Presentations and Workshops

"Out, Out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon that stage and then is heard no more...." -Macbeth

I've developed and delivered many presentations and workshops over the years. These are just a few that have relevance in today's marketplace and personal/professional endeavors. They are interactive, so you will always be engaged. The duration of each ranges from 2 hours to 10 weeks with take-aways you will be able to put into practice immediately.

This is one of my favorites, "Whatever you believe or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." ...Goethe

Possibilities & Powerful Presentations

What makes me different? Personal experience, trials and tribulations in the trenches that offer anecdotes and metaphors with magical significance. With over 20 years of presenting various topics and facilitating workshops for educators, business development, organization/project management and even self-actualization, I've got a wealth of material. I personally guarantee you'll never be bored or wonder when it will all be over. Each of the presentations is available as a PowerPoint, but you'll need to give me your name and email to get it.

New Millennial Business Management

This presentation features best practices across a variety of industries and includes key points about flow, self-mastery, systems thinking, holistic systems and learning organizations applied to future business and organizational development. This is a must for the organizational leadership that want to be and do their best for the community, company and fellow collaborators.

Project Planning for the New Millennium - Putting Priorities in Place

How do you get the best out of all your resources? How do you inspire collaborators and coworkers or employees to put their best efforts into the job at hand? Learn how the best leaders manage their time and resources to produce stellar results. This workshop comes with a great workbook for aligning your goals and values.

Growing Your Dream - Mania to Metanoia - How to Use Social Media

Social Media is the HOT trend in business and social architecture today. Are you branded properly? Is your message in a bottle or across the Web? Learn how to [hands on] build profiles, integrate Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and many others into a strategic plan to grow your dream. You'll have a plan and a method at the end.

10 Steps to Growing Your Business in Good or Bad Times

Relationship marketing gets the best results across the realms of industry today. What exactly is 'Relationship Marketing' and how does it work? What are the key components that every business can apply to help it grow in good or bad times? Learn these components, how to use them and develop a plan for success during this workshop.

Aspiration for Inspiration - Doing the Right Things Right

A philosophical exploration into what makes people tick. How are we creating what we desire in our lives? What kind of business do we want to conduct? How do we get the results we desire while engaging others in the highest ethical standards? How do you deal with touch choices and come out ahead? This workshop will engage your deepest knowing and propel you to new heights of awareness that help you personally and professionally.

Emotional Intelligence - Work Smarter not Harder

How can you develop a consistent methodology for dealing with workplace issues? This workshop presents a variety of alternatives that teach you how to engage emotional intelligence effectively in your job, your leadership roles and your personal life. You'll be engaged early on and amazed at what you have learned by the end. Handouts and worksheets are provided.

Communication and Problem-Solving

Using the DISC analysis template, we'll delve into how knowing communication and problem-solving preferences will help your communication effectiveness soar. Communication is the number 1 issue throughout industry today, especially with the variety of cultural and ethnic mixes in the marketplace. Find out what the leaders in industry and civic organizations are doing to promote their success - delivering on their mission and vision.

Personality - How to Use it Wisely

We all have one. How aware are you of yours? How does it mix with the environments you enter? Do you see yourself in others or are you all alone? Find out what the key elements of personal development are using a variety of views from across the realms of psychology and organizational development.

Business Plan Creation

From creating your mission and vision statement to understanding the break-even of your product and/or service to the critical factors that keep business owners and entrepreneurs ahead of the game. This series of workshops (10 total) start with understanding the basic elements of the plan and finish with a ready-for-the-market version you'll be proud of, all because it is YOUR plan crafted with the knowledge and wisdom of YOUR product and/or service. Having a plan is an absolute MUST, but it isn't rocket science. Learn how easy it can be.

From Dudley Lynch, President - Brain Technologies, Inc.:

Top qualities: Personable, High Integrity, Creative

“I consider Zen to be one of those superlative examples of what the human brain can store and serve up in unique and appealing ways at will on most any occasion or assignment. To say his range of knowledge and interests are "eclectic" is engaging in understatement. And this is what makes his services as a "possibilities coagulator" for his clients so valuable and exciting. Smart fellow! Great ally!” February 22, 2009

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