Sounds like you will be winning all around. The great thing about Teachable is that they will gladly cancel your service at any time, including within the trial period with No Questions Asked. I have actually done this before. Yes, I cancelled it before I was ready to launch my online course and now I have an online school that I will be debuting designed specifically for entrepreneurs in the food industry You can sneak a peek if you would like to. https://course.culinarymanagement.co/ See how I tied in what I did in the past into what I presently do to create a future that encompasses what I truly would like to offer and love to do but can't do for everyone. There are many people that desire to open a culinary business. Honestly, culinary school does not prepare you to be an entrepreneur in the food industry. Culinary school prepares you to be an employee. Now my audience does not have to apply or qualify to a culinary program. They can learn and implement at their own pace in a fraction of the time.
I hope that I stirred something up inside of you to encourage you to use your voice in a new way. Your message does not have to be on a business or serious topic either. Only you know what your message is. You have the responsibility of getting it out there to those that need it. I did my part. I hate writing articles but I did this for you.
With Much Love and Gratitude,
Raideesha
Culinary Business & Management Strategist
The Culinary Management Company
“Professional resources for culinary businesses”
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Higher Education Administrator (retired)
6 年Even without the help of your friends, you got your message out loud and clear.? So proud of your!!