 Pat
Armitstead is an award winning speaker, a stimulating
and provoking educator and an effective facilitator.
A renowned expert on the role of humour in
business and life she uses positive psychology
to empower people to shift negative perceptions
and create new opportunities.
As New Zealand’s
leader in the Science of Positive Psychology and Humour
in the Workplace she has a CV that’s
not to be laughed at! Included in her giggliography are some ground breaking achievements, testimony
to her ability to successfully combine her
business acumen, creativity, and wit.
Initially a Registered Nurse she worked
for 34 years in Education Management and
communication roles in the health sector
and in business. In 1989 she founded her
own Advertising Agency, Take One Productions,
and won 11 awards including the NSW Tourism
Award, Media Section and an award from Cacharel
in Paris.
She has presented over 11,000 hours
of keynotes, workshops, seminars and lectures,
reaching an astounding 55,000 people throughout
Australasia.
She has shared the platform
with Annette King,, Wayne Berry and Wayne
Mansfield from
Australia, Linda Miles from the USA and recently
presented to an International Humour and
Wellness conference at Armidale University
in NSW.
She was President of the National
Speakers Association NZ 2001, the Most Awarded
Speaker at the 2000 NSANZ Convention and
2002 Speaker of the Year. She has convened
two International Conventions for the National
Speakers Association of New Zealand.
She says we can transform global pessimism
to optimism through the development of high
trust environments where people perform to
optimum having fun doing what it is that
they love.
Her
philosophy is “you can’t
lift your bottom line if your people are
down” and she has a unique ability
to inspire individuals to live into their
life purpose with humour joy and creativity.
Her services can be accessed in a number
of ways:
Keynote Conference Speaker
You can select from Pats pre-prepared presentations
or consult to craft your own based on company
requirements.
Value
added conference
services
You can book a pre-conference breakfast, pre-conference workshop, a concurrent
breakout session or individual/team coaching.
Specialist programs
Coaching and facilitation of individuals and teams in the positive psychology
principles as they apply to leadership , personal achievement, sales and customer
service.
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 "Pat
commits the cardinal
management sin
of spreading joy
and making people
smile. If her practices
become widely adopted,
going to work will
become fun, and
people will enjoy
the experience.
Ultimately she
is a dangerous
subversive to dullness,
mediocrity and
boredom. Why can't
we have more like
her?"
--
John
Bishop
business speaker and commentator |
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Pat
is a member of Professional
Speakers New Zealand
and is Vice Chair of the Sales and Marketing Institute of New Zealand |
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