Vankooten Speaker Packet

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Jeff VankootenInspiring people to bounce back and thrive in life changing times



A crazily gifted speaker who hits a home run with

every audience, every time

Jeff Vankooten attunes his speaking engagements to

meet the individual needs of his clients. He artfully

weaves each of his presentations into the objectives and

desires of the event itself.

His ability to integrate his message into the rest of the

meeting or conference means your audience members

benefit from the synergy of all the presentations they hear.

Jeff will work closely with your organization to identify the

specific requirements needed. These dynamic, integrative

and compelling programs provide both the motivation

and the strategies to excel in business and in li fe.

Core Themes

As a specialist on resilience, Jeff is able to outfit people

and organizations with the abilities and tactics to make

our current moment useful, durable, nimble, and

sustainable:

Robust Collaboration

Potent Communication

Persistent Adaptation

Vibrant Imagination

Whether you're looking for an opening keynote speaker,

closing keynote speaker or general session presentation,

Jeff Vankooten delivers a tailored program that will

exceed your expectations – guaranteed.

"Jeff was enthusiastic, engaging, and thoroughly

knowledgeable of the topic. His delivery style was well

paced, comfortable, and he personally appealed to our

audience." City of Colorado Springs

"Your speech at the dinner was absolutely perfect and

we've heard such amazingly positive comments. Thank

you!!" Tennyson Center for Children

"Your professional and entertaining delivery made the

crucial information enjoyable and easy to absorb. Your

contribution was a huge part of the overall success of theconference." IBEW

Just a few fans:

•Hyatt •Chevron •Chic-fil-a •Fort Dodge

•IBEW •Credit Union Executives •Urbana

•Georgia Perimeter College •NSPRA

Jeff VankootenHelping people effectively migrate through the quandaries of contemporary change

“...absolutely perfect...enthusiastic, engaging, and thoroughly knowledgeable of the topic...energized, intrigued

and motivated our entire staff...brought back the fire in my heart...a crazily gifted communicator!...”

For over twenty years Jeff Vankooten has partnered with people and organizations to build their credibility and develop

internal intelligence to become wildly resilient in change.

Contact Jeff at 720-891-9182 for details on how Jeff Vankooten can uniquely tailor his presentation to your specific needs or visit jeffvankooten.com



Core Abilities

The change we are experiencing is not only relentless, butdiscontinuous from previous known certitudes and

strategies. It demands completely new ways of being and

doing. We are living in the impact of the improbable — it’s a

whole new space - crunch time.

The migration through such space involves the

transformative movement from the way things are to the way

things ought to be. It can be a place of opportunity,

creativity, and transformation... Jeff outfits people and

organizations with four core abilities needed to leverage their

potential and move through the stresses of contemporary

change.

A robust collaboration

A potent communication

A persistent adaptation

A vibrant imagination

Over twenty years of research and real life application has

convinced Jeff of the critical need for these precise

competencies and has garnered him a reputation as one of

the very best in bringing them to life.




presentation theme one

A robust collaboration

What's the most important relational skill you can have?

Hands down it's the ability to collaborate; to work in teams,

discuss, just i fy, explore, share knowledge and

understandings. Nothing else even comes close.

It all starts with people. You, and the people you gather

about you, have to come up with everything else it takes tobuild and run an an amazingly compelling team or

organization. Like a strategy, your unique offerings, the

money required to keep the place running, the ideas, energy,

and ambition that are needed. Every bit of this is born in the

hearts, minds, and day-to-day behavior of human beings.

The more collaboratively talented your people, staff, and

colleagues are, the better this “everything else” will be.

Featured Presentation

You are who you were when

is a humorous, informative, and inspiring

presentation on the formative themes that

have shaped our unique generationalpersonalities. Loaded with anecdotes and

insights, participants will walk away with

discernment in the cultural predicaments

that shape us as well as practical skills in

richly relating across the spectrum of age

in our lives.




presentation theme two

A potent communication

You don't have to spend a career presenting to full

auditoriums to understand the critical importance of

communicating with clear purpose and focused clarity. From

e-mails to phone calls, meeting agendas to your lesson

plans or public presentations, each day we deliver important

messages, vehicles through which we hope to effect change

or inspire action.

Though our culture has every communication convenience

readily available, truly effective communication is becoming

more difficult to find. And if you've endured being audience

to confusing, unfocused and flat communicators, or seeing

the diminished way people communicate during conflict,

chances are you want to do everything you can to keep from

doing the same thing.


Greatalk!

Regardless of your chosen profession or pur-

suits, it is possible to take the passion of yourmessage and express it in a way that is clear,

concise and leaves your audience inspired to

respond. Greatalk! provides a time-proven tool

that will not only reframe the way you ap-

proach communication, but will change the

way your audience responds to you.




presentation theme three

A persistent adaptation

Many people react to difficult circumstances with a flood of

strong emotions and a sense of urgency.

Yet people generally adapt well over time to life - changing

situations and stressful conditions. What enables them to do

so? It involves a persistent adaptation, an ongoing process

that requires time and effort and engages people in taking a

number of initiatives.

These programs extract from studies in resilience as a

template for engaging change in our lives. They are also

based on an emerging new branch of psychology focusing

on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions,

strengths-based character, and healthy institutions.

Jeff’s programs will activate the deep strengths needed to

thrive during tumultuous change and richly engage our

circumstances in the process..



Ignite your passion

gnite your passion is a presentation that

honestly explores the deadening impact

of low mood and morale and counters it

by igniting within audiences the pilot

lights of passion. These lights are always“on” deep down in our hearts but often

are not ignited. Using a mix of cultural

insight, appropriate humor and applicable

strategies, this presentation is intended

to ignite the heart on fire.


Bounce back and Thrive

In this powerful primer, Jeff highlights theresilient skills essential to moving suc-

cessfully through the dilemmas of

change. With an overarching vantage

point, Jeff enlivens these inherent skills

and outfits people with the where-with-all

to move successfully from a bewildering

place of disorientation to an exhilarating

location of a brand new orientation.



presentation theme four

A vibrant imagination

The ability to change and be creative are two traits often

associated with successful people and organizations. Yet for

many these two attributes seem counterintuitive to the

needs, fears and demands of everyday life.

Indeed, for as much as we dream of change and the

creation of new ideas, life often remains the same untilsomeone or something changes it for us!

Jeff knows that creativity and attention to the “interior life” is

an essential part of innovation and invention and is important

in professions worldwide. He respects the ambiguity and

multi-dimensional nature of creativity, the depth and mystery

of our deepest selves, and the tantalizingly valuable

contribution they make in our lives.


Activate your Creative Thinking

gives tested ways to think in new dimensionsand spur your mind to creative action. It also

introduces you to a person you know, or

ought to know. The creative person within

maintains the attitudes of the most creative

people in history and employs the organic

qualities that contribute most to creativity.

What is this person for you – a distant image

or a mirror reflection?




A sought after speaker

Jeff Vankooten is consistently rated by his audiences as

among the very best speakers when it comes to the

relevant engagement and adaptive challenges of

contemporary change. Jeff’s candid and comedic

approach uses memorable illustrations to teach proven

principles that are guaranteed to strengthen and energize

any change initiative.

His superb storytelling skills and generous sense of

humor provoke healthy discussion and participation in

every single venue. Audiences regularly comment on the

deep conversations he has prompted days after the

program has ended.

An outfitter for change

Jeff Vankooten focuses tightly on four competencies

essential to bouncing back and thriving in change: a

robust collaboration, a potent communication, a

persistent adaptation, and a vibrant imagination.

He serves organizations and communities as a true

specialist, with unmatched depth, creativity and front line

thinking in his four practice areas. He partners with

people to build their credibility and develop internal

intelligence with the quandaries of contemporary change.

Jeff’s expertise comes from real world experiences as a

business consultant, entrepreneur, graduate student, high

school teacher, pastor, parent, and a voracious curiosity.

Because he’s had 22 years experience from the platform,

and because he’s just downright funny, Jeff will cause you

both to laugh and to learn.

Multi-faceted, versatile, & beneficial

Leaders and people of influence agree: Jeff’s training

and presentations are on the leading edge of

transformational excellence:

“Out of a possible score of 5 in three categories,

(objectives, work of presenter, & met my expectations),

you scored 4.8, 4.8, and 4.7, respectively. One personeven gave you 5+, 5+, and 5+!”

-Lisa Mull, Conference Coordinator

“Jeff’s presentation energized, intrigued and motivated

our entire staff. The language and mental constructs he

provided have allowed for mindful discussion about how

to best educate the upcoming generations. We are

looking forward to inviting Jeff back for future

presentations and workshops.”

-Philippe Ernewein, MA, Dean of Faculty Training &

Development, Denver Academy

"Jeff's training has brought back the fire in my heart to

get back up and continue what I know I need to do. This

was a new start to a fresh new beginning. Better than I

ever expected!"

-Kayla Bergholz, Actor - Writer - Model - Speaker

About Jeff Vankooten

Contact Deborah Bonner at 770-737-2152 for details on how Jeff Vankooten can uniquely tailor his presentation to your specific needs or visit jeffvankooten.com

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