Printable Biography of Amanda Gore

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For more than 20 years, Amanda Gore has been one of America’s and Australia’s most admired professional speakers. Her expertise is in transforming the spirit of people and cultures by changing attitudes, improving relationships, connecting people, managing change, leadership, innovation, and team dynamics.

A native Aussie, Amanda has a unique ability to connect, entertain, educate, and involve the audience so they laugh and learn effective, new skills that have long- term impact. Her thoughtful and intelligent assessment of what it takes to be your best and keep a positive spirit, no matter what the circumstances, led Amanda to speaking internationally to all types of corporations, groups and associations.

Author of four books and several video and audio training programs, Amanda has a bachelor's degree in physical therapy, a major in psychology, and expertise in ergonomics, stress management, group dynamics, neurolinguistics, and occupational health.

Amanda explores the mind-body connection to inspire people to lead, work and live more effectively through emotional and social intelligence, better relationships and connections, enthusiasm, great attitudes, less stress, and more joy!

She is a master at carefully orchestrating each presentation to ensure it links into your key business drivers, maximizing return on investment. With Amanda's skills in group dynamics, relevant content and humor, attendees remember her as the ‘best speaker they have ever seen.'

PRESENTATION TOPICS

Amanda will adapt her presentations so the message is directly relevant to the outcomes you have for the meeting. She has a database of information that she can “mix and match” to create stories and lessons that have meaning for your attendees and your corporate culture. All of Amanda’s presentations are high energy, funny, practical, use a lot of audience involvement, and have serious messages presented in entertaining and memorable stories. She models the authenticity that she teaches which allows her to connect in special ways with audiences. It’s how transformed people feel at the end of Amanda’s presentations that makes the difference.

“People will forget what you say; they will forget what you do; but they will never forget how you make them feel.” — Anonymous

The Spirit of Leadership
If you want to change an organization, you have to lead with a Change of Heart – a Change of Spirit. The spirit in which we do anything determines the outcome, whether positive or negative. People are no longer a company’s most important asset; relationships are! People with a positive spirit are inspired, motivated, excited about what they do, and therefore create strong, lasting relationships. This session is full of techniques that will bring out the positive spirit of every attendee, inspire them to handle change or any business challenge creatively, motivate them to be their best, and foster collaborative teamwork. This purpose/spirit driven culture is the culture of the future. The new generations are demanding it, baby boomers are seeking it, and everyone wants it! This keynote radically affects the group dynamics – it breaks down barriers so that learning, networking and connection continue not only during the meeting, but for the long term.

Live Out Loud" ™ (Part One):
This presentation makes people feel good about themselves, gives the skills of emotional intelligence and transforms their thinking. Audiences will learn to understand the importance of connection in sales, service and relationships, as they discover how to celebrate, motivate and encourage themselves, acknowledge and recognize others, balance work and life in new ways, laugh more and rediscover joy.

"Lead Out Loud" ™(Part Two):
This presentation teaches people how to make others feel good. "People will forget what you say, they will forget what you do, but they will never forget how you made them feel," Carl Buechner. Audiences will learn how to motivate and encourage others better, be authentic at all times, program themselves for excellence, unlock the secrets and power of non-verbal communication, be humble and work collaboratively, build strong, lasting relationships and how to have a positive spirit - not just a positive attitude!

Break-out Session or Workshop Options:

"You can't change a customer's attitude - but you can change yours!"
Traditional sales course focus on communication styles and techniques that are still important ….but everyone knows them. Teach your team the latest subtle verbal and non verbal techniques to create partnerships - not just relationships- with your clients or customers. Partnerships are the next level to aspire towards - while everyone else is just working on relationships, you can be focused on creating true long term partnerships! There are many secrets to enhancing rapport, connection and delivering unpalatable messages without destroying relationship as well as building ongoing loyalty with customers or clients. All relate to our ability to communicate and connect. This session explores how to find out what our clients really want , at much deeper levels than before which then allows us to serve their real needs better than our competitors - and with more flexibility, options and choices.

"Communicate your way to Success" or "Put the Zing Back in Your Fling!"
Whether genetic or environmental, the differences in communication styles between men and women are significant. Understanding non verbal communication and the different ways we think and operate helps us have smoother interactions and avoid professional and personal misunderstandings. Although Amanda uses a lot of humor with this session, there are many useful and important distinctions that are highlighted so people can make dramatic changes in their understanding of what is going on, and then have more choices over how to behave.

Relationships are like living breathing organisms and they need nurturing and watering and care - just like real plants. How to do this nurturing specifically is what you will learn in this session - and how to find out what the other person wants and needs. It's very funny - and VERY useful for life and work!

This session can be related to sales, customer service, negotiating, call centers, business relationships, or personal relationships and can focus on sex differences or not!