January Membership Meeting

First Presentation: The "People Puzzle" - Understanding the Basic Model of Human Behavior. Presented by Craig Venard of Insights to You.

Second Presentation: Presenting with Style. Presented by Craig Venard.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
at The Columns
711 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, St. Charles, MO 63303
(636) 947-4729

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 - 7:00 pm: First Presentation - The "People Puzzle" - Understanding the Basic Model of Human Behavior. Presented by Craig Venard of Insights to You.
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Second Presentation – Presenting with Style. Presented by Craig Venard.

Please register by Sunday, January 14, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). NEW: You can now prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333, send a fax to (314) 533-9336, or an e-mail to registration@asqstlouis.org.

Map to The Columns

Driving Directions:
From Lambert International Airport to The Columns

1. Head northwest on Lambert International Blvd toward Airfield Service Rd – go 0.5 mi
2. Turn left to merge onto I-70 W – go 6.8 mi
3. Merge onto S 5th St via exit 229A – go 0.4 mi
4. Turn right at Veterans Memorial Pkwy. – go 0.2 mi

Please register by Sunday, January 14, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). NEW: You can now prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333, send a fax to (314) 533-9336, or an e-mail to kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net.

January 2007 Membership Meeting Highlights

The "People Puzzle"
and
"Presenting with Style"

Presented by Craig Venard

The presenter will take each of the personality styles and show how each one adapts his/her style to each of the other styles.

All of this is provided in short bullets that the attendees would fill in the pre-printed blanks of the materials we hand out.

Workshop Objective & Overview

Learning Objective:

• Enhancement of each participant’s ability to communicate by understanding the point of view of others
• To understand team dynamics and effective ways to enhance interaction, performance and communication while reducing stress and tension
• To learn the basic priorities of individuals and the motivational factors that influence decision making and communication styles
• To gain a general understanding of personality styles and the importance of recognizing and appreciating people both individually and as a part of a successful team
• To learn to recognize behavior styles in oneself and in others
• To discover how and why people respond in different ways to the same information
• To appreciate strengths and natural abilities and how to encourage others to develop and grow
• To gain knowledge on how to strengthen and build cohesion professionally and personally with fellow employees

Workshop Overview

• To provide and understanding of the Model of Human Behavior
• Understanding People and Their Needs and Perspectives
• Types of Personalities

Applying Personality Insights to Enhanced Performance - Takeaways:

1. An Overview of Personality Styles
   • Recognizing Personality Types
   • Common Characteristics of Behavior Traits


2. Understanding Personality Styles (Your own and Others)
   • Ability to Begin Reading Individuals to Understand Needs
   • Understanding Perspectives (So that’s why they act that way!)


3. Presenting to each of the Personality Styles
   • How do You Adjust/Adapt
   • What does Each Style Expect
   • Establishing a Better Connection


4. Working with Personality Styles & Understanding Points of View
   • Increasing the Learning Potential of Employees through encouragement based on Individual Priorities
   • Minimize Conflicts Based on Recognizing Differences & Identifying With Other Points of View with Both Employees and Supervisors


5. Enjoying the Different Personality Styles of fellow Employees
   • Realizing & Valuing Other Perspectives
   • Appreciating Opposite Personality Types


6. Relating both Personally & Professionally - Based on Personality Styles
   • Recognizing Behavior Traits Common in Personality Types
   • Identify Common Stress Related Actions

About the Presenter

Craig Venard was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He received his B.S. from Iowa State University in Psychology, Economics, and Business.

After graduation, Mr. Venard began a career with Maritz Travel Company as a Travel Director. After 3 years of extensive travel visiting 23 countries and over 100 cities, he moved inside the company to do plan design and costing.

In 1984, Mr. Venard left the travel industry and developed a practice in Financial Planning and Employee Benefits.

In 2002, Mr. Venard became certified as a Human Behavior Consultant for Personality Insights. His company, INSIGHTS TO YOU, works with corporations, associations, schools districts, and churches. Craig provides training in various formats on leadership, communication, workplace relationships, sales training and team-building through the portal of human behavior. Craig has spoken at many locations including Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling, Monsanto, Pfizer, Ralston-Purina, and the University of Kansas Medical Center.