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Mary-Ellen Drummond believes that Albert Schweitzer got it right when he said, "The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve." Dynamic growth, personal development, volunteer retention, and achievement are what Mary Ellen Drummond offers. Mary-Ellen is an award-winning professional speaker and seminar leader, President of Polished Presentations International, with 25 years of leadership success. Mary Ellen will share inspiring lessons and doable action steps to enable your leaders and volunteers to not only serve more effectively, but also exceed your organizationﾒs goals. Nothing provides more happiness and greater satisfaction in life than giving of ourselves. Yet, according to the USA Freedom Corps, "research shows that one of the primary reasons people give for not volunteering is that they simply don't know where to start." It's not that people don't want to give, they simply need our help in finding the right cause, and then, providing a place with a meaningful purpose, other like-minded volunteers, and inspiring leadership so they may put their energy to work. As Shar McBee, author of To Lead is to Serve, states, "Our job is to make it possible for them to give as much as their hearts can give." As leaders we can enable volunteers to give more of themselves if we inspire them to make a shift in the way they lead and connect with others. With role-modeling, non-threatening interactive coaching, team-building activities, and mentoring skills, Mary-Ellen will demonstrate how volunteer leaders can combine some of the top business and relationship-building skills with the power of the To Lead is to Serve principles. Leaders will leave the program with greater confidence, competence, credibility, and the inspiration to provide volunteers with the opportunity to be, as Irving Berlin said, "really happy" because they will have "found how to serve." Mary-Ellen's Clients and Past Presentations for Non-Profits include: Assoc. of Executive Fund Raisers, CA Hospital State Volunteer Conference, Central California Women's Conference, CA Governor's Conference, Center for Children, Children's Home Society, Georgia State Hospital Volunteers Conference, Lions International Leadership Convention, keynote speaker, (5000 attendees), MADD (CA, FL, Conn., TX, & RI), National Speakers Association Convention, Oklahoma State Hospital Volunteers Conference, Sacramento Women's Conference, Society for Executive Fund Raisers, Sharp Healthcare Women's Symposium, U.S. Olympic Training Center, Washington State Hospital Volunteers Conference, Yellow Ribbon Campaign, for teen suicide prevention (trained speakers bureau in So. CA) Comments from volunteer leaders: "Mary-Ellen, what a delight to have you at the Childrenﾒs Home Society State Volunteer Conference again. You were nicknamed the 'Sweetheart of CHS' after your inspiring presentation." Another volunteer said, "Your presentation made this conference the best Volunteer Conference ever (and she's been with CHS for 27 years!) Thank you for presenting useful, positive, applicable information in the form of joy and laughter and for making our conference a total success." "I want to express my deepest appreciation. You are ever the consummate professional and the comments we have received were only the highest of praise. Your ability to educate, entertain and enlighten your audience is without peer. As a result of your training, we now have a whole new cadre of excited and motivated volunteers to help us carry our message." "I was one of the unfortunate ones at the MADD Leadership Conference in Dallas this past October that couldnﾒt fit into your workshop room. I say unfortunate because four of our RI delegates did get to hear you and made it quite clear that I had missed one of the, if not the best workshop of the entire conference. Congratulations on a job well done. " Mary-Ellen Drummond was named as MPI's (Meeting Professionals International, San Diego) 2001-2002, "Speaker of the Year" Mary-Ellen Drummond Back to List of Seminar Leaders
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