First Impressions
- August 18, 2008, 9:00-11:00AM
Enhance your ability to make a powerful and positive first impression. Learn
how long they take to make, what are the first things people notice, why
we make first impressions in the first place and why they are hard to change.
Learn the components of successful business and personal savvy. Your ability
to handle yourself with style and grace is part of the new measure of success.
This program deals with understanding how we come across to people. Drawing
from research findings, the different aspects of making positive first impressions
are broken down and explained.
Topics Include: The art of handshaking
- Proper eye contact - What your posture says about you - The components
of a visual impression - What your conscious and subconscious mind perceive
in a first impression.
Power Etiquette
- The basics - September 15, 2008, 9:00-11:00AM
This dynamic presentation deals with the eight basic rules that are the
foundation of building relationships with your customers and developing
teams with your coworkers. How you handle yourself and motivate others is
a critical factor in the longevity and advancement of your career.
Topics include: The art of listening
- Speaking to be understood (How you speak) - Being on time - Courtesy
is contagious - Looking the part - Knowing your place - Being responsive
- And more.
Attitudes
of Success - October 20, 2008,
9:00-11:00AM
The way you treat people is not about who they are, but rather all about
who you are. Your manners and etiquette are not just actions... they are
an attitude....an attitude that is closely related to your self-confidence,
your position in business and personal life, as well as your ability to
build successful relationships, teams... organizations. This program covers
seven points to help you develop a winning attitude.
Personal
Savvy for Professional Use
- November 10, 2008, 9:00-11:00AM
This program
is designed to help you become the polished individual, savvy in the social
skills that make a professional impression. To grow professionally, you
first have to grow personally. Learn the social skills that are a prerequisite
to succeeding in your personal and professional life.
Topics
include: How to be comfortable in networking situations - How to work
a room - The art of handshaking - How to present yourself with presence. The Art of Listening
- Listen your way to success - December 15, 2008, 9:00-11:00AM
According to the US department of Labor, it is estimated that of the total
time we spend in communication, 55% is devoted to listening. Listening,
of course, is the polite thing to do. It is not just a skill, but an art...
a lost art. It is not only the foundation of all good conversation, but
also for building relationships both professionally and personally. But
even more importantly, listening is how we expand our world. Everything
starts with a voice. Listen up!
Topics include: How and why we do and do not listen - Improve your ability to listen and be listened to -Listening to others - Listening to yourself - Perception vs. reality - The etiquette of a good listener.
Looking the Part - January 12, 2009, 9:00-11:00AM
Statistics show how we appear speaks more about us and is more important sometimes than what we verbally have to say. Understand the do's and don'ts of looking your best with your clothes and power accessories. Learn what is proper and appropriate dress for everything from business casual to Professional.
