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Whether you’re looking for a keynote, half-day or full-day program, Cynthia’s high-energy, how-to style is a dynamic addition to your event.
She’s also a strong facilitator for leadership retreats and strategic planning days.
Cynthia taps her teaching experience, MBA studies and improv training to bring cutting-edge content and strategies to your participants.
Check out what Andrej Suskavcevic, President & CEO of Financial Executives International says about working with Cynthia:
It’s no secret we live in disruptive times. You need to keep your eye on what’s coming your way – and adjust your chapter to the new potential reality.
Unfortunately many are not ready for this level of change. They dig in their feet and raise their battle cry, “But we’ve always done it this way!”
Their commitment to the past can be a kiss of death for your progress.
Simply telling people to change doesn’t work.
You need to help them unhook from the safety of the past – and shift to embrace the exciting potential of the future.
In this hands-on session, Cynthia D’Amour, MBA will teach you a simple, three-part model to address this critical risk management issue and help inspire team members to willingly join you with a focus to the future.
As a result of this program, you’ll be able to:
You’ll walk out of this session feeling more confident about leading the future – with some how-to ideas you can use right way as well.
The leadership skills required to lead your association successfully during disruptive times are different from when everything was the same year after year.
You need to lead your members and staff at faster pace – and into the unknown with confidence.
This new, uncharted space can be overwhelming and intimidating.
Enter the power of improv.
Improv exercises are a beautiful language of metaphors for the leadership skills needed to successfully lead to the future. You’ll learn to lower your filters, trust yourself and be open to the opportunities presented in unexpected ideas.
In this hands-on session, Cynthia D’Amour, MBA will take you through improv exercises to help you grow your new leadership skills – and you can take back to use with your team to help them grow their confidence with the unknown future as well.
As a result of this session, you’ll be able to:
Come ready to play, laugh and learn simple improv exercises you can use right away!
The last few years have made a lot of people’s people skills rusty.
No matter what size your company is or what position you hold, working the room successfully is a “must-have” skill for you. Your clients, peers and suppliers want to meet and talk to you at events.
As a result of this program, you’ll be able to:
Even though technology helps build relationships, you still need to be able to pull off the face-to-face experience with confidence!
NOTE: I’ve seen a lot of people lose some polish on their social skills thanks to being so virtual while Covid raged.
As people gather more in person, many may feel like they are socially starting over in your association.
Emotional ties are not as strong.
And frankly, names are harder to remember.
Those who feel confident working a room have a big advantage over others – and are more likely to keep showing up for events.
This is also a good program to offer earlier in the day because I’ll give them homework to have conversations with confidence before they leave.
Other fun titles I’ve used with this program include: “How to Be a Hit at the Party – And Work the Room with Confidence!” and “Networking for Fun and Profit”
Cynthia delivered her first training to volunteer leaders when she was a senior in high school – and hasn’t stopped since!
Cynthia gets what it takes to be a successful volunteer leader.
Cynthia is always a crowd favorite.
How Cynthia works with clients:
For those of you wanting some ideas about what Cynthia’s been working on, here are some of her recent programs:
(Trend alert: All of the programs below included simple how-to’s leaders can use as a chapter leader – AND at work. Association-only information is not enough for today’s participants.)
It doesn’t have to be that way.
Your chapter can be a magnet for people excited to serve as future leaders.
Cynthia D’Amour, MBA, author of The Lazy Leader’s Guide to Outrageous Results will teach you a simple three-part approach to making being a leader in your chapter irresistible.
You’ll learn how to promote serving on your board as an exciting thing to do, how to create a dynamic team of future leaders – and prepare them to step up into leadership with ease.
As a result of this program, you’ll be able to:
Come ready to have fun and learn simple, how-to ideas you can start to use right away.
Are you tired of…
Do you wish you…
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, help is on the way!
Cynthia D’Amour, MBA, Leadership Strategist and author of The Lazy Leader’s Guide to Outrageous Results will teach you how to get more work done through the involvement of others.
As a result of this program, you will be able to…
Come ready to roll up your sleeves, have fun and learn simple, how-to ideas you can use as a volunteer, in work – and in your life.
You can’t always choose the people who volunteer for you. They are a cast of characters who bring their special ways and sometimes baggage to your table.
As a leader you need to be ready to lead all types – and make sure they get value for showing up as well!
Join us to discover how to be the leader members can’t wait to volunteer with. You will learn strategies for leading diverse teams as well – as how to deal with all the characters at your table.
As a result of this program, you will be able to:
If you want your volunteers to show up for your meetings eager to participate and ready to get to work, this is the session for you!
Join Cynthia D’Amour to learn how to create magnetic meetings experiences that keep your members coming back.
You will learn how to:
You’ll also leave with several meeting ideas you can start to use right away.