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Mandi Stanley  

Mandi has trained over 16,100 business professionals how to combine the right words and style to get the winning edge they need.

Her career in public speaking began nine years ago on a stage in front of 700 college freshmen. Talk about a tough audience!

Mandi has moved from the campus podium to the corporate classroom.  Speaking and training throughout North America, Mandi inspires business leaders to overcome organizational obstacles and deliver powerful written and oral presentations. With more than 2,815 platform hours to her credit, Mandi has helped more than 16,100 participants combine the right words and style to get the winning edge they need. Primarily, she works with business leaders who want to boost their image and with organizations that want to gain credibility in the marketplace.

Mandi began as a classified ad proofreader and editor with a small newspaper in the South. A move to Dallas Texas, led to a full-time position as a technical proposal writer for a healthcare firm. She soon parlayed that experience into the opportunity to train others to be better persuasive communicators. Audiences appreciate her platform enthusiasm, interactive style, and content-rich messages.

*Facts About Mandi Stanley

Earned Professional Membership in the National Speakers Association in 1997

Received Highest Market Share Award from the American Management Association in 1998

Awarded with three Quality Awards for Customer Satisfaction from the AMA

Received the Rotary International Service-Above-Self Recognition for July 2000

Wrote and developed the methodology, training workbooks, leaders' guide, and visual aids for the AMA/Padgett Thompson one-day seminar How To Be A Better Proofreader

Graduated Summa Cum Laude with concentrations in English, Communications, and Management

Author of the soon-to-be-released book 7 1/2 Ways to WAKE UP Your Writing

*Just a few of the organizations Mandi has worked with

AHA!

Affymetrix

American Management Association

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Arkansas Economic Developers

BFGoodrich

BusinessThinkers.com

California Teachers Association

Clemson University

Fairfax County Public Schools

Federal Reserve Bank

McDonald's Corporation

Merck & Co., Inc.

Merrill Lynch

MetLife

National City Mortgage

National Football League (NFL)

Naval Ordnance Test Unit

North Carolina State University: Continuing Education

North Los Angeles County Regional Center

Nuclear Energy Institute

United Healthcare

U.S. Air Force Services Agency

U.S. Probation Office

University of North Florida

Speech Topics


Technical Writing for Engineers, Project Managers, and Other Knowledge Professionals

During this highly customized interactive session, participants will learn: A proven technique for writing crystal-clear learning objectives and instructions, including good and bad examples How to describe a complicated subject in clear and concise terms What to do when you can’t avoid using technical jargon How to make sure technical documents are absolutely error free Language guidelines for better receptivity such as non-inflammatory language, gender-neutral references, and attention to tone How to eliminate clichés and “smothered verbs” from documentation How to use mapping for instructional writing in technical documents How to distinguish among the prewriting, writing, and rewriting phases A step-by-step process for editing and proofreading your final draft (it works every time) Quick tips in slide preparation Quick and easy guidelines for technical content delivery

Grammar-for-Grownups Update

This in-depth session allows for an open-floor discussion in “Grammar Group” settings to ask questions and cover the following troublesome topics: Run-on sentences and fragments in professional correspondence and e-mail Comma traumas! Confusing word pairs (such as affect/effect and who/whom and insure/ensure/assure) Commonly misused words Correct use of quotation marks and solutions to hyphenation headaches Any other hot grammar, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation question you want to ask BONUS: All exercises are based on realistic correspondence and examples. Oh, and don’t be surprised if there’s a pop quiz: a fun one!

E-Writing @ Work: Getting a Grip on the Stupid Stuff We Do With Email

During this fast-moving participatory session, you will learn how to present a professional image through your workplace e-mail by participating in and practicing: How to steer clear of the Top 7 Credibility-Robbing Mistakes with E-mail How to write a solid subject line that gets opened—and acted upon The five e-mails you never should send How to use more bulleted lists in e-mail A rapid-fire commentary on e-mail etiquette, including: Tone appropriateness Formatting for e-mail SCREAMING IN ALL CAPS!!!!! Other hot topics

Hair-On-Fire!" Presentation Skills

During this highly interactive presentation, you’ll learn how to think—and speak—on your feet in a flash. Leaders will discover new approaches to presenting their ideas with clarity, confidence, and power through learning:

The Three-Minute First Impression: What you absolutely must do in the first 180 seconds to build rapport and credibility with the people you meet Tips for controlling your body language to communicate the message you want The only secret to eliminating nervous habits and jitters, especially the credibility-robbing “ums” and “and uhs” The art of audience analysis How to banish boring presentation openings (by figuring out what everyone else is doing—and then NOT doing it) The three must-haves in a presentation opening to hook your audience How to avoid just fizzling out at the end by closing with conviction every time How to unclutter and overhaul your slides A complete discussion on how to handle questions from the audience Surprise presentation tips from the pros

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