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Connie Podesta is a leading international speaker, trainer, consultant, educator and Licensed Professional Counselor who works with all industries: Corporate/Business, Healthcare, Education and Government. With credentials like these, no wonder Connies programs are a guaranteed success! Connie is the author of three books: How To Be The Person Successful Companies Fight To Keep (co-authored by Jean Gatz), Life Would Be Easy If It Werent For Other People and Self Esteem and The Six Second Secret . With a Bachelors degree in Speech and Communications and a Masters degree in Human Relations, Connie has the credentials, experience and insight to help your organization grow and stay competitive in the world today.
Connie works with all areas of the corporate sector. Her customized high-energy presentations focus on the eight “High Performance Behaviors of Successful People.” Based on her best-selling book, “How to Be the Person Successful Companies Fight to Keep”, these behaviors include: Take charge of your personal life. Demonstrate value added. Be determined to have a Positive Impact upon your company, customers and colleagues. Embrace and initiate change. Work harder, smarter, faster and better. Communicate openly and directly. Look for leadership opportunities.
Commit to lifelong learning.
Connie has served as Director of Employee Assistance and Director of Staff Relations at a large community hospital. She has also served as Director of Marketing and Community Services at a large psychiatric hospital. She conducts workshops and inservice training seminars for hospitals, health care organizations, and national and state associations throughout North America. She creates workshops for all departments ranging from maintenance and food service, to the nursing staff, physicians and board of directors. She also provides seminars for physician’s office staffs, facilitates management retreats and conducts programs that can be offered to the community as a hospital-sponsored event for families, educators and business leaders. Continuing education credits (CEU’s) are usually offered to Health Care Professionals who attend Connie’s sessions.
Connie has been an educator for more than twenty-five years. Her experience in the classroom was at all levels: elementary, junior high, high school, and three state universities. She has been a consultant, mentor, trainer, and valuable resource person to school districts and associations throughout North America. She successfully motivates, entertains and challenges the entire community with presentations for students, support staff, parents, teachers and administrators. Her standing-room only presentations at the National Association of Secondary-School Principals (NASSP), the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), and the American Associates of School Administrators (AASP), followed by standing ovations, attests to the fact that
Connie always delivers what is expected – and MUCH, MUCH, MORE.
Connie can deliver a customized, unforgettable keynote address, half-day presentation or a full-day seminar. She is also a dynamic and entertaining luncheon or after dinner speaker, plus delivers a one-woman, one-act play, Journey, that is unique and memorable. Connie will work together with you and your team to create a one-of-a-kind presentation that will have the optimum impact on your audience.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
Life Would Be Easy If It Weren’t For Other People
How To Be The Person
Successful Companies Fight To Keep
If We’re Going To Win This Race, We Need To Run In The Same Direction
Creating A Vision
Leadership Seminar Or Retreat
Journey – A One-Woman Comedy/Drama
THE POSITIVE IMPACT TRAINING SERIES
Attitude
Have a POSITIVE IMPACT on your company, customers and colleagues.
Change
Embrace and initiate change.
Personal Accountability
Demonstrate value added.
Productivity
Work smarter, harder, faster.
Communication
Communicate openly and directly.
Leadership
Look for leadership opportunities.
Balance
Take charge of your personal and professional life. CONTINUING EDUCATION: Commit to lifelong learning
TESTIMONIALS
“Because of your willingness to take the time to prepare and deliver your presentation to the group, we achieved the exchange of information and ideas, which is one of the goals of our organization.”
Deborah Richey, Southwestern Fastener Association
“Your presentations at WAHSA’s Fall Conference are further testimony to your power as a professional speaker. Based on delegates’ comments on our evaluation forms, you were the single most important ingredient in our recipe for this successful conference.”
Janice Mashak Wisconsin Assoc. of Homes and Services for the Aging, Inc.
“I don’t know if you are aware that the Million Dollar Round Table rarely invites a speaker back, and never the next year – but in your case we are pleased to make an exception. By popular request, we would like to invite you for an encore presentation as one of our Main Platform speakers….”
Karen Lewis Clark, CMP Program Coordinator Million Dollar Round Table
“For me, you were the highlight of the Conference – even better than George and Barbara Bush or Kenny Loggins .”
Les Hunzinger, CPA, MBA American Express Financial Advisors
“To have our employees request you for a third time is a true testament to your ability to educate, entertain and motivate employees at all levels, in a memorable way.”
David A. Berger, Corporate Training and Development Pennsylvania Blue Shield
“Thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful closing address you provided for the Annual Meeting of the Emergency Nurses Association. Having attended these meetings for the past 14 years, I can safely say that it is rare that a speaker gets the entire audience of 2300 on its feet so fast and for so long following a presentation. You were outstanding!”
Deborah Smith MS,RN,MBA,CEN Chairperson, Annual Meeting Committee Emergency Nurses Association
“Your evening banquet and afternoon presentations were wonderful and all responses were very complimentary (to the point of glowing!). On a scale of 1 to 5, there were so many ”*”, and “xxx”, after the 5’s that the final result was a rating far beyond a 5 on your presentations!”
Mary Ann Jurgensen, Coordinator Women’s Health Center
“WOW! What a wonderful surprise package “Journey” was at the end of a long day. Entertainment – yes, but much, much more. Journey touched our spirits—the part of us that gets little attention in such a stressful, highly competitive world. It felt good to think about the people and events that have made us who we are.”
Mike Johnson, Manager Division Services Montana Power Company
“It was a memorable experience for my entire staff to hear your moving one-woman play, ‘Journey’. You touched our hearts as we remembered so many wonderful experiences in our own lives. Journey is a must for every parent, teacher and administrator.”
Gayle Lomax Superintendent of Schools Snyder Independent School District
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