Keynote Speaker / Breakout Speaker

"There are speakers who motivate from a lofty stage with great and powerful volume.

"Steven List is a gentle teacher, our confidant and our friend. By using his personal example, he shows us how easy it is to study our own life experiences and internalize these stories. From this comfort zone, we learn that we too can become educators, leaders, and skilled speakers.

"Steven List is inspiring!"

Diane Graden
President, Always Right/Customer Service Solutions

"I would like to take a moment to thank you for your contribution to the Speaking of Women's Health conference. Speaking of Women's Health's goal is to bring a wealth of information to as many women as possible through their annual seminars. Your contribution as a breakout speaker helped make this year's event a wonderful success, and we greatly appreciate that contribution.

"Your topic 'Coming Out of the Tunnel: Relationship Breakthroughs' was great! Your session was informative with plenty of ideas. Your fictitious couple, Michael and Joan, helped others to easily grasp examples used in your presentation.

"Thank you again for your time and energy to see that this year's event was a success."

Lisa Hooker
Steering Committe, Speaking of Women's Health, Austin
(Humana)

"I recently heard you speak and wanted to share with you what a wonderful experience it was! I can tell you put much thought and research into your presentations. It was interesting to hear you bring fresh and different ideas to mind. You are a great speaker, you made me look inside myself and reach inside myself. When I left, I walked away with something shining, a glow, and a kick in my step! Thank you."

Tamera Diggs-Tate
Graphics Designer
Austin Energy

Trainer

"On behalf of the ASTD Special Interest Group, I thank you for your superb program on Behavioral Interviewing. Your sensitivity to the individual needs of the group, your research and documentation, and your personal experience all contributed to an A-1 program.

"Behaviorial Interviewing is a skill that continually needs to be honed. Your facilitation was especially meaningful to me because it brought back memories and techniques that I've developed and that I need to further develop.

"Your coaching skills were caring, yet disciplined."

Joyce A. Batty
Facilitator, ASTD Job Seekers SIG

"Thank you for the informative and timely presentation that you gave. Your subject, 'Spoken Communications for Financial Professionals' covered several important topics, including conflict resolution, teambuilding, and negotiations.

"Attendees reported that they were most favorably impressed with your ability to effectively communicate these important and practical concepts. We would certainly like to have you back with us again in the coming year."

Daphne Jimerson
President, Austin Cen-Tex Chapter
National Association of Black Accountants

Master of Ceremonies

"We would like to take this opportunity to record our thanks to Steven for his substantial contribution to the success of the inaugural Business Growth Conference in Austin.

"As the Master of Ceremonies, Steven demonstrated qualities of tact, diplomacy, and speaker management as well as holding audience attention with his excellent speaking abilities. We have received numerous complimentary comments about his role throughout the event and we look forward to continuing our relationship at our up-coming conferences."

Stephen Farrer
CEO, Business Growth Conferences

Facilitation

"Steven List's facilitation skills have been integral to the emergence of a new community development effort, Austin Forward, launched by the IC² Institute. The purpose of Austin Forward is to explore the region's preferred futures through a series of discussion groups among diverse participants.

"Steven's task was not an easy one as the initial discussion were purposefully unstructured in order to encourage open discussion and debate. From these freewheeling interactions a number of possible courses of action have emerged but the most important outcome is a unique articulation of our problems an dpotential that only could have resulted from carefully moderated sharing of perspectives.

"Steven's clear articulation of themes and relationships as well as his artful guidance of the groups' discussions was a highly valued contribution to Austin Forward."

Eliza Evans, Ph.D.
Program Manager for Research
IC² Institute
The University of Texas at Austin