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The Art of Change Skills for Life programs are presented by Dr. Rick Kirschner, a communications expert, bestselling author, business trainer, internationally known speaker, blogger, and coach, in order to help individuals and organizations embrace change, resolve conflict and improve communication. His entertaining, motivational and idea-packed speeches, training and coaching sessions have been called a life-changing experience by his clients.

Dr. Rick Kirschner has presented to and consulted with many of the world's best known organizations, including CMAA, Heineken, Kraft, McDonalds, NANN, NASA, Progressive Insurance, Providence Health Systems, Starbucks, Texas Instruments, Toys R Us, and numerous others to not only make their events memorable and entertaining but also to bring about positive change in the lives of their managers and employees.

Dr. Rick Kirschner is also the author of the comprehensive communication training book,Insider's Guide To The Art Of Persuasion, besides other bestselling books including the coauthored work and international bestseller, Dealing With People You Can't Stand: How To Bring Out The Best In People At Their Worst. His most recent book, How To Click With People: The Secret To Better Relationships In Business And In Life is about turning contacts into connections, connections into relationships and relationships into results. Dealing With People You Can't Stand (Kirschner, Brinkman, McGraw Hill 2012) is now in its third revised edition, with 3 new chapters, plus a refresh of the rest of the content to keep the material current.

Dr. Kirschner is on the faculty of the Institute for Management Studies, and is a thought leader with Athena Online and with the CanDoGo learning system. He is adjunct faculty with the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM), where he teaches a five day intensive course on Healthy Communication (Psyc 604) to incoming freshmen.

He blogs Dr. K's blog (visit) fresh content each week on ideas and strategies to increase influence and improve persuasive interactions, plus offers his insights into world events, technology and politics as related to persuasive communication.

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An important theme within Dr. Rick Kirschner's speeches is: Change is inevitable, but progress is not. YOU make the difference. Through entertaining and interactive presentations, Dr. Rick Kirschner moves his audiences to understand and act in ways that make a positive difference. An expert on dealing with change in business, dealing with people and living a balanced life, his training and coaching programs have not only helped client organizations build great teams that provide services their clients love, they have also provided his readers and students with behavioral strategies that bring out the best in the people they work with and deal with, even when those other people are at their worst. The Art of Change Skills for Life™ also offers a full Certification Program designed by Dr. Rick Kirschner for people who want to learn and teach these sets of skills to others.

edit About Dr. Rick Kirschner Born September 27 in 1949, Rick Kirschner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. A cartoonist and aspiring artist through his school years, he played guitar and sang in several local rock bands. Rick sold his paintings and other artwork to raise the money to go west in pursuit of a career in music. He found some success in music in Hollywood in 1968, but walked away from music as a career because "it wasn't fun anymore." Returning home, he raised horses in Kentucky and worked as a manager in his family's business, attended Northern Kentucky University (then a state college), earned his bachelor degree in Human Biology. Then he went on to a four year naturopathic medical school, National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, graduating in 1981 as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (N.D.). While in med school, he was mentored by an area physician in therapeutic communication. In 1980, he and a friend designed and offered a training program to his fellow students called the "Magical Nature of Communication." Over the next few years, the training became very popular up and down the west coast with all kinds of groups, and served as the foundation of what was to become his speaking and training career. He graduated from National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon in 1981. That same year, he was a founding partner in R&R Productions, which offered and sponsored training programs in communication and healthy living. In private practice, he specialized in the treatment of stress related illness. continue...

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TheArtofChange.com's online store offers books, ebooks, audio programs and more from the bestselling author Dr. Rick Kirschner. These materials, include the comprehensive audio program and books on the 'Insider's Guide To The Art of Persuasion,' contain the practical wisdom of his almost three decades of research and contributions in personal and organizational development. Click here to find out more.

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Dr. Kirschner offers Tele-seminar and webinar programs called Communication TuneUps. Communication TuneUp which break down the greatest challenges of communication into easy-to-learn chunks, and then help participants upgrade their skills and abilities to deal effectively with these challenges. This affordable training comes with several bonuses, including copies of both the Insider's Guidebook and the Insider's Playbook. Those who register early may also receive the 8 CD Comprehensive Audio, Insider's Guide To The Art Of Persuasion.

Each session comes with an action guide and follow up activities designed to keep participants learning between sessions. Each session is recorded and made available to registrants so that they can review or listen again to any session they might have missed. Each participant gets individual attention and each participant gets access to an exclusive forum for posting challenges, and discussing results. The teleseminar is available at scheduled times, and because of limited space, is first come first serve.

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Ashland OR 97520 US

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