Corporate Intern & Co-op
Orientation, Team Building, and Leadership Programs
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Fran Kick works with corporate interns and college co-op students who want to develop better leadership and smarter followership for faster long-term results.
CORPORATE EVENTS AND MEETINGS for intern welcome programs, co-op orientations, onboarding facilitation, leadership retreats, team building off-site sessions, and annual meetings have KICKed IT IN with Fran Kick.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY students have KICKed IT IN with Fran Kick for orientation welcome programs, collegiate leadership workshops, keynotes, breakout sessions, pre-conference workshops, and retreats.
TOPICS for presentation themes include:
- Paying attention and responding appropriately
- The more you put into it, the more you get out of it
- What you put into it, is what you get out of it
- If you’re whining, griping and complaining, having a terrible time—maybe that’s why!
- Positive attitude vs. negative attitude—you ultimately make the difference
- Getting involved and cooperatively contributing
- The discipline of focus and the power of attention
- Positively reinforcing yourself and others to make positive choices
- Leading by example—because you can’t lead others until you lead yourself
- Looking@Leadership bringing people and ideas together
REVIEWS (Corporate)
REVIEWS (College)
DETAILS
REVIEWS (Corporate)
“Your message and delivery style are both outstanding and I know you are making a positive impact on my organization. In my almost ten years with Procter & Gamble, your seminar was one of the two best training presentations I have attended. I’ve already observed small but significant changes in both attitude and productivity in individual members.”
Nancy Beahm, Operations Manager
Hotel/Restaurant Division (Commercial Service Products Group)
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
“We received LOTS of positive feedback regarding your program. It really set the right tone for the meeting. With over 200 participants, who only meet together once a year, your enthusiastic and engaging approach quickly brought everyone together—interacting with each other and sharing ideas. All of the ideas shared during your session have lived on in our organization thanks to your creative prioritizing methodology. Even now, three months after our annual off-site meeting, members of our leadership team are still citing the enduring ideas, examples and insight from your presentation.”
J. Michelle Brockman
Senior Medical Science Director
“…there was a special need to energize and focus employees in a new way. Fran’s work immediately came to mind. His rapid response and thorough planning allowed him to know the company and its goals so that he fit into the meeting as though he had been part of the initiative planning from the beginning. And company members loved him and the varied and meaningful activities he directed!”
Camile Mortimore, Ph.D.
Merge Technologies, Inc.
“Fran Kick is an exciting speaker and trainer. He utilizes his energy in such a positive way to drive home points of why each employee is a vital part of our team. We hired Fran to be our keynote speaker for our annual company meeting and, wow, we were not disappointed! Fran made it a point to understand the goals of our organization and crafted an engaging and thought-provoking session. I highly recommend hiring Fran Kick for your event or training!”
Christie Rogers, Director of Training and Development
Oberer Management Services
“It was great having you ‘Kick It In’ at our annual supervisory seminar at Cedar Point! Our supervisors still talk about the large group exercise they participated in: building the United States without speaking a single word! When I ask them what the purpose was, they can still tell me it was about internal drive and ‘putting more into it to get more out of it.’ Your enthusiasm and simple phrases were easy to remember and use after classes had ended. Your workbooks helped us to re-emphasize the leadership topics in our seasonal training in July.”
Eileen Borchardt, Director of Organizational Development & Training
Cedar Point Amusement Park
“I have had the unique pleasure of knowing Fran Kick for over 25 years. His interactive strategy connects with people, tapping into their inner motivation to excel. The result is a positive influence on future attitude and job performance, through a habit-forming way of approaching life. His professionalism and ability to relate with people is unmatched.”
Steve Milano, Managing Partner/Owner
Dieruf Construction
“Thank you for your wonderful presentation at our annual ‘Charge Nurse Workshop.’ All the evaluations were exceptionally positive. I was very impressed that your presentation mirrored the presentation that our Director of Nursing gave in the morning session. It seemed that you took her concepts and enacted them through the activities that we participated in, during the afternoon. Karen Vonderhaar the Education Department Manager was so impressed with your presentation that she gave your name and address to the National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO).”
Beth Ruff, RN, Nursing Education Coordinator
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
“Thank you for uplifting, motivating and validating our group. The feedback has been tremendous. It was simply an unbelievable experience for everyone in attendance. Your presentation was diverse, interesting, stimulating, engaging and most of all – relevant. Those who are normally afraid to jump in and participate were engaged and just when we thought we were really going strong we realized our session had ended – and way too fast! I think you hit it out of the park on this one! Let’s plan to do this again next year.”
Mark Harting, President and General Manager
Music Travel Consultants
“You did a great job and I am thrilled that we decided to have you participate in our meeting. At first I feared that some might resist the interactive exercises, especially those with more extensive corporate backgrounds. However, my fears quickly went away when I saw how you had gotten everyone so engage in the message. And when I saw the program evaluations, I knew we had chosen a winner. The evaluations were simply ‘off the chart.’”
Winnie Ary
Ary Group, Inc.
“THANK YOU for the excellent presentation you made at the Cross Training. Your style, in which you use humor to make your point was on target for the audience in each of the sessions. Many people have stopped me, since the training, to say how much they enjoyed the training, and that they are definitely taking a new approach to work and life in general after hearing your presentation.”
Pamela Rourke, Director
Sullivan County Employment & Training
“Fran Kick’s enthusiasm, kindness and subtle intelligence permeate his presentations bringing even the most contrary and skeptical individual into the fold. This inclusion may be only situational, but it might be just the encounter the staff person needs to take their first step on the path to operational harmony and self-actualization on the job. Sessions combined visual, auditory, kinetic, and linguistic learning styles to reinforce his message.”
Kim Ann Senft-Paras, Director
Washington-Centerville Public Library
“It’s unbelievable to think that our connection with you began over a decade ago! After all this time, I still remember your work with the entire WCPL organization. Your sessions certainly jumped started our progress toward being a more collaborative and open organization. Your influence remains in our organization even today. Your Napkinology methodology has morphed into an ‘Idea Hub’ on our intranet where staff can enter a suggestion at any time and receive feedback. In considering sessions such as these, people may wonder: ‘What difference can it really make?’ or ‘What lasting impact can a single series of sessions have?’ Well, it’s 10 years later and your work continues to ripple throughout our organization. The common experiences and principles you brought to us continue to nurture our work together..”
Liz Fultz, Director
Washington-Centerville Public Library
“Thank you for your appearance and presentation at our Fire Division Meeting last Saturday morning. I thank you for a superb presentation, a great job of expressing the importance of individual internal drive. The ‘KICK IT IN’ program was certainly exciting and hit home for many of our personnel on what is really important in our professional as well as private lives. The energy and effort you personally provided to the session made the presentation both enjoyable and still provided a learning atmosphere. Many of our personnel commented on your excellent program, how the content really applied to each individual, and your enthusiasm for the provided materials. I would highly recommend this program to any agency or organization that is trying to empower their people to, as you said, ‘KICK IT IN.’”
John Sands, Fire Chief
City of Vandalia Division of Fire
REVIEWS (College)
“I have seen Fran teach and present, many times. He is magical in his connection to an audience. Whether they are undergraduate or graduate students, or whether they are experienced working professionals, he captures their minds and hearts from the first seconds of his time with them. He is creative, energetic, focused, funny, fun, and passionate about developing better leadership and smarter followership.”
T. Scott Graham, Ph.D., Lt Col (USAF Retired)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice of Leadership
Director, The OSU Leadership Academy for Peak Performance
Director, The OSU Leadership Academy for Peak Performance
“Thank you so much for performance again this year! [19th year in a row!] It was fantastic as always. We are always happy to have you. I will let you know shortly about the dates for next year! Best of luck to you on your future performances and thanks again for helping to make our Orientation program great!”
Jade Leitzel, Orientation Assistant Director
Duquesne University, Pennsylvania
“The feedback has been very positive from both the freshmen and the Orientation staff. Your enthusiasm and ability to hold the attention of nearly 1,000 students for over an hour was obvious to me and all others present. Your motivational message was also just what we were looking for, and I have used it as an example in several discussions with different groups of freshmen since then. I know there is interest from the Orientation staff to have you return next year.”
Frederick Lorensen, Director of Freshman Development
Duquesne University, Pennsylvania
“WOW! What an exciting event! Your sixty-minute presentation, Getting a KICK out of Your First Year, at the Freshman Convocation was absolutely terrific! Relaying a message to 1,300 students and parents, who not only listened but participated in your presentation, you shared with them how to pay attention and respond appropriately to opportunities on campus, positively reinforce yourself and others to make healthy choices, and get involved and cooperatively contribute to campus life at the University of Southern Indiana. I believe that our campus community will be better for having experienced your challenge to KICK IT IN!”
Tamara Kelso, Director of Student Development
University of Southern Indiana
“The program you presented for the student leaders was very well received. The information you shared with us was timely and useful. You helped crystallize their concepts and ideas which they can now implement more effectively. The evening program for all students was very effective and I was surprised how many students attended! Once again, your style enabled the students to learn a great deal in a short period of time. Your quick read of the students was appreciated and your sense of humor an added delight.”
Michael Poll, former Director of Student Activities
St. John Fisher College, New York
“You started off our quest for leadership by challenging students to step outside their comfort zone and take advantage of the many opportunities for growth and learning throughout the day. Not only were students challenged, but they were also energized by your witty comments and exciting activities throughout your keynote. The variety of activities you employed were applicable to the college audience, and really started off our day on a positive note!”
Sarah Beck & Megan Moore, Leadership Quest Advisors
Indiana University
“KICK IT IN was GREAT! You captured student attention, you provided a strong sense of motivation and offered empowerment to those feeling anxious about the new experience of college. It is my belief that students not only need the skills inherent in post secondary education but they also need to believe in themselves. Your validation of that theme ably set the stage for continuing action on our part!”
Theodore Zern, Associate Dean
Western New England College, Massachusetts
“Wow, what a great presentation to the students participating in the Hillsborough Community College’s SOAR Peer Leadership Training Program in September. You are making a difference in their lives. You got them to look outside themselves, look at the bigger picture, and how they relate to that scenery.”
Claire Jordan, Student Activities Advisor
Hillsborough Community College, Florida
“…nothing short of amazing. The students who were bidding for this conference felt so strongly that Fran Kick was the best speaker for this event, that they used their student organization money to sponsor the event! There were no other speakers even considered. I can assure you that this was money well spent. I had the privilege of seeing the presentation myself as well as witness the reaction and participation from the delegates. There were over 160 students and advisors in the room from all over the region and virtually everyone was engaged! I am sure I don’t have to tell you that that is a rare occurrence for any speaker, let alone the fact that these people had been traveling all day to get here! The conference team has been given overwhelmingly positive feedback on Fran’s performance, most of it being ‘I loved him!’”
Bonnie Byrne, CAACURH Regional Advisor
Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
“Fran you were awesome @ LeaderShape. Thanks for giving the students so much this past week.”
Robert E. Baney III, Director
The LeaderShape Institute
DETAILS
GROUP SIZE: As few as 40 to audiences as large as 10,800+ Fran Kick interactively inspires individuals to be more self-motivated and develop the personal leadership they need to succeed.
PROGRAM LENGTH: Available for a series of short sessions, 20-minute to 90-minute keynote with breakout presentations, as well as 3-hour (half-day) and 6-hour (full-day) facilitated workshops, retreat programs, and events.
ROOM SETUP: Fran’s goal is to be the easiest speaker, presenter, consultant you have ever dealt with. His setup needs are few and because every program is different, every location is different, every audience is different, he will always confirm exact setup and AV requests prior to the program. There are however a few items that are typically suggested:
AUDITORIUM/THEATER: Perfect with an open stage that is well lit and house lights up—no spotlights needed.
CONVENTION MEETING ROOMS: Set with chairs (ideally no tables) in a curved-row theater-style arrangement. This Audience-Centered Seating™ approach creates the most comfortable, viewable, and focused presentation possible. If the audience size will be over 400 and the room has a flat floor, a few 12–24 inch high platform risers would be suggested.
MICROPHONE: Wireless hand-held for audiences over 100.
A/V: Large flip pad of paper on an easel. No PowerPoint® will be used!
ADDITIONAL A/V: Large video monitor (for smaller groups <100) or a video projector with large screen (for larger groups >100). HDMI cable with audio.
Again, these items are only listed here for general pre-planning purposes so you know what might be needed. Any and all specific AV requests for your program will be finalized prior to the program. Fran Kick is a down-to-earth, humble, professional without the primo-uomo attitude or divo-like demands. You’ll absolutely love working with Fran’s non-egotistical, non-narcissistic personality, and non-self-aggrandizing attitude. His authentic approach is solely focused on making YOU look good and inspiring your group to enthusiastically engage in KICKin’ IT IN!
Fran Kick has presented over 3,306 paid presentations in all 50 U.S. states plus six Canadian Provinces to audiences from 40 to 10,800.
“Fran is easy to work with, flexible, and well prepared. He not only talks leadership and motivation, he walks the talk.”
Russ Simon, Senior Policy Associate, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals, Inc.