Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer: We have all heard music is the universal language. Why? Music is a form of communication. So, what melody/music do you communicate to others? Are you a jazz, rhythm & blues, hard rock, or an easy listener office professional? You will discover your “beat” as we explore how to best communicate that “beat” through our actions and attitudes.

Explore Your Talents and Let Your Light Shine: It doesn't matter whether we have been in a dozen different office settings or worked for 30 plus years, we can all improve our skills, our attitudes, our work habits, and our communication skills. We also want to continue to explore the opportunities available to educational office professionals. This workshop is for the "beginning" educational office professional as well as the "seasoned" educational office professional.

Living in a Fast-Paced World: Are you constantly trying to find time in your day to get all your tasks done? Are you achieving your goals? Is your life balanced? Are you just too stressed at the end of the day? This workshop will focus on how to plan and organize your day and include goal setting techniques and ways to reduce stress.

How SMART Are You? Whether you are the team leader or a member of the team, everyone must learn to work together to accomplish the goals set for the task. As the group/team leader, do you have the support of the team? As a member of the group/team, are you pledging your full support? At this workshop you will participate in exploring ways to emphasize your own leadership characteristics, discuss ways to motivate others, and review ways to run efficient meetings.

Other workshops include Establishing Your Upward Mobility, Membership Revitalization, Professional Standards Program, and Telephone Etiquette/Email Etiquette/Customer Service.

The Leader in You! Leadership comes from within, but it needs some nurturing and mentoring from the outside. Let’s give you the tools to become a better leader in your professional and personal life.

Let’s Put the Fun In “Fun”ctional! Having an upbeat time while at work is POSSIBLE! In this workshop, we will teach each other the different ways to have fun, be professional, and enjoy our colleagues and offices. When you leave you should have a list of things to “try” in your office to lighten the day for everyone!

Allie Faye Matthews, CEOE - Vice President

Getting Out of Your Own Way: Have you ever felt you deserved the best, but didn’t know what was keeping you from achieving it? Remember the last time you woke up in a bad mood and you told yourself it was going to be a rotten day? Participants will learn how to integrate their thoughts and feelings so they are congruent, as well as explore how they may stop self-defeating sabotages that keep them from getting what they deserve in life.

Email Etiquette: Why Is It Important? With 88% of all internet users in the U.S. using email as a form of communication, does your email communication with colleagues, potential employers and perhaps your boss, convey the correct message? Do you ramble, say too much or not enough? Any time spent on making our email clearer is time well spent! Basic etiquette topics to be discussed will include addresses and personal names, subject lines, message content, signatures, replies and email courtesy.

Phenomenal Women: Then & Now: Take a journey back in time to discover some phenomenal women who used their skills and characteristics of courage, determination, resilience and much more in playing a role in shaping our great nation. We’ll learn how their strengths helped us become the phenomenal women that we are today!

Life Is Not a Dress Rehearsal: Your AMA (Ability, Motivation & Attitude) sets the tone as you go through life. As you participate in this class, determine what you are capable of accomplishing. Learn techniques on ways to motivate yourself in achieving your goals, and how attitude makes all the difference in the outcome.

Leader of the Pack: What are your leadership skills? Do you have a leadership style? Did you know a title doesn’t make you a leader? This 30-45 minute workshop looks at all these areas to give you some food for thought, if you’re thinking about running for an office, taking a promotion to a supervisor position, or if you can be a leader behind the scenes.

Touch a Life! This presentation provides valuable information pertaining to nominating others for awards and the benefits this affords the nominators. Participants will be encouraged to nominate others for awards. Tips will be presented to help throughout the nomination process as well as effective feedback, appropriate laughter, and reasons for loss of meaning.

Reflections of You! Everything you say or do is a reflection of you! In this workshop we will discuss the importance of first impressions, communications, networking, and teamwork. You will be provided with some thought provoking ideas you can utilize in improving your reflection!

Professionalism in the Workplace: This workshop will be an open forum on the meaning of professionalism in the workplace in our technological society. What is the proper etiquette for the educational office professional today? What are the rewards and challenges of professionalism in your work place? Come find out what the “P” in AEOP really means!

PSP: This presentation will provide an overview of the NAEOP Professional Standards Program. Participants will learn how to enroll in the program, organize materials, complete, and submit forms before the deadline, and have an opportunity to ask specific questions. Participants are asked to download and bring with them the PSP Handbook along with the Question and Answer pages from the NAEOP website – www.naeop.org.

Be All You Can Be: To each of us, a life has been given, and with it, an awesome and priceless responsibility – the freedom to choose how we live in the world and what we make of ourselves and our lives. When we live in virtue, we offer a tremendous contribution to the world, no matter how small we may think our sphere of influence. A single flame can light the greatest fire. I will give you a tool that can offer guidance in a relationship or during challenging times, help clarify your direction or focus and think about yourself in a different way. This workshop will allow you to awaken your spirit and explore your potential.

Hey! We’re Different But the Same! What does diversity mean to you? Are all men created equal? Join us on a journey into diversity and stereotyping. Can we turn differences into strengths? See how diverseness can bring a group closer and help create teamwork. We all have something to bring to the table; we just need to know how to use that creativity within us to our best advantage. Would you be offended if someone wished you “Merry Christmas” and you belonged to the Jewish faith? Do you feel out of place in some instances because of your age? How about off-colored jokes? Do they make you feel uncomfortable? Are there things you’d like to tell about yourself but fear you will not be accepted if others know? How does peer pressure in the school affect each individual?

Reflections – Is Your Attitude Showing! This is a motivational workshop to encourage participants to choose their attitudes at work, home, and play. It is easy to have a positive energetic and happy attitude than to choose to be a grouch.

The Nuts & Bolts of Good Telephone Etiquettes at the Workplace: Maintain a unique manner in how you handle your school & administration office telephone. Let your voice represent your campus and/or department. The telephone is one of the most valuable sources of communication to be used at the workplace.

“CHECK YOUR BAGS AT THE DOOR”: This workshop deals with the baggage educational office professionals deal with every day on the job and teaches how to become the ultimate professional. The curriculum deals with packing our right “Attitude” suitcase to get a winner’s perspective and set our tone for how we deal with others, taking a look at our “Excess Baggage”, and examining our “Personal Carry-On”, where we work to find the balance between work and family. In conclusion we claim the suitcase called “SUCCESS” remembering that today is a new past for tomorrow, and today and everyday is the right time to start fresh and redefining our lives.

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