Alan Ovson

Biography

Alan Ovson is a business consultant, facilitator, coach and trainer who is an expert in the field of communication. He has worked for over 20 years as a consultant, speaker, and trainer with corporations, associations, government groups and hundreds of for-profit organizations throughout the United States and Mexico.

Alan`s keynote, seminar and consulting topics include: negotiation, sales, persuasion, leadership training, presentations, conflict, change, and visioning. Alan`s ability to get people to participate, listen, laugh and learn always attracts a large and enthusiastic audience wherever he goes. Alan`s presentations not only keep audiences awake, thinking, moving, and feeling alive, but also give practical ideas, strategies, and tools to use immediately. Clients who work with Alan Ovson learn to negotiate, deal with conflict, persuade others, and make both business and life more productive.

Alan has extensive real-world experience as Director of Staff Development at one of the nation`s largest school districts; CEO of a real estate development company; business consultant specializing in facilitation, coaching, training, and speaking; factory line manager; oil-rig hand; and professional actor and director with membership in SAG and AFTRA.

Alan received his undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University and has pursued graduate coursework at Southern Methodist University; University of California, Santa Barbara; Graduate Theological Union; Mass Media Institute; and Stanford University. Alan Ovson lives with his wife in San Francisco, CA.

Titles

LETTING GO AND FALLING UP: MAKING CHANGE POSITIVE
Whether you are an individual or a CEO of a company, change is never easy. In fact, change is so hard that 90% of the people who suffer severe heart attacks can`t make critical life changes that could save their lives. Wow! Could you make a change in your life if your life depended on it? Sure you could, you say, but don`t be too sure. Our old habits can sink us likes stones. In this interactive keynote, Alan will talk about and demonstrate why change is so difficult and how with understanding, strategies, and support, we can all learn to align ourselves with change to make it easier so that as individuals and organizations, we can let go (of those heavy issues we keep inside of us) and fall up.

HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT: AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AT THE SAME TIME
You negotiate all the time with your managers, suppliers, contractors, and coworkers. Negotiations never end and often the difference between a profitable, smooth running venture and costly disaster is a confidant, skilled, and well-prepared negotiator. This fun-filled interactive keynote enables participants to develop, discuss, and practice the Seven Principles of Negotiations that will improve your confidence and performance. You will learn to reduce potential conflict situations, develop a negotiation mind-set for success, create negotiation power, and recognize common tactics used by the world`s best negotiators. Think like a winner, plan like a pro, ask for concessions, and use your sense of humor to deepen your relationships and enhance your career.

DEVELOPING YOUR GREATEST COMMUNICATION TOOL: BUILDING TRUST
When it comes to getting people to listen to you what is the first ingredient you need? If you said trust, you got it. If people don`t trust you, whatever you say is toast - burnt toast. In this fun and interactive speech, Alan will define trust, explain why we lose it, and give you three easy ways that you can build it with almost anyone you meet. The power of trust is huge. Join Alan and learn how you can increase your `trustability` quotient with a little thought, a bit of awareness, and a little practice.

NO IS NOT A NEGATIVE WORD: HOW TO SAY NO AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT
Do you find yourself saying "no" to friends, bosses, family members, or co-workers and then feeling conflicted or just plain bad about what you said or how you said it? Well, join the club. The word "no" is a very positive word that forces us to define what we want or need usually in conflict with what another person wants or needs. It is this conflict or the fear of conflict that makes it so discomforting when we say no. After this keynote is over, you have the power to say what you feel and really mean it.

ACTING, PRODUCING, AND DIRECTING YOUR OWN SUCCESS STORY: SETTING THE STAGE TO STAR IN YOUR SUCCESS STORY
Around 600 B.C. Socrates asked his students, "How should we live our lives?" Great question and we are still asking it today. Most of us are so busy we operate on automatic pilot just to survive instead of taking time to think, vision, plan and take purposeful action. It doesn`t have to be that way! To be a shining star is to have vision, direction, and passion. We are all actors on the stage of life and to star in our own lives, there is no room for our own self-imposed limits. In this interactive and humorous keynote, Alan plays many characters while he lays the groundwork that all great actors use to analyze their core values, embody their strengths, and find their passion.