Communications and Public Speaking CoP

Speech Title:   Play Break: Play to Connect

Speech Abstract:

Creative play doesn’t have to take a lot of time. Join us for a Play Break where we will play a few games and exercises to get our minds working in a different way and create a connection with one another. Then you can go back to the real world feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the major tasks on your to-do list.

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will participate in low stakes exercises to play, think quickly without judgement, and be creative.
• Attendees will discover the value that a creativity break, and a playful mindset can have on their work and personal lives.
• Attendees will leave the session feeling that they contributed, created something together, got to interact with each other, and most importantly, had fun while doing it.

Keynote Speaker:  Dayna Gowan

Speaker Bio:

Dayna Gowan is a speaker, workshop facilitator, improviser, Distinguished Toastmaster, and host of the Improvly Speaking Podcast, which focuses on improv, public speaking, communication performance, and creativity.  Learning public speaking and improvisation skills have changed her life and made her a more confident speaker, colleague, and friend.  Her mission is to make all meetings and workshops fun, engaging and memorable for all attendees!

She uses the tools of applied improvisation to create a unique and memorable experience. Her presentations will help attendees get to know each other, share some laughs, flex their creative muscles, and learn practical skills and lessons that can be applied to their personal and professional lives.

Dayna recently moved to Charlotte, NC from the west coast with her husband, and 1 year old daughter.

Speech Title:   If We Want to Save Our Planet, We Must Plan It

Speech Abstract:

We all have a common adversary when it comes to saving our planet-

          That adversary is waste, waste all types.

Today I will be focused on three specific types of waste where we can make the

greatest impact:

                                      Time

                                      Food

                                      Human Potential

I offer some solutions to specific problems in these areas               

                 Time- Fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds of distance run

                 Food- 35% of our waste stream is food.

                           In the US we throw away enough food every day to fill

                          The Rose Bowl, 89,702 seat stadium.

                 Human Potential-turnover is among the highest cost items in any

                           organization.  This can be corrected with hiring, training, and

                          leadership.

If we want to make the world a better place to live, each of us can contribute

by controlling waste of time, talent, and resources.

Learning Objectives:

   1. Fill the unforgiving minute
   2. We can change the world we live in by paying attention to waste of all types
   3. Training and education pay off in unexpected ways

Keynote Speaker:  Norm Wood

Speaker Bio:

Norm succeeds by helping others find success. Career highlights- from hiring and training, to managing departments, to running multi-million-dollar organizations-have resulted from helping others identify and apply their individual strengths and talents toward personal and organizational excellence.

Norm is a certified Life Coach.  He is founder and president of The New Norm, Inc. a management consulting firm. His areas of specialty include executive coaching, management training, motivational speaking, career coaching, mentoring and personal branding.

Norm’s career includes fifteen years in the food industry, where his career began as a sales representative and culminated as a director, partner and owner of a food brokerage company with annual revenues of over $75,000,000.  This was followed by twenty-seven years with environmental industry companies, serving in various capacities as Corporate Sales Manager, Vice President, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Alliance Careers, a specialty placement firm, transitioning military officers into corporate positions.

He served on the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Food Shuttle, the North Carolina Food Bank, Vice-Chairman of the Carolinas Recycling Association, and was actively involved in establishing the alumni program and speakers’ bureau for StepUp Ministry.

Creation Care is a long-standing commitment and passion for Norm.  He has served on the Environmental Stewardship Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina since 1995.