The New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce

By Noelle Southwick

New England Bureau Chief
(Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)

Tara Crawford Roth and her friend Sandy Currie had an idea to have a meeting of holistic practitioners since they did not find people who thought the way they did about their businesses. That idea is what led to the New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce, now with 3 locations in Fall River, MA, Providence, RI and on Cape Cod, MA.

They are a growing non-profit organization. Their mission is two-fold. First is to create a
community in order to network with a diverse group of holistic practitioners and secondly to teach business skills.

The Founder

When I spoke with Tara Crawford Roth I understood her passion is for holistic practitioners to succeed. “We all need their services,” she added. Tara grew up in a family of holistic practitioners. She recognized that many of the people she met in that community lacked the business skills needed to create a thriving business. Now Tara offers her skills as a business coach to those who are following a similar path.

She says that there is a limiting belief out there in the holistic community that making money is not spiritual. However, people cannot offer their valuable services if they cannot earn a living at it. Tara works with a variety of business owners to shift their limiting beliefs and allow prosperity to flow.

Currently, Tara is working on a book, due out early next year. It is titled, Minding a Business, Creating Profits that Match Your Passion. The book is a success manual for holistic practitioners covering what is needed to create abundance in business. It covers everything including financing, marketing, what blogging can do for your business and much more.

The Chamber

Currently each of the 3 NEHCC locations offers monthly meetings. The speakers at each meeting cover a variety of topics focused on building a successful holistic business and there is an opportunity to speed network. At every meeting participants are coached on how to give an effective “elevator speech”, a brief description of what they do. Those in the holistic community are often not skilled at self-promotion and need support finding ways to speak clearly about what they offer. That support is offered at the meetings.

Some topics covered at recent meeting include: The Highest Level of Success as a Holistic Business with Dr. Mark Mincolla, Tapping Your Passion to Fuel Your Business with Laura Turlington and Luca DiMatteo, Catapult Your Holistic Business- Write a Book with Lisa Tener
and Marketing on a Shoestring with Lisa Almeida. You can get a schedule of upcoming events on their website or emailed to you through their newsletter.

In addition to becoming part of a growing community of support membership in The New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce offers many benefits. Some of the benefits include admission discounts on all events, a classified listing on their searchable website with links to
members’ sites, and an opportunity to be in their speakers network. Additionally they offer an expo twice a year for their members to showcase their services and products.

Tara’s Networking Tips

I asked Tara for some networking tips. She gave me these suggestions:

• Go to events where your ideal client is most
  likely to be there.


• When you introduce yourself start with what you
  do, then your name.


• Be authentic. It is the most
  important way to drive appropriate people to you.


• Always bring business cards with you, especially
  to networking events.

The Future of the Chamber

Tara has a vision to have locations throughout New England. The New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce is looking for local support to further expand and to see that vision become a reality. If you think you might have what it takes to create a local chapter for the holistic community in your area, contact Tara through the New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce website:

www.neholisticchamber.org.

The New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce offers an opportunity to grow a successful business with the support of other business owners & also a place to find business support from like-minded individuals.
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