A Time of Reflection with AWC By Iris Meck After yet another unprecedented year, associates, friends and families connected and gathered safely over the holiday season and I am sure, that like me, many took the time for refection. I offer my sincerest appreciation for the support I have received from women in the ag and food sector, and industry stakeholders, to get AWC [...]

Finding Work-Life Balance When Time and Energy Are Low By Michelle Cederberg, Certified Speaking Professional, MKin, BA Psyc, CEP, CPCC   If there is one common challenge most of my clients and audiences struggle with it is without a doubt the belief that there just aren’t enough hours in the day. “Too much to do and not enough time to do it.” As Ag women, you’ve [...]

Body Language Tips for Your Next Presentation By Carol Kinsey Goman Ph.D. Getting ready to go onstage? There are two sets of nonverbal cues that audiences instinctively look for in presenters: Warmth and Authority. Speakers who send both signals have the most impact. When you smile, make positive eye contact, and keep your body relaxed and your gestures open, you send warm signals of [...]

Loneliness: How Women Leaders Can Help Their AG Team Move Forward Relationships need to exist, fulfill an appropriate role, and be mostly positive, to keep loneliness at bay By Beverly Beuermann-King Issue: 40% of people are struggling with mental health, addiction amid the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions have left 54% feeling isolated. (Ipsos) The pandemic has kept people apart. What can we do to help reduce the impact of loneliness as we [...]

Mental Health: Powerful Reminder Cast from shackles which bound them, this bell shall ring out hope for the mentally ill and victory over mental illness. -Inscription on Mental Health Bell By Beverly Beuermann-King The Story - The Mental Health Bell During the early days of mental health treatment, asylums often restrained people who had mental illnesses with iron chains and shackles around their ankles and [...]

How to make a positive impression in seven seconds Seven simple and powerful ways to make a positive first impression By Carol Kinsey-Goman You’re at an AWC conference and you turn to the stranger standing next to you. In that first seven seconds your brain makes a thousand computations: Is she someone to approach or to avoid? Is she trustworthy? Is she confident? Is [...]

Virtual Meeting Stress is More Rampant Than Ever. Here’s What You Can Do About It. Help get everyone on board and foster better habits across your organization By Lauren Sergy Do you remember when the term “Zoom fatigue” started filtering through our collective business consciousness? It became a hot topic starting around April 2020, as we settled into the collective stress and monotony of [...]

What you say when you talk with your hands To increase your influence and impact skills, it’s helpful to be aware of how your movements are most likely being perceived By Carol Kinsey Goman The body language question I’m asked the most when people are preparing to make a presentation is: “What should I do with my hands?” My answer? “Use them.” Research shows [...]

Believing People Want to Do Well: Searching for Hidden Greatness Even in Toxic Behaviours By Sarah McVanel Having conducted or lead a team that has engaged in over 100 team consultations, I can tell you that I can count on one hand the number of people who set out to deliberately and systematically tear down other people, their team, and the organization. Yet, how [...]

Stuck on Autopilot in Your Busy Life? Here’s How to Flip the Switch. [Excerpt from The Success-Energy Equation: How to Regain Focus, Recharge Your Life, and Really Get Sh!t Done] By Michelle Cederberg How often have you busily gone about your routine, and at some point, lifted your head to note that hours have gone by, and you can’t quite recall all you’ve done? [...]