Soaring with Professionalism

We are pleased to offer tools and resources to help you make short presentations on professionalism.

Our tools and resources are used to provide a presentation named Soaring with Professionalism.  This presentation inspires professionalism and the pursuit of professional excellence and presents core principles and helpful tips and suggestions for guiding and improving professional behavior.

Content: The Five Keys to Being a True Professional and More

The presentation describes what it means to be a professional, explains the benefits of adopting a professional approach, provides insights for nurturing a professional culture, and presents the Five Keys to Being a True Professional (the Five Keys) that are in the book Professionalism Is for Everyone.

For each of the Five Keys, the presentation covers principles, examples, and tips for applying the concepts. The related slides and companion Handout Booklet use unique icon conventions for each of these keys. These icons present vivid metaphors that capture the essence of each key to make the underlying concepts of the key memorable.

Also, for each key a simple supporting centerpiece story is used to illustrate one or more core concepts. These stories are easy to tell and they are provided in narrative form in the Presenter's Notes.

30 to 90 Minutes or Longer

This presentation and related materials are ideal for making 30- to 90- minute presentations. The time can be expanded using the optional discussion questions provided - see below.

Half- and Full-Day Seminar also Available

Note that Soaring with Professionalism is not designed to be an interactive seminar; it is primarily a presentation. If you want a robust seminar with exercises and interactive participation that covers each of the Five Keys more completely, we suggest our half- or full-day seminar.

Starter Kit

For providing a Soaring with Professionalism presentation we offer a Starter Kit. This includes all the presentation tools you need plus ten Participant Kits (see later below). The Starter Kit includes these items which are described below:

• Presenter's Notes
• PowerPoint Slides
• Optional Discussion Questions
• Option Quiz
• Suggested Timetable

Presenter's Notes

The Presenter's Notes includes a complete word-by-word script for presenting the program. You may use all or portions of this script and combine the script provided with other comments you want to make.

PowerPoint® Presentation Slides

There are 24 custom designed presentation slides that come on a disc. The slides contain high impact images and text that are used to convey the content of the book in a fresh and interesting manner so participants pay attention, listen, and learn the essence of what is being presented.

Optional Discussion Questions

We include with the materials a list of possible discussion questions. You may use these question to initiate discussions, expand the length of your presentation, and delve deeper into one or more of the Five Keys.

Optional Quiz

We include a short quiz and an answer key. You may want to provide this quiz to as a way to reinforce what was learned.

Suggested Timetable

The Suggested Timetable lays out suggested timing for presenting the program in 30-, 60-, and 90-minute segments. Estimated times are provided for each Power Point slide.

Participant Kits

There are ten Participant Kits provided with the initial Starter Kit. Additional Participant Kits may be purchased after the purchase of a Starter Kit.

Each Participant Kit comes pre-packaged in a clear plastic bag.  All you need to do is hand them out. These kits include:

• The book, Professionalism Is for Everyone and Stand Tallbookmark
• A 12-page four-color Handout Booklet
• A note card for jotting down notes and action items
• A copy of the Guy in the Glass poem
• A laminated reminder card of the Five Keys.

The Handout Booklets contain the images that are used on the presentation slides plus narrative content, explanations, and supplemental information. These booklets portray in pictures and graphics many of the core concepts that are in written form in the book Professionalism Is for Everyone.

If you have not already purchased and read our book, Professionalism Is for Everyone, we highly recommend that you do so before your order our presentation or seminar facilitation materials. If you like the book, you will be very pleased with our tools. If the book does not cover the kind of content you want to present, our programs may not match your need and objectives.

Our tools and resources are very affordable and high quality in every respect. For competitive reasons, we do not provide specific pricing on our website.

We would be happy to provide pricing information and answer any questions you may have. We are easy to talk to and will not try to push you to buy. Just send us an email or give us a call at 703-264-2000 to learn more.

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