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Terry Pithers

A dynamic, high-energy speaker, trainer, and humorist
specializing in soft skills, communication and motivation.

Terry Pithers believes an organization is only as successful as its relationships, both external and internal. Terry, a partner with Style for Success Inc. works with businesses and organizations striving for positive culture, image and relationships. Successful people exhibit a certain overall style involving appearance, polished etiquette, networking/people skills and a positive attitude. Terry helps people achieve that goal.

Workshops and Seminars
Injecting fun and laughter into the learning experience, Terry has helped a wide range of audiences gain confidence in their business and personal interactions.
The diversity of his career history as a journeyman, civil servant, post-secondary instructor, entrepreneur and image consultant is only exceeded by the diversity of his audiences.

Keynotes
Many of Terry's motivational presentations are conducted by his cowboy alter ego "Slim Pithers", who injects a western flavour into his lively, unique view of business, relationships and life.
Terry enlivens conferences, retreats, dinners and luncheons with humour that is presented in an inclusive manner, leaving audiences feeling good about their laughter and themselves. He is also the creator of an award winning humour web site featured in Yahoo Internet Life Magazine.

Terry has been described as a modern day Will Rogers, mining business and life with a pan full of humour and homilies sprinkled with nuggets of bright shining truth.

Keynote and Speaking Topics

Speaking Topics:

• Enhancing the Client Experience
     - Customer/client "hosting" at your business
• Confident Networking Skills
     - Mixing and mingling to build rapport and referrals
• Effective Conversation Skills
      - Small talk to BIG talk for business/social interaction
• Professional Image
      - Understanding and meeting your client expectations through your dress
• Positive Non-verbal Presence
      - Body language and demeanor (sending and receiving cues)
• Exceptional Business Dining
      - Host/guest best practices and table manners
        (concurrent or lunch presentation)
• Team Building with True Colors™ Personality Assessment
     A. Discovering your personality and color spectrum
     B. Team building exercises using our colors
     (Two concurrent sessions required)

Keynotes

If it ain't broke… fix it anyway!
• A humorous look at successfully dealing with change
• Strategies and motivation for successful, ongoing change.
Presented by "Slim" Pithers

Women are from Venus, Cowboys are from Mars
• A humorous look at gender miscommunication
• Understanding and strategies for better relationships and business.

Clients Have Said:

"Our members found your professional image and client relationship building session to be useful informative and very enjoyable. Your humorous lunchtime keynote on dealing with change was fun, high energy and just what we needed to get the rendezvous off to a good start. I would highly recommend your services to any conference regardless of industry type." Midge Landals, Manager of Communications & Member Services, Alberta Veterinary Medical Association

"Your comic look at gender communication really hit a responsive note and got us all thinking and laughing about our relationships. The upbeat, inclusive humor left us feeling good about ourselves." Kevin Hill, Program Chair, Edmonton Chapter of A.S.M. International The Materials Information Society

"Your presentation of "If it ain't broke… fix it anyways!" was very well received. Your presentation style gave your message of adapting to change a new meaning and help put things in perspective for our members. I would not hesitate to recommend you to others." Mark Merterns, Education Chair, Canadian Association of Financial Planners, Northern Alberta Chapter

Sample Client List:

Alberta School Board Association (Conference)
Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (Conference)
Clarica Insurance
Consulting Engineers of Alberta
Deloitte & Touche
Department of National Defence (Conference)
EPCOR
Ernst & Young
Focus Corporation
Grant MacEwan College
Krawford Construction
Manulife Financial
Peacock Industries
Ready Engineering
Reynolds, Mirth, Richards & Farmer LLP
University of Alberta Business & Law Faculties
Western Economic Diversification

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