Attending Workshops Gifts

"This active listening workshop sounds useful..." "Why would I want to go to Worksop?"

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

Sloaney Pony.

Claus 2.0

"I haven't a clue what it does, but I don't know I managed without it"

'Yes! The momentum's going to shift now. Our home fan is starting to make some noise!'

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

'Would you be interested in attending a stress management seminar?'

"Yes, Jane Lyons, sitting next to Katy Jones, class of 2018, it is important for a writer to know her audience."

"Meanwhile, obsessing about productivity is way up."

Belief and Trust.

'Come on, come on, let's work together!'

Brainstorm in progress.

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

"If I were a surgeon, Mr. Ferguson, which I ain't, and your car was my patient, which it ain't—except that it is, in a funny sort of way; that is, if you want to look at it like that; you know what I mean—and you was her husband, I'd have to say, 'Sir, your wife is going to need a valve job.,"

Presentation skills.

'Before we begin, please turn off all cell phones.'

"I'm going to tell them our number one way to be stress-free is taking a day off to go fishing."

Convention for People Who Like to Attend Conventions.

'I'm sorry you had to wait. My Time Management Workshop started late.'

'Is that a suspicious package in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'

Substance Abuse Seminar: How Not To Get Hooked!

'Time management seminar. Start: five-ish.'

'Right, I hope that gives you an idea of what the work is about, any questions?'

"I like it here but if Santa doesn't get better WiFi I'm getting a new job."

"Is this where the breakout session on adolescent behavior meets?"

'There's one app we can't give you ... aptitude.'

STRIP *Community Care * Squeezing it all in before lunch

'It was only a five minute job. Not worth changing out of his best clothes for'

I am your BIGGEST fan!

How to engage an audience

'He hasn't missed a turnout in ten years!'

'I have identified 240 stages of organizational change. Before I discuss them, coffee anyone?'

"We'll start with some 'ice breakers' and 'team building' games..."

'I see Phelps is back from that stress reduction seminar.'