Christee Gabour Atwood

TOPIC WORKSHOP TITLE & DESCRIPTION CREATIVITY Brainstorming...or Brain-Drizzling? Need ideas where to start on a new project or how to revive an old one? Lost your sense of creativity? This interactive workshop practices brainstorming methods for the generation of ideas, as well as ways to develop those ideas into actions. TRAIN THE TRAINER 101 Uses for a Rubber Chicken True training is interactive and addresses all our styles of learning. True training is fun. It knows how to laugh at itself. And it carries a rubber chicken. Polish your skills in this session on how to be a facilitator instead of a lecturer. KEYNOTES & LUNCHEON TOPICS Lessons Learned Along the Way This presentation includes tips on time management, goal management, life balance and more – and includes examples of the “less-than-perfect” ways these things are done in episodes from the book, Journal of a Midlife Crisis, for humorous reinforcement of the lessons. HUMOR But Seriously Folks “ Live Laugh & Learn” is the subtitle for this session that illustrates the effective uses of humor, including communication, stress relief, creativity, training, assertiveness, publicity, and even weight control. (Yes, laughter burns calories!) NETWORKING & PUBLICITY The Art of the Elevator Speech You may have the best ideas in your workplace, the next Great American Novel, or a product that everyone needs. But if you can’t get the message across effectively, nothing will happen. Practice getting your ideas across without sending your listeners to snooze-land WRITING & PUBLISHING Overnight Success: The 47-Year Method Want to write a book? In this session, you’ll learn about writing columns, self-publishing, magazine writing, technical writing, writing for radio & television, speechwriting, creating seminars, and you’ll even see embarrassing samples from one of the world’s largest collections of rejection letters. COMMUNICATION SKILLS Men Are From Mrs, Women Are From Downtown Akron No matter where you’re from, you can use this session for ideas on how to listen, observe, and speak more effectively. The workshop also addresses interpersonal skills, personality types, and methods to overcome communication barriers. CUSTOMER SERVICE Customers: Without Them, We'd All Be Down By The Interstate Wit Cardboard Signs We’ve all been a difficult customer at some time in the past. This session allows us to put ourselves in our customers’ shoes and discover great ideas that will help us to exceed the customer’s expectations, deal with unhappy customers, and still come out alive! SUCCESSION PLANNING Where The Heck Do We Go From Here? This workshop, based on Christee’s upcoming book, Succession Planning Basics, outlines a plan for developing career paths and training opportunities for your employees and future leaders in your corporation or organization. PRESENTATION SKILLS Who Are These People And Why Are They Staring At Me? This interactive workshop guides participants through the steps of compiling their thoughts, organizing them effectively, and presenting them to a group with confidence. Good for beginning presenters as well as those who want an opportunity to practice and polish their skills. LEADERSHIP Leadership Boot Camp A session that studies the qualities of leadership, ways to assess and continually develop leadership abilities, and how to discover the right leadership style for the right situation. HUMAN RESOURCES Various Topics Available Performance Management, Coaching, Harassment, Conflict Management, Diversity, and many more… WRITING Tracking Down Your Muse A workshop for writers with fun exercises and ideas to get unblocked, jump start a writing project, use journaling, and discover markets for their writing.