Learning Activities
The Art of Exceptional Public Speaking
Being a good public speaker can make or break your career. Delivering a presentation in an exceptionally memorable and confident manner can be exhilarating and rewarding. This fun and supportive training session is comprised of two parts: An interactive group session and an individual follow-up coaching session.
Proven techniques for public speaking success are utilized along with improvisational theatre based learning activities and lots of opportunities for trial and error. You’ll learn to harness your adrenaline, organize your thoughts and messages, make full use of gestures, vocal range, facial expressions and body movement, integrate humor and make the most of your natural abilities in order to leave a positive, lasting impression.
One-On-One Public Speaking Coaching for Professionals
Business executives, teachers, community leaders, authors and other professionals have all benefited from the individual public speaking coaching provided by Mike Nadolski of Creative eLMNts Inc. Do you have a public speaking issue or issues you need to overcome? Are you an accomplished speaker looking to expand your skillset and jump to an even higher level? Are you in a new role that requires more public speaking then you have had to "endure" in the past? Do you have a big event coming up and just want to do a trial run with a public speaking expert? For all these reasons and more, consider the individual public speaking coaching so many others have turned to from global corporations to the school down the street.
Communicating for a More Professional You
It's what you say, how you say it and what your body is doing when you say it. Sounds simple right? Everyone communicates. The question is: are you communicating at a professional level appropriate for your job or the job you want to obtain? This session will help you communicate more effectively in job interviews, hallway and elevator conversations, office and conference room meetings and many other individual and group communications situations. Also available as a 1 hour presentation or individual coaching session(s).
Calling All Communicators: Conference Calling Do's and Don'ts
In this Conference Calling Workshop, each participant will improve his/her ability to conduct effective meetings and presentations via telephone conference calls and/or webcam technology. Specifically, he or she will be able to:
· Develop voice qualities and behaviors that convey confidence and trust
· Engage all participants in a meeting – whether in the room or across the world via technology
Fun at Work - For Healthier, Happier Employees and Greater Success
Having fun in the workplace may be just what the doctor ordered – for better personal health and individual and organizational success. Harnessing the power of humor and fun may be the energy boost you need for brighter days and a more successful career. Learn some of the principles and practices that you can begin to incorporate for more playfulness and joy in your everyday work.
Meeting Facilitation and Conflict Resolution
Meetings, meetings, meetings. Cannot get enough of those meetings--especially the meetings that start late, run late, go in circles and end up where they began-- or worse. Of course there's a better way. In fact there are dozens of things you can do as a meeting facilitator or participant to ensure that future meetings are only as long as they need to be and highly productive to boot. Think you know all there is to know about running effective meetings? Think again! You'll leave this session with at least 10 new ideas that will help you and your organization save time and money by avoiding the pitfalls of poorly run meetings. Along the way you'll learn how to help build a kinder, gentler, more productive culture by better managing conflict in the workplace.
Leading in the Moment: Leadership Lessons Learned from Improv
Improvisational theater involves more than just fun and games. Many organizations have come to appreciate the leadership lessons learned from the "rules" of improvisation. In this session piloted at the Northern Illinois University School of Business with a grant from Target Corporation, participants will explore 7 rules of improvisation as they relate to characteristics of leadership in action in the world of business. This highly interactive workshop/session will also allow participants to more fully examine many of the personal traits required for effective leadership. Community organizations, schools and other work teams or organizations will also find value in this session.
Improvisational Theatre Workshops
Your unique and customized improvisational theatre session will be tailored to your group with hundreds of activities to draw from and more than 30 years of experience. This session is highly interactive, fun and perfect for school drama organizations, work groups looking to enhance creativity or teamwork, or any group of people looking to get to know each other a little better and have a blast at the same time.
Teambuilding Workshops
The power of the many is what moves organizations forward. Can we all get along? Can we all make room for everyone to contribute their very best? You bet we can! Part inclusiveness exploration, part getting to know each other and a whole lot of fun, these customized teambuilding sessions will open participants to the many positive possibilities of teamwork. Enrich your team through teambuilding and experience the resulting higher levels of achievement.
Navigating Generational Differences in the Workplace
There is a difficult new challenge in the workplace, and it has nothing to do with economic downturns and all of the associated woes. It’s the very real issue of multiple generations working in the workplace at the same time. This is the first time in American history that we have had four different generations working side-by-side in the workplace – and it could very well be one of the greatest challenges facing workers and managers today. What makes each generation tick? How do you create a compelling work climate that addresses the unique needs of each group? How can you bridge differences and build productive relationships on common ground? This session will explore answers to these questions while examining the four distinct generations — the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, Gen X and the Millenials — working together and often colliding as their paths cross.
Diversity and Inclusiveness in the Workplace
Diversity just "is". It's a fact of nature. Inclusiveness just "is" too. It "is" a lot of work and takes careful focus and individual and organizational sensitivity. The rewards are well worth the effort. Individuals and organizations that enable each member to bring their best whole self into the workplace reap the rewards of happier, healthier, more productive employees. Everyone wants to feel they're valued and that they belong. This session will help participants better understand what inclusiveness in the workplace is and is not and how to achieve a level of inclusiveness that works for the whole organization and each individual within that organization.
Additional customized sessions available. More session information available upon request.
Performances & Presentations
One Hour Presentations
- Leading in the Moment: Leadership Lessons Learned from Improv
- Aligning Work to Personal Passion
- Navigating Generational Differences in the Workplace
- One Straight White Guy Talking
- Fun at Work - For Healthier, Happier Employees and Greater Success
- Communicating for a More Professional You
- Conference Calling: Do's and Dont's
Performances (1-2 Hours)
- One Straight White Guy Talking - one man show with humor and insight into the human condition
- Making Salad, Not Cake - improvisational comedy revue exploring diversity and inclusiveness
Additional customized presentations & theatrical performances are available --just ask!
Talent Management
- Complete casting and talent coordination services for TV, Film, Video, Radio, Live Event Productions and Print via The Southwest Michigan Talent Directory.
