Training

Are you looking to improve your own communications skills set ?  Or perhaps your team’s level of effective international communications in English?  Let me help you and your team communicate more effectively.

I’m a teacher by nature – I want to share what I know with others.  Lots of others.  I’ve taught space science courses to children, presentations skills workshops to executive management, and many, many things in between.

I started my career teaching fundamental, critical skills to individuals lacking a basic ability to communicate and – to my surprise – later translated some of this experience directly to working with some highly technical people.

Since then, I’ve learned some specific, effective business communication skills, and offer training programs to teach them to others.

Want to develop better communications skills?  Contact me.

Examples of Workshops Currently Offered 

{J’offre aussi aux entreprises basées en France des ateliers adaptés au DIF.  Veuillez voir Youtopie.}

Deliver Effective Presentations

• organize information well and present it effectively 

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•  have a look at what John Helge of Nalco Co has to say about the impact of effective presentations

Network with Skill and Style

• establish and nurture connections that help you and others grow professionally 

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Make Your Meetings Work

• Stop wasting time and energy in unproductive meetings 

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PowerPoint, Good to Great

• No more “Death by PowerPoint!”    

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Collective Creativity through Brainstorming

• Using the right side of the brain, with classic brainstorming techniques, to generate creative solutions

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Communicate Clearly in International English

• Specifically designed to facilitate global communication   

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Communicate Across Cultures

• Business and personal practicalities about French-American business relationships

Some of the many places I’ve taught and trained at…

{GGSB} Grenoble Graduate School of Business, Grenoble Ecole de Management

• Effective Business Presentations
• Your Networking Tool Kit
• Interviewing Skills – for Interviewers and Interviewees
• CV’s That Get Noticed
• Good Business Writing
• Corporate Communications courses (basic, intermediate, advanced)

{EIPM} European Institute of Purchasing Management, MBA Program

• Effective Business Presentations

{INPG/ENSEEG} Institut National Polytechnic de Grenoble / Ecole Nationale Superièure d’Electrochimie et Electrometallurgie de Grenoble

• Effective Technical and Business Communications in English

{ASG} The American School of Grenoble

• Introductory biology

{Foothill-DeAnza College District} Foothill College

• Introductory space science classes
• Science fiction as literature

{CAS} The California Academy of Sciences

• Space science classes for kids

I’m a regular intercultural trainer for Training Across Culture, London, England
and Cartus (formerly Cendant Mobility), Chicago, Illinois

I’m a professional associate with Youtopie, Grenoble France

I’m a professional associate with Strategic Sales Skills, Boston MA