"There are speakers who educate and speakers who inspire. Elisabeth does both."

- Denise Bissonnette, Author + Speaker

 

Elisabeth Sanders-Park is known for delivering messages of hope, innovation, and practicality with her signature blend of wisdom and humor. She brings a broad perspective with a frontline sensibility. She will equip and inspire your audience.

Praise for Elisabeth

Elisabeth was a fantastic way to start our last day of our 2020 annual conference. Her message was on point and was delivered with humor and in a way that deeply connected with the audience. Her knowledge and passion about workforce development is infectious. She is a professional in every sense. We will have her back!

Bob Lanter
Executive Director, California Workforce Association

The audience was enraptured as Elisabeth gave her keynote speech at the CTL Conference. Outstanding content and a superb presentation style puts her in a league all by herself!

Wendy Enelow
Founder of Career Thought Leaders Consortium

NCDA was privileged to host Elisabeth as the main keynote speaker for the conference. Her message … was innovative, relevant, and inspirational. We received many great comments from our all-time largest crowd of over 1200 from all over the US. Thank you, Elisabeth, for sharing your expertise with such motivation and humor.

Deneen Pennington
National Career Development Association
Thank you - very inspirational presentation!!!
Enjoyed your presentation...you are amazing! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I can’t wait to share your teachings and information with my staff.
It was amazing and so appreciated!
Your session in the grand ballroom was fabulous: engaging and funny!
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No One Is Unemployable

Keynote Topics

  • Knowledge Nomads: Helping People Thrive in a Job-less Work Environment

    100 years after Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line, the western world is witnessing the decline of the traditional 'job.' The emergence of the 'gig economy', quickly-evolving technology, and globalization has begun to significantly disrupt and reshape how people choose, create, and maintain work and income creating a need to deal with change and transition. Based on recent data about future trends, this session helps employment professionals to understand these emerging realities, challenge outdated and ineffective mindsets, cultivate new more useful perspectives, and increase their knowledge and confidence in helping job seekers, career changers, workers (and themselves!) prepare for and thrive in today's environment.

  • 5 Steps: Helping Anyone Begin A Career Now

    Whether you serve people who are unemployed, under-employed, or unhappily employed, this session is for you. Learn a simple, powerful system for troubleshoot a client's progress and quickly responding with laser-focused strategies so they can move forward.

    Through stories and examples, you'll get practical tips for discovering client motivation, clarifying career direction and next steps, unearthing proof of qualifications (even if they have never been paid to do the job), removing the reasons they get screened-out, and preparing a modern job search strategy. The lessons will help you improve outcomes for those with barriers who remain unemployed in our robust job market, and those who are working but want more.

  • POWER UP! Why + What + How We Teach Not-so-soft Skills for Today's Economy

    Soft skills are everything! Ask any employer. People are hired, retained, and promoted based on the essential workplace skills that make us great in any job. This session shares the latest research on these vital skills, the top soft skills employers say are lacking in various client groups, the top competencies we should be teaching, and how we can respond to fill this important skills gap to help job seekers get hired and workers thrive in today's workforce.

  • Thriving Through Transition

    We live in changing times. Sanity requires us to survive constant transition; Success demands that we thrive in it. This address shares an inspired framework for new thinking and five practical strategies to stay focused, positive and productive even as the sands shift beneath you. The five keys have to do with managing your perspective, embracing the reality (even if you would not have chosen it), being agile and open to new ways of being successful, being curious, and having empathy with others (and yourself) as you all navigate new territory so you can thrive in the midst of transition.

  • Go Big and Go Home

    Imagine generating powerful impact and income through your work, cultivating the relationships and values most dear to you, and enjoying life along the way. We can't be all things to all people, but we don't have to! Author, entrepreneur, and speaker Elisabeth Sanders-Park helps you get simple, actionable clarity to cultivate success and significance in your professional and personal life. Create the career, life, and legacy you want... go big and go home.

Knowledge Nomads: Helping People Thrive in a Job-less Work Environment

100 years after Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line, the western world is witnessing the decline of the traditional 'job.' The emergence of the 'gig economy', quickly-evolving technology, and globalization has begun to significantly disrupt and reshape how people choose, create, and maintain work and income creating a need to deal with change and transition. Based on recent data about future trends, this session helps employment professionals to understand these emerging realities, challenge outdated and ineffective mindsets, cultivate new more useful perspectives, and increase their knowledge and confidence in helping job seekers, career changers, workers (and themselves!) prepare for and thrive in today's environment.

5 Steps: Helping Anyone Begin A Career Now

Whether you serve people who are unemployed, under-employed, or unhappily employed, this session is for you. Learn a simple, powerful system for troubleshoot a client's progress and quickly responding with laser-focused strategies so they can move forward.

Through stories and examples, you'll get practical tips for discovering client motivation, clarifying career direction and next steps, unearthing proof of qualifications (even if they have never been paid to do the job), removing the reasons they get screened-out, and preparing a modern job search strategy. The lessons will help you improve outcomes for those with barriers who remain unemployed in our robust job market, and those who are working but want more.

POWER UP! Why + What + How We Teach Not-so-soft Skills for Today's Economy

Soft skills are everything! Ask any employer. People are hired, retained, and promoted based on the essential workplace skills that make us great in any job. This session shares the latest research on these vital skills, the top soft skills employers say are lacking in various client groups, the top competencies we should be teaching, and how we can respond to fill this important skills gap to help job seekers get hired and workers thrive in today's workforce.

Thriving Through Transition

We live in changing times. Sanity requires us to survive constant transition; Success demands that we thrive in it. This address shares an inspired framework for new thinking and five practical strategies to stay focused, positive and productive even as the sands shift beneath you. The five keys have to do with managing your perspective, embracing the reality (even if you would not have chosen it), being agile and open to new ways of being successful, being curious, and having empathy with others (and yourself) as you all navigate new territory so you can thrive in the midst of transition.

Go Big and Go Home

Imagine generating powerful impact and income through your work, cultivating the relationships and values most dear to you, and enjoying life along the way. We can't be all things to all people, but we don't have to! Author, entrepreneur, and speaker Elisabeth Sanders-Park helps you get simple, actionable clarity to cultivate success and significance in your professional and personal life. Create the career, life, and legacy you want... go big and go home.