“Many
people told me we should have given you twice
as much time. In the eight years that we have
sponsored this Conference, you proved to be our
most popular luncheon speaker. The response was
simply overwhelming.”
~ Melodye A. Turek, President
Colorado Safety Association
“In
our business small talk is an essential leadership
skill. Demonstrating conversational skills and
techniques that build rapport and relationships
in both social and business situations is a key
to success. You gave all of us a learning gift
in a meaningful, humorous, and creative way.”
~ Carol
N. Hopper, Vice President
AmerUs Group, Des Moines, Iowa
“I
just want to say thank you very much for the wonderful
session you did at the ICMA Annual Conference.
Your presentation to the partners at the Tuesday
morning breakfast was outstanding! The session
was everything you promised and more.”
~ M. Eileen O’Connell
Membership Operations Manager, International City/County
Management Association
“Debra
makes every person in the audience feel like she
is speaking directly to him or her. When people
are talking to one another afterwards about how
great the speaker was, you know that her message
is already working!"
~ Judy Pederson, Owner Pro Printing & Graphics,
North Platte, NE
“Your
program had immediate results – our Specialists
walked out of the classroom with more confidence
in their communication skills and a better understanding
of how to strengthen customer relationships.” ~
Marie Celeste Roybal,
U. S. Department of Transportation, Midwestern
Resource Center, Olympia Fields, Illinois
“We
have heard many great comments about your educational
program. Let me give you a few examples:
*Bring Debra back next year! She’s great!
*All the information she discussed can be used
in personal life, as well as professional life.
*Debra was a great speaker. She kept it fun, exciting
and interesting. I learned a lot!
*Speaker was excellent! Thank you for bringing
her!"
~ Judy Cook, Director,
Scientific Programs and Special Events, Texas
Dental Association
DEBRA
FINE The Fine Art of Small Talk
BIO:
Debra
Fine a formerly shy, tongue-tied engineer, is now
an internationally recognized keynote speaker, trainer,
communication expert and bestselling author. Fine
established her Denver based company The Fine Art
of Small Talk to teach all variety of C-Level, manager,
stake holder and member, along with the spouse who
is dragged along to banquets and meetings; conversation,
rapport and mingling skills and relationship building
techniques for use at business networking events,
conventions, association meetings, trade shows, as
well as when interacting with clients, customers and
patients.
Once
you master The Fine Art of Small Talk, every conversation
and business networking event will become an opportunity
for success. Learn about Debra Fine’s customized,
motivational keynote presentations and workshops that
teach conversation and rapport building skills, business
networking techniques, relationship building tools
and mingling tips including: icebreakers and starting
conversations, mastering introductions and remembering
names, keeping the conversation going, avoiding conversation
foot in mouth disease, listening and rapport building
skills, body language, handling awkward situations
and overcoming communication barriers, becoming “active”
listeners, reviving a dying conversation, coming up
with topics to discuss, approaching social functions
with confidence, preparing for successful conversation
and even exiting conversations with grace and diplomacy.
The
Fine Art of Small Talk
Nationally recognized communication expert Debra
Fine reveals the techniques and strategies anyone
can use to make small talk -- in any situation.
Does the thought of striking up a conversation
with a stranger make your stomach do flip-flops?
Do you sit nervously through job interviews
waiting for the other person to speak? Are you
a "Nervous Ned or Nellie" when it
comes to networking? Then it's time you mastered
The Fine Art of Small Talk.
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The
Fine Art of Small Talk
Join Debra Fine for her fast-paced, interactive and
entertaining presentation The Fine Art of Small Talk.
Together we’ll laugh, learn and leave with insightful
and informative conversation tips and techniques on
how to strike up conversations and keep them going,
avoid conversation “killers”, exit conversations
with grace and develop business, non-profit, volunteer
and personal relationships. Learn how to turn every
meeting or conference, interaction with a client or
colleague, social event with a spouse/partner and networking
event into an opportunity for success.
The Fine Art
of Building Business Relationships: One Conversation
at a Time
Focus on rapport building techniques, conversation and
mingling skills, gaining visibility, making a positive
impression and networking tips that help build face
to face business relationships. Presentations are informative,
interactive and entertaining; tailored to the priorities
and challenges of those in the audience.
The
Fine Art of Enhancing Leadership Skills
Leaders learn the technical skills required for career
success, often overlooking the importance of conversation
and rapport building skills. The ability to talk easily
with anyone is a learned skill, not a personality trait.
Acquiring it will help develop rapport within organizations,
raise visibility and create liaisons with the community
at large and leaving a positive impression that lasts
longer than an exchange of business cards. In the competitive
world of business more emphasis is placed on developing
personal business relationships than has been expected
in the past. The leader who avoids opportunities to
meet new people or whose conversation is frozen by these
meetings will limit themselves professionally as well
as personally.
The
Fine Art of Small Talk: Cultivating Campus Connections
(or) Cultivating Alumni Connections
Join Debra Fine, former engineer, now nationally recognized
keynote speaker, trainer and bestselling author, for
her fast-paced, interactive and entertaining presentation.
Together we’ll laugh, learn and leave with insightful
and informative conversation skills and networking techniques
on how to strike up conversations and keep them going,
avoid conversation “killers”, and come across
as composed and self-assured when interacting with colleagues,
department heads, administration and the community at
large at meetings and presentations, networking events
and other institution related functions.
