Motivational Speaker & Master or Ceremonies
Health Care Credentials
WHY DO INSPIRED HEALTH CARE LEADERS INVITE CONNIE PODESTA TO BE THEIR MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER OF CHOICE?
BECAUSE THEY LOVE WHAT SHE BRINGS TO THE TABLE
Powerful message without the slideshow
Audience interaction without the silliness
Motivation without the rah-rah
Expertise without the ego
Your presentation was a complete success. Your overall ranking, 5 being the highest, you scored a 5+--some even gave you 10 out of 5. Way to go! -- First Health
Healthcare Testimonials | Healthcare Partial Client List
Unique challenges and trends are affecting the lives and careers of today’s health care professionals. With an extensive and varied health care experience, Connie Podesta has a unique understanding of the complexities and adversities your organization faces that is not ordinarily found in a motivational speaker. She uses that insight to close the gap on where health care professionals are now and where they need to be in order to find the success they want and deserve. With that -- she will create messages that, coupled with a healthy dose of humor, help organizations handle the constant changes that come with being a health care professional.
With humor, how-to skill building and extensive insight into human behavior, Connie Podesta connects with health care professionals juggling high-demand careers and balanced lifestyles. Far from the average "rah rah" motivational speaker, you’ll find Connie’s straight forward communication and quick wit just the right prescription for health care industry audiences!
So...what gives Connie the knowledge and experience to be one of the most in-demand speakers today? Well, here's the short and long version. Take your choice.
The SHORT version…(30 words!)
Award-winning motivational speaker and author, educator, entrepreneur, human resource professional, actress, comedienne, song-writer, radio/TV talk show personality, board-certified organizational/family therapist, and executive life/career coach.
And....here's the LONG version…
- President of Connie Podesta Presents, LLC. Her company helps corporations and businesses process and move through change, create successful, productive workforces, provide outstanding customer service, model genuine leadership, AND increase revenue and sales.
- Extensive health care experience in both medical and psychiatric hospitals, and as the former Director of Human Relations, Director of Employee Assistance, and Director of Staff Relations. This unique insight enables her to tackle the tough issues facing corporations today with humor and sensitivity.
- Organizational therapist with a master’s degree in human relations and counseling. This provides Connie with a deeper insight into all areas of the health care industry.
- Board Certified Professional Counselor, and an expert in the psychology of human behavior. This provides her with the intuitive knowledge and skill sets to help people truly understand why they act and react the way they do to the people around them, the circumstances they face and how they manage their own mindset and emotions.
- Connie has spoken to thousands of health care professionals as well as vendors and industries that are an integral part of the health care system, such as pharmaceutical companies and insurance groups.
- Intuitive rapport at all levels of health care professionals - from front-line employees to nurses and physicians, support personnel, boards of directors, and management.
- Developed powerful leadership/management sessions and retreats that will have a positive impact on your organization and result in higher productivity and higher quality patient and customer care.
- Connie’s sessions usually qualify for CEUs.
Having attended these meetings for the past 14 years, I can safely say that it is rare that a speaker gets the entire audience of 2,300 on its feet so fast and for so long following a presentation. You were outstanding! - Emergency Nurses Association
