Nancy Whatley-Blaine
Professional Summary
- Professional Speaker
- Keynote Presenter
- Consultant
- Facilitator
- Executive Coach
- Author
Extensive knowledge of adult learning principles and group facilitation for working professionals. Exceptional proficiency in high-performance team development and executive coaching. Effective at building strong and sustainable relationships within an organization to support organization strategy, resolve communications issues and motivate individuals to optimal performance. Conscientious and resourceful facilitator with a reputation for well-grounded insight, sound judgment and dramatic results.
President of Minding Moments, a company specializing in "Simplifying the Science of Soft Skills". Corporate site: www.mindingmoments.com
Author of Dismantling the Elephant, (working title) currently in development. Expected publish, Spring 2012.
Client Testimonials
"Your efforts are enabling DISA CONUS to set the conditions for improved processes, teamwork - and ultimately mission success." ~Lieutenant General Carroll F. Pollett
Department of Defense
"The facilitation was exactly what I am looking for." ~ Steve Wegman, Scottrade
"Nancy's interest and effort to involve her personal experiences along with the experiences of all those in the class produce an exceptional learning experience!" ~ Scott Ingberg, Bold Words, Bright Ideas
Experience and Qualifications
Facilitation Specialist - offer private and public training within the Project Management and High-Performance Team Development arenas. Lead a team of four facilitators providing twelve workshops on team and leadership development topics both at Center of Application of Information Technology (CAIT) at Washington University in St. Louis, and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. Creative and innovative in the presentation of interpersonal concepts, leveraging a naturally persuasive and charismatic approach that draws participants into full commitment and encourages application of learned skills.
Leadership Coach - challenge and inspire executive leaders to highest levels of personal success. Target leadership issues quickly, engage in problem solving to drive effective decision making and constructive action. Provide insights into how others perceive them and share insights to improve performance.
Corporate Consultant and Executive Manager - Fifteen years management of multimedia and traditional courseware training programs for all phases from assessment to design, development, piloting, implementation, and evaluation. Lead and coordinated national award winning efforts of a 30-person team comprised of instructional designers, technical developers, and graphic designers to create web-based training.
Consult with clients to identify training needs/ requirements, provide results-driven training aligning strategic and organizational objectives.
Clients include: AVON, Sears, Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Car Sales and Fleet Divisions), Bank of America, Humana, SYSCO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Anheuser-Busch, MasterCard, and BRIDGE Information Systems.
Instructional Designer - Skilled at aligning critical business and learning goals, assessing target audiences and content objectives, correlating learning paths for varied learner roles, creating evaluation strategies, as well as designing and scripting learning content for both process and technical-based skills. Work includes prestigious awards for instructional excellence.
Topic Specializations and Awards
- Corporate Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Team Dysfunction
- Organizational Politics
- Strategic Negotiation
- Internal Consulting
- Driving Change
- Leadership Coaching
- Difficult Co-Workers
Keynote Speaker of "Negotiating Currencies", "Leveraging Constructive Conflict" and "Becoming a Better Leader" Topics developed for leaders and working professionals addressing specific influencing techniques
Guest Presenter of "eLearning as a Specialized Media" for Washington University (St. Louis, MO) Technical Writing course
Guest Presenter of "eLearning Communication Techniques" for ITT Technical College (St. Louis, MO) Interactive
Communications course
Panelist at TechLearn Convention (Orlando, FL) "Online Communication - Targeting Specific Age Demographics"
Award for Training Excellence in Instructional Design from the Society of Technical Communicators (for BRIDGE Information Systems currently Thompson-Reuters)
Gold Award for Overall Training Excellence from - Brandon-Hall (for AVON ".mark" sales training)
Member of Toastmasters International, professional speaking organization
Education
A.A. - 1990 Florissant Valley Community College - Psychology
B.A. - 1992 University of Missouri St. Louis - Industrial Organizational and Psychology
Ongoing Development - 2006-2011 Washington University in St. Louis
- Project Management
- Interpersonal Development and Teambuilding
- Leadership and Professional Development
Professional Summary
- Professional Speaker
- Keynote Presenter
- Consultant
- Facilitator
- Executive Coach
- Author
Extensive knowledge of adult learning principles and group facilitation for working professionals. Exceptional proficiency in high-performance team development and executive coaching. Effective at building strong and sustainable relationships within an organization to support organization strategy, resolve communications issues and motivate individuals to optimal performance. Conscientious and resourceful facilitator with a reputation for well-grounded insight, sound judgment and dramatic results.
President of Minding Moments, a company specializing in "Simplifying the Science of Soft Skills". Corporate site: www.mindingmoments.com
Author of Dismantling the Elephant, (working title) currently in development. Expected publish, Spring 2012.
Client Testimonials
"Your efforts are enabling DISA CONUS to set the conditions for improved processes, teamwork - and ultimately mission success." ~Lieutenant General Carroll F. Pollett
Department of Defense
"The facilitation was exactly what I am looking for." ~ Steve Wegman, Scottrade
"Nancy's interest and effort to involve her personal experiences along with the experiences of all those in the class produce an exceptional learning experience!" ~ Scott Ingberg, Bold Words, Bright Ideas
Experience and Qualifications
Facilitation Specialist - offer private and public training within the Project Management and High-Performance Team Development arenas. Lead a team of four facilitators providing twelve workshops on team and leadership development topics both at Center of Application of Information Technology (CAIT) at Washington University in St. Louis, and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. Creative and innovative in the presentation of interpersonal concepts, leveraging a naturally persuasive and charismatic approach that draws participants into full commitment and encourages application of learned skills.
Leadership Coach - challenge and inspire executive leaders to highest levels of personal success. Target leadership issues quickly, engage in problem solving to drive effective decision making and constructive action. Provide insights into how others perceive them and share insights to improve performance.
Corporate Consultant and Executive Manager - Fifteen years management of multimedia and traditional courseware training programs for all phases from assessment to design, development, piloting, implementation, and evaluation. Lead and coordinated national award winning efforts of a 30-person team comprised of instructional designers, technical developers, and graphic designers to create web-based training.
Consult with clients to identify training needs/ requirements, provide results-driven training aligning strategic and organizational objectives.
Clients include: AVON, Sears, Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Car Sales and Fleet Divisions), Bank of America, Humana, SYSCO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Anheuser-Busch, MasterCard, and BRIDGE Information Systems.
Instructional Designer - Skilled at aligning critical business and learning goals, assessing target audiences and content objectives, correlating learning paths for varied learner roles, creating evaluation strategies, as well as designing and scripting learning content for both process and technical-based skills. Work includes prestigious awards for instructional excellence.
Topic Specializations and Awards
- Corporate Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Team Dysfunction
- Organizational Politics
- Strategic Negotiation
- Internal Consulting
- Driving Change
- Leadership Coaching
- Difficult Co-Workers
Keynote Speaker of "Negotiating Currencies", "Leveraging Constructive Conflict" and "Becoming a Better Leader" Topics developed for leaders and working professionals addressing specific influencing techniques
Guest Presenter of "eLearning as a Specialized Media" for Washington University (St. Louis, MO) Technical Writing course
Guest Presenter of "eLearning Communication Techniques" for ITT Technical College (St. Louis, MO) Interactive
Communications course
Panelist at TechLearn Convention (Orlando, FL) "Online Communication - Targeting Specific Age Demographics"
Award for Training Excellence in Instructional Design from the Society of Technical Communicators (for BRIDGE Information Systems currently Thompson-Reuters)
Gold Award for Overall Training Excellence from - Brandon-Hall (for AVON ".mark" sales training)
Member of Toastmasters International, professional speaking organization
Education
A.A. - 1990 Florissant Valley Community College - Psychology
B.A. - 1992 University of Missouri St. Louis - Industrial Organizational and Psychology
Ongoing Development - 2006-2011 Washington University in St. Louis
- Project Management
- Interpersonal Development and Teambuilding
- Leadership and Professional Development
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