Topics: International Speakers Bureau, Inc. |
Fee Range: $15,001 to $20,000 (fee note) |
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 Biography: Transforming People and Cultures from the Inside-Out 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! Amanda's programs change the tone of your conference, whether by kick-starting it with laughter, breaking down barriers to connect the group, or sending your attendees off on an emotional and inspired high. 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". |
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Programs: Amanda has a range of areas in which she has expertise, most of them related to communication. What you will see here is a list of possible titles and content, but these can be modified to suit your particular conference themes or outcomes. As an Australian speaker, it's not possible to have just one talk as there are not enough audiences for that! So Amanda has information that can be mixed and matched so the content and message can vary. These outlines are just guides for you to have an idea of the areas in which she can speak. Have a direct chat with Amanda to determine which combination would be best for you. Lead Out Loud! The Heart of Leadership The Leading Edge Leader Putting the Heart and Fun Back into Business The Corporate Community In this session, you will learn the secret skills of leadership - how to inspire, motivate, enthuse your team and have people remember you as their best boss ever because they grew more with you than anyone else! You'll also learn more in depth about non verbal communication and group dynamics - not to mention how to communicate better with the opposite sex -at work and at home. In this world of voicemail, email, phone menu systems, cellphones, internet...we are told that technology is connecting the world. But "we are in danger of disconnecting from ourselves and others" (Richard Neville) and it can also discourage face-to-face contact with our colleagues, family and friends. This experience of personal disconnection alienates us from humanity and our concept of community. Progressive organizations are focusing on rebuilding a sense of community in the workplace. This session provides methods to connect individuals through interaction, and working with the group dynamics to build a sense of a village or team. The result is a workplace with a stronger sense of purpose, more cooperation, common goals and group vision. Emotional intelligence is a concept popularised by Daniel Goleman but it has been a consistent component in all great leaders. Emotional intelligence covers a lot of different areas - many of which are addressed in Amanda's presentations. The emotionally intelligent leader is the one who can create great teams that do wonderful things together and also grow great individuals! Live Out Loud! Balancing Acts! Get a life How to stay sane until the psychiatrist arrives Stress Busters! Few people are willing to devote the time needed to stay happy, fit and well in today's frantic world. This session presents the latest research findings about stress and how to balance work and home life. Learning the secret skills of living life to the fullest and laughing along the way is what Amanda Gore promises in this session! She presents state of the art information on how to find a balance between life and work, be full of energy, keep your relationships happy, communicate better and live a long time - in great shape! You'll also learn how to cure a hangover! Amanda gives easy but effective methods to counter stress which help us feel happier, let us do more with less in less time, and improve performance. These techniques can be easily incorporated into everyday life, with a dramatic improvement in energy, enthusiasm, performance, joy and creativity. You can't change a customer's attitude - but you can change yours! Beyond Customer Service How to love your customers Do you want Partners or customers? 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 relationships 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 Communicating between the Sexes Put the Zing Back in Your Fling! Brain Sex 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 humour 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 centres, business relationships or personal relationships and can focus on sex differences or not! |
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