Free Friday
Lunchtime Workshops
with J.Marie & Associates
All classes are facilitated live by leadership and communications experts from J.Marie & Associates, with time for personal engagement and Q&A.
Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop: October, Crisis Communications
The way you navigate the first 24 to 72 hours of a critical incident sets the tone for how your schools will get through the crisis. When a serious issue is unfolding, staff and families are mad or traumatized, and the media is calling ... you want to convey calm competence. Handle the situation poorly, and the negative effects could live on for years. Handle it well, and your organization can actually grow stronger.
Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop: August, Giving & Receiving Feedback Under Stress
When hot topics catch your community's attention -- things like disciplinary action, legal issues, and labor/management conflict -- one of the hardest parts is figuring out what to say to your community and media when you can't say much. "No comment" just won't do, but what can you say?
Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop: June, What to Say When You Can't Say Much
When hot topics catch your community's attention -- things like disciplinary action, legal issues, and labor/management conflict -- one of the hardest parts is figuring out what to say to your community and media when you can't say much. "No comment" just won't do, but what can you say?
Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop: April, What's the "So What?" of It?!
In this month's Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop, we'll explore what thinkers from the Army War College, experienced meditators, and other respected leaders have to say about maintaining efficacy during "VUCA" (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) times. Attendees will have opportunities to reflect on powerful questions in support of increased clarity and intentionality. This will help us narrow the gap between our sphere of concern and our sphere of influence we use these answers to guide a reflection of participants' individual values and priorities. This will lead toward an invitation to take responsibility (response-ability) for the influence we exert in our spheres of influence, from the public to the professional to the personal.
Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop: March, Free Speech Rights
We're delighted to welcome you to the inaugural class of a new monthly offering. J.Marie and her trusted colleagues will share thoughtful leadership and communications expertise in a rotating selection of timely and relevant topics on the fourth Friday of each month.
This month, we're going to look at strategies to help you intentionally and meaningfully engage your community during budget development season, with a special focus on how to navigate budget uncertainty and reductions.
Free Friday Lunchtime Workshop: February, Navigating Budget Uncertainty with Your Community
We're delighted to welcome you to the inaugural class of a new monthly offering. J.Marie and her trusted colleagues will share thoughtful leadership and communications expertise in a rotating selection of timely and relevant topics on the fourth Friday of each month.
This month, we're going to look at strategies to help you intentionally and meaningfully engage your community during budget development season, with a special focus on how to navigate budget uncertainty and reductions.
"I wish I could walk around with a mini-you on my shoulder. Every time I listen to you, I learn more."
— Ellen Perconti, Superintendent, Goldendale School District
Meet J.Marie
Founder and Principal, J.Marie & Associates
J.Marie is a nationally recognized communications strategist, facilitator, leadership trainer, and presenter. Founder and principal of J.Marie & Associates as well as Ideal Communications, she brings more than 25 years of experience helping organizations, teams, and leaders build strong, purposeful relationships. J.Marie is a trusted strategic advisor with a national reputation for positive results.
As a facilitator, J.Marie has worked with community and agency stakeholder groups, citizen committees, governing boards, public forums, focus groups, administrative teams, and business management groups. She balances the need to attend to the relationships in the room with the need to move the meeting agenda forward. She is well-versed in working with groups holding diverse and even competing interests and is accustomed to working in situations where strict confidentiality is a must.
Her style as a consultant is understated; she brings a joyful heart into the room and encourages leaders and groups to own their processes and grow in the skill of self-management. Well-versed in systems thinking and systems dynamics, J.Marie understands the nature of change and the stages people go through to make change possible.
Create a Personalized Training for Your Team
Bring J.Marie into your meeting! She can mix and match content from various classes and personalize a session that meets your team's specific needs.