1st International E3A Conference: Inspired Leadership Through Equine Partners

Conference Program for September 14-16, 2017 The Calvin Center, Hampton, GA

Day 1: September 14, 2017 KEYNOTE SPEAKER LINDA PUCCI

Everything I Needed to Know About Leadership, I Learned from My Horses Horses are uniquely positioned to teach humans to become better leaders, and learning about leadership from your horses’ perspective can markedly change how you approach the process of being a leader. In this keynote presentation, you’ll learn the five characteristics needed to become an inspired leader, and how horses can help you and your clients improve your leadership skills through equine assisted learning. Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a personal/business coach, trainer, author, and former psychologist. She has spent 39 years helping clients transform their lives utilizing solution-focused approaches, including equine assisted learning. Linda is a founding member of E3A, a Level II E3A Certified Advanced Practitioner with a Specialty in Corporate Training, and a Master Trainer. She helped write both E3A’s certification curriculum and the personal development and wellbeing curriculum. Linda often provides coaching to EAL businesses and other entrepreneurs. Her herd of horses provides frequent feedback and opportunities for learning at Inner Resource Center, LLC on her farm in Maryville, TN. To find out more about Linda go to www.innerresourcecenter.com

CLASSROOM SESSIONS

LISSA POHL

C1- Introduction to Equine Experiential Education Facilitation Methods This workshop is the first step to becoming a Certified Practitioner of E3A. This workshop will cover the difference between coaching, training and teaching, the roles the facilitator plays, how to create an environment for learning, and the 5-Question Model for facilitating equine activities. Participating in this class is a prerequisite for the C2 arena training, a $75 value included when you register for the conference. Teaching people how to ‘embody’ leadership competencies is Lissa’s area of expertise. She has facilitated EAL workshops nationally since 2004 and most recently in Qatar, the Middle East. Lissa holds a Master’s Degree in Transformational Leadership Development and is owner of In Good Spirits, LLC. She works in the University of Kentucky’s Department of Community & Leadership Development where she conducted research on the effectiveness of collaborating with horses in developing, emotional intelligence and leadership competencies in nurses (2012). She holds certifications as a Lights On Leadership ™ Coach (1997), a Leadership Circle 360 Profile Facilitator, and as an E3A Advanced Corporate Trainer and Master Trainer. Lissa has over 50 years of experience with horses and continues to enjoy riding, integrated horsemanship and a great chai latte'. To learn more about Lissa go to www.lissapohl.com KATHY MILBECK & JEN KAPLAN

Develop Your Why Explore an inspired leadership approach to successfully marketing and communicating to potential clients. Put an innovative twist into your EAL business and marketing material. Join us as we explore your “W” word and Simon Sinek’s, Inside Out Communication concept. Plus, learn the role of the limbic brain and how EAL programs are hard wired to influence and create significant and meaningful changes with your clients.

Kathy Milbeck, M.A. is principle partner in Equinemity, and has been a psychotherapist for over 36 years. She is an E3A Master Trainer and served on the E3A Board as Vice President, Program Development Chair and

currently, is the Treasurer. She has 18 years experience with horses and understands that they have the ability and sensitivity to awaken heart-based moments of authenticity.

Jennifer S. Kaplan, M.A. partner in Equinemity, is a certified E3A Facilitator. She is an instructor at Truckee Meadows Community College. She teaches EAL success skills classes with a focus on life, career & educational success strategies. Jennifer has a deep commitment to helping people realize their potential and believes that horses call us to be authentic, whole-hearted, compassionate and true to ourselves.

To find out more about Kathy and Jennifer, go to http://www.strengthbasedteambuilding.com/ MINDY CHERNOFF

Open to Outcome, Open Heart: How E3A is a Model for a Meaningful Life This dynamic presentation by Mindy is on how the E3A model, as well as Dr. Kolbe’s Five-Question Model, aids EAL practitioners to facilitate change and transformation for their clients. Mindy will give you concrete and specific ways in which you can become open to outcome, curious and experience greater freedom in your life and business by living with an open heart. Mindy Tatz Chernoff is the founder of The Resonant Horse, a novel and innovative approach to healing, partnering with horses as teachers and catalysts for change and transformation with a diverse client base, which includes children on the autism spectrum, working mothers, and executives in the corporate sector. She has a Dual Masters, and 55 years deeply steeped in horses and humanity. She is an E3A Practitioner, an Eponaquest Apprentice, with years of training in mindfulness and contemplation. Mindy recently gave her first TEDX Talk: (https://youtu.be/QBZkFquIqog ) and is in the finishing stages of her first book : “From Muck To Magnificence, How Cleaning Horse Stalls Leads To An Astonishing Life.” When not attending to clients Mindy can be found riding her Two Time Pinto Congress Champion, “Viton”. In her spare time she designs and creates jewelry. To learn more about Mindy, go to http://theresonanthorse.com/

LUNCH: NETWORKING WITH YOUR REGION ARENA SESSIONS JANIS COOPER & WILLIAM HANCY

Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Equine Experiential Learning Join us for an engaging and interactive session that introduces Appreciative Inquiry (AI) into the equine arena. As a philosophy for positive change, we plan to show you how AI can help increase the value of (appreciate) your learning in equine experiential activities. During practical demonstrations, you will learn how to use AI philosophies to achieve change at both the individual and group levels. Observing how AI is used in varied equine scenarios, you will experience what’s happening in the arena—and in you—in new and enlightening ways. You will also learn how asking appreciative questions can guide individuals and groups toward generative, strength-based results, helping make your equine experiential learning activities even more engaging and life-changing. William is the Operations Director for the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry (AI) at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. He manages the Center’s budget, contracts, AI Badge Program, and AI Commons website. He is an experienced higher education instructor and business consultant and is a retired United States Air Force veteran. He earned a master’s degree in Organizational Development and a graduate certificate as a Hopkins Fellows in Managing Change. His certifications include Equine Experiential Education, Appreciative Inquiry, Future Search, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. He resides in Swanton, Vermont, enjoys hiking and raising farm animals.

Janis is the owner of EQnimity in Waitsfield, Vermont. Before launching her business, Janis’ career spanned more than 20 years in global marketing management and executive positions within Fortune 500 companies. During her corporate career, Janis led customers and employees through a variety of transitions - all of which have led her to assist individuals and groups to traverse change. Janis is a Certified Professional Coach, holds two Equine Experiential Education certifications and supports personal and professional growth with a focus on leadership and team development. She partners with the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry to offer equine-based Appreciative Inquiry workshops.

To learn more about William and Janis, go to http://www.champlain.edu/appreciativeinquiry and https://eqnimity.com/

JENNIFER BOYER

Combining E3A & Improvisational Game Techniques to Improve Leadership Authenticity Improving leaders’ authenticity and ability to align and connect with others is a powerful mechanism for changing entire organizations. Jennifer will demonstrate through activities and discussion how ACT, Inc. created meaningful corporate leadership experiences using E3A methods in combination with improvisational techniques. You will learn such games as “Hidden Agendas” that focus on unspoken assumptions and “Unicorn” that demonstrates common leadership challenges with ego and credibility. Stop struggling with how to sell to business leaders and focus your approach on addressing common workplace dynamics with E3A. Jennifer Yi Boyer has spent over 20 years working in global business environments focusing on strategy, talent, change management, organizational effectiveness, and executive leadership development. Her career has spanned many industries ranging from financial services, hospitality, manufacturing, educational non-profit and small entrepreneurial pursuits with partners around the world. She was E3A certified in 2014 and has conducted numerous customized corporate programs using the open-to-outcomes model and successfully built it into the curriculum where she works. She maintains a small horse farm in Iowa where she resides with her husband, three daughters, four cats, rescue dog and a small herd of horses. To learn more about Jennifer go to http://www.leadershipinmotion-e3a.com/

DAY 2: September 15, 2017 KEYNOTE SPEAKER LISSA POHL

Seeing How to Serve – Like a Horse: Leveraging Your Somatic Intelligence to Transform Others The ability to leverage all our intelligences IQ, EQ and SQ (Somatic Intelligence) is what differentiates a good facilitator/trainer/coach from a great one. This interactive workshop will introduce you to the Lights On

Learning Coaching Model and is designed to increase your ability to decipher the somatic cues of your clients and to understand the importance of transforming feedback to increase transformational learning and development, balance and vitality. Teaching people how to ‘embody’ leadership competencies is Lissa’s area of expertise. She has facilitated EAL workshops nationally since 2004 and most recently in Qatar, the Middle East. Lissa holds a Master’s Degree in Transformational Leadership Development and is owner of In Good Spirits, LLC. She works in the University of Kentucky’s Department of Community & Leadership Development where she conducted research on the effectiveness of collaborating with horses in developing, emotional intelligence and leadership competencies in nurses (2012). She holds certifications as a Lights On Leadership ™ Coach (1997), a Leadership Circle 360 Profile Facilitator, and as an E3A Advanced Corporate Trainer and Master Trainer. Lissa has over 50 years of experience with horses and continues to enjoy riding, integrated horsemanship and a great chai latte'. To learn more about Lissa go to www.lissapohl.com CLASSROOM SESSIONS KATHY MOORE

New Program Coming Soon: Intro to Remember the Horse An introduction to E3A's Remember the Horse in Equine Assisted Learning is an excellent way to refresh and learn new ways of incorporating horse behavior into your debrief sessions and to elicit maximum transformation in your clients. Understand the unique power that horses bring to the equine experiential

education experience. Develop insight and awareness of our equine partners to integrate their unique gifts into this work and better understand how the E3A Facilitation model uses herd culture and dynamics within its programs. Kathy Moore is an accomplished natural horsemanship instructor and owner of Sugarfoot Jog Ranch in Waller, Texas near Houston. While working with horses and their owners, Kathy found that achieving behavioral change in the horse required transformation in their owners. This became a natural segue into doing Equine Assisted Learning. Along with being certified in Parelli Natural Horsemanship and as a certified riding instructor with Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA), she is also an Equine Specialist through EAGALA, and is an Advanced Corporate Practitioner and Master Trainer with E3A. Kathy offers organizations innovative approaches to improving teamwork, communication, leadership skills and overall performance. Recently she has been working with girls that are victims of human trafficking and who battle drug and alcohol issues, and with young adolescents that have aged out of the Foster Care System. Kathy is a graduate of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a degree in Interior Design. To learn more about Kathy, go to http://sugarfootjogranch.com/ GINA YARRISH

Harness Your Leadership and Accelerate your EAL Career In this interactive workshop you will learn how to go further, faster, with less effort and leverage your leadership potential. Gina’s “Focus Forward Method” will assist you in discovering what is holding you back, and offer simple techniques that will get you moving towards business success. Gina gives you clarity, inspiration, and answers to your questions that lead to results. Gina has 25 years of experience nurturing individuals, businesses, and entrepreneurs through their own business transformation in buying, selling, investing and in management. As an entrepreneur she has gone through personal pain, faced her limitations and explored ways to fulfill the desire to give her own life meaning. Knowing first hand the challenges of owning a business she was inspired to develop products and programs to help others go further, faster with less effort and more results. As a certified Practitioner of Equine Experiential Education, EAGALA, and as a life coaching, she assists people to maximize their potential. Gina’s most recent success was a #1 Bestseller, Harness Your Purpose, Power, & Peace: Discover the Leader Within You. To learn more about Gina go to www.yarcorteacres.com

CHERYL PAYTON BESS

The Power to Harness, Hitch and Drive your Team to Excellence This workshop will introduce you to a new and unique way to expand your EAL programs to corporate and team building clients utilizing carriage driving exercises. Parallels will be drawn between the basics of harnessing, hitching and driving a horse carriage and the building of a successful team in business. Ways to implement this new approach to team building will be shared and participants will have learned three essential exercises to utilize in a Carriage Driven Experiential Program.

Cheryl Payton Bess has received her certification as a Level I Practitioner through E3A. Also, she is a Certified Equine Specialist with EAGALA and has trained in EAPD with International Equestrian Coach, Chris Irwin. Cheryl has also been certified at Level I of the Carriage Association of America’s Driver Proficiency Program. Her professional history includes a background in nursing with both clinical and management experience. She is a co-founder of Mirror Horse Interactions, LLC.

Pam Umberger, owner, and operator of Copper Crest Farm has been teaching horseback riding lessons for over thirty years and carriage driving lessons for over two decades. She operates a therapeutic riding and driving program for mentally and physically challenged children and adults and has trained in the area of equine assisted growth & learning. Pam has taught courses in equine studies at Wytheville Community College and Virginia Tech. She has authored two books, Principle-ly Horses ~ A Training Manual and Life After Hitching - A Guide to Training Your Horse to Drive. Pam is a co-founder of Mirror Horse Interactions, LLC.

To learn more about Cheryl to go: www.mirrorhorse.com LUNCH: NETWORK WITH THE EXPERTS/PRESENTERS Linda Pucci Lissa Pohl Carrie Brady Mindy Chernoff Janis Cooper & William Hancy Jennifer Boyer Kathy Moore Linda Pucci Gina Yarrish Tammy Marsh Karen Kendrick Jennifer Campbell Goodard Ginny Telego Cheryl Paton Bess Kathy Milbeck & Jen Kaplan

ARENA SESSIONS KEYNOTE SPEAKER GINNY TELEGO

How to Master the Art of Trusting the Process Sometimes our passion can interfere with the client’s experience with the horses. To ensure that the horses can do their amazing work and our clients can gain the most from the experience, we, as facilitators need to recognize “WHY” we may feel a need to ‘Step In” during an exercise with a horse. We also need to identify when we may be “leading” clients in a debriefing to meet an agenda as opposed to what the client’s needs are. Ginny will teach us to recognize how our beliefs can impact or might impede the client's experience and learn to trust the horses and the EAL process.

Ginny Telego has a bachelor's degree in Organizational Management and is a Certified Advanced Practitioner and Master Trainer with the Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A). She was certified as an EAGALA Level 1 Certified Equine Specialist and a Certified Riding Instructor with the American Riding Instructor Association. She has management experience in many diverse environments and is committed to creating programs that maximize the experience for the horses and participants. In addition to her work at Wager's Way, Ginny serves part-time as the Executive Director of Leadership Ashland, a premier community leadership development program. She recently completed two terms as the President of the Board of Directors for the Equine Experiential Education Association and is a former board member for the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Ashland County. She is a graduate of the Leadership Ashland class of 2013. To learn more about Ginny go to www.wagersway.com TAMMY MARSH

Partnering with Schools to Enhance Leadership The introduction of Responsibility-Centered Discipline and “Roadmap to Responsibility”, by Larry Thompson, parallels the E3A model and shows how you can work to enhance leadership within the school setting. Tammy

will share her journey, introduce these concepts and teach you how to conduct a successful EAL pilot program with your school district. Tammy Marsh is the owner of Palomino Acres – Equine Services LLC and author of “Talk To Me: Round Pen Work From The Horses Point of View”. Tammy has completed the GaWaNi Pony Boy Regional Advisor program and has competed in the Equine Comeback Challenge. Tammy has 20+ years of teaching experience as a Biology teacher and has run pilot programs with BOCES and the CPP School District. She is now working with district administration in creating an alternative middle school with the Talk To Me At The Barn™ EAL program as the core of the school. To learn more about Tammy to go www.palominoacres.com

Day 3: September 16, 2017 CLASSROOM SESSIONS

E5: Intro to E3A Personal Development & Wellbeing (PDW) This course is an introduction to what equine experiential education facilitators need to create, prepare and conduct Personal Development and Wellbeing (PDW) sessions with both individuals and groups. This class will introduce participants to the required foundations for presenting EAL Personal Development and Wellbeing Programs, including the Philosophical Pillars, Definitions, Models and Tools. The templates used in E3A's model allow facilitators who already offer PDW programs to enhance their skills in using facilitative coaching in combination with horse activities to effectively meet personal development goals of individuals and groups. This course will be facilitated by an E3A Master Trainer. CARRIE BRADY

Start Where You Are, Discover What You Have, Create What You Love This interactive workshop will focus on how to build your business your way, by doing what comes naturally to you. Together you will learn creative approaches to navigate any obstacle and to rediscover your hidden strengths and resources. Carrie will share techniques such as “6-Word” stories that will quickly help you determine what is most important to you and build your “yellow brick road” to success. You will leave with a renewed sense of joy and confidence in your ability to succeed by starting where you are right now. Carrie Brady is the creator of Possibilities Farm, an equine-facilitated learning center for personal and professional development in Connecticut. As a healthcare consultant and lifelong horse lover, Carrie became

intrigued by medical schools that were using horses to teach students non-verbal communication, and she dreamed of someday offering EAL programs. E3A was the key to achieving that goal. Approximately one year after attending training, she had acquired two extraordinary horses, built a farm, and saw her first clients. Carrie also enjoys serving as a creative arts teacher for special needs students. She is a frequent public speaker, having given keynotes and workshops in more than 26 states. All of her work is designed to help people rediscover their strengths and possibilities. To learn more about Carrie go to www.possibilitiesfarm.com KAREN KENDRICK

Build Relationships that Build Your Business

An interactive session of learning how to identify, create, manage and nurture key relationships to be successful in your equine business, utilizing somatic tools to develop your ability to lead self and others. Come away with a plan of action for your own business creating authentic and sustainable relationships. Karen has a unique ability to create a space and experience for leadership development with openness, compassion, and humor. As Founding Partner of Discovering Your Way, Karen brings horses to the development of leaders and teams. Karen travels extensively facilitating equine leadership training for healthcare and other leaders across the nation. Karen has an EFLC (Equine Facilitated Learning & Coaching) certification from Coaching with Horses and is an E3A Certified Practitioner in corporate training. Also, Karen holds a degree in Education, a Master’s in Counseling, and has diverse specialized training in facilitation, strategic planning, board development, mediation, conflict management, fundraising, transracial adoption and cultural competency. To learn more about Karen go to www.discoveringyourway.com JENNIFER CAMPBELL GODDARD

Your Digital Marketing Playbook Learn the essentials and fundamentals of digital marketing and how you can turn your marketing into a powerhouse of lead generation and revenue opportunities that will expand your reach and grow your business. Jennifer will give you the marketing “best practices” and how to find clients, choose online services as well as best investments for your business.

Jennifer Goddard is the CEO of Integrity Marketing Solutions, a national marketing agency serving lawyers and law firms. She is an internationally recognized expert and thought leader in digital marketing. Over the past few years, she has spoken by invitation on digital marketing at global conferences set in London and Amsterdam and to legal conferences in Orlando, Boston, and Washington, DC.

Goddard holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master's degree in Business Strategy & Leadership from Michigan State University. She is a member of the Forbes Agency Council and an E3A certified practitioner. She introduced equine assisted learning activities to her attorney clients in 2013 as an experiential component to strategic planning and leadership development. To learn more about Jennifer go to www.integritymarketingsolutions.com

LUNCH: CONSULT WITH E3A PROFESSIONALS/BOARD MEMBERS Marie Claude (MC) Stockl Janis Cooper Kathy Milbeck Kathy Moore Lissa Pohl Linda Pucci Jill Rivoli Ginny Telego Joseph Urban Susan Urban ARENA SESSIONS KATHY MOORE

The Horse is Never Wrong. Building Relationships through Communication, not Domination Meet the horse at the right moment. Learn to interact with your horse using horse psychology and effective communication and to bring about positive change in your relationships with your equine partners. This workshop will assist you to better understand herd behaviors and body language that will intimately enhance your EAL programs and result in healthy, happy horses. Kathy Moore is an accomplished natural horsemanship instructor and owner of Sugarfoot Jog Ranch in Waller, Texas near Houston. While working with horses and their owners, Kathy found that achieving behavioral change in the horse required transformation in their owners. This became a natural segue into doing Equine Assisted Learning. Along with being certified in Parelli Natural Horsemanship and as a certified riding instructor with Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA), she is also an Equine Specialist through EAGALA, and is an

Advanced Corporate Practitioner and Master Trainer with E3A. Kathy offers organizations innovative approaches to improving teamwork, communication, leadership skills and overall performance. Recently she has been working with girls that are victims of human trafficking and who battle drug and alcohol issues, and with young adolescents that have aged out of the Foster Care System. Kathy is a graduate of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a degree in Interior Design. To learn more about Kathy, go to http://sugarfootjogranch.com/ Conference WRAP-UP Session