Interview with Paula Engels, speaker at the 2007 CANLP Conference, April 13 – 15

Interview with Paula Engels, speaker at the 2007 CANLP Conference, April 13 - 15 .

Presentation title: The "All You Can Eat Buffet" Approach to Creating Success.

Would you please provide a brief overview of your background (e.g. when did you first start to study NLP, what level of training have you achieved).

I first started studying NLP in 1992 after staffing several Firewalk and Date With Destiny Seminars with Tony Robbins. I was a writer, with my own corporate communications company, and I wanted to learn how to reach people the way Tony could. After my first NLP Practitioner Training with Tad James, I was hooked. I went on to take the Master Practitioner and Trainer’s Training.

What is your current business practice and what role does NLP play?

At first I studied NLP to enhance my communication skills, and because I enjoyed the learning. Once I took the Master Practitioner and then the Trainer’s Training I knew I had to share this technology, so I began a small NLP coaching practice. Today I still have my corporate communications business, I coach individuals, and I also use my NLP and Solutions Focus skills as a corporate consultant and team builder.

Would you please provide a brief summary of your presentation at the CANLP conference and indicate the key points that someone in your audience can expect to learn?

When a consultant is called into a company it is usually because management is aware that there are problems. Rarely do we get a call because things are going really well and they want to build upon their strengths to get to the next level. However, like with individuals, although they are noticing what is wrong with their picture, there is a lot more going on that is “right”, and it is a matter of focus, perspective, perception, and the energy created in the resulting paradigm that determines their experience and the level of their success.

Would you please provide a brief summary of your presentation at the CANLP conference and indicate the key points that someone in your audience can expect to learn?

Our workshop will be experiential and fun. We will demonstrate how shifting our focus from analyzing the situations that we don’t want, deciding what we do want, and noticing how much is working (and doing more of it) can lead to solutions that support and encourage positive transformation in any system.

Participants will learn several techniques to facilitate moving toward what they want more easily and effectively which they will be able to use on themselves, as well as with individual and group clients.

For those who would like to learn more about you, do you have a website that they can visit or a way that they can easily contact you?

paula.engels@videotron.ca

Interview with Carol Ann Brazier, President of CANLP (Canadian Association of NLP)

Carol Ann, please provide a brief description of CANLP.

CANLP (the Canadian Association of NLP) was founded in 1997. CANLP is dedicated to stimulate and encourage the promotion and development of the worldwide practice of NLP.

Its objectives are:

• To provide a leadership role in the development and promotion of NLP.
• To promote NLP excellence through a recognized professional framework of structures for NLP certification programs.
• To communicate issues and activities/services to members, the business community and the public.
• To encourage and support our members in the application of NLP in their personal and professional lives.

Membership is open to everyone. For more information on CANLP, please visit www.canlp.ca or contact admin@canlp.ca

You are coming to the end of your two year term as President of CANLP. At this time, what accomplishments are you most pleased with during your term as President and what vision do you hold for CANLP?

I am extremly pleased that we have been able to offer the following to our members: Membership certificates; Professional development certificates for attending the conference; advertising program in our newsletter SUPPOSE; a CANLP/ACPNL logo for use by the Institutes; private link for members to access the latest edition of SUPPOSE, documents for the Annual General Meeting and the financials! Our latest addition is an events page on the CANLP website where Institutes can key in their upcoming events directly on line thus enhancing their web presence. The members directory is also undergoing a revamp: soon members will be able to key in their contact information.

CANLP’s 18th Annual Conference will be held at the Plaza de la Chaudière Holiday Inn in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, April 13 -15. What is the theme of this conference?

Success in the New Millenium

Would you please indicate the highlights of this conference and what attendees can expect.

The CANLP/ACPNL conference is always a great place to find out what is going on in the NLP world -- current issues and trends, latest developments. It’s a major networking activity that promotes information sharing, personal and professional connections for participants.

Whether you're new to the Conference or a veteran attendee, the conference’s energizing setting is an exciting and stimulating place to discover effective strategies, models and techniques and make valuable connections with others interested in NLP. This year the theme of the conference is SUCCESS IN THE NEW MILLENIUM and we have the pleasure of having SHELLE ROSE CHARVET as our Pre-Conference workshop facilitator on the topic of Iressistable Presentations. She will also be the keynote speaker. Her topic is Success in the New Millenium. Shelle is known around the world for her ground-breaking book Words That Change Minds: Mastering the Language of Influence. It is used as a text book in several university business programs in the US and the UK as well as Coach U. It’s now available in several languages

Is there anything else you would like to add at this time?

The 2007 conference has an outstanding list of presenters who will provide you with concrete ideas and applications to enhance your own personal and professional success.