Steve Prentice has dedicated his career and energies to pinpointing the perfect juncture of productivity between humans and technology in the workplace.

Steve is an acclaimed author and professional speaker who delivers timely, relevant, entertaining and informative keynotes. He has been awarded Platinum Status for consistently high ratings by Meeting Professionals International (MPI), He is also regularly invited to speak at the annual conventions of the Human Resources Professionals Association, (HRPA), and the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD). His topics always deliver value and education.

Steve is regularly called upon by major media to comment on stories dealing with people, technology and productivity. Click here to review Steve's media appearance list.

He is often hired as a "closing act" for conventions, retreats and professional development events. His combination of practical knowledge, extensive experience, storytelling, humor and pragmatism will give your staff or customers a great sense of learning, value, relief and enjoyment.

(He does breakfast and lunchtime keynotes, too!)

KEYNOTE SPEECH TOPICS

Time Management in the Age of FaceBook

How do people get things done in an age where multiple sources of information are at our fingertips, and the speed of expectation has increased to mere seconds? Does everyone in your office approach time and task management the same way? It's unlikely. Steve has been a recognized expert in time management and productivity for almost 20 years. His book, Cool Time is a recognized Canadian best-seller, and has been translated into four other languages. This presentation provides practical approaches to time and task management - some are timeless, and others speak directly to the new, global, wi-fi, multi-generational age in which we work.

More information on Steve's book, "Cool Time: A Hands-On Plan for Managing Work and Balancing Time" is available here.

Effective Communication and Performance Skills in a Short Attention Span World

Thriving in the working world, both as individuals and as a team, requires more than mere dedication to the work at hand. In fact, it can be very easy to overlook the key elements that contribute towards increased sales, improved productivity and team dynamics. This presentation delivers a collection of practical tips and techniques, such as active listening, decision making, brainstorming, networking, and customer-service-oriented speaking - techniques that improve people's ability to connect and succeed with clients, prospects and colleagues.

Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

Before you check your wireless email for the fourth time this hour, ask yourself, is this helping you get further ahead? This presentation challenges our modern addiction to high-speed activity, especially email and event-to-event thinking. Steve suggests that people are getting locked inside a loop of surface-level urgencies, and are losing the ability to connect creatively with mentors, clients, even their managers. Working days are getting longer, and the separation between work and life is eroding. Cool Down offers alternatives to high-speed distraction, which paradoxically allow tasks and projects to be completed faster and better. This is not a presentation that advocates moving away from productivity, but instead, it delivers sound techniques for enhancing it by combining the best of today's high-tech world with the best of human intellectual potential - both individually and team-wide.

More information on Steve's book, "Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower" is available here.

A Social Media Report Card for Managers and Decision-Makers

A continually updated presentation that highlights how social media is now being used in your industry. For many managers and decision makers, social media applications such as FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube etc., present themselves as a confusing collection of uncontrollable, time-wasting technologies. Steve has acted as a project manager and advisor on social media technology projects since the mid 1990's - he has both the technical experience and strategic wisdom to explain the benefits and pitfalls of these technologies in ways that are clear and practical, so that you can formulate a strategy that empowers you and your company to benefit from their strengths and potential while avoiding (or at least proactively managing their pitfalls.

Promoting and Protecting Your Brand on the Social Media Frontier

The technologies that comprise social media (FaceBook, YouTube, Twitter and others) offer new and unique ways for businesses and organizations to connect directly with customers, but at the same time, the openness of these media create major liability issues regarding privacy, brand management, negative comments, impersonation/identity theft, and much more. This presentation delivers a comprehensive assessment of the threats that these media can present to your company along with the solutions and policies that can be put in place. Through the use of case studies and up-to-date social media strategy techniques, you will be able to return to your company armed with a solid approach to using social media to its full commercial potential while maximizing control and minimizing risk.

Specific topics include:

Dealing with negativity: controlling/handling bad word of mouth, from comments to hate-pages
Impersonations: what happens when someone pretends to be you or your CEO on Twitter and elsewhere
Consolidating exposure: reigning in maverick and over enthusiastic employees who create their own pages that "represent" your company
Knowing what you don't know: Keeping up with changes and advances in Social Media
Formulating and Maintaining a company policy

How are "They" Doing It? Best and Worst Practices in North American business

Why do Google employees play in ball pits? How do certain companies regularly make the "Best Places to Work lists? Which companies have grown and prospered in the past years and why? This presentation delivers up-to-date information on the best practices employed by the nations' most successful industries. Using the extensive research and analysis capacities of his consulting company, Bristall Morgan Inc., Steve delivers up-to-the minute case studies that will allow you and your team to determine the right path for your own future. Note: This session can be customized to focus specifically on your area of business.

WHY BOOK STEVE?

First, Steve is a very good speaker. His upbeat style, encyclopaedic knowledge of business best practices, along with storytelling ability and comic timing make his presentations both educational and enjoyable.

Second, he knows business. As CEO of Bristall Morgan Inc., a consulting and training company now in its 18th year, Steve has done a lot of things, from management and HR, through to strategic and technological. A project manager with degrees in Psychology and Communications, Steve understands people, and how people get things done. He doesn't just talk about things, he does them.

Third he is a recognized expert, called upon by major media to comment on issues as far ranging as at-work stress to earthquake prepared ness. Journalists and subject matter experts call upon Steve regularly for sound, practical advice. His white papers have been used at the Rotman School of Business (University of Toronto) and the Schulich Business School (York University). He was also York University's Rhodes Scholarship candidate for 1991.

VIDEO SAMPLE

Click here for a short video summary of Steve's speaking style.

CONTACT

Steve can be reached through the offices of his company, Bristall Morgan Inc. at 416.915.4244 or click here to access Steve by online form.

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