Women In Technology

Creative Leadership: It's All in the Communication
Speakers:	Claudia Coplon Steve Clements Executive Speak/Write, Inc. www.executivespeakwrite.com
Date:	Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Time:	7:30am - 9:00am
Location:	Maggiano's Buckhead 3368 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA Map
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Throughout the ages, great leaders have been characterized by their uncanny ability to effectively communicate their ideas and inspire their audiences. This is even more true today as the ability to break through the sheer volume of communications requires special skills and talents. Learn how today's leaders are tailoring the communication and their style to effectively deliver their message.

WIT's October Creative Leadership meeting features Executive Speak/Write principals Steve Clements and Claudia Coplon. They'll cover proven methods for more effective oral and written communications that propel you above the din of our information-intense e-mail, meeting and conference-call business environment. Learn to position your messages to inform, persuade and/or motivate so you—and your organization—achieve the desired results.

Claudia Coplon uses her expertise gained as a writer and public relations consultant to train professionals in generating concise, relationship-building written communications. Today, her non-threatening, humorous corporate training, founded in her 30+ years experience writing and strategizing for a wide-variety of industries, has already benefited numerous organizations. This roster includes but is not limited to Georgia Power, Bankers Bank, The Southern Company, University of Georgia's Training and Development Department, BBDO and Emory's Professional Development program.

When teaching writing skills in the business environment, Claudia builds from the basics to making the written word build relationships with internal and external audiences. She works with clients to make them comfortable within the style and verbiage essential to their particular industry and helps instill confidence by helping to create appropriate written templates that can be applied to a variety of writing situations. With her combination of writing skills and business savvy, Claudia can help professionals to maximize any writing challenge.

Steve Clements, an award-winning producer, writer and director in broadcast, video and industry, is an executive presentation and media trainer as well as speaker. As a trainer, Steve enables professionals to maximize oral presentation skills for interactions with peers, stakeholders and the media. In this role, he has worked with companies and individuals including but not limited to Bankers Bank, Omicron, Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia, the 2006 candidate for State Insurance Commissioner of Georgia, an international software organization, University of Georgia's Training and Development Department, and Emory's Professional Development program.

Since 1999, Steve has also sat as Cree-Walker Distinguished Professor of Television & Communications at Augusta State University (part of the University System of Georgia).

Prior to arriving in Georgia, this communications professional produced over 3,000 national television broadcasts (detailed in his media text book, Show Runner: Producing Variety and Talk Shows for Television). In these roles, Steve trained experts to greet national audiences, including Parade Magazine medical editor Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, chef Wolfgang Puck, fitness guru Richard Simmons, and talk show hosts Bob Goen and Pat Sajak; produced Hour Magazine with Gary Collins, the new Mickey Mouse Club for Disney, Body by Jake and others; and wrote for Welcome Back, Kotter; Three's Company and Dinah Shore.