Ron Culberson
Author, Columnist, Expert in Stress Mangement through Humor
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- Former hospice social worker, middle manager, and senior leader.
- Author of the book, “Do it Well. Make it Fun. The Key to Success in Life, Death, and Almost Everything in Between.”
- 2012-2013 President of the National Speakers Association
- Nationally recognized expert in the benefits of humor and laughter.
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As a speaker, humorist, columnist, and author of Do it Well. Make it Fun. The Key to Success in Life, Death, and Almost Everything in Between, Is Your Glass Laugh Full? and My Kneecap Seems Too Loose, Ron Culberson’s mission is to help staff and managers achieve a new level of success by understanding the power of Do it Well, Make it Fun. Success, even in tough times, comes from showing up and doing a great job. Mr. Culberson helps staff become extraordinary by helping them focus on excellence while making their work experience more enjoyable. He also helps managers understand the qualities of an organizational culture that will attract great employees, develop excellent leaders, and deliver extraordinary products and services.
For ten years, Ron Culberson worked as a Home Care Social Worker, Counseling Manager, and Director of Quality Services for a large hospice organization in the Washington, DC suburbs. These experiences taught him about the challenges of working on the front line, in middle management, and ultimately in senior management. He has a proven track record as a successful member of a multidisciplinary team and as an effective senior leader.
In 2001, Mr. Culberson received the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association. The CSP is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform excellence.
In 2009, Ron Culberson cofounded Funner Speeches, LLC, a humor writing service for speakers, executives, and politicians. He and his partner help their clients make a greater impact with their presentations by making them funnier.
Mr. Culberson’s business model also includes dedicating a significant portion of his time to volunteer service. He will be President of the National Speakers Association (NSA) in 2012. In 2010, he received the NSA President’s Distinguished Service Award. He is Past President of the Washington, DC chapter of NSA, where he received the Chapter Member of the Year Award, the Capital Outstanding Speaker Award, and the John J. Daly Founder’s Award.
Ron Culberson has served on numerous boards and committees for Capital Hospice, the Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies, and the Herndon Rotary club where he chaired two of their largest fundraisers. He has received the Rotarian of the Year, and the Four Avenues of Service Awards, two of the highest Rotary awards given.
The Key to Success in Life, Death, and Almost Everything in Between.
Based on his most recent book, this funny yet practical presentation shows you how to change your perspective in life and work so that you can Manage Stress, Communicate More Effectively, and Improve your Work Environment.
This program is perfect for front-line staff or leaders and can be customized to meet your particular needs
Whether you’re speaking to a group of 1000 employees, 100 donors, or a small group of senior management, the goal is the same: to effectively convey important information and influence the actions of the audience.
This fun, hilarious, and content rich presentation shows participants how to combine the best part of themselves and their experiences with humor and stories to bring their information in their presentations alive.
This program may focus on any of the following six key areas for making great presentations:
•Identifying your unique gifts and skills
•Understanding the needs of the audience
•Designing an effective presentation structure
•Learning powerful delivery techniques
•Using humor to keep the audience engaged
•Incorporating the metaphorical power of stories
Leadership success comes from creating confidence in those you lead while creating an environment that attracts and keeps good people. In order to accomplish this success, you must manage yourself, manage the culture, and manage the people.
You create confidence by what you do and how you do it. The “what” refers to the skills you need to do your job well. The “how” refers to the values or manner in which you lead. Great leaders are not only skilled but embrace values that are respected by those around them.
Next, you must create a culture that attracts the right staff and supports them so they stay. You can do this by making sure there is quality in all the processes that occur and that there is an element of fun as well. A work environment that is enjoyable is one that will be more productive.
Finally, a great leader must manage the workforce by recruiting the right people and then motivating and inspiring them. This leads staff to want to work rather than to feel that they have to work.
Topics include:
•Managing stress by changing your perspective
•Developing and adhering to your personal and work values
•Discovering and developing the skills you need to do your job
•Communicating and connecting better with your clients and colleagues
•Managing conflict before the conflict manages you
•Building a more cohesive and effective team
•Making sure you are on the right path to achieve your career goals
•Improving your presentation skills
•Making meetings more productive and more fun
•Managing projects with efficiency and success
Whether you’re a SPEAKER, an EXECUTIVE, a MANAGER, or a PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL, your presentations directly represent your work. Through this program, you can have a greater influence on your audience.
This presentation skills program can be delivered as a training program and through individual or group coaching.
Don’t settle for a lackluster emcee for your next meeting or awards program. Instead, let Ron bring both PROFESSIONALISM and HUMOR to the role. He not only assists you with the logistics of the event but he will assure that your program moves smoothly and the audience is both engaged and entertained along the way. There is an art and a skill to proper emceeing and Ron can bring that combination to your next event. You can either hire him as a stand-alone emcee or add emceeing services to his keynote presentation. Either way, both you and your audience will be glad you did.
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