Speaking

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(to book Jamie and/or Maddie to speak at your event, contact Marsha Broniszewski at Infinite Speakers, tel: 412-855-2613)

The social media revolution is real, but our organizations are having a tough time keeping up. This book and live presentation is a practical, actionable guide for companies who want to incorporate the human elements that will ensure their organizations flourish in the digital age.

Knowing the tools of social media is a must these days, but the real promise of social media is the way it can teach us a whole new way of doing business. Humanize takes the principles underlying social media’s growth and applies them to the way we lead and manage our organizations. Leading organizational consultants Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant help you change your organization, from the culture down to individual behavior, in ways that make it more human—and more effective. Drawing on their extensive experience, Notter and Grant help you make management innovation real and doable.

Keynote Presentation:

Creating More Human Organizations

Building off our newly released book, this presentation shows how we are currently in the midst of two worlds colliding. On one hand, social media has grown by leaps and bounds, using innovation to outpace even the most successful companies, and even fueling democratic revolutions around the world. On the other hand, our organizations are still operating on “best practices” from the 19th century. Modeled after machines, organizations have become increasingly dysfunctional, struggling with the adoption of social media, let alone realizing their full potential. The path out of this dangerous intersection is to create organizations that are more human. I demonstrate how the four human elements of open, trustworthy, generative, and courageous not only were at the foundation of social media’s success but can also help us create organizations that can thrive in today’s economy.

This session can be expanded into either a half-day or full-day session, or for a really deep dive, a series of one-day sessions on each of the four human elements.

Here’s a short clip of Jamie speaking at a recent conference:

Humanize Answers The Hard Questions:

  • Why are organizations having a tough time taking advantage of the real power of social media?
  • What’s the difference between a human organization and traditional organizations based on the machine model?
  • What does a human organization look like?
  • Why are open, trustworthy, generative, and courageous the keys to a human organization (as opposed to other human qualities)?
  • What are the short- and long-term benefits to humanizing your organization?
  • Where do you see humanizing already working in organizations?
  • How does someone get started humanizing their organization?
  • Do you have to be the CEO to start making these changes in your Organization?

Endorsements

“Jamie Notter has spoken at several ASAE conferences and his presentations are insightful and thought-provoking. He boldly answers the tough questions and gains tremendous feedback from participants. I would sincerely recommend Jamie to anyone looking for a content leader who is engaging, genuine, provocative, entertaining and thoughtful.” —Megan Denhardt, CAE, Senior manager, learning ASAE- American Society of Association Executives

“Jamie Notter brings a unique perspective and deep expertise in conflict resolution, workplace teams and governance bodies that helps them become effective agents for change. He is well-qualified as a subject matter expert and is engaging and entertaining as a speaker. Jamie addressed our 300 person leadership conference and I’d recommend him to absolutely anyone.”—Ben Martin, Virginia Association of Realtors

Presentation Clients:

USDA Graduate School, National Association of Children’s Hospitals, Environmental Protection Agency, American Water Resources Association, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Community Associations Institute, Council for Social Work Education, National Association of Home Builders, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Florida Society of Association Executives, California Society of Association Executives, Texas Society of Association Executives, National Association of Sports Commissions, Iowa State Education Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, American Academy of Family Physicians, Virginia Association of Realtors, and Health Care Association of Michigan

Jamie NotterJamie Notter started his career in the field of international conflict resolution. He spent six years designing and delivering training programs in areas of ethnic conflict (if you get a chance, ask him about the awesome people on the island of Cyprus). Jamie then moved into working with organizations, initially as a diversity trainer and consultant, and later commanding his private management consulting practice, working extensively with trade associations and professional societies. In 2008 Jamie merged his company with MSP (an association management company) to create the consulting division. Jamie carries a master’s degree in conflict resolution from George Mason University, and a Certificate in Organization Development from Georgetown, where he now serves as Adjunct Faculty. An avid writer, he has authored dozens of published articles to go along with a 2007 e-book Generational Diversity in the Workplace and in 2006 published We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change.