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KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS

Sally provides interactive and motivating keynotes, professional development trainings and workshops that will assist audience members through her L.E.A.R.N. principles of stress management, help educators discover brain based learning techniques for their students or help teams connect with her many fun and effective team building and drumming activities.

Reasons to hire Sally as your speaker!

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KEEPING YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER

Life is full of things that cause stress. Sally will give participants some ideas to build resilience & reduce burnout through her L.E.A.R.N. principles she outlines in her book including:


L.aughter
E.xercise
A.ttitude of Gratitude and Giving Back
R.elax, Reflect and Recharge
N.utrition


Sally will discuss the importance of living an active, healthy lifestyle while reducing stress in a fun and creative presentation that will cover the five LEARN wellness principles.

As a certified laughter leader, Sally can facilitate your group in some laughter yoga exercises  Sally can customize this into an hour keynote, 1/2 day or all day workshop.

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Group of people laughing while making balloon animals at one of Sally's workshops
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GET MOVING; GET LEARNING (for educators)

This brain-based keynote presentation, half or day-long professional development training will help educators and learning professionals learn how to effectively engage their students from preschoolers through adult learners. Sally will discuss how the brain responds positively to movement, music, laughter and creative activities.

Sally will also highlight how stress, environmental factors and traditional sit and get activities negatively affect memory and learning.  Educators will walk away with many ideas they can incorporate into their classrooms right away from Sally's 35 years of experience as an educator!

GET THE B.E.A.T. 

Stress and burnout in the workplace and in our personal lives negatively affects productivity, creativity, teamwork, health and joy.  Using drumming  and other team building activities, attendees will walk away with actionable techniques to help them improve resiliency, work-life boundaries, connect with their team and improve personal well-being using Sally's B.E.A.T. techniques:

B.e Connected

E.xercise

A.ttitude of Gratitude

T.ry Laughter

Sally has been a drummer since elementary school and will guide participants through a variety of hands-on activities that will keep them actively engaged while learning valuable concepts on reducing stress,  connecting with others and working as a team!  Fun guaranteed!
 

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