Monthly SHRM Meeting Agenda:

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Location:
Corporate & Community Education Center (MAP)
1600 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA

Speaker: Kate Ritter

Cost: This event is free to members and $25 to non members. Guests may attend the first two meetings at no charge.

Topic: Improving Communication with Improv

The single biggest problem in the workplace is the failure to communicate.  Effective communication strategies that improve teamwork, increase morale and help increase productivity can be achieved using improvisation.  This workshop will address the elements of good communication including improvisation exercises that create a common purpose.  Improv teaches us to listen, build upon the ideas of others, “yes, and” versus “yes, but” thinking, teambuilding, problem solving, adaptability and confidence.  Rather than “looking outside the box,” improv shows you how to recognize the gifts that are already in the box with new eyes and fosters a spirit of innovation.

Participants get their creative juices flowing and learn new ways to tap their inner creativity and new ways to work with others.  There is much you have no control over.  However, we all have control over our perspective and improv teaches participants how to approach situations in a new and positive light.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:

Kate Ritter has been facilitating training and performing improvisation for over 20 years.   She has been a presenter at the New Beginnings, New England Theatre Conference, LANES Storytelling Conference, Unschooler’s Conference, North Shore Business Forum, Homebased Businesswomen Network, Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, North Shore Community College and the founder of two improvisation performance groups.  She is also the owner of PC9LIVES, a computer repair company specializing in virus removal and data recovery.  Websites:  www.pc9lives.com and www.willowthegood.com.  LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-ritter/9/858/616

“Kate Ritter did a tremendous job for us with her Improv Training for the Workplace at our office. The program included innovative team-building activities based on improv exercises, and the staff had fun the whole time.  Some of the highlights included the improv poem, the partner exercises, and the skit at the end to wrap up the training.

We have never done team building before with an improv orientation; it was more fun than I thought it would be.  The staff liked the activities and improv approach; I liked the fact that Kate did a nice job of tying it all into business concepts, including teamwork in the workplace. This is a great workshop, Kate comes highly recommended!”

Andrew Lutts, CEO
Net Atlantic, Inc.

 

Session Format:

8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Welcome to New members and guests; Networking
9:00-9:10 Sponsor
9:10-10:15 Program
10:15-10:30 SHRM/GMVHRA business

 

Our Sponsor for this event is:

Organization Performance Specialists
The ART of Talent

Organization Performance Specialists, provides a complete offering of customized services to meet their clients’ key organizational needs, their budget, and to create solutions for sustainable change. Unlike any other service provider, the team of specialists apply and implement practical solutions for immediate ROI, Cash, and Profit impact.

Offerings include:

Talent Acquisition, a hybrid recruiting process, for salaries from $75k or above, which uses conventional search techniques to maximize success of selection and minimizes risk of a wrong fit.    

Talent Retention, a focus on systemic solutions and business processes that keep the talent in house. Not only the newly hired, but those who have been with the organization for years and their investment would be lost if they exited.

Talent Transition, which includes  the conventional outplacement/career transition as well as internal leadership development for transition upward or laterally.

Executive-In-Residence, is a focus on the organization’s need to have a short term, high powered executive on board for a specific project, a turnaround, a merger / acquisition / divestiture activity etc using our established networks

Organization Effectiveness, using a proven model, called the META-DIA Pyramid Principle, the team is able to create integration and alignment of the four core organizational elements for synergy:                             

• Vision, Strategy, Objectives

• Organization Design & Skills

• Business Processes, and

• Cultural Drivers

     to achieve “Best In Class”

Contact us:           Gordon Woodfall 
                             CEO & Founder
                             Organization Performance Specialists
                             P.O.Box 370, Newburyport, MA  01950
                             978-618-4145 cell 
                             877-OPS-9250 toll free                    
                                     gwoodfall@OrganizationPerformanceSpecialists.com

  
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