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About Sarah Michel - Speaker on Communication and Business Management:

Sarah Michel is an international speaker who works with organizations and associations, creating behavioral changes by teaching people how to intentionally connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime through her Perfecting Connecting keynote and training programs.

Sarah is an expert on the art of connecting and the author of Perfecting Connecting, A Guide to Mastering Networking in the Workplace and the national audio program, Learning to Speak the Language of others. Her articles and inspirational stories have appeared in numerous books, newspapers and journals.

As a certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and facilitator of the Self-Discovery Process Sarah has keynoted and presented for audiences and teams around the world on how to be a more effective connector.

She is a graduate of Central Michigan University and worked in healthcare for several major hospital systems and for international career management firms in Texas and Colorado. She is currently an adjunct faculty member of both the Eastern and Western Management Development Centers for the United States government in Colorado and West Virginia.

Sarah founded Perfecting Connecting in 1996 offering keynote presentations, facilitation, and training programs to organizations and companies such as United States Olympic Committee, National Security Agency, GE, Lea & Perrins, Great-West Healthcare, HCA, Motorola, Raytheon, Nextel, AstraZeneca, United Way, TMP Worldwide, Sun Microsystems, US Army and Air Force.

What Sarah Michel Talks About:

The Domino Effect - The Art of Intentional Connecting
Successful people live a life filled with intentional relationships. In this practical, fun and motivational program, learn how to intentionally connect the dots for yourself and others to improve your social capital which is essential for career growth and organizational success.

Discover how the value of others plus the value you bring to others equals your net worth which is required for effective leadership in the 21st century. Sarah is a cancer survivor and shares her humorous and inspirational journey to drive home the power of community, The Domino Effect and the importance of consciously choosing to live your life as a connector. Using dominos as a metaphor, Sarah teaches her audiences how to 'connect the dots' and start building connections during the actual program that continue throughout the conference. She inspires you to take action on making behavioral changes to start improving your social capital.

Connecting the Dots
In the 21st century your success will be based on the people you know. Your clients, strategic partners and employer all want to know how you have invested in your social capital that will pay out in dividends for them in word of mouth advertising, referrals, resources and leads. In other words, is your net working?

In this session, Sarah will map out for you the six stages involved in connecting with a new contact. She will show you the importance of each of these stages and the questions you need to be asking to assure a strong connection. Mapping out your six degrees of connection will help you improve your net worth and social capital with both your internal and external networks. If you believe only extroverts can be effective at networking, then this session is for you! Sarah's approach honors everyone's unique personality style and shows you how to be effective by capitalizing on your own unique talents and skills that support the networking process.

Perfecting Connecting
Networking has become the single most important life skill in determining business and personal success. Your ability to be connected within your organization and externally with your network will determine your next promotion, sale, or business opportunity. Sarah, a master connector, will share her success strategies from her book, Perfecting Connecting, A Personal Guide to Mastering Networking in the Workplace by Telos publications.

Other Topics Include:

• Perfecting Connecting For Healthcare Practitioners
• Can You Hear Me Now?
• The C.A.N. Do Approach
• Network for Life...Not Just for the Moment
• Leading With Style