Top Topics for 2008

For the coming year, I will continue working as an organizational development consultant with several corporations and nonprofit groups in the Southeast. Many of the topics could be shared in a focused lunch & learn format or expanded to a half- or full-day interactive session with my clients. Below, you will find a listing of topics that you’ll read more about in my Listening Matters blog as the year progresses.

Communication Matters

• Training with Style: Train the Trainer
• Facilitation with Finesse: Presentations, Meetings & More
• Avoid Click-Thud Effect: Energize Your PowerPoint Presentations
• Dynamic Presentations
• Listening: The Hidden Competency
• More than Gestures: Nonverbal Communication
• Customer-Focused Writing
• E-ffective & E-fficient E-mail Writing

Diversity Matters

• Diversity in Action
• Clowning Around with Diversity
• Listening to Diversity
• Lucy & Ricky Meet Will & Grace: Intergenerational Differences in the Workplace
• Beyond Do’s & Taboos: Intercultural Etiquette
• Cultural Awareness: Our Changing Demographics
• The Platinum Rule
• Survive & Thrive as e a Peacock in the Land of Penguins

Leadership Matters

• Peer Today, Boss Tomorrow: Managing Your Transition into Leadership
• The Human Side of Change
• Managing Meetings That Matter
• Priority Management
• Beyond Choosing the Right Fork: Mealtime Etiquette
• Interviewing Skills: From Both Sides of the Table

For Interns or New College Grads

• Brand U: Making Your Best First Impression in the Workplace
• Blogs, Facebook & MySpace, Oh My!
• Career Development: Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills
• Mealtime Etiquette