Patti Wood
Body Language Expert
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- International speaker and trainer
- Delivers programs on communication, sales presentations, customer service and dealing with difficult people
- Patti has been researching, writing and speaking on nonverbal communication for more than 20 years
- Certified Speaking Professional
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Proven Professional
Patti Wood MA,CSP is an international speaker and trainer. Since 1982 she has spoken to hundreds of top companies and national associations. Clients include: AT&T, GTE, Chick-Fil-A, Dupont, Elli Lilly, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Lucent Technologies, The Kroger Company, Nortel Networks, Price Waterhouse, Nextel, Hewlett Packard, and hundreds more. She delivers more than 100 presentations a year. Clients describe her as a dynamic, powerhouse presenter. Patti develops information packed programs on communication, sales presentations, customer service and dealing with difficult people. She develops laughter-filled relationship with participants that leaves them talking in the halls about what they’ve learned.
Body Language Expert
Patti has been researching, writing and speaking on nonverbal communication for more than 20 years. She taught communication at the University Level for 11 years. She is interviewed frequently by the media, including CBS and ABC, FOX News as a body language expert, the BBC, PBS, The Discovery Channel’s Berman & Berman, Entrepreneur Magazine, Woman’s World, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Cosmo Girl, J-14, The National Examiner, YM, First for Women, and Expert Magazine. Time Magazine recognized her nonverbal communication course at Florida State University. She is a communication consultant for Us Weekly and is featured twice monthly. She has written seven books. Her research on nonverbal communication led to her position as the National Spokesperson for Wrigley’s Spearmint gum.
CSP stands for Certified Speaking Professional and is awarded to under 200 in the National Speakers Association following strict criteria for excellence.
You meet someone, and on average, within a fraction of second you decide whether or not you like them. How is that first impression formed? Is your gut reaction accurate? In this program you will learn to read the thousands of nonverbal cues hidden in the hello and the handshake that can make your interactions more genuine and more productive. Patti has been researching, writing and speaking on this topic for over 25 years and uses her savvy to deliver a Wow! producing, high-energy interactive program. This speech is an awesome opening keynote, or sales meeting kick off as you practice your 10-count intuition, 3-pump handshake, bubble breaking, toe point truths, and head tilts.
When was the last time you had a conversation that affected you profoundly? What are you saying to people that can influence them in a positive way?
Do you feel that people are paying attention to what you have to say? In this motivational program, rich with stories, tears and laughter, you will learn ways to communicate and to transform by establishing meaningful rapport, uncovering commonalties that connect, discovering what makes each person unique and methods to be more receptive and open to others.
Have you ever been in a business meeting and wondered what someone was thinking? Would you like to change your power and confidence through a simple shift in body language? Would you like to have the winning edge in sales and negotiations? Do you know how to spot a liar? Eye blinks to head tilts, palms up to leg locks, this extremely popular program, based on Patti’s years of research and work with Fortune 500 companies, teaches you how to read and use body language to become aware of hundreds of secret messages. This highly interactive program will have you laughing and learning and gaining insights to help you build and maintain your business relationships.
- Body Honesty: Building Credibility and Spotting Lies
- Being the Best You: Image and Impression
- Caring Concern Training
- Patient Relations, Relating Patiently
- Body Honesty: Detecting Deception for Lenders & Bank Industry
- Body Honesty: Detecting Deception for Investors
- How to Deal with Gender Differences
- Body Politics: How to Deal With and Prevent Sexual Harassment
- Love Signals: How to Read and Use Body Language to Attract Others and Have Enjoyable Dates
- Success Signals: Body Language in Business Workshop
- Survey
- FREE Body Language Teleclass
- IHG Downloads
- Body Honesty – Deception Detection
- Selling Yourself
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