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.

"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.,"

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

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.

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

Substance Abuse Seminar: How Not To Get Hooked!

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

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

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

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

STRIP *Community Care * Squeezing it all in before lunch

Climate Conference. I'm glad you enjoyed my speech, but please don't call it the "high-water mark."

How to engage an audience

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

I am your BIGGEST fan!

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

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

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

'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..."