For the past 15 years Cheri Ruskus has worked with many 1,000’s of event participants sharing a variety of speaking & workshop offerings. Sharing proven small business strategies that cater towards both tactics and mindset. Giving the organizations that serve those participants the peace of mind of having a speaker and facilitator they can count on to bring results.

Each of her interactive talks can be tailored to an individual organizations needs. This page shares 3 of her most popular current talks. Each one can be modified in both time and depth of content as required for an event planners needs.

You can see more of Cheri’s speaking style as the host of the
Bright Shiny Object Project.

Read more below about the topic, goals, benefits, and format to chose what is right for your team, organization, or event.

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Authentic Leadership & Influence

BEST FOR: Workshops up to 20 people and Executive Board Planning Retreats.

GOAL: Build a confidence culture based on successfully bringing together a team’s unique individual and collective strengths.

BENEFITS: Get beyond the noise of egos and hidden agendas in order to tap into each players authentic leadership style for the good of the whole team.

Participants can be assigned pre-work with the Gallup Strengthsfinder 2.0 assessment to gain a stronger understanding of their own individual overall strengths.

FORMAT: Deep individual leadership reflection to understand where they fit together collectively as a whole.

This interactive experience has been designed to work in either a workshop format of no more than 20 people, or in an executive team retreat setting.
Cheri will work closely with the meeting planner to insure that the objectives and strategy planning for the organization is met in her facilitation process.

REVIEWS FROM PAST CLIENTS:

“I reached out to Cheri having worked with her before on a myriad of different trainings to see if she would facilitate our Chamber Board’s Strategic Planning Retreat. She said “yes” and by far it has been one of the best decisions I’ve made this year.” - Deb Miller, IOM, President Greater Woodland Park Chamber

Power-Up A Good Idea

BEST FOR: Lunch and Learns, Think Tanks, Breakout Sessions.

GOAL: Come to understand the life cycle for actually implementing the best ideas in a world full of noise and distractions.

BENEFITS: There is perhaps nothing more captivating than a bight and shiny object a.k.a. a new idea. It can take us completely off course or help discover a new innovative path IF we know how to implement it correctly.

Give yourself permission to go towards the ideas that generate belief, foster hope, and make a difference.

FORMAT: There is not a shortage of bright shiny objects to follow. However, how do you decipher as a small business owner which ones will take you where you actually want to go makes all the difference. Allowing to prepare for the obstacles that can be found along the way.

Cheri introduces the power of understanding her Idea Cycle formula and then to discern which new ideas are within your reach now or perhaps would be best to strategically put into play later down the road.

Participants will walk away with necessary tools to gain a stronger focus, open up creativity, while achieving the most important goals.

REVIEWS FROM PAST CLIENTS:

“Cheri combines both youthful energy and extensive experience to create passion to help attain goals and dreams.” – D. Reilly

Build Momentum
Smash Overwhelm

BEST FOR: Workshops, Webinars, and Productivity Training events.

GOAL: Unlock the power of our greatest commodity — Time and the ability to not let overwhelm take over.

BENEFITS: Did you know that most business owners don’t go out of business because of lack of money? The biggest resource they lack is the energy to keep going when they keep hitting the proverbial brick wall.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the role self-care and honoring their time plays in not only becoming more efficient but smashing through the stress factors that get in their way. How getting to the root cause of the overwhelm can begin to eliminate the perceived fears, problems, and inability to move forward.

FORMAT: In this 30 or 60 minute talk, we will dive down into the five key components in honoring our time.

These essential elements prevent burnout and and enhance productivity. Participants will walk aways with actual tools that can be implemented into their daily calendar.

REVIEWS FROM PAST CLIENTS:

“I do hope that our paths cross again, and if any organization is looking for someone to present on this topic, let me or the NPSA know as we would highly recommend you.”

— Mark Graham, 2022 NPSA Annual Conference and Trade Show at Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center