Conference Speaker Sessions

Today’s best leaders are also great negotiators, whether they are discussing a multi-million dollar deal or simply where to meet for dinner. Negotiation is simply the technical term for discussions and conversations to reach and agreement. Improving your negotiation skills will give you more confidence and better results.

In this highly-charged, content-packed presentation Eldonna will show you how to find more power, negotiate better deals and create win-win results. You will be energized, empowered and educated to be a better negotiator and understand the art and language of negotiation.

The audience will learn:

• The 7 primary strategies to reach a negotiated agreement
• How to go into any situation with 100% confidence that you will get the results you want
• How to consistently satisfy and attract the right clients or customers
• What to ask for and how to ask
• The foundations of Offer, Acceptance, Counteroffer and Rejection of Offers
• Look at what is and is not Fair and Reasonable in a negotiation and how to be prepared

Stymied for a speech? Tongue-tied for a topic? Vexed for Volunteering? 

Grab a pen and paper for the mental calisthenics version of pulling taffy. Together we will: 

• Find inspiration for speech topics
• Plan ahead for sweet success and path completion
• Vie to volunteer for a speaking role

Recent data shows that an ability to adapt to change is a critical future skill required for success. 

Research about the brain gives us some encouraging insights into how we can adapt behavior if we use the LAB method. We can alter our own nervous system to change how we think, feel, and respond to any situation with a mindset that collaborates, accepts and searches for Innovation. Learn how to connect two or more previously unrelated elements to create exponentially better solutions to new or existing problems with serious games.

Key takeaways:

1. Experience a 3 step formula for positively dealing with any situation
2. Explore how building the Adaptability Quotient will improve Emotional Intelligence and lead to thriving relationships

Did you ever wonder how you could advance yourself, and climb your own rungs on the ladder of success?

Success has many different meanings, including leadership.

Both Toastmasters and Rotary are your opportunity to advance yourself, and learn about leadership.

Is Zoom controlling you, instead of you controlling Zoom?

This walk-in session will help you identify the ins and outs of how to better utilize the available features of Zoom.

You can visit this session, ask your questions and then leave or hang around to hear other opportunities for enhancing your Zoom sessions.

Chris Boyk and his team will be happy to help!

This session will outline the strategies and techniques for creating effective and fun hybrid club meetings, as well as lessons Kristian has learned from this past year. 

Topics will include:

• What “hybrid” is and why should you use it.
• What equipment do you need?
• Best Practices for setup and running a meeting
• Zoom tips, tricks, and necessities
• Weighing the pros & cons of hybrid
• Resources to get started

This session will focus on delegation with specific emphasis on the following:

• Ranking your use of delegation
• Why delegate
• Barriers to delegation
• Costs of not delegating
• Path to delegation

Pathways is now our sole education program in Toastmasters.

Attendees are free to ask any questions about Pathways.  

It will be your opportunity to try and stump the experts!

Since this is a walk-in session,  you can visit this session, ask your questions and then leave, or hang around to hear more questions answered about Pathways.

Dick Poirier and his team are eager to help you obtain your goals in the Pathways.

Angela McCrum, our Toastmasters District 54 Spring 2020 Communication and Leadership Award Recipient, serves LivingWell Cancer Resource Center (www.livingwellcrc.org) as its Executive Director.  Angela has worked in oncology for over 25 years and considers it a privilege to be a part of patients’ lives during their cancer journey.  

Angela started her career as a radiographer in the frontline battle against cancer.  Because she enjoyed building relationships with patients and earning their trust, she continued her training to become a radiation therapist and eventually completing her master’s degree in Health Care Administration.  Prior to transitioning to LivingWell, Angela was the Director of the Northwestern Medicine Proton Center, and was part of the team that provided the first proton treatments to cancer patients within Illinois.

Being part of the LivingWell team has brought Angela’s career full circle.  She has returned to providing the support and compassion to those who are diagnosed with cancer.  LivingWell is a place where cancer patients, their families and caregivers can receive counseling, stress-relief, medical updates and nutritional information as well as participate in specialized support groups, which are all free of charge.   A cancer diagnosis is a time of uncertainty for patients and their families.  LivingWell serves to provide hope, support and education.  Living Well celebrated its 15th anniversary last Fall and has also expanded into the Warrenville area. Regardless of where the patients with cancer receive their medical care, LivingWell is available as a community resource. 

Skyped out? Zoomed to tears? You're not alone! While the world readies itself to reopen, virtual meetings are arguably here to stay. Join Sima Dahl, CSP, AS, and MBA for a motivational, information-packed session as she helps you reimagine your role as a presenter or a participant online. A Certified Virtual Presenter herself, Sima will share tips and mental tricks to ensure your next digital delivery is nothing short of a show-stopper.