Location- Quest Conference Center- 8405 Pulsar Pl, Columbus, OH 43240.

Timing- 9:00am-4:30pm.  Registration begins at 8:30am.

Lunch is included.

For group discount of 4 or more, contact Christy Fryman- christyf@improvedge.com or 614.793.1738

Price- $550

To register, click on the Registration Details link.

Professional Presence: Impact and Presentation Skills

 Can you make an impact? Do you exude professional presence?

Join ImprovEdge for an interactive, challenging course on creating impact while presenting or one-on-one, thinking on your feet, and exuding professional presence.

Presentation capabilities and professional presence have become the differentiating points for high-performance cultures. They are critical for succession, ascension, and trust for clients and colleagues!

“This class gave me more confidence, tools and ability than I’ve had in the last 5 years of my career development!” – HR, Global Media Company

How are you being perceived? Do you have professional presence? Presentation skills are cited as one of the main reasons people win jobs and get promoted. In this program, we push the boundaries of your capabilities. We challenge both fabulous presenters and those who need a bit of improvement to understand how they impact in both large and small groups, and formal and extemporaneous speaking opportunities. Participants will reconsider how they think about their environment, their impact on the audience, and their message.

“I feel like I can handle myself now – whether I’m presenting at a big conference or suddenly get called into the boss’ office!” – Manager of R&D, Global Scientific Organization

Classroom size will be limited for maximum exposure and learning.

You’ll learn:

- How do I manage my body language, speaking style and ability to deliver succinct messages?

- How do I “show up” in both formal and extemporaneous settings?

- How can I manage how people perceive me?

- How can I apply presentation skills to small-group situations?

- Build capabilities in motivating and engaging the audience

- Build awareness of audience and how to influence them

Learn skills for dealing with the unexpected

The program includes group experiences using prepared and extemporaneous presentations, videotaping and feedforward, simulations, improvisational exercises, and intensive discussion.

Cancellation Policy- One may cancel up to 30 days prior to the class day to receive full refund. After the 30 day period, no refund will be given.

- Wednesday, January 30

- 11am to 1pm

- Union Institute & University, 440 E. McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206

  Pricing: ORV~WBC Members: Free / Non-Members: $35

To register, contact Cassie Gamble at cgamble@orvwbc.org or call  513-487-6519

Join Karen Hough, Founder and CEO of ImproveEdge, for an engaging and thought-provoking presentation about negotiation, how women approach the negotition table and how to leverage your strengths.

You’ll learn important negotiation tactics, negotiation myths and the unexpected value of women’s style in effective compromise with the help of this nationally renowned consulting company.

Some items that will be covered include:

• How to avoid common negotiation pitfalls
• New ways to leverage women’s collaborative nature
• Tips for the best negotiations you’ve ever had.

Through the generosity of Nationwide Insurance, this Lunch and Learn program will be free for members of ORV~WBC.

Columbus, Ohio –October 17, 2012 – ImprovEdge was named a Finalist in the Most Innovative Company of the Year category in the 9th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run – worldwide.  The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards.

More than 1,200 entries were submitted this year for consideration in more than 90 categories, including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Communications Campaign of the Year. ImprovEdge is a Finalist in the Most Innovative Company of the Year category.

ImprovEdge is the premier improvisation based training organization in the country. No other company has the depth of research in leadership, organization dynamics and psychology that ImprovEdge has tied to behaviors of improvisation. Through instructor-led, social media and e-learning, ImprovEdge drives performance in organizations. The company is the Athena Award winner for outstanding women-owned business, features a  #1 Amazon bestselling book, “The Improvisation Edge” and has a client list that includes ESPN, JP Morgan and Turner Broadcasting to name a few. Karen Hough, Founder and CEO, “Our placement as a finalist proves that our culture of creativity and drive to innovate in the field of learning and development is truly exceptional. Congratulations to the entire ImprovEdge ensemble for making this honor a reality!”

Finalists were chosen by more than 130 business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging.  More than 90 members of the five final judging committees will determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging.

Nicknamed the Steviesfor the Greek word “crowned,” Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced during a gala event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Friday, November 9.  Nominated women executives and entrepreneurs from the U.S.A and several other countries are expected to attend.

“We’re so honored to be recognized amongst our peers in this category, and look forward to a future driving innovation and ideas.” Lisa Tennenbaum, Director of Sales and Marketing, ImprovEdge.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

At ImprovEdge, we use improvisation to teach business skills. You might say, we make getting unstuck.. stick.  

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

7:30 to 9 a.m.

Join us for this high-energy, interactive breakfast seminar and learn the four secrets that can radically improve your leadership capabilities in this session on The Improvisiotional Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work.

Improvisers think on their feet and manage extremely well in risky situations. The surprise is that the little-known techniques of improvisers can create incredible performance and build trust for leaders, teams and organizations. You will learn useable skills to improve how others perceive you, improve communication and build better relationships. And good relationships are everything in business!

You will walk away with:
• 3 techniques to manage difficult conversations in a positive way.
• Tips to connect with people both up and down your reporting chain.
• New ways to listen and communicate with impact.
• Understand the critical importance of connections.

Impact and Influence – learn to wow people from the podium or even one-on-one!Presentation capabilities and executive presence have become the differentiating point for high-performance cultures. They are critical for succession, ascension, and trust for clients and colleagues!

“This class gave me more confidence, tools and ability than I’ve had in the last 5 years of my career development!” – SVP, Global Media Company

Presentation skills are cited as one of the main reasons people win jobs and get promoted. In this program, we push the boundaries of your capabilities in both areas. We challenge both fabulous presenters and those who need a bit of improvement to understand  how they impact in both large and small groups, and formal and extemporaneous speaking opportunities. Participants  will reconsider  how they think about their environment, their impact on the audience, and their message.

This class also allows participants to walk away understanding how to model trust-building behaviors, which in turn, build confidence and loyalty in their people.

Congratulations Karen!

I met you at the Professional Business Women’s Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA in May.  I attended your seminar and bought your book “Improvisation Edge”.

As I was reading the first few pages, my first thoughts were I had a long way to go to catch up to where you are.  Then, you gave me such a gift by saying…”You do improvise.  Every single day.” (page 7) and you gave examples of improvising.

Well, that has stuck with me and gave me a boost of confidence as I started recalling how I do improvise all of the time.  Well, today, I got the
chance to consciously practice improvising.  We had our monthly meeting and my Director was supposed to give the update.  However, she wasn’t able to call in to the meeting.  The VP said okay someone start.  Well the first slide belonged to someone else which gave me 30 seconds to determine what I was going to say because the next slide was going to be mine as there wasn’t anyone else in the room who had knowledge but me.

My brain did a lot of work in the 30 seconds…how the VP likes info delivered, what’s important to him, what’s different this month vs. last month.  So, I delivered on the first slide…sweet success.

Then, the second slide, I just happened to prepare it in case my Director needed me as back up.  It proved very helpful…success again.
Now I was on a roll.  What a fantastic feeling that was.  The rest of the slides were a breeze and now I know I can deliver this every month if
necessary.

I have built a solid relationship with my Director and I believe she trusted that  I could cover for her.

Thanks again for taking the time to write this book.

Katharyn

Karen Hough recognizes that building and maintaining trust, developing collaboration, and creating flexibility in workplaces are some of the greatest challenges facing organizations. To establish these traits within the culture of the work environment, the author offers the unique and unorthodox techniques of improvisational theater. At first glance, the idea that the principles of improv would be transferable to a corporate culture would seem out of place. A deeper examination of the secrets of improvisation reveals a different picture. Karen Hough demonstrates that the biggest workplace problems are also the same challenges faced by the actors in performing on an improv stage.  Read the entire article here.

Posted on Training magazine at trainingmag.com
By Karen Hough

Organizations are concerned. Executives are worried. And HR representatives are freaking out. All because of executive presence. I’ve been working with C-level executives for well over a decade, but in the last 24 months, the issue has exploded. No matter what the industry, the question arises, “How can we create executive presence?” Let’s talk about reasons behind this concern and tactical ways to address the issue.  Read the full article