212 degrees – Imagine the Possibilities! At 211 degrees, water is hot, At 212 degrees it boils. And boiling water can power a steam train! This presentation focuses on how to give that extra degree in your personal and professional lives to exceed even your own expectations!

Your Attitude is YOU! Our most priceless possession is our attitude...and we are responsible for it! It's how we think. Like magnets, our attitudes pull us in the direction of our thoughts. This session will explore the various things we can do to adjust our thinking patterns and protect our attitude.

Let’s End Procrastination: Are you postponing your life? Procrastination has serious implications for our personal and professional growth. Do you “put off until tomorrow”? Do you have a tendency to postpone that which is necessary to reach some goal? You can change! This session will provide techniques that will reduce the frustration and loss that results from unwanted procrastination.

Are There Sacred Cows in Your Pasture? These are the things that keep you from experiencing change! We will learn about the different types of cows in our lives that hinder us from accepting change and its benefits in our lives. We'll walk together through the pasture, identify many of the cows and learn how to handle them successfully.

Getting Out of Your Own Way: Have you ever felt you deserved the best, but didn’t know what was keeping you from achieving it? Remember the last time you woke up in a bad mood and you told yourself it was going to be a rotten day? Participants will learn how to integrate their thoughts and feelings so they are harmonious, as well as explore how they may stop self-defeating sabotages that keep them from getting what they deserve in life.

Email Etiquette: Why Is It Important? With 88% of all internet users in the U.S. using email as a form of communication, does your email communication with colleagues, potential employers and perhaps your boss, convey the correct message? Do you ramble, say too much or not enough? Any time spent on making your email clearer is time well spent! Basic etiquette topics to be discussed will include addresses and personal names, subject lines, message content, signatures, replies and email courtesy.

Survive & Thrive: A dream or wish is the way we would like the world to be. A goal is what we intend to do to make it happen. People who survive and thrive have goals–they make things happen! This workshop will help you to establish a personal and professional development plan that will enhance your life.

What’s In It for Me? Before you invest your time or money, I am sure you have asked and answered the question: “How will this benefit me…what can I get out of it? Associations are also faced with this question every time they hold a meeting or event. Are you keeping them interested—is your event fun? This workshop will explore innovative ideas, tips and tricks to help your organization grow.

Touch a Life! This presentation provides valuable information pertaining to nominating others for awards and the benefits this affords the nominators. Participants will be encouraged to nominate others for awards. Tips will be presented to help throughout the nomination process as well.

Reflections of You! Everything you say or do is a reflection of you! In this workshop we will discuss the importance of first impressions, communications, networking, and teamwork. You will be provided with some thought provoking ideas you can utilize in improving your reflection!

Best Practices: What is your best practice? In this workshop you will learn what a best practice is, focus on yours, and learn about others. Be prepared to be interactive and look forward to leaving this workshop with some innovative ideas that can help you in your personal and professional life.

Tips for Public Speaking: Do you have a fear of public speaking? In this workshop you can learn how a true introvert overcame her fear of public speaking as well as some tips for understandability.

Phenomenal Women: Then & Now: Take a journey back in time to discover some phenomenal women who used their skills and characteristics of courage, determination, resilience and much more in playing a role in shaping our great nation. We’ll learn how their strengths helped us become the phenomenal women that we are today!

School Secretary Survival: A school secretary’s job is as wide, varied and diverse as any other job but sometimes we could all use a few tips to ‘survive’. Let’s discuss and share some of those tips.

Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer: We have all heard music is the universal language. Why? Music is a form of communication. So, what melody/music do you communicate to others? Are you a jazz, rhythm & blues, hard rock, or an easy listener office professional? You will discover your “beat” as we explore how to best communicate that “beat” through our actions and attitudes.

Explore Your Talents and Let Your Light Shine: It doesn't matter whether we have been in a dozen different office settings or worked for 30 plus years, we can all improve our skills, our attitudes, our work habits, and our communication skills. We also want to continue to explore the opportunities available to educational office professionals. This workshop is for the "beginning" educational office professional as well as the "seasoned" educational office professional.

Professionalism in the Workplace: This workshop will be an open forum on the meaning of professionalism in the workplace in our technological society. What is the proper etiquette for the educational office professional today? What are the rewards and challenges of professionalism in your work place? Come find out what the “P” in AEOP really means!

Gone in 60 Seconds! More than ever before hardworking people are at risk of having their identity stolen in just a few seconds; sometimes taking years and considerable expense to restore. Your personal information can be easily compromised. None are safe…all are vulnerable. Although there is no way to guarantee that you won’t be victimized; this workshop will cover simple measures you can take to reduce your risk at home, at work, and in the marketplace.

Learning to Dance in the Rain: We’ve all had those times of being down and thinking the weight of the world is on our shoulders. Do you drown or do you dance in the rain? This workshop will give you some steps in picking yourself up, shaking those “down in the dumps feelings” and dancing in the rain. You will be able learn to cope and also learn ways to help and motivate others who are going through those trying times. This workshop is geared to small groups because of the interaction and group activities.

Be All You Can Be: To each of us, a life has been given, and with it, an awesome and priceless responsibility – the freedom to choose how we live in the world and what we make of ourselves and our lives. When we live in virtue, we offer a tremendous contribution to the world, no matter how small we may think our sphere of influence. A single flame can light the greatest fire.

Hey! We’re Different But the Same! What does diversity mean to you? Are all men created equal? Join us on a journey into diversity and stereotyping. Can we turn differences into strengths? See how diverseness can bring a group closer and help create teamwork. We all have something to bring to the table; we just need to know how to use that creativity within us to our best advantage.

Reflections – Is Your Attitude Showing! This is a motivational workshop to encourage participants to choose their attitudes at work, home, and play. It is easy to have a positive energetic and happy attitude than to choose to be a grouch.

The Nuts & Bolts of Good Telephone Etiquettes at the Workplace: Maintain a unique manner in how you handle your school & administration office telephone. Let your voice represent your campus and/or department. The telephone is one of the most valuable sources of communication to be used at the workplace.

Ice Breakers and Getting Acquainted with the Office Professional:

The Ins and Outs of PSP: Participants will gain answers to those burning questions about the Professional Standards Program and what benefits and resources is provided to them.

Packing for Success: This workshop provides information on how to effectively sort the baggage we deal with every day on our job to become the ultimate educational office professional. It provides insight to excess baggage, explores the attitude suitcase, and renews our focus on our personal carry-on with those personal values we place inside.

Looking Good! This workshop focuses on professionalism in the workplace. The workshop provides information on dressing for success, presenting a good image through our publications and documents and shining the light on a positive attitude for change.

Connecting With The C’s In Success: This presentation covers the importance of good communication, understanding the culture in our personal life, our family and even our workplace, learning how to accept change, succeeding in connecting with the world around us, and remembering the importance of collecting good friends and cherishing the special moments in our lives.

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