Speakers Bureau

Dr. Katherine Hall

1. Women's Lives: Near and Far

This topic can be geared to the audience(s) drawing upon my own field work in South America and ethnohistorical information on other indigenous groups, as well as Native American groups nearby.

2. Life on the Upper Orinoco River on the Amazon

This draws on my fieldwork there with the De'kwana Carib focusing on the sociocultural aspects.

Barbara Jordan

1. Improving Productivity Through Stress Management
2. Time Management For High Achievers
3. Ready, Set, Goals! Helping Teams Overcome Obstacles
4. Resolving Conflict & Giving Constructive Feedback
5. Motivating Employees To Peak Performance: Coaching Skills For Managers
6. Facilitating Productive Meetings
7. Driven Yet Distracted: Survival Tips For Those with ADD
8. Mental Health & AODA Topics

Ryan Winn

1. Conflict in Everyday Situations

• Overview of Conflict
• Communication Climate
• Preventing Defensiveness
• Conflict Resolution

2. Thinking Like a Coach: Effectively Supervising Others

• Defining the Role of a Supervisor as a Coach
• The “Ask VS. Tell Mentality”
• The Five P’s of Coaching
• Running a Business using the Five P’s

3. Writing Effective Performance Reviews

• Metrics of Evaluations
• Three Types of Talent
• Getting to Next: “Good” to “Great”
• Delivering Reviews using the Five P’s of Coaching
• Things to remember when delivering reviews
• Creating a SMART action plan.
• Self-Review Techniques
• Feedback: Giving and Receiving

4. Modern American Indian Theatre

• List the basic terms and history of Modern American Indian Theatre.
• Describe history and accomplishments American Indian artists/playwrights.
• Distinguish what constitutes a work as American Indian Theatre.
• Discuss the need for further creation and study of American Indian Theatre.

5. Creative Writing: Short Stories

• Understand the history and development of the short fiction genre.
• Begin to recognize what constitutes exemplary short fiction.
• Produce fundamental sound short fiction works.
• Explore activities to help overcome writer’s block.

Bill Van Lopik

1. Political Ecology of Latin America
2. Practicing the Menominee Model of Sustainable Development
3. Fun Facts of World Geography
4. Cross-Cultural Communication
5. Issues in International Development
6. Implementing a Campus Ecology Plan
7. El Salvador: The Mouse who Sleeps with an Elephant