"I've never met an audience I didn't like," says Jackie Ferguson. She builds instant rapport with virtually everyone from audiences of from 2 - 1,000 people, from New York City to New Zealand and from L.A. to London. Her thought-provoking programs are content-rich and fun, giving practical how-to's that attendees can actually begin to use right now! Her message is very up beat, empowering, and built on no-nonsense personal responsibility. Her programs are always tailored to meet customers' needs and address their challenges. Literally hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have benefited from her programs.

As a returned Peace Corps volunteer (Colombia 1971-'73), Jackie has a very personal commitment to promoting diversity and adapting to change through creative thinking and problem solving. This is evidenced in all of her programs. After several years working in mental health, she turned her attention to public speaking. For over 20 years Jackie has used her knowledge and experience of the human condition to enrich her programs and attendees' experiences with realistic ways to change behavior.

She has authored two audio programs, "Stress Reduction for Women" and "Teaching Kids How to Manage Stress," and co-authored two more, "Women, Power & Self-Esteem" and "Release Yourself from Guilt." She also has three of her programs in curricula format, shown below as (*) with detailed class outlines and PowerPoint transparencies on CDR with reproducible participant handouts.

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Building Diverse Teams (*)
Through this power-packed, experiential program even those who resist diversity soften their attitudes toward it. The goal of this program is to increase inclusiveness, thereby improving teamwork. Powerful yet uncomplicated skills are taught to help attendees overcome their biases toward others and to avoid prejudicial behavior.

Managing Your Foreign-Born Employees
With surprising speed, the makeup of the American workforce is changing. In this fascinating and educational program, you'll learn to work as a team with your foreign-born co-workers to take advantage of your many differences. You'll also learn diversity-focused problem solving.

Become Your Own Stress Coach (*)
Are you sure you know what's causing your stress? Stress is in the mind of the beholder. How you "behold" stress determines your stress level and the options you can see for resolving it. Through a wide variety of revealing activities, you'll learn what's truly causing your stress. You'll also experience that most of the solutions are inside you --- just waiting to be drawn out.

Teaching Kids how to Manage Stress (*)
(This is a great spouses' program) Kids today have incredible stress and are no more sophisticated to handle it than we were. In this entertaining and fun program, adults learn how to create a "Stress Safety Net" for kids so they can feel safe, secure, and loved. Then they can teach them the two most important stress management skills of all: how to think and how to problem solve.

Communicate with Impact: How to be Taken Seriously
To be taken seriously you must first take yourself seriously. Verbal, and especially nonverbal habits, may be sabotaging your communication style. In this program you will learn dozens of skills to project an image that others can take seriously.

(*) = Available in Curricula format

PRODUCTS:
Stress Reduction for Women (Audio program)
Teaching Kids How to Manage Stress (Audio program)
Women, Power, and Self-Esteem (Audio program - (co-author))
Release Yourself from Guilt (Audio program - (co-author))