Mariah Burton Nelson TOPICS: Leadership Success Goal Setting Team Building Achievement/Peak Performance Athletics/Sports FEE CATEGORY:* 5.0k to 10.0k TRAVELS FROM: Virginia Video Profile Program Outlines Testimonials/Client List Books & Videos Request This Speaker

Mariah Burton Nelson: Program Outlines

Success: The Courage To Succeed
It takes courage to compete, to win and to define success for yourself, succumbing neither to the traditional male model (conquering) nor to the traditional female model (cheerleading). Drawing on her expertise as a former pro basketball player and successful author, Mariah uses stories, research, audience participation, video and lots of humor to show people how to succeed like Champions.

Leadership: The Courage To Lead
Whether we know it or not, all of us are leading someone, somewhere. Yet many people hesitate to acknowledge -- or embrace -- their leadership role, and the ways they influence others through everything they say and do. In this inspirational, informative and humorous presentation, Mariah Burton Nelson shows audience members how to be accountable, accessible, affirming -- and effective.

Goal-Setting: 7 Specific Steps Toward Achieving Your Goals
In the context of an amusing and inspiring speech filled with stories, examples and concrete advice, participants will learn from this successful author and athlete why goal-setting works and how to create a system that ensures that action steps are taken. They will get practice setting goals, using Mariah's original and tested seven key steps.

Gender and Sports: The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football
A unique and controversial discussion for college students about sports, sex and strength with former pro basketball player and nationally acclaimed author and speaker. Attend this entertaining event, and you will:

• Listen to women and men talk about stereotypes, sexism, and solutions
• Discuss loaded terms like man-hater, male-basher, and lesbian
• Learn which athletes, if any, are getting unfair treatment at your school
• Ask how would people behave if they transcended femininity and masculinity?
• Ask what if we stopped fighting the ancient battle of the sexes?

Listening To Women
A unique, customized, one- or two-day conference designed to help companies meet the specific needs of their female employees. Research shows that corporate women want more professional development, more recognition and more respect. Research also shows that when these needs are not met, women leave corporations, damaging morale and increasing recruiting and training costs. Unlike other "women's leadership symposiums," these regional or national conferences are specifically designed to improve retention rates by addressing women's documented needs.

In addition to successful speakers, networking opportunities, and an awards program, Listening To Women offers unique "Listening Circles" that enable participants to brainstorm ideas together, then speak directly to company executives. Thus, participants not only receive professional advice, they also receive a chance to be heard. They are not only addressed, they are listened to. As a result, they develop a sense of commitment to a company whose leaders take the time to meet women's needs, honor their contributions and consider their suggestions.

The company that sponsors a Listening To Women conference demonstrates its responsiveness to and appreciation of female employees. It also benefits from their ideas, proposals, and loyalty and brands itself as a company that cares.

Articles by Mariah Burton Nelson:

• Are You an Athlete?
  
• Bad Sports: Football, O.J. Simpson, and Wife-Beating
  
• Go, Mom!
  
• I Won. I`m Sorry
  
• Learning What Team Really Means
  
• 5 Essential Lessons from the Playing Fields
  

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