Katherine Abbott This is Me

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1. 1. www.powerspeaking.org

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   Published on: 7/1/2008   Last Visited: 7/1/2008

   Katherine AbbottPowerSpeaking, Inc.
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   Katherine Abbott
   
   Besides being a master trainer for PowerSpeaking® and HighTechSpeaking® Katherine Abbott is the founder of Abbott Communications, a "train-the-trainer" company.
   
   Subject matter experts are faced with the daunting task of training in their area of expertise without having the appropriate training skills.Katherine's core courses, The Trainer's AdvantageÔ and The Tech Trainer's AdvantageÔ, give them these skills.Katherine and her master trainers deliver these programs to corporations across the US as well as Europe and Africa.
   
   Katherine has won industry awards for training and public speaking during a 25-year career in business and education.Before becoming a business owner, Katherine was Vice President of Training and Support at Mastermind Computers and National Training Manager for Businessland Computers.As a Businessland trainer, Katherine won attendance at several 100% Clubs and individual awards for running a Training Center with the highest revenue nationwide.
   
   Before working in the business sector, Katherine was a faculty member of the University of Phoenix, University of Northern Colorado, and Weber State University.
   
   Katherine holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree.She is a past President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), past board member of the National Speakers Association of Northern California (NSA/NC), the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), Toastmasters International, and a current board member of the Bay Area Association of Psychological Type (BAAPT).
   
   Katherine is also a popular speaker at training conferences.
   
   For more information about Katherine, visit her web site at: www.abbottcom.com

2. 2. Katherine Abbott Biography

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   Published on: 6/23/2008   Last Visited: 6/23/2008

   Katherine Abbott, M.F.A., has won industry awards for training and public speaking and has been an educator for over 25 years.She is President and founder of Abbott Communications, a training company specializing in training Trainers and Speakers.She and her staff have trained hundreds of subject matter experts to become successful trainers in her workshops, The Trainer's Advantage and The Tech Trainer's Advantage, which are based on her practical experience teaching in business and education.She developed The Global Trainer's Advantage workshop incorporating her first-hand experience delivering training in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and Ghana, her partnership with Charis Intercultural Training Corporation's international staff, plus her experience teaching students and corporate trainees in California who come from dozens of countries.
   
   Katherine's background includes 20 years in business as technical trainer, training manager and consultant and 5 years in higher education.She was Vice President of Training and Support for Mastermind computers, Training Operations Manager for Businessland, Inc. and technical trainer for a variety of companies as a consultant for 5 years.As business owner of Abbott Communications she wears a variety of hats: trainer, business developer, trainer developer, web designer, logistics manager, global traveler, writer etc.
   
   Katherine holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Modern Dance and has been on the faculties of the University of Northern Colorado, Weber State University and the University of Phoenix.She is a certified trainer in Windows NT software, UNIX software, HighTechSpeaking® and PowerSpeaking®.She is also a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute.In the business sector since 1990, some of Katherine's major clients include ExxonMobil, Genentech, Johns Hopkins, Quantum, Imation, Disney, Teradyne, Nikon Precision and OSIsoft.
   
   She is a leader in the training and public speaking profession, and the business community.She is an active member and past board member of the National Speakers Association, the America n Society of Training and Development, the National Association of Women Business Owners and Toastmasters International.Katherine is a popular speaker at training conferences.
   
   Trainees give powerful testimonials about learning with Katherine.
   
   "Getting the most out of any class is a burden the student must carry.However, when the instructor eases that burden, productivity increases to the student's advantage.Katherine does just that.

3. 3. Abbott Communications Current Train the Trainer Workshop Open to the Public

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   Published on: 6/23/2008   Last Visited: 6/23/2008

   Katherine Abbott is an award winning trainer and speaker.She developed The Trainer's Advantage based on 25 years of practical teaching experience in the software industry and higher education.She and her trainers have been training trainers and speakers for 10 years.