Hawaiian Edgewalker Retreat – Nov. 5 – 8, 2010

Location: BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII

“Walking on the Leading Edge” With Patricia Varley and Lara A. Shah

An Edgewalker is someone who walks between the worlds. In ancient cultures, each tribe or village had a shaman or medicine man. This was the person who walked into the invisible world to get information, guidance and healing for members of the tribe. This was one of the most important roles in the village. Today’s corporate edgewalkers serve a similar function, interpreting trends from the marketplace, translating messages across departments, and envisioning the future impact of today’s decisions and actions. “Edgewalking” doesn’t come without its own risks and challenges; these unconventional people often clash with more traditional, rule-bound colleagues, and they are often frustrated by organizational systems that emphasize quantitative results over creative impulses. And yet in today’s fast-changing, globalized business environment, organizations must recruit and support these people in order to stay competitive.

Excerpt from Edgewalkers by Dr. Judi Neal

Who is the workshop for?

• Individuals who feel called to serve as Edgewalkers and to help others be or become Edgewalkers themselves.
• Individuals who work in, or aspire to, leadership and other roles in business, community and not-for-profit organizations.
• Men and women who want to reflect on their life purpose and work contribution and seek to translate deeper values and meaning to their lives.

Why would you come?

• Because the skill of walking between worlds is relevant for men, women leaders, communities and organizations in our challenging times. Read more »

“Life – Love – Relationships” Teleseminar with Anne Pustil – Starts August 3rd, 2010

I wanted to let you know about a new Teleseminar Series that starts August 3rd, 2010 at 2 PM EST.  I will be appearing as an interviewee at 2 pm on September 14th, 2010.  I’m encouraging you to sign up and show up, because the series contains a rich resource of  wisdom from some top self-help experts.  If your intention is Creating Fulfillment for a Whole Life, this is the series for you.

If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time trying to answer life’s big questions:

* How can I get beyond my regrets to live a fulfilling life?
* How can I thrive even during stressful times?
* How can I accomplish my dreams?
* How can I communicate better with the important people in my life?
* How can I achieve better health at any age?

For answers to these questions click here:

http://www.LifeLoveRelationships.com/Varley/invite

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Advantages Of Having A Professional Facilitator

First, let us concisely define a Professional Facilitator. A facilitator is an individual who enables groups and individuals to work more effectively, collaborate and achieve team work. These people are not bias and they speak for both sides. They are fair and open. These people are those who volunteered to help and mentor less experienced individuals.

It is through a Professional Facilitator that a group can acquire these. What is a Professional Facilitator? A Professional Facilitator is an individual who produce and enhance team work within the members. These individuals are those who do not think of themselves first but think about the concerns of others.

Professional Facilitators create a structure or an outline of the meeting. Through this, the meeting will go on smoothly and the possibility of mistakes to occur will be less. Having an outline about the agenda is very important, since, this outline will be your guide through out the meeting. Having them in your hand will make you feel comfortable since you already know what comes next after that.

To be a Professional facilitator, you should be able to distinguish right from wrong. You should not always follow an order when you know it is wrong. As a facilitator, you are obliged to whatever decision the group will conclude. You contribute to the decision of the group. Through this trait, you can help the organization realize their mistakes and help them correct it.

As a Professional Facilitator, you should also be communicable and have good speaking skills. You should communicate well, entertain questions and be able to convince them through your answers. Through this, not only you, but also the members of the organization will be able to communicate with each other. And this will be the first step in making each members work as one unit.

As a Professional Facilitator, you should be able to distinguish which topic is to be first at the list. Being able to know which must be a priority it also important because, through this, the agenda of the meeting will be met on time. Focusing on topics that are important is a must since these topics are the key in making the activity a success.

Stated above are only few traits and roles of a Professional Facilitator. Everybody has a potential of becoming a Professional Facilitator. Being a facilitator is not about your profession but it is your skill and your expertise in building team work. If everybody were a facilitator, what an organized community would we have been living in?

Patricia Varley has been in the field of corporate leadership training for a long time and maintains a website about managing meetings where you can get answers to the rest of your questions and contact her.

How To Be An Effective Keynote Speaker

In public speaking, it really is hard catching the attention of your listeners. It takes a lot of guts to be comfortably speaking in front of the people. There are lots of ways or technique on how to effectively catch the attention of the public. One of these is called keynote presentation.

The keynote address – also known as the ‘keynote presentation’ – is designed to pass to the audience a hidden message in the speech. It is also made to summarize the most important part of the message or the core message.

Now, the question is, how can an individual be an effective keynoter?

FOOL THE LISTENERS. Sometimes, this won’t work. Listeners are very keen observers. They know whether you are just giving something you are not prepared. They know whether you have researched or prepared thoroughly your topic or not. Always keep in mind that when you are a keynoter, the audience expect highly of you. They do not see you as a simple reporter but an individual standing in front of them, taking out informative words from your mouth. When you are a keynoter, they will surely see you as an individual bursting with significant knowledge.

As a good public speaker, use all the time that is given to you by the audience. If they gave you a limited time, use all that time to deliver your message. If they gave you unlimited time, tell your audience first how many minutes or hours it will take for you to finish your speech. The most important thing is, within that range of time, your are able to send the people your message.

USE INSIDE STORIES. Sometimes in your presentation, you mention someone, or some event. When you do this, make sure that they know nothing of it. Keep them clueless or naive. Through this, they will be interested in you and your presentation in order for them to know. Keep them behind you. In that way, the audience will be fascinated to you and your presentation.

HIT YOUR AUDIENCE WITH A JOKE. If you are naturally funny, you can use your humour as a communication tool. Being humorous is a wonderful tool to communicate to your audience. You could also make a joke out of yourself revealing your vulnerabilities and faulty works. Stories about other people, instead of the audience, will make a more positive learning atmosphere. If you direct a cutting remark to one of your audience, the atmosphere will turn to a fishy aura like there is something wrong, and that will distract your message from coming out. Insulting the listener, even if not intended to, will be defensive and will doubt to what the speaker is saying.

GO OVER THE TIME LIMIT. There is always a contract between you as the speaker and your audience. Their part of the deal is to be attentive. And your part is that you have to deliver the necessary message intended to be delivered. Sometimes, there is a time limit for you to do that. If they give you a time limit, use all the time they gave you to present. If no time limit is give, inform them how many minutes it will take for your presentation to be done. If they get bored or done to your talking, tell them to inform you.

Keep in mind that these are just some tips. You could always formulate a new one to be a creative and successful keynote presenter.

Patricia Varley has been part of a group of female inspirational speakers who helps audiences find hope and transformation. She maintains a website about her services, which includes keynote presentations where you can contact her and get answers to the rest of your questions.

Free “Attitude Builders” TeleClass – Friday, July 16th, 2010 @ 1pm EDT

Dear Valued Colleague and Friend,

I’m excited to be a featured expert on July 16th, 2010, where Marlene Chism, founder of Attitude Builders, interviews me on what it means to be a Edgewalker. Attitude Builders is a members only program where each month transformational leaders, authors and experts provide a virtual seminar to members.

Many of the members share these trainings with their staff as an easy to use staff development program with no prep, no plan and no problem!

Although Attitude Builders is for members only, since I am the featured expert, I was invited to sponsor my favorite businesses to attend this program as a VIP guest.

If you can’t attend live, you will still get a copy of the MP3 to download and listen to at your convenience, a $50 value.

To see more or to register, click on this link. I will see you on July 16th!

http://www.attitudebuilders.com/Sponsor/Varley.html

THANKS for your time and listening in!

Please pass this on if you wish!

All the best,

Patricia Varley, MHSA
International Speaker/Facilitator/Trainer/Coach

Certified Edgewalker Coach/Retreat Leader/Facilitator

“REINVENT SUCCESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT”

“ RECLAIM THE WHOLENESS OF PEOPLE”

www.patriciavarley.com

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