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Will You Say Yes?

All of the work at SYI is around perspective (finding the positive) and power (knowing you have it!).

Why is this important? Because we know: Positive People Lead Powerful Lives. What does this mean?

Positive. You look for what is right, what is working, what is going well. You know the positive is an energy boost, and the negative an energy drain, so you pick the positive!

Lead. You are in the driver's seat of life, because life doesn't happen TO you, it happens FROM you.

Powerful. You own what is yours to own, and you take responsibility, accountability and action around creating your life.

Join us at the SYI to get concrete skills/tips/tools and strategies to help you on your journey!

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UPCOMING TRAINING!

Centerboard Education presents: The Power of the Positive
A workshop based on Search Institute’s Asset Model                                     
This is an all-new workshop series will be on Saturdays (1/28, 2/25, 3/31) from 9:00-3:00, at the brand new Centerboard Education Space in the JB Blood Building, first floor at 20 Wheeler St., Lynn, MA 01902.
Educators can earn 20 PDPs (2 CEUs)  
$249.00 (includes coffee/tea and continental breakfast)
Financial Assistance is available.
Email Jplourde@thecenterboard.org to register.

Join us for this all-new series with recognized leader Carrie Stack. Learn concrete skills and tools to support growth and learning through a strength based lens in this three-part training series designed for directors, leaders, administrators, teachers, coaches and principals.  Discover how shining a spotlight on the positive increases energy, investment and excitement. This means more progress and success for everyone involved! This training is based on Search Institute’s Asset Model. Focus on how to use this powerful model to frame your work within your classroom, school or nonprofit world. 

Carrie Stack, M.Ed. is a Certified Life Coach, author and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience providing people with skills and tools to make positive changes in their lives. Founder of the Say Yes Institute (SYI), a company focused on building emotional intelligence skills through training and coaching, Carrie has provided services to managers and staff at more than 50 nonprofit agencies. In her trainings she has shared her “people skills” strategies with thousands of people who are looking to build more positive and powerful relationships, both at home and at work. 

Carrie brings a range of experiences in to her training and coaching, from the classroom to the conference room, as she has been a teacher, counselor, trainer and program director. In her roles she has worked with children, teens and families dealing with many challenges in life and has had privilege of witnessing people (of all ages!) grow and evolve in ways that both inspire and awe.

Carrie is the author of, The Dream Boss (to be published in 2012), Conversations with the Future, and You are Not a Puzzle Piece. She was named in “101 Women to Watch” by WE Magazine and featured on 7-NEWS, FOX 25, Boston Globe, Boston Literary Magazine, Daily Lynn Item and North Shore Sunday. She is also founder of the nonprofit Courage2Know, co-founder of EO Your Life and a contributor to EmpowermentRX

Centerboard Education provides educational resources and support for families and teachers. It is one of five programs at Centerboard, Inc. The others are Centerboard Families (supportive housing to teens and homeless families), Centerboard Skills (leverage residents’ expertise on behalf of nonprofits), Centerboard Business (asset building strategies for the city’s residents and businesses), and Centerboard Arts (community-based arts initiatives).

For more information, or to register, please contact:
Jan Plourde, M. Ed                
339-883-1387
Jplourde@thecenterboard.org