Chamber U: Communication Skills for Business Success (Membership)
| Start: | 1/13/2010 8:30am |
| End: | 1/13/2010 9:30am |
| Location: | Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| Street: | 300 West Morgan Street |
| City,State,Zip: | Durham, North Carolina 27702 |
| Staff Contact: | Kelsey Moore |
| Contact Phone: | 919-328-8733 |
| Contact Email: | Kmoore@durhamchamber.org |
| Cost: | Free to Members |
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Chamber U: Communication Skills for Business Success
Businesses across the country report poor communication as the single biggest daily obstacle to smooth efficient operations…Join Teri Beckman from the Center for Skillful Means for this interactive seminar as we explore effective communication practices for the workplace!
Communication is key to an efficient flow of information throughout the company, and therefore essential to getting positive results. Skillful Means methods can help you and your team improve communication patterns immediately, creating a culture of caring to communicate well, making the work place lighter and inviting efficiency and effectiveness.
This seminar is most valuable for owners, managers, team members & others responsible for communication in their companies
Learning Objectives:
•Understand the nature of how you communicate.
• Learn how to improve your ability to communicate effectively one on one, in meetings & emails.
• Explore your relationship to time and how it affects your communication.
•Understand the components of honest communication.
• Understand how communication affects team performance.
• Learn specific practices to improve communication patterns at work. Take them back to your office and see communication improve immediately!
Topics:
1. Learn to communicate effectively with yourself and others.
2. Discover how to avoid creating unnecessary confusion and dissention at work.
3. Learn how good clear communication today lays the foundation for all future success for the individual, the team and the organization.
Learning Activities include: Presentation of theory, dialogue, and individual participant exercises.
As a special benefit, participants will have the opportunity to continue to work with improving communication and developing cooperation within the workplace, if they choose, through a series additional seminars/workshops.
About the speaker: Teri Beckman, M.R.P. has studied Skillful Means methods for over 15 years using it in her professional life to achieve success. She has worked in the fields of real estate, housing and community development for 20 years in various leadership positions and has an active real estate as well as Skillful Means consulting practice. In the last 5 years she has assisted a variety of clients to implement and sustain positive change within themselves, the team and their companies using Skillful Means methods, significantly improving outcomes and results at work.
About Chamber U: Chamber U is a new, innovative initiative of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce designed to address critical topics and to help prepare Chamber members to meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace. These once-a-week educational opportunities provide members with valuable tools and information they can take back to their businesses and utilize to help them achieve the success they desire. The program provides individualized growth and development opportunities for entry level to executive leadership covering the entire gamut from "nuts & bolts" to "visionary thinking." When is Chamber U? Every Wednesday at the Chamber from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce office. Who can attend? Anyone can attend, and most subjects are good for any Durham or Triangle resident, businessperson or community member! 
