Nancy Kienzle Utterback,Ph.D., CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) An Experienced Speaking and Training Professional with over 2,500 presentations ! Serving both corporate and non-profit clients excellence and integrity since 1984.     Overview Experience Educational Background Honors Professional Memberships [ KEYNOTES/WORKSHOPS/RETREATS] Partial Client List Graduate Education Courses

Nancy has devoted her entire adult life to assisting people and organizations to enhance their communication skills and reach their full potential. Her speech and theatre background and talents help to make her a dynamic presenter.  Nancy's enthusiasm for her subject is contagious and she has the ability to make the participants enthusiastic about what they are learning. She consistently receives "excellent" rankings from the participants. Her experience and education combine to provide her with the knowledge necessary to assist individuals and companies to solve problems, meet challenges, and productively achieve their goals. Her love of people and down to earth "practical "approach, combined with her knowledge of communication and group process skills, make her a master at "educating, stimulating, motivating, and actuating" her wide variety of clients.
 
 

• Founder and Current President of her own company, COMMUNICATE INSTITUTE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. (A Training and Development Company Founded in 1984; Dedicated to the Development of Human Potential and Committed to Bringing Out the Best in People and Organizations.)

• Seminar Presenter since 1980. (Thousands of individuals, countless companies, associations and school systems have benefited from Nancy's dynamic training.)

• Over 30 years of Experience as a Public Speaker

• College/University Graduate Education Adjunct Professor since 1981
  

• Former Classroom High School Speech and Drama Teacher (18 yrs.)

• Former Speech and Drama Coach (16 yrs.)

• Former Classroom Speech Communication Instructor on College Level (8 yrs.)

 

• Ph.D. in Education with emphasis in Group Process--Univ. of Akron (1985)
• M.A. in Speech Communication & Theatre--Univ. of Akron (1975)
• B.S. in Speech Communication--Miami University (1969)
• In addition to Nancy's formal training, she attends numerous workshops and conferences around the Nation each year to keep current with her field.

 

• Nancy is among a very small percentage of professional speakers to be awarded the coveted Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)designation from the National Speakers Association for her proven record of speaking excellence. Fewer than ten percent of the 5,000 + members who belong to the International Federation of Professional Speakers hold the CSP designation.

• As a Trainer and Consultant, she has been the Recipient of Numerous Awards from The Inscape Publishing (formally Performax Systems International ) for excellence as one of their top associates (Since 1987 Nancy has consistently ranked near the top of their training and consulting associates nationwide.
• Author of educational game "PERSUADE" used in classrooms throughout the nation
• Author of several training programs and workshops on Communication and Team Building
• Author of numerous articles on Communication and Training
• As a Speech Teacher she was selected as "Outstanding High School Speech Teacher in Ohio " in 1980 by The Speech Communication Association of Ohio
• As a Speech Teacher she was named by Northwestern University as "One of the Ten Outstanding Speech Teachers in the U.S."
• As a Speech Coach she was the Recipient of the Double Diamond Award for Speech Coaching Excellence , presented by the National Forensic League
• Inducted into The Ohio High School SPEECH COACHES HALL OF FAME in 1999

 

• NATIONAL SPEAKERS ASSOCIATION
• NSA Ohio
  
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
• PHI DELTA KAPPA EDUCATIONAL HONORARY
• THE JOSEPHSON INSTITUTE OF ETHICS
• THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

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