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Wow!
You managed to keep a
standing room only
crowd completely
captivated
on a
Saturday
morning."

Hinman Dental Meeting

Speak for Yourself -- Einstein Relatively Speaking -- Communication Strategy, Skills, and Performance

Speaking For Themselves...

Clients include:

Karen's workshop in Minnesota Deloitte Touche

Sprint

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Chuck E. Cheese's

Addison Airport

FASTSIGNS® " Using Karen's personal and customized approach to one-on-one coaching, I now know how to communicate with greater success and less frustration. "

International Roofing Expo

American Heart Association "This was the best professional training course that I have ever taken . . ."

"Thank you again for being a part of our 2002 ECC National Staff Conference in Washington, D.C....It was well-received by our staff and made for a wonderful, powerful start to our meeting."

Texas Instruments "Each and every one of the presenters was impressed with your ability to draw out their best skills giving them an edge over standard seminar presenters."

Staubach "We were very impressed with your ability to zero in on the little details and show us ways to enhance our uniqueness. Our client told us that this was the best presentation they've ever heard."

AMS Production Group

ELK Corporation "Your workshop received outstanding ratings. We plan on making your workshop a permanent part of our program."

"I had the opportunity to listen to your message in Indianapolis, Hartford and Salt Lake City last year, and I can see why your portion of the program was rated the highest on all 24 seminars. This is no easy task given the makeup of our audience."

General Electric Company

Kerry Food & Beverage Group, Corrie Byron, Business Director - National Accounts "Thanks again for your help in getting our speakers well-prepared! Our symposium allowed us to solidify our strong relationship with current clients and to demonstrate the value we provide to new contacts."

Hinman Dental Meeting "Wow! You managed to keep a standing room only crowd completely captivated on a Saturday morning."

Pizza Hut "Everyone enjoyed the real-life examples and clear and memorable way you communicated the key concepts. It's apparent from the feedback that everyone in our organization who attended your program will benefit from using the techniques you described."

Mesa Design Group "Your work helping prepare our principals for our national conference really made a difference. Several firms have inquired about sharing projects with us as a result."

The Pankey Institute, Dr. Irwin Becker, DDS – Chairman, Dept. of Education "Karen Reisman is one of the most energetic and entertaining speakers we have encountered here at the Pankey Institute. She gets the audience involved and at the same time brings a critically important message. Very clear objectives are achieved each time she has presented to our quite sophisticated classes. These practical practice objectives include but certainly are not limited to COMMUNICATION skills, LISTENING skills, achieving EMPOWERED staff, MOTIVATIONAL strategies/staff exercises, and perhaps most importantly how to speak and present yourself with PANACHE and POWER. I sincerely believe she is a must see and can make significant changes in you, your organization, and how others begin to perceive you."

Sterling Commerce "We are all now very confident that we can stand up in front of our customers and express ourselves with more vigor than we ever thought possible."

Citigroup formerly The Associates "The attendees gave you the highest evaluation ratings possible."

Fannie Mae Corporation "Whether it's been through seminars or individual coaching, you have helped many of our senior level managers to be more confident, comfortable, and articulate speakers -- Thanks for being a part of our team for the past five years."

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Yankee Dental Congress

Nortel Networks

JPI

Williams Cos. "We've enjoyed having you speak and train with us at our corporate headquarters, here in Oklahoma."

Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry

MPI
Meeting Professionals International, DFW Chapter "Thank you for one of the best and most educational programs we have ever had."

NARDA
North American Retail Dealers Association "Karen Cortell Reisman captured and engaged the full attention of our audience throughout her presentations. More importantly than receiving excellent marks from her audience, her strategies will have an impact on how NARDA members inspire, manage and lead in the future."

National Roofing Contractors Association

NARI
National Association of Remodeling Industry

Texas Dental Association " The participants enjoyed your presentation, and we have received many positive comments."

CREW
Commercial Real Estate Women "Thanks for one of the best seminars we have presented to our members. I have received nothing but raves from the attendees."

Implant Innovations, Inc. (3I) "Karen, your presentation was fantastic. I wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed having you down to West Palm Beach and spending some time with our mentor doctors. You thoroughly understand your subject matter and aren't afraid to get involved in taking risks with your audience."

National Contact Lens Group " Your keynote speech in Sante Fe was great. Your program was exactly what I was looking for. "

Go/Dan Industries "We enjoyed your keynote speech at our national meeting last month. We were especially pleased that you took time to learn about our company and were able to relate so well to the audience."

Turner Construction Company

Mid-Continent Dental Congress

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PCMA
Professional Convention Management Association

Commercial Credit Reports, Inc. "I liked your presentation because instead of being motivational hype, you gave us a 'road map' in a motivational way. Even my natural born salespeople gained from your workshop."

Performance Label International, Inc.

NAWBO
National Association of Women Business Owners

Promotional Products Association International formerly SAAI

Versata "The inside sales team has been on fire ever since our meeting. They are getting to more people on the phone and we have seen over a 400% increase in successful appointments being set by the inside sales team."

PRSM
(Professional Retail Store Maintenance) Association

DFWAE
Dallas Fort Worth Society of Association Executives

HSMAI
Hospitality, Sales, & Marketing Association International

Speak for Yourself Seminars

Optical Switch Corporation

Paymentech

Primedia WorkPlace Learning

Dental Study Group "You did a fantastic job and you are definitely good at what you do."

Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply, Inc. "Your presentation hit the bullseye and I contribute this to your effort to understand the audience and apply yourself 110%."

Sunbelt Motivation & Travel, Inc.

1:1 Coaching Clients include:

Linda Armstrong Kelly, mother of Lance Armstrong & author of No Mountain High Enough - Raising Lance, Raising Me "Thank God Karen helped me with this! I would never have been able to tell my story without Karen changing the whole thing around."

Ron Drez, New York Times Best-Selling Author "Karen lived up to all expectations and was creative in arranging my speech to an impressive stage delivery. Her coffee cup theme was brilliant. After our two-day session we were both excited about the power of it."

Hector Cantú, co-author of the nationally syndicated Baldo comic strip "Great examples on how to sell and communicate!"

Sally Hewett, DDS “My day in Dallas with you was invaluable as I gear up to speak at national dental meetings.”

Mark Murphy, DDS "Let's face it. I thought I was pretty hot stuff BEFORE a day with you....and now I realize I have much more to learn. After your coaching I received my first ever 100% perfect scores on evaluations, when I spoke the very next day."

Bergen Brunswig Drug Company

Joseph A. Blaes, DDS
Editor, Dental Economics
"Karen, working with you was an outstanding experience and I look forward with enthusiasm to our next training session."

Jim Boso, Division President - USA
Mobility
"With your coaching I felt like a million bucks. It went great! I hardly looked at my notes, I stood still, and I had a much better opening and closing."

Suzanne Boswell "You have a real gift in guiding the client in a positive, nurturing manner, and encouraging growth and confidence. You have had an impact on the way I make ALL of my presentations and I believe that I've progressed to the next level of professionalism as a result."

John Boyd, DDS

Julie Casaday, DDS

Gerard J. Chiche, DDS
Chairman Dept. of Prosthodontics, LSU
"Accept my deepest appreciation for your professionalism and for helping me improve my lecturing skills. This was a superb course."

Peggy Collins, Professional Speaker

Mitch A. Conditt, DDS "Your great personality and your enthusiasm not only places people at ease from the first minute they meet you, but magnifies your passion for your work. You gave me outstanding information that is more and more useful with every presentation."

Steve Daniel, DDS "Karen was well organized and gave solid information without any wasted time. I will incorporate more stories, use more visuals, and reduce the text."

Tom Dawson, DDS

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

Hank Duffy, President of JHD Group
Healthcare Management Partners
"My vice president gave her presentation today, and she did an excellent job. She was well organized, had the right content, had a good use of specifics and examples, was quick and effective on her feet in addressing questions, her voice was confident, she was engagingly animated, she leveraged her team, and she projected "Executive Presence". I appreciate you help in making this successful."

Thomas M. Dunning, Chairman/CEO
Lockton Dunning Benefit Company
"While I am accustomed to public speaking and to writing my own speeches, I found your assistance invaluable. You were able to help me with continuity, correct phrases, the most descriptive words, and in reshaping my content into a concise, organized message. Most of all, I was impressed by how easy it was to work with you and how quickly you became in-tuned with the message I was trying to convey."

Jimmy Eubank, D.D.S.

Greg Fisher, Sr. Vice President, CFO and Controller
Elk Corporation
"It's the structure that has helped with my nervousness. The structure works. I'm comfortable with it."

Gayle Glenn, D.D.S., M.S.D.

Dale B. Herrero, D.D.S.

IMCO Recycling Inc. Don V. Ingram, Chairman of the Board and CEO "Thank you for your expert communication coaching for my top corporate executives."

Lawrence & Wright Insurance Agency

Tom McDougal, DDS "Thanks to Karen my seminar has taken a giant step in quality. I'm delivering my message with joy and passion as never before. She guided me toward higher quality handouts, customized very powerful opening and closing remarks, and engineered the addition of Power Point to the 35mm visual presentation."

Eileen Morrissey, Hygienist and Speaker "Karen's had attention to detail, enthusism, and helfulness, and she customized to meet my needs. I will follow through on her critique, add to my visuals, and watch my delivery style"

Mary H. Osborne Resources

Pat Pangburn, former Chair, Texas Racing Commission

Jacinthe M. Paquette, D.D.S.

Dr. Barry Polansky "I am committed to becoming a public speaker and that is why I went to see Karen Reisman. In one weekend with Karen Reisman's coaching, I accomplished more than reading all the books on public speaking. If public speaking or case presentation is something you would like to learn to do better, check out Karen on her website."

Risa Pollack-Simon, CMC " Your coaching provided me with straight forward feedback that I could easily use - for which I received immediate results! Thanks for showing me how less is more."

Gayle T. Reardon, DDS

Michelle Rodriguez, Attorney "Thanks to you, all of my speaking engagements have gone just great. I cannot thank you enough for your input."

Albert S. Roslyn, DDS
"Your tutoring transformed me from feeling like a frightened rabbit in front of a few people to conducting a large 400-attendance seminar with confidence and control."

Avishai Sadan, DDS " ... I was able to implement most of the changes at the start, and it was extremely well received by the audience. The conclusion also worked out great."

Paul D. Sletten, President, Life Transitions

Linda Swindling, Professional Speaker

Texas Dermatology Associates

Dr. Brian Vence "It was well worth what we did. I’m really happy we worked on this and it wouldn’t have turned out as well without our phone coaching. It went absolutely fabulous."

Terry D. Watson, DDS

Betsy Wheat, President, Innovative Practice Management

To hire Karen for your next meeting call toll free (866) 535-2267 or email Karen@SpeakForYourself.com.

Speak For Yourself®
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