I went back home with a lot of experience and sharing with participants was amazing! Keep the fire burning and in future hold such meetings, because it will benefit other people who are talented and fear to present.
It was our pleasure to have Joanne as a keynote at NATCON this year. Her presentation on “belonging” clearly rang true for many and picked up a theme that was referred to throughout the conference.
Audience members could see that Joanne brings passion, dedication and leadership to her career development speaking.
When several major employers in a community like Collingwood closes their doors it can have a devastating effect on employees and the town.
As coordinator of Surviving and Thriving in Today’s Economy, a conference organized to bring our community partners and resources together for a one day event to provide our community with information, resources, and hope for the future, we knew it would be important to have dynamic speakers delivering this message. That’s why we invited Joanne Stuart from Northern Lights to be a presenter. Her experience and reputation in the career development field made her an obvious choice and she did not disappoint.
Joanne held the audience during her delivery with a combination of hope, humour and practical know how. She told stories that people could relate to and instilled a sense of purpose and action that moved our workers forward. The feedback we received about Joanne’s presentation showed that her words proved to be an encouragement to those in attendance as she discussed the importance of having a resume ‘tell your story’ to the reader in order to form that essential connection with potential employers.
Based on the response we received, Joanne would be one of the first people to be called upon when planning future events.
Cannexus takes pride in the fact that at the five year mark we have become known as Canada’s leading Career Development Conference with approximately 700 delegates now attending. It is people like Joanne and Crystal and the consistent caliber of their presentations that have people coming.
Jaz Bruhn, CERIC, the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling
This presentation offers some key wisdom on transferring our personal tales into success.
In a cookie cutter world, how do you stand out and distinguish yourself in a sea of job candidates?
Find out how to turn your bestselling experiences into opportunities using your own personal history.
Joanne Stuart has helped hundreds of job seekers transform their resumes, cover letters and interviews into meaningful exchanges of information using the power of story.
Nike does it, Coca Cola does it, and in fact most leading companies do it. They use stories to help build and inform their people and their customers. The right story told at the right time can help you be the leader you want to be. Stories are wonderful teachers with lessons that resonate. Learn to use them to capture the imagination and engage your teams in ways that data and theories simply cannot. Organizationally, they help employees understand the past as it relates to future ambitions. Light your corporate camp fire with stories and watch what happens.
Joanne offers simple tools to help you liven up meetings, manage change and galvanize teams using story.
Meeting new people stops being intimidating and starts to be fun and exciting when you learn to be a storyteller. Like your DNA and fingerprint, your stories help to distinguish, define and differentiate you from others. Don’t let others decide who you are. Tell them using story. Learn how to reflect and capture your stories even years later. Leave others with memorable impressions and the desire to tell your story. The brand called you is story driven. What is it saying?
Joanne has spoken on storytelling and delivered workshops for the last 15 years. Her lively presentation brings story alive and will inspire you to start telling your tales.
Speaking at the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast meetings is just one of the many opportunities the Chamber offers its membership and one that is worth the waiting list to take part in.
On August 4th I presented Story Works to a great crowd of business owners dedicated to meeting and staying in touch with each other over good food and lively conversations.
Here are a few excerpts from my presentation that morning.
Stories are the building blocks of affinity. Great word affinity.
What defines us is not just showing up. It is not about walking into this room and being seen and our 30 second opportunity to speak. Don’t get me wrong showing up is important. But more importantly it is...
