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Carrie Stack, M.Ed.

Carrie is the founder of the Say Yes Institute (SYI), which offers professional and personal development through a range of on/off site training, workshops and groups, as well as individual and group coaching.    Over the years, Carrie has had the privilege of working with thousands of people, and has provided services to over 50 nonprofit agencies focused on supporting participants (agencies, management teams or individuals) to:

• Develop/expand emotional intelligence skills
• Increase concrete tools that can be immediately implemented
• Reach goals through concrete, measurable action plans

Before she opened SYI, Carrie had 15 years of diverse experience working in the non-profit world, with a focus on staff/program development and training. Using interactive activities, humor and endless optimism, Carrie draws upon her years of diverse experience to enhance all of her training/coaching work. She has developed and led workshops/groups around strength based topics, and has done extensive training, both locally and statewide, on prevention/education issues.

She is the author of, Conversations with the Future, about the lives of 70 young people in Lynn, featured in the Boston Globe, local press and in a month long series on Fox25.   Recently, Carrie has also been in the following media:

November 24, 2008
Frantic About Facing Family Time
Fox25 News

December 12, 2008
Avoiding the Holiday Blues
The Salem News

January 13, 2009
101 Women Bloggers to Watch for 2009
WE Magazine

Qualifications:

• M.Ed. in Social Justice
• Certified Life Coach
• Founder of Say Yes Institute, a SOMWBA Certified Business
• Experience as a teacher, trainer, social worker, management consultant and program director
• Founder of non-profit, Live Life Write Inc.
• Founding member of NLP Coaching Associates
• Member of New England Women Business Owners (NEWBO)
• Member BNI (Red Rock Chapter)
• Board member of Lynn Arts, Inc.

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Additional Consultants:
SYI also collaborates with additional trainers/coaches/consultants, based on the needs of an agency.

About SYI | About Us

About SYI

What is the SYI?
The Say Yes Institute is focused on supporting people to grow, personally and professionally, in order for people to fully live the life that they want to live. Through workshops, training and coaching, SYI provides participants with the opportunity to develop skills, strategies and insights which contribute to powerful movement and growth.

Why was SYI created?

Having the privilege of working with people of all ages, from the classroom to the conference room, in a range of roles, from counselor, to teacher, to director, to trainer….it became obvious that there were a lot of commonalities in experiences. Too many people expressed feeling like they weren’t clear on what they wanted, and didn’t feel in charge of their lives, or the direction that they were heading.  Many people talked about feeling like they weren’t happy, or that they were waiting for something to happen in life that would finally make them feel like they had succeeded.  Over and over people identified that they had struggles in their relationships (personal and professional) and that they didn’t feel like they were successful with “people skills.”

SYI was created because It became clear that there was an opportunity to work with people to develop tools that would help them figure out, personally AND professionally:

• What they wanted
• Why they wanted it
• How they were going to go about getting it

This is an amazing process, and it’s clearly working for people!
Since launching SYI, all of the growth and expansion has been through word of mouth.
For that, we’d like to give a huge thank you to all of our clients.
It is a privilege to be able to provide a service that is deemed to have so much value, and we are grateful that you are sharing your experiences with others!

Thank you~

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“Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.”

Mike Wickett

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