DYNAMIC Keynotes and Seminars  @work

* Most seminars can be easily adapted to workshops and can accommodate audiences of all sizes. Please contact Maggie for custom presentations.

“Excellent presentation!  Strong message, great humor, very passionate and dramatic.” Financial Consultant, Investor’s Group

Let Maggie tickle your funny bone & warm your heart with stories that will linger and inspire you to put the light back into your life and live the life worth living!  You’ll leave Maggie’s presentations & seminars refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to make positive & effective changes with easy to use, common sense tools that you can use immediately.

Some of the topic samples below:

• Become a Master Communicator as you build trust and rapport with others

• Release unwanted stress and worry and learn to welcome change’s opportunities.

• Stop reacting and start creating the life and business you really want.

• Gain employee loyalty; Employee loyalty = customer loyalty!

• Gain the respect and natural authority that comes with outstanding people management.

How to Become a Master Communicator

Successful people attribute 85% of their success to strong and powerful interpersonal skills. In this seminar, you will have an opportunity to practice developing yours.

• Discover the 7 Critical Factors that determine personal success and how to put them to work in your life.

• Explore four basic behavioral styles and how to bridge communication gaps between yourself and others in all areas of your life.

• Reduce the number of conflicts you have with the people you interact with every day.

• Learn how to get your customers and clients to rave about your service.

• Gain insight into your own personality and character; learn how and when to round off sharp edges and how to best work with you strengths.

• Build team spirit at work and at home, increase productivity, improve client relations, and gain greater satisfaction in your day.

• Find out your own personal listening style and how to remove “roadblocks” that may be hampering your ability to communicate effectively.

• Learn how to read hidden verbal and non-verbal signals in yourself and others.

• Discover how your body language can help you maintain an optimistic outlook and assure a positive first impression.

• Find out how to give and receive criticism without becoming defensive or putting other people on the defensive.

• Discover a time proven formula to help you realize your true power and ability to respond effectively in every situation.

• Watch cooperation and communication improve dramatically as you put new understanding of yourself and others to work immediately with the tools and ideas that you’ll learn in this action-packed program

Come and enjoy yourself in a fun, supportive and highly interactive atmosphere.

“Maggie Reigh is learning made fun!  Dynamic, riveting, clear & to the point-gets you involved in the interactive process of learning.”  Toastmasters, District Conference

Stress Management Solutions

Discovering your optimum stress level helps you achieve what you want to achieve, and prevents burn out and the occurrence of stress related diseases.

• Assess how you currently handle stress in your life and learn to recognize the 5 early signs of overstress.

• Experience the power of laughter as it melts your stress away

• Create strategies to increase the joy in your life and reduce dangerous stress levels.

• Understand the stress cycle so you can interrupt and control it instead of allowing it to control you.

• Learn a quick and easy way to energize yourself and eliminate fatigue and afternoon “fog”.

• Find out how to control “stress emotions’ and change debilitating stress habits.

• Learn how to make decisions that ensure your life is traveling in the direction you want.

• Bring balance to your life and increase effectiveness.

• Discover how emotional awareness and honesty can help you avoid crippling conflicts and enjoy more meaningful relationships.

• Recognize hidden stress factors and formulate a plan to deal with them creatively and effectively.

Put your life into perspective and your energy into the things that count!

“Very interesting and informative – well worth recommending even for senior directors and managers to help you understand others.”  M.K., Woolgar Insurance,  England

So You’ve Hired Employees… Now, How Do You Keep Them?

Avoid the 3 Massive Mistakes Most Managers Make that Drive Employees Away!

Did you know… employees often don’t quit their jobs; they most often quit because of unresolved issues in the workplace! your middle management techniques underlie the number one reason employees  quit. S Research indicates that the cost of hiring and retraining is approximately one and a half times the departing employee’s yearly salary.

 What if you could create a cooperative, productive and inviting environment with just a few effective and sound tools to train and retain your employees? How would that change your workplace… and the company profits?

This dynamic and interactive seminar will show you how to:

• Build team spirit, improve employee relations, and increase productivity.

• Give and receive guidance and feedback without creating defensiveness

• Understand personality types and learn how to bring out the best in all of them.

• Reduce stress levels and resolve internal and external issues more effectively

• Stand in your own power while empowering others to take initiative and find solutions.

Discover the secrets to gaining employee loyalty and get the respect and influence that you really want and need to do your job well!

“Great presentation!  Inspiring , very helpful and enjoyable … I’m positive that everyone can say they can use these tools to make the Dunes and ourselves better at managing stress and managing staff – both go hand in hand and lead to better, healthier self and home life.”  Jocelyn Langlois, The Dunes Golf and Winter Club

“The hallmark of your professionalism is your flexibility in working with a broad cross-section of adults and children in groups and your ability to accommodate individual needs within that context.  Maggie, your presentation and facilitation skills are superior.” Lynn Malinsky, Coordinator Healthy Children Initiatives

Building Trust and Rapport with Your Clients

Have you ever wanted to be more convincing, more dynamic or leave a more memorable impression? Studies reveal that body language accounts for at least 60% of our total communication.  Are you making the best of that 60%?

In this highly participatory and fun filled seminar:

• Discover how to communicate integrity and gain trust with others.

• Learn how to extend your influence by projecting confidence and poise.

• Increase awareness of your own body language and learn how to shift away from debilitating mental and emotional states.

• Explore strategies to reduce conflict and other time wasting power struggles.

• Connect more easily and effectively with others.

• Reduce stress and increase productivity as you improve your health and well-being.

This seminar is recommended for sales people, teachers, speakers, lawyers, business managers and others who want to communicate with sincerity and impact.

“Your seminar was a great success for us.  Without exception the staff reports that they were happy the format was casual and light and that they enjoyed learning in a relaxed informal atmosphere after a whole day of work.”   Nature’s Fare, Vernon BC

Team Building for High Productivity

In this highly experiential workshop you will discover ways to work together to create the synergy that will carry your organization to new heights of productivity and customer care.

• Activities help reveal individual strengths and differences and how they can benefit the entire team.

• Fun-filled exercises increase each team member’s ability to give and receive feedback, dramatically improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning from each other.

• Learn how to recognize your own creativity and unique style and how they contribute to group productivity.

• Explore the reasons why conflict often arises in group projects and how to avoid the damage that conflict can cause.

• Learn how to stand up for yourself without putting others down, or allowing others to put you down.

• Discover techniques to deal with those “difficult people” you encounter in life and still maintain optimism and professionalism.

• Experience the power of uniting group focus to achieve a specified task.

Small and whole group activities provide the opportunities to determine strategies and principles that achieve higher productivity, promote creativity, and streamline efficiency.

DYNAMIC Keynotes and Seminars  @school

“Few facilitators understand the significance of incorporating experiential learning techniques, along with using a variety of mediums and the value of humor as Maggie does.  I am confident in whatever “content” she decides to involve herself in the delivery of, it will be done with exceptional quality.”  Dan Tellier, President, Okanagan Educational Center

Learning to Ride Your Inner Dragon

Fear is a stressful force in today’s uncertain times and job market.  The fear of ‘what might happen’ can eat up the present moments of our lives and keep us from taking advantage of the opportunities that change brings.  Maggie uses humour and storytelling to help you gain the courage and tools to deal with fear, inspiring and empowering you to rise above the anxiety and confusion and create (live) the life worth living! Come and discover for yourself how laughter dissipates fear and puts you back in the driver’s seat.

“Maggie, I saw you work wonders with the kids in my class, and you worked the same magic with the staff today!”  Brenda Brierly, Teacher, Peter Greer Elementary School, Winfield BC

Adding Fun, Pizzazz and Sparkle to Life and Learning

Discover how the speaking secrets of the masters can enrich your classroom presentations and your life! Increase your energy and dynamism as you explore how to bring the real YOU out through your own unique body gestures. Studies reveal that body language accounts for at least 55% of total communication – make your body language work for you to help you connect more easily with others, reduce conflict in relationships, and increase confidence and ease in life. Come prepared to move, to laugh and to have fun!

“It was fun, enthusiasm was encouraged; lots of ideas for practical use…A very worthwhile seminar that encourages and inspires teachers to have fun with their students.”  K. H., Teacher, Rutland Senior Secondary Kelowna BC

Keeping PACE and Finding PEACE

In this highly entertaining and inspiring session, Maggie Reigh helps us to experience change in the light of excitement and opportunity.  With insight and humour, Maggie introduces a fresh and innovative approach to identify the real saboteurs in our lives so we can free ourselves to live more productively, creatively and peacefully, at work and at home.  You will discover practical tools to increase self-awareness, enhance relationships, and optimize your growth potential, redirecting your energy to realize true personal power and empowering others at the same time. Move your life from reaction to creation and live the life you’ve always wanted – NOW!

“As always, you are truly amazing in the way you are able to pull together workshops which are fun, relevant and incredibly timely…From the feedback, it’s very obvious why we have you back to visit on a regular basis, and will continue to do so.”  Jack Holly, Pro-D Chair, Central Okanagan Teacher’s Association

Life Laughter and Learning in the Classroom

Add more laughter, life and learning to every single lesson you teach.  Come, discover and experience games and activities you can apply in your classroom immediately. Increase your influence and authority and watch discipline hassles and student conflict melt away as you use these exercises to motivate learning and to improve both student-teacher and student-student relationships. Proactively teaching cooperation and communication builds community in the classroom and makes everyone’s job a whole lot more fun. Students will be more motivated to learn as they take part in activities that build confidence in their interpersonal skills and increase their ability to work independently, freeing up valuable time you can use to teach more effectively and efficiently.  Have fun and enjoy the activities, then share and discuss practical ways you can easily adapt and implement them in a wide variety of subjects and grade levels.

“Very practical ideas on how to build ambiance in a classroom that is cooperative and non-threatening for students…a useful lesson in giggleology!”  I.L., Teacher, School District 23, Central Okanagan

Creative Movement, Dance and Stress Relief for the Classroom

“Are you looking for ways to release stress for you and your students?  Tired of figuring out what to do for the dance curriculum? Do you want to improve your students academic performance? Explore a range of movement that you can use anytime to reduce tension and stress in the classroom, and to help your students integrate body, mind, and emotions – refreshing and preparing them for learning.

This dance will invite the child in YOU to come and play – and it’s for everyone: reserved toe-tappers, passionate dancers, and accomplished athletes.  Come prepared to move and have fun!

“Initially I was concerned about the students not buying into “the wave” (creative dance concept), but after seeing a roomful of adults step out of their comfort zones and explore from the inside, it eliminated all doubt from my mind. Amazing!”  S.O., Teacher, Rutland Senior Secondary, Kelowna BC

Building Self Discipline, Self Motivation and Self Esteem

Ever wish your students were more motivated, could work more independently and act more responsibly?  In this up beat and entertaining session, Maggie will share time-proven ideas and techniques to encourage and motivate even the most discouraged students.  Improve your teaching effectiveness dramatically as you employ practical tips on increasing self-esteem and generating a positive learning environment where students can assume responsibility for their own behavior.

Building Empathy, Self Discipline and Resilience

Explore a fun and proactive approach to building a healthy classroom community encouraging students to develop self-reliance, empathy, resilience and compassion.  Participate in activities you can take back to the classroom to help students develop cooperation, communication and assertiveness skills.  This workshop is packed with sound, practical ideas of how you can reduce the incidence of conflict in your classroom, discipline more effectively, and teach students personal responsibility.

“This is an essential, calming experience for all, young and old, in today’s chaotic,  whirlwind world.”  V.D., Teacher, Peter Greer Elementary , Winfield BC

Stopping Bully – Victim Behavior at the Source
Bullies and victims have 2 things in common – neither one of them really understands power, and neither one of them thinks they have enough power. Teaching students to use power wisely in their lives is perhaps the greatest education of all, and the most effective way to reduce aggressive behaviors and classroom conflict. Join Maggie for a new perspective on what teachers can do to empower students and teach them self control and emotional management while simultaneously encouraging cooperation and healthy communication in the classroom. Share insights and enjoy hands-on activities you can take back to your classroom to start your year off with some additional tools to create a more harmonious teaching environment.

DYNAMIC KEYNOTES AND SEMINARS - for Parents & for Parent Coaches/Facilitators

The seminar outlines you see below can be presented to large group audiences, or to smaller groups.  Bring Maggie to your community, or gather a group together for a special in-home presentation. Please contact  Maggie for custom presentations.

“The hallmark of your professionalism is your flexibility in working with a broad cross-section of adults and children in groups and your ability to accommodate individual needs within that context.  Maggie, your presentation and facilitation skills are superior.”   Lynn Malinsky, Coordinator Healthy Children Initiatives

Life, Laughter and Learning in the Family

“Hey kids, are we having fun yet?” How can we teach our children the important life lessons they need to know and still create a home filled with laughter and joy? Maggie uses storytelling and humor to show you how to build powerful positive relationships that encourage responsibility, respect and resilience in your child. Practical insights and sound tools show you how to turn power struggles into powerful, positive relationships, and to stay calm in the midst of family turbulence. Join us for this inspiring and entertaining presentation. Explore how to bring out the best in your children and live the life worth living ~ right now!

Calm and Centered in the Midst of Chaos

Are you too stressed to truly enjoy your family?  Stress is not only the underlying cause of disease in our society; it is the major cause of unrest and acting out behavior in families today. This seminar will give you quick and easy tools to relieve stress and will help you to realign your values and priorities with your day to day actions in your family.  You’ll discover how to connect and interact with your children in ways that bring you the respect, cooperation, and appreciation that you truly seek.  You’ll leave this interactive and entertaining seminar with renewed hope and enthusiasm as well as with practical ideas and solutions that will help you restore balance and create the family life that really matters to you!

“Maggie has a way in finding humor in the most challenging, frustrating of parenting situations.  Her practical and easy to implement strategies make it easy for parents to incorporate small changes in their parenting which will yield huge results.  She is also validating to parents of the wonderful things they are already doing…Her flexibility, positive attitude and perception of where the group was at made her adaptable to make any changes “on the fly”.  She was “in the moment” all day and it was obvious that her presentation was meaningful.”  Anita Fagnan, Seeds to Sunshine Parent Conference, Westlock AB

Communicating and Connecting with Your Children

Developing Meaningful Patterns that Will Last a Lifetime

Have you ever wondered how to develop meaningful communication patterns and habits that will ensure your child doesn’t “lose your telephone number” in your old age? Communication is the connecting fiber in your relationship with your child.  Be prepared for fun and laughter as you discover how your own communication style is either helping or hindering your relationship with your child.  We’ll practice how to communicate our own needs without creating resistance in our family and discover how to remove common roadblocks that keep us from connecting with our children.  Discover the secret to helping your child feel loved, understood and important in your relationship and set the stage for a lifetime of meaningful communication and connection with your children.

Turning on the Light

Turning on the Light…is about discovering the special gifts, talents and abilities within each and every child we live and work with. Parents, teachers and childcare providers are the treasure hunters for our country’s most valuable resources: our children. Discover the seven significant factors that determine success and learn how you can use them to help your children succeed. Realizing and using one’s full potential has never been more important than it is in today’s world. Teaching children self-discipline, self-motivation and self-awareness are cornerstones to creating harmonious, nurturing environments. As we strive to bring out the best in children, we find that not only do we…Turn on the Light… within our children, but our own light burns brighter as well.

Win-Win for Families – How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

Do you find yourself caught up in power struggles with the people you love the most?  Do you ever wish that you could discipline without creating resentment, rebellion, or revenge?  Would you like to know the secret to developing a happy healthy environment where everyone wins and works together?  In this interactive and thought provoking session, Maggie addresses each of these issues and more, and shows you how to make family living joyful and fulfilling.

“The Windermere Valley Early Childhood Development Team was thrilled when Maggie Reigh agreed to come to our rural community to present her parenting workshop.  Since the workshop, participants have seen each other throughout town and their chance meetings have turned into mini refresher courses.  Maggie’s words of wisdom have become conversations on the playground, at the grocery store, and anywhere else that participants find themselves together.  Thank-you, Maggie, for providing our community with this legacy.”  Nicole Pawlak, WV ECD Team Coordinator

Okay Kids – That’s Enough! Cooling the Fires of Sibling Rivalry

Are you tired of the constant squabbling of your children?  Do you sometimes feel the need to protect one child from the other?  Do you find yourself striving to “fix” things between your children?  Sibling relationships will have nearly as much impact on each child’s health and well being as the parent-child relationship, and sometimes more.  If you’d like some time proven ideas to bring peace to your home and encourage good will between your children, this is the seminar for you.  We promise lots of fun and activity as we take a heart felt, hands on approach to uncovering the roots of sibling rivalry and setting you well on the path to harmony in your home.

The Way of Parenting with Spirit

How do we really raise children as Spiritual Beings with human moments, rather than human beings with spiritual moments?  Be prepared to get involved and have some fun as we explore the practical implications and applications of Parenting with Spirit. True encouragement, effective communication and real discipline come from Spirit.  Maggie gives life to this philosophy through storytelling, anecdotes and interactive learning experiences. Discover how you can deepen your relationship with your children making positive and effective changes with easy to use, common sense tools that you can use immediately. Bring your Presence (not your presents!) and your laughter, and you’ll leave refreshed and rejuvenated, with your light shining more brightly than ever!

Connecting and Strengthening the Bond with Your Teen

How do we strengthen connections with our teenagers and guide them through this exciting and yet often turbulent time of life?  Maggie uses humor and stories to show parents how to claim their power during this crucial time and encourage their teen to use her power to develop the skills and attitudes that lead to success in life.  Time proven strategies show you how to turn power struggles into powerful relationships and discipline in ways that promote self-discipline and create harmony in your home.  Discover tools that will help you deal with even the difficult behaviors of lying, stealing and sneaking around.  Parents are still the number one influence in their teen’s life.  Don’t miss this opportunity to explore how to nurture and strengthen a healthy, strong relationship with your teen – NOW!

“I discovered the magic of Maggie Reigh and the ‘9 Ways to Bring out the Best in you and Your Child’ program while attending a Parent Link Conference a number of years ago  I immediately purchased the program and supporting materials and, with Maggie’s help, started introducing the material to our families.  This program caught on and soon participants were telling their friends about it, agencies heard about it and referrals to the program began flooding in. Today we have 10 facilitators trained in the Grande Prairie area and many are presenting the program in a variety of forms with their clients and other associates. The 9 Ways program has been very successful in Grande Prairie. We continue to get very positive feedback from the presentations that we do 5-6 times per year and still we have a three page waiting list as I write this! We receive referrals from a variety of areas that indicate to us that the program will continue to be in high demand for some time to come.” Tanice Jones, Parent Link Center, Grande Prairie, AB

9 Ways to Bring Out the Best in You and Your Child

Yes! It really is possible to raise children full of life and spirit and maintain your sanity at the same time! Do you find yourself struggling for control over your children when what you really want to do is empower them and yourself?  Are you looking for new ways to inspire and motivate your children to achieve their full potential and stand strong in the face of peer pressure? Do you want to add more humor, sparkle and shine to your home life? This seminar presentation will show you how to turn power struggles into powerful relationships, encourage responsibility and cooperation in your children, build solid and influential relationships with them, and make your home a more inviting and fun place to be – for everyone.

Contact Maggie:

Phone: 778-214-4684

Email: maggie@maggiereigh.com