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“Your springboard to personal and professional development!”
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“That Motorcycle Lady!”
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Communicate to Lead;
Motivate to Succeed
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Professional Member
National Speakers Association
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“Think About It!”
Cable TV Show
Host: Sylvia Henderson
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SelfGrowth.com
Success Catalog
Sylvia Henderson: Expert_Community Leader
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Achievement Radio.com
Your Internet Radio Station on Success, Business and Achievement
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President’s Volunteer Service Award: Certifying Organization
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Bookmark This Page & Return When You Need These Resources!
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Professional, Civic, & Educational Affiliations:
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Special Dates of Interest!
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Unusual dates and holidays you’ll want to celebrate. We do!
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Professional Development and Self Improvement Resources
(Motivation & Success)
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(Professional Development)
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(Leadership and Organization Development)
- HR.com - A leading online resource center for HR professionals to receive up-to-date information on real issues. Published weekly.
- Comprehensive management, leadership, organization development, and business tools and resources.
- Leadership, management, success articles.
- Leadership theories & models - multiple.
- Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter Drucker Institute).
- Organization, people, and communication theories & models.
- Boards of Directors - BoardSource (info; procedures).
- Robert’s Rules of Order online.
- Management / leadership library - free; comprehensive (for non-profits, associations, Boards of Directors, and organizational development specialists).
- criss cross puzzle - OD Glossary01 (handout).pdf
- maze puzzle - OD_5 Approaches to Org Design (handout.pdf
- word search puzzle - OD Terminology01 (handout).pdf
- Career and job resources.
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(Reading & Writing Resources)
- eBook Mall: A nice catalog of eBooks and software for a variety of handhelds (PDAs) & computer platforms (Mac and Windows). Sylvia’s eBooks are listed under (TBD).
- American Booksellers Association - resources for authors, writers, publishers, & readers
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Presentation, Public Speaking, Meetings, Training & Workshop Facilitation Resources
(Presentations & Public Speaking Resources)
(Certifications & Certificate Programs - Professional)
- Six Sigma Online Training - Six Sigma Online Certification
Six Sigma Training by Six Sigma Online, Black Belt Six Sigma Certification, Green Belt Training, DFSS Design for 6 Sigma Courses & Certification "Best Six Sigma Training on the Web" Payment Plans Available!
(Quality improvement, zero-defects, DFSS business programs (self-study; online programs).
Ideas and lists - brain “joggers” and idea-starters for marketing copy, creative titles, and anything else product or service marketing-oriented.
Aesop’s Fables (full text; public domain).
Bibliomania - full text of books; public domain.
Dictionary.com - dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, references.
Miriam Webster online - another dictionary & reference source.
Quotations search resource.
Quotations for life balance.
American Rhetoric - speeches (famous & not-so-famous).
English idioms - definitions of slang & idioms.
definitions of slang, idioms, proverbs.
(Training)
(Toys, Props, Visuals, Crafts)
- Workshop tools resource - Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream crafts page.
- Free printables - great creative projects for training extras.
- Trainers’ Warehouse catalog (great training & presentation tools & props).
- Puzzlemaker(TM) - Discovery.com’s puzzle-making resource (make-your-own puzzles for free + purchase more-comprehensive package).
- Creative Learning Tools - training tools & props.
- Office Playground - fun stuff for your desk.
- Oriental Trading Company - cheap, fun stuff for training, parties, and anything else you can think of! Use your imagination.
- US Toy - similar to Oriental Trading Co. (above).
- Hands-On Graphics - drawing; visual translation (I use techniques from their book Beyond Words for a lot of my handouts).
- Barry’s Clipart Server (been around a long time).
- Free audio clips - some good; some wierd.
(Meetings)
- MIMList Meeting Matters - The meetings industry's leading email-based discussion group, moderated by Joan Eisenstodt. The MIMlist is owned & operated by VNU Business Media, the parent company of Meeting News and Successful Meetings magazines.
- Meetings technology resources - articles from Corbin Ball.
- 3M Meeting Network - articles & experts in the meetings, professional development, & leadership arenas.
(Technology)
- PC Magazine.
- Popular Mechanics online - technology, consumer, futuring.
(References & Resources)
- Suite 101 - Reference site (articles, research, info).
- About.com - Reference site (articles, research, info).
- Answers.com - search for answers to questions.
- More information links - research, research, research.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Business research - links to LOTS of business resources & information.
- Library Spot.
- National Archives online - references.
- US Census Bureau - statistics.
- Guinness Book of World Records - find off-beat facts & world records to use in your presentations.
- How Stuff Works - great for trivia and impressing people.
- Yearbook of Experts - list of people contacts (free downloads are one year behind).
- Time Zone clock.
- Zip Code lookup - US Postal Service.
Old-fashioned board games - custom & traditional.
Free MOTORCYCLE printables - serves no training purpose that I know of; just absolutely incredible motorcycle cut-out projects and I didn’t know where else to put the link!
Dog Scouts - Yes! This is for real. You’ve got to check this out if you’re a pet lover.
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It’s About Community: Express Yourself & Link With Other People Who Share Your Interests
(Keep It Clean & Professional!)
- Connections - business networking online (LinkedIn).
- Web log (Blog) - Springboard Training’s BLOG. Professional development posts. (NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVE)
- Web log (Blog) - Conversations on Success. Join in on the conversation. Post your thoughts, answers, more questions on “success”, “motivation”, & “attitude”.
- Women and motorcycling - About.com.
- Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day - Palotta Teamworks. Yes, this site is still active even though the 3-Day Breast Cancer event is no longer with Palotta Teamworks or Avon. You’ll find inspiration and motivational quotes here until they shut down the site completely.
- Promotional products - The Ad Solution (I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this company for your promo product needs. Ask for Debbie - tell her Sylvia sent you. No, I do not get any credit or kickback on this. I just believe in them and her for quality, price, and service.)
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It’s About Me: Sylvia Henderson
- Book-A-Speaker: Speaker listings for all occasions. This is one of the Speakers’ Bureaus that represents Sylvia.
- Speakers, Etc. and Black Speakers Online: Speaker listings for all occasions with a focus on speakers who are African-American or of African descent. This is one of the Speakers’ Bureaus that represents Sylvia.
- Products - Success Language™; self esteem and positive attitudes; professional speakers; V-Twin Values™ at CafePress. Visit the Springboard Training “Cycle Therapy” shop.
- Retreats & Seminars online magazine - articles, venues, people (see my listing under “Speakers”).
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