Frank Gornick is chancellor of a community college district in California serving one of the poorest regions of the nation. Enrollment has increased three fold since 1994 while the total district revenues have been matched with an aggressive federal and state grant program. The district consists of two colleges, as well as centers throughout the 3,000 square mile service area. In 2002, the district was recognized by the Met Life Foundation “For excellence in promoting education and economic advancement for underserved youth and adults.” In 2004, the college district was awarded the prestigious California Community College Chancellor’s Diversity Award for Excellence for its work in promoting and hiring a diverse administrative staff. Campus Compact recently featured this college in its spring publication: One with the Community: Indicators of Engagement at Minority-Serving Institutions. Dr. Gornick has led an aggressive campaign for child care in his district with a goal of placing a college-operated child care facility in every community the district serves. The district’s intent is to address the whole family’s educational needs and promote access to education through the use of these centers. He has fostered the aggressive use of technology by forging strategic partnerships with Cisco Systems, Pacific Bell, Federal agencies, local Workforce Investment Boards and others to deliver low cost solutions of access to technology. This effort has led to one of the most advanced on-line educational programs in the state–if not the nation. Retention rates exceed 75 percent. His staff has exploded the myth that poor citizens without access to computers will shun on-line educational opportunities. His low-key yet high energy approach to leadership encourages people by example and with enthusiasm. He has transformed the college into a district that knows what it is doing and cares about the people it is enabling. Dr. Gornick joined forces with community college presidents, AACC and business leaders to begin the discussion of the future of education in our country. Dr. Gornick wrote an article for the Community College Journal, December/January 2006 edition titled: A Call to Action: Reclaiming our Competitive Advantage. Dr. Gornick and the other leaders are beginning the dialogue on a national level this year. |
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Earl Bloor
Earl Bloor has a diverse background spanning higher education, government and industry, including twenty-five years as a chemistry instructor and administrator of a wide range of college-level programs, including arts, sciences, health occupations, technology, and trades programs. He has managed major instructional divisions in colleges in Canada, Massachusetts and California, and in Abu Dhabi (UAE). In government, he has worked with departments focusing on human resources development and apprenticeship training. For a two year period, he coordinated corporate development and training programs for a Middle Eastern oil operating company. With his wife, he publishes a regional magazine which focuses on sustainability issues. Earl has managed major curriculum development projects, such as the Competency Based Apprenticeship Training Program in Alberta (Canada) and the Adult Applied Academics Project in British Columbia (Canada). Earl was one of the first Facilitators/Trainers of the Instructional Skills Workshop Program, now a major element in instructional improvement programs in colleges and universities around the world, and one of its original Directors. Earl has been certified by Company of Experts.net as both an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator and an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training (AIFT©) Trainer. He is also a certified Team Coach. Earl’s experience has led him to understand that empathy is at the root of every successful human relationship. “My approach to supervision is relationship-based. I believe that every employee seeks to do the best job s/he can do. If there are factors preventing peak performance, these need to be identified in a non-threatening manner and addressed. This belief is at the base of the work I do to help organizations plan to achieve the goals that are most important to them.” Earl earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and conducted research at the University of Illinois and Simon Fraser University (Canada) before settling into a long and rewarding career based in community colleges around the world. |
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Barbara Kerr
Barbara A. Kerr has worked in higher education as a faculty member, an administrator, a consultant, and an executive coach. As part of her consulting services, she has assisted three Washington State college boards in hiring their college presidents, and has facilitated the hiring of many other college administrators and faculty. Currently, Barbara is the principal of a Seattle-based consulting firm that provides coaching and consulting services to government, non-profits, higher education, and business organizations. Barbara has completed a post-graduate training course as a Master Certified Executive Coach and is a certified administrator of the EQ-i, an emotional intelligence inventory, as well as a number of other assessments to assist individuals, teams, and organizations in moving forward. She has developed a unique dual coaching process that provides individual coaching for executives while at the same improves and enhances the work of the executive team as a whole. She has developed expertise in working with individuals and teams to assist them in clarifying their values, creating a vision in alignment with those values, building a plan of action, and supporting the implementation and assessment of the plan. She has also developed an interactive board game to assist clients in better understanding the concepts of emotional intelligence, as well as how to enhance their own competencies. She is the author of several books, including “Read All Your Life” and co-author of “You Can Choose Your Own Life.” Her clients have included many two and four-year colleges and universities, Center for Information Services, Commission on Colleges and Universities, United States Navy, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, the Washington Educational Leadership Association, Olympic Mental Health Associates, Washington Mutual Bank, the Charles Moriarty Foundation, and a number of individual executives and administrators. Barbara has a Ph.D and an M.A. in English from Temple University. |
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Kay Weiss
Kay Weiss is a community college administrator and has extensive experience in professional and organizational development. In addition to teaching, Kay has served as a division dean, department chair, committee chair, and Standard Chair for Accreditation. She received the outstanding professor of the year award at her college in 1999 and, in 2000, the Golden Apple Award from the San Bernardino Education Roundtable. In 2006, was the recipient of the National Leadership Award presented by the National Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development (NCSPOD.) Kay has been certified by Company of Experts.net as an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Trainer and an Instructional Skills Workshop Trainer. Kay has been an extremely active volunteer with NCSPOD, serving as Western Region Vice President, President Elect, President, and Past President. She currently serves as Certificate Program Liaison, working with newer practitioners and mentors on NCSPOD’s professional certificate process. She has served as facilitator for the New Practitioners Institute, the Summer Institute and the International Professional Developers Workshop for NCSPOD. She has also served as the lead facilitator for various Campus Great Teachers Format Seminars, including Great Staff Seminars, and the Great Online Teachers Seminar and has utilized both Appreciative Inquiry and the World Café Model to facilitate dialogue about topics “that matter most” in a variety of settings.. Kay is a long-time member of the California Community College Council for Staff and Organizational Development (4C/SD), the International Reading Association, and the California Reading Association. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Southern California, a master of arts in education degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a bachelor of science degree in general studies/education from the University of Southern California. |
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Kathy Becker
Contact Information:Address: Email: Kathy@CompanyofExperts.net Phone: Skype: company.of.experts Website(s): Social Media Networks: LinkedIn Groups: Working Portfolio: |
What might be possible if community and organization members were fully engaged and using their strengths to collectively achieve shared visions?
This is the question that motivates Kathy Becker and has her focused on collaboration. Given current global challenges, Kathy uses strengths-based organizational design practices to help clients respond effectively to increasing levels of complexity in their environments and growing demand for innovation and change.
Kathy is the CEO/President of the Company of Experts, Inc. and oversees this Small Woman Owned Business serving schools, colleges and universities, businesses, corporations and non-profits moving them from deficit models of planning and thinking to engagement, empowerment and collaboration. Under Kathy’s leadership the Company has developed a world presence and is continuing to add new teams throughout the world including Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East and South America.
Kathy’s employment history includes 20 twenty-years at a college that began a premier international student’s program for undergraduate students. Kathy has knowledge of the housing, personnel, visa, hiring and orientation, health and curriculum decisions that will go into the development of this project.
In an academic environment, Kathy served as a founding Chief Human Resources Officer, Staff Development Coordinator, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and has had direct responsibility for contract negotiations, sexual harassment training, discrimination investigation, mediation and conflict resolution, discipline and grievance, management training, and leadership development.
Kathy has also served as an elected board member for a number of non-profit organizations and has relocated her company to Las Vegas, Nevada to be part of the energy, creativity and change.
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Experts on Call
Since 1989, Company of Experts, Inc., has sought out the most qualified Coaches, Consultants, Facilitators and Trainers within their specialized subject field. Each person has a strong commitment to the theory and practice of their subject area bringing a balance of education, consulting and on-the-job experience to bring unique real-world richness to our training.
With Experts on Call (EOC) located throughout the World, we can provide training and consulting on-site at a reasonable rate. Each Expert on Call strives to create a learning environment that is open, respectful and focused to ensure that you will have practical and relevant experience to immediately use when you return to work.
Ways to connect with clients
Connecting with new clients is complex. Experts on Call share branding and name recognition to build new and enhanced connections with clients and other consultants world-wide. This is an important social network that combines professional identities with enhanced brand capacity.
Leverage your membership as an Expert on Call by:
- Designing your Expert on Call profile to indicate you’re taking new clients and serious about your business.
- Your picture can create an instant connection with potential clients. Make sure your photo shows you in a professional, positive light. You will need a web ready picture to upload onto your webpage on the Company of Experts site.
- Create a 140-character resume, a concise summary describing your skills, what you’re interested in so that a client will want to find out more. Clients and others will be able to connect directly to your email address for more information or to click onto your Expert on Call webpage for more.
- Create a more detailed two paragraph summary. This will be next to your picture on your Expert on Call webpage. You will be able to post your full resume/vita onto your portfolio here
- Consider creating a short video highlighting your skills or showing you at your best to add to your portfolio
- Have your written books, articles, designed workshops that you would like to share? You will be able to post those on your portfolio or sell in the store
- Connect with other Experts on Call – those you share an interest with and those you’d like to work with.
- Help us by writing new material for the Company of Experts webpage. Follow us on social media, participate in twitter chats
- Participate in virtual meetings
- Attend the virtual Conference (fall of each year)
- Attend the live Conference (Spring of each year)
- Offer free and low cost workshops to other Experts on Call – build your expertise and enhance your relationships
- Volunteer to serve on working groups
Expert on Call Membership Requirements:
The requirements for Expert on Call Membership simple and straight-forward. Membership requirements if the Business or Professional Member:
- Support and continually work to embody the business values of the Company of Experts (refer to the values listed below).
- Conduct business in a fair, legal and ethical manner.
- Is current with its membership dues (refer to the information under the “Dues” tab above).
Membership Approval
All applications for Expert on Call Membership are subject to approval by the EOC Review Committee. If Membership is not accepted fees paid (minus the evaluation review fee will be refunded).
FAQs
- What happens after I register?
You will begin to receive confirmation and important information. Prior to the workshop you will receive a welcome letter providing you with your login and password information.
- What is Company of Experts’ refund policy?
All programs – face 2 face, online, webinar, and hybrid (referred to as training in this refund policy) All fees are due upon registration. Your full participation is very important to us and we know that from time to time, your plans to attend one of our workshops or programs may change. Our refund policy reflects our interest in your continued growth and learning journey as well as our planning needs and expenses incurred based on your enrollment. For more information about our Refund Policy, please click here.
- Does Company of Experts sell or share my information?
Company of Experts.net does not sell nor share information gathered at its Web Site to any third party outside of the provider network to which it belongs. By using this Site, or by joining our e-mail distribution list, you are not identifying nor disclosing your affiliation with us, our partners, or anyone. For more information about our Privacy Policy, click here.
- Are there terms and conditions I should be aware of?
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. All users of this site agree that access to and use of this site are subject to the following terms and conditions and other applicable law. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site. To read the complete list of Company of Experts’ terms and conditions, please click here.
- How long will it take me to complete a workshop?
This will vary based on your goals and the type of workshop that you enroll in. Self-paced workshops can be completed on your time schedule. Facilitator led workshops will have a beginning and end date providing you with access to experts in the field.
- What is your policy for withdrawing from a workshop?
If you pay for a workshop and it is canceled prior to the start of the workshop or program, you will automatically be registered in the next workshop of the same title; or you may apply these funds towards another workshop that we offer. However, if you request a refund, we will deduct a fee to cover the registration and credit card handling fees. If you paid your registration and are unable to attend the specific workshop, we will make every attempt to accommodate you in another workshop based on space availability.
- What does “asynchronous” mean?
That you don’t need to be in the workshop at a specific time, but you will have assignments and projects that may be due by a specific time.
- What is the format of the workshops?
We have several formats to fit your goals and needs. If we don’t a format that works for you, just let us know!
Facilitated Online Workshops
These workshops are entirely online and usually have a start and end date and are led by experts in the field. Training anytime, anywhere you have access to a computer with a web browser. This is referred to as asynchronous.
Self-Paced Online Workshops
These online workshops allow you to learn at your own pace while achieving training credit.
Custom Workshops
All workshops can be customized and offered for intact groups sponsored by an employer. These workshops may include online components as well as face-to-face facilitation (hybrid workshop).
Webinars
These sessions last anywhere from 1-2 hours and are usually synchronous (requires you be online at a certain time).
- Do I need to be available every day?
You will have the actual time requirements for each workshop in advance. You can anticipate that you will have time requirements but not every day as these workshops have been developed by working professionals for working professionals.
- What are the computer requirements?
Online courses use technology (you will need access to a computer and know basic computer skills) for learning and communication. If you are comfortable with up and down loading your assignments, reading online, and are motivated to learn – online learning is perfect for you.
- How much time should I plan for each workshop?
Workshops are content driven and we make every effort to advise you in advance what the time commitment will be, however, this is different for each person. For Facilitator led workshops, you can anticipate approximately two hours per week. Webinar’s will typically be 1 to 2 hours and the self-paced workshops are dependent on your ability to complete the program and the learning outcomes.
- What are the benefits of taking an online workshop versus a face-to-face workshop? Is the quality the same?
Online workshops, seminars and trainings have learning outcomes as do the traditional face to face workshops, seminars and trainings. We have been in the training business for twenty years. We offer the same high quality programs online. Online workshops allow you the opportunity to learn at home or the office with access 24/7. They fit your busy life.
- How do I interact with my facilitator and peers?
The workshops are designed to be interactive and engaging, providing you with time to communication and learn with/from your facilitator and peers. The Fintelo Software utilizes the Threaded Discussion Group and has the Chat Feature. For facilitator led workshops, the facilitator will have “office” hours and will be online with you live or available via telephone, email and possibly a social networking site such as Facebook or Linkedin.
- Is it hard to use the online course room?
The beauty of Fintelo is how easy and intuitive it is to use.
- How often do sessions run?
The workshops or sessions are scheduled regularly. You will find the current list of workshops available at www.companyofexperts.net and click on the calendar.
- Do I need to purchase anything to take the workshop?
Everything you need for the class will typically be included in one price. If other materials are important to the learning outcomes for this workshop, you will have that information prior to registration. You don’t need to purchase any special software. Once you have completed registration, you will receive your login and password information.
- How often do I have to log on/attend the workshop?
This will vary by workshop. You will be provided that information prior to the start of the workshop.
- What if I have a concern or question about the workshop?
Our attention to your needs has kept us in this business for twenty years. We want to hear from you, call (702) 228-4699 or email Kathy@companyofexperts.net. At the time of registration, you will be provided information with contact information for content, schedule, technical or other questions related to the specific workshop that you are enrolled in.
- What should I do to prepare for an online workshop before it begins?
In advance preparation is necessary, you will be provided that information upon registration. You may check your computer access to ensure that you will have reliable service for your scheduled workshop.
Learning Styles
Designed For:
New and Experienced Teachers (Pre-K to College Level) this workshop is designed for you.
Deans, Department Chairs – anyone who oversees the budget, evaluation and oversight of instructional programs – understanding how learning occurs is fundamental to your success on the job.
Why:
Increase your methodologies and strategies to improve your students’ success.
Outcomes:
- Assess and understand your preferred learning styles.
- Aware of how your learning style(s) impacts your teaching.
- Ability to challenge and support learners based on learning strengths.
- Ability to create lessons based on Kolb’s theory.
- Ability to create lessons using other learning styles.
- Ability to receive and give feedback to support learning.
Materials Required:
This workshop may require books, materials, online assessments, or the use of proprietary software which typically will be included in the cost of the workshop.
Customize Your Training:
Company of Experts, Inc. delivers its workshops in a variety of ways: on-site, hybrid, or online; providing users with the option to decide which learning method works best for their organization and/or individual.
To learn more about the location, price, availability, or to register for this workshop, please email Kathy at Kathy@CompanyofExperts.net
Space is limited, guarantee yourself a spot today!
Success Through Emotional & Social Intelligence
Designed For:
Everyone who works for a living-no matter what the organization or industry-education, law, banking, tech corporations, this workshop is ideal for everyone including managers and executives.
Why:
This workshop provides an opportunity to begin a journey toward becoming more aware of Emotional Intelligence in your everyday workplace, to discovering the link between Emotional Intelligence competencies and success, and to learning techniques for enhancing your own Emotional Intelligence and for achieving your vision of success.
Outcomes:
- Identify your own Emotional Intelligence strengths and areas needing development in a confidential assessment
- Align your values and vision to develop your own vision of success
- Discover how Emotional Intelligence is connected to success in the workplace for enhanced decision making, critical analysis, collaboration, problem solving, and leadership
- Understand the five dimensions of the Success Model of Emotional Intelligence
- Explore the concepts and implications of Emotional Intelligence as you interact with others
- Learn ways to enhance Emotional Intelligence, and begin your own development plan toward the successful achievement of your goals
Materials Required:
This workshop may require books, materials, online assessments, or the use of proprietary software which typically will be included in the cost of the workshop.
Customize Your Training:
Company of Experts, Inc. delivers its workshops in a variety of ways: on-site, hybrid, or online; providing users with the option to decide which learning method works best for their organization and/or individual.
If you would like to have this workshop on-site, please email Kathy at Kathy@CompanyofExperts.net to find out how easy and affordable this program is.
If you would like to register for an online workshop, please click here.
Space is limited, guarantee yourself a spot today!
Enhancing Organizational Climate & Culture
Designed For:
Everyone who works for a living-no matter what the organization or industry-education, law, banking, tech corporations, this workshop is ideal for everyone including managers and executives
Why:
TBD
Outcomes:
- Diagnose your college’s culture(s) and climate (Birnbaum)
- Identify appropriate strategies for bringing about change within that culture and climate
- Improve your ability to successfully lead change projects
- Apply and teach others what you’ve learned
Materials Required:
This workshop may require books, materials, online assessments, or the use of proprietary software which typically will be included in the cost of the workshop.
Customize Your Training:
Company of Experts, Inc. delivers its workshops in a variety of ways: on-site, hybrid, or online; providing users with the option to decide which learning method works best for their organization and/or individual.
To learn more about the location, price, availability, or to register for this workshop, please email Kathy at Kathy@CompanyofExperts.net
Space is limited, guarantee yourself a spot today!
