General Leadership

The Future is Yours to Create! A Look at Life and Leadership
1 to 8 hours
Life and leadership go hand in hand. It's all connected. This extensive training experience will focus on the individual as well as the group. Through the use of interactive exercises, self-explorations, group discussion, inspirational music, individual skill building exercises and a host of other FUN training techniques participants will learn about what it takes to lead, contribute and make a difference. Essential to this mission is a discussion of one's content of character. This program also includes a six minute video, "The Future is Yours to Create." (Depending on the amount of time desired topics to be included through out this training experience might include creativity, group development, program planning, public speaking, communication skills, time management - just to name a few.)

The Making of a Leader and Contributor
1 or 2 hours
How many people in an organization can be the president, top dog, chief mucky-muck or CEO? Only one but how many can contribute? Everyone! This revealing look at the meaning of "leadership" will allow you to examine what kind of a leader you want to be and how to get there! The characteristics of effective leadership will be explored along with a "self-assessment" tool of YOUR perceived leadership behaviors. This session is designed to demonstrate that a leader is "someone who makes a difference!" The motivation to "do leadership" in your life is an added bonus to this session!

The Rock and Roll of the RA
1 hour
Let the music blast, or not? One of the most challenging and rewarding leadership opportunities is fulfilling the role of the resident advisor. It can make you laugh. It can make you cry. It can make you different - and that's the point! This upbeat session (given by a former RA) provides an insight into the obligations, attitudes, and behaviors that accompany the responsibility. Tips on how to build community, enhance your communication skills and work on a team are also offered.

A Time of Officer and Organizational Transition
1 hour
This very practical session looks at the four elements to be concerned about when officers of organizations are leaving office and new officers are taking over. Various skills are introduced and practiced along with notions of motivation and communication. As a result of attending this session you will better understand the value of paying attention to issues of transition and how this will advance your organization from year to year. Why start over when new officers start?

You Make a Difference
1 hour
When the words "thank you" don't seem to mean enough, what else can you say or do? There's plenty. Providing recognition is a valuable source of acknowledging one's contributions while inspiring future efforts. This program says "thank you" in a variety of ways and allows for the "personalization of gratitude." Special posters by the same title compliment this talk and leaves a lasting symbol of appreciation.

Zing! Your Life and Leadership: For Women Only
Do you have it? That thing called "Zing!"? This engaging and inspirational session is about female influence, charisma and leadership. It's about raising the bar on your life and leadership through the use of various "insights" as offered in Zing! Your Life and Leadership: 21 Insights on Maximizing Your Influence. Learn what time is really is - all the time! (It's Zing! time!)

Zing! Your Life and Leadership: The Introduction
(Goes with "The Obligation" - one starts and one finishes a conference or day long conference event.)
Why do you get out of bed every day? How do you define "life?" What does it mean to be a "leader?" This highly engaging opening keynote will offer answers to these questions while challenging you to live your life and leadership in the "interested student of life" position and with this thing called, "Zing!" Strategies for overriding competing forces to positively influence others towards a greater social good" will be shared along with the motivation to stand up, speak up and seek out ways you can continually maximize your leadership potential. Do you know what time it is?

Zing! Your Life and Leadership: The Obligation
It's Zing! time.. that's life and leadership with an exclamation point. Zing! is colorful, never beige. Zing! is realizing not only the many opportunities offered through your leadership, rather the required sense of obligation to use your aptitudes to show your gratitude. In this interactive closing experience, you will recognize the interconnected nature of leadership, assess your current abilities to influence others and learn a few of the 21 INSIGHTS for influencing others.