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- Katherine Abbott,
M.F.A., has won industry awards for training and public speaking
and has been an educator for over 25 years. She is President and founder of
Abbott Communications, a training company specializing in training Trainers
and Speakers. She and her staff have trained hundreds of subject matter
experts to become successful trainers in her workshops, The Trainer’s
Advantage™ and The Tech Trainer’s Advantage™, which are
based on her practical experience teaching in business and education. She
developed The Global Trainer’s Advantage™ workshop incorporating
her first-hand experience delivering training in Germany, the United
Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and Ghana, her partnership
with Charis Intercultural Training Corporation's international staff, plus
her experience teaching students and corporate trainees in California who
come from dozens of countries.
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Katherine’s background includes 20 years in business as technical
trainer, training manager and consultant and 5 years in higher education. She was Vice President of Training and Support for Mastermind
computers, Training Operations Manager for Businessland, Inc. and technical trainer
for a variety of companies as a consultant for 5 years. As business owner of
Abbott Communications she wears a variety of hats: trainer, business
developer, trainer developer, web designer, logistics manager, global
traveler, writer etc.
Katherine holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Modern Dance and has been on the
faculties of the University of Northern Colorado, Weber State University and the
University of Phoenix. She is a certified trainer in Windows NT software, UNIX software,
HighTechSpeaking® and PowerSpeaking®. She is also a graduate of the
Coaches Training Institute. In the business sector since 1990, some of
Katherine’s major clients include ExxonMobil, Genentech, Johns Hopkins,
Quantum, Imation, Disney, Teradyne, Nikon Precision and OSIsoft.
She is a leader in the training and public
speaking profession, and the business community. She is an active member and
past board member of the National Speakers Association, the
America
n Society of Training and Development, the National Association of Women
Business Owners and Toastmasters International. Katherine is a popular
speaker at training conferences.
Trainees give powerful testimonials about
learning with Katherine.
"Getting the most out of any class is a burden the student
must carry. However, when the instructor eases that burden, productivity increases to the
student's advantage. Katherine does just that. She eases the struggle of learning a new
subject. She does not just present the material but she walks you through it. She does not
just hope that you learn the subject but through feedback she makes sure that you
understand it. Her satisfaction is not based on how well she knows the subject but how
well you learned it. All of these characteristics make her the ideal instructor."
-- Erik Herazo,
Data Services Manager, Becton Dickinson
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