Death by Meeting: Revolutionize Your Culture to Meet Less and Get More Done

Speaker Josh Dye

The Monday morning all-staff meeting. One-on-Ones. Regional conference calls. Supervision meetings to discuss client cases.

Emergency meetings. Meetings, Meetings, and more Meetings?

Are you experiencing these symptoms?

If so, you must seek immediate help before death by meeting permanently sets in.

All kidding aside, the amount of meetings our agencies hold is destroying morale, increasing burnout, making us less productive (NOT more), and getting in the way of our most important work.

There is a better way!

Learning Objectives

  • How to hold fewer meetings, but keep communication thriving.
  • How to leverage new technology to create transparency and accountability, while still meeting less.
  • An empowered model for decision making and leading that helps you get the most out the times you do meet.

Get ready to revolutionize your work culture to meet less and get more done! Learn how in this dynamic training.

The Art of Active Listening: How to Make Others Feel Heard, Understood, and Valued

When employees, colleagues, and clients are not being heard, organizational culture, employee happiness, and overall client well-being suffer.

How well do you listen?

Active listening is the doorway to increased belonging, loyalty, productivity, creativity, and so much more.

It is the difference between thinking we understand what people want and knowing what they want.

In this webinar author Heather Younger will teach a 5-step framework that shows you how to listen successfully and act upon what you are hearing.

You will learn these 5 steps (Learning Objectives):

  • Recognize the unsaid
  • Seek to understand
  • Decode
  • Act
  • Close the loop

Backed by the speaker’s personal review of over 30,000 employee and customer surveys and facilitation of 100’s of focus groups, Heather Younger discovered one universal truth: We all want to be heard. We want our voices to matter. We want the work we do to matter.

About the Speaker: Heather Younger

Heather R. Younger is the Founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix, a firm specializing in employee engagement and workplace culture consulting, serving Fortune 100 companies.

She is a two-time Tedx Speaker and a best-selling author. Younger is recognized as a leading expert on caring leadership and active listening in the workplace.

Her work focuses on improving employee engagement and fostering positive workplace cultures, as evidenced by her books and consulting work.

How to Talk So People Want to Listen

Speaker Julian Treasure

Have you ever felt like you’re talking, but nobody is listening?

In this webinar Julian Treasure will reveal the secrets of powerful speaking — from designing great content to vocal exercises and tips on building rapport.

In this webinar you will learn exercises to develop your communication skills that are as effective at home as in the meeting room or video call.

You will learn (learning objectives):

  • How to make sound work for you.
  • The four cornerstones of powerful speaking and listening.
  • How to avoid the seven deadly sins of speaking and listening.
  • Exercises and methods to achieve clarity, precision, and impact.

About the Presenter: Julian Treasure

Julian is a sound and communication expert, author and international keynote speaker whose mission is to help people and organisations to listen better and create healthier and more effective sound, including speaking.

 He is author of the books How to be Heard and Sound Business.

Julian’s five TED talks have been watched more than 150 million times. Including one of them that is the sixth-most viewed TED talk of all time!

The First Minute: How to Start Conversations that Get Results

Speaker Chris Fenning

Communication should be clear and concise, and we should get to the point quickly.

The problem is we don’t always know how to do this.

What does it mean to be concise? How can a complex topic be summarized in just a few lines?

In this webinar you will get a step-by-step guide for clear, concise communication in everyday work conversations.

You will learn:

  • How to have shorter, better work conversations and meetings.
  • How to get to the point faster without rambling or going off on tangents.
  • How to lead your audiences toward the solution you need.

You will also learn how to apply one technique to almost every discussion, email, presentation and interview with great results.

Get ready to take your communication skills to the next level in this webinar!

About the Speaker: Chris Fenning

Chris is the author of two award-winning books: The First Minute: How to Start Conversations that Get Results and Effective Emails: The Secret to Straightforward Communication at Work. For the past 15 years Chris has served as a trainer in clear and concise communication.

Simpatico: How to Make Connections and Build Rapport with a Variety of Personalities and People

Speaker Josh Dye

Productive and healthy workplaces  require good relationships and professionals skilled at connecting with one another. For managers and employees alike, it is essential that they enhance their skills in communication and building rapport with one another and the public they serve.

In this training you will learn: (Learning Objectives)

  • How to quickly build a comfortable rapport with co-workers & key stakeholders.
  • How to ask questions that spur good conversation.
  • How to listen so others feel heard.
  • How to effectively have difficult conversations and address challenging issues.
  • Vulnerability: How the power of your story brings you closer to others.
  • How to follow up after a good conversation or moment of connection.

Learn how to communicate and connect in this dynamic presentation!

How to Speak With Kids About Traumatic Events Without Added Fear and Anxiety

Speaker Caroline Danda

Popular based on survey feedback!

Social media and 24-hour news provides a constant source of unending information that can spread like wildfire. Shielding kids from news and information is not an option.

What’s a parent or professional that works with kids to do?

Don’t be afraid of starting conversations about hard topics. These conversations are a must. Keep the lines of communication open. Calm and Connection are the key!

In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):

  • How to make the conversations happen.
  • What to do before the conversation.
  • When and how to most effectively speak with kids about traumatic events.

About the Speakers: Dr. Caroline Danda, LP and Carron Montgomery, MSPC, LPC, RPT

Dr. Caroline Danda is a clinical psychologist in private practice who specializes in working with children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, and other emotional or behavioral regulation problems. She loves working with children and teens who have “big emotions.” She has a passion for normalizing mental and emotional well-being and helping youth and their families not only resolve current challenges but also develop foundational skills for thriving.

Carron Montgomery is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapist, Level II trained EMDR, and trauma specialist. At the outset of her career, Carron worked for two nonprofit organizations: the first focused on counseling survivors of abuse, and the second focused on serving low-income families and victims of trauma. Nine years ago, she started a private practice with two other women to specialize in treating anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, grief, and loss. Carron utilizes a client-centered approach that includes collaboration with each client’s team of professionals–teachers, doctors and school social workers and primary caregivers.

The Magic of Message: How to Talk Less, Say More, and Connect with Anyone

Speaker Brian Miller

Popular based on survey feedback!

Did you know the world’s shortest joke can be told in just two words?

It’s hard to get our ideas to spread. The real problem is that we focus too much on how great and innovative our idea is, rather than how clear and understandable it is.

But in truth, the more you know about something, the harder it is to explain it to an outsider.

That’s why to spread our ideas we need to be able to state what it is, who it’s for, and why it matters in one sentence. Yes, just one. And in this program, you’ll learn how.

In this session you’re going to learn how the greatest communicators capture attention, earn trust, and build meaningful relationships, and how you can apply the same techniques to elevate your message the next time you have something important to say.

In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):

  • Understand the formula for producing crystal clear messaging.
  • Apply the techniques used by the world’s best thinkers and doers to capture attention and earn trust in their communications and conversations.
  • Create brand new messages that move people to action.

About the Speaker: Brian Miller

Brian Miller is a former magician turned author and international keynote speaker, whose TEDx talk has been viewed 3.5 million times.

Outside of his own speaking engagements, he also prepares leaders for the world’s most prestigious stage – TEDx – to deliver the talk of their lives.

Brian’s students have leveraged his process to build 7-figure empires, start international empowerment movements, and win the largest inspirational speaking competition in North America.