Consulting Services: Strategic Program Review, Motivational Speaking, Team building workshops.
Contact Betsy to start a conversation about how she can help you and your group toward your goals. After initial dialogue a draft proposal will be sent with possible terms of engagement. See full professional resume for examples of projects and client list.
1. Strategic Program Review: Often objective review and input can assist the professionals you have in place. We can help you be comparative to best practices or competitive with specific target goals. How is your athletic program mapping to overall institutional mission? Among the area’s to consider include:
· Programmatic Gender Equity
· Financial Efficiency and Effectiveness
· Strategic Sport Mix
· Campus Integration
· Staffing plan
2. Motivational Speaking: Personal and professional storytelling to support your team or organization. Hearing similar concepts with different words can make the difference to get your group toward the finish line. An inspirational speech or talk can provide much needed positive support during routine or challenging times. Graduation addresses or other commemorative occasion speeches Target audiences include:
a. Youth, high school or college athletic teams or other activity groups
b. Athletic departments of all sizes, orientation, year end banquets etc.
c. Sport clubs or organizations, share the passion and the purpose
d. Corporate retreats: show appreciation for your team or fire up that sales team
e. Graduation/ Commencement address
3. Team building and leadership workshops: Team and group building activities based on experiential learning model. Grow your organizational culture through hands on exercises and activities, shared discovery and deepen team bonds.
Professional Presentations:
– Mercersburg Academy, Women in Focus Symposium, April 2024.
– Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, November 2017. Keynote speaker, leadership conference
– Women Leaders in Collegiate Sports- Executive Institute, June 2017. Presenter; “Goals and Visioning”
– Cum Laude Address. Mercersburg Academy. March 2017
– “Positioning yourself to become an athletics director. “NACWAA D3 Advancement Forum, October 2013
– “The athletics review process: striving for excellence.” NCAA Convention January 2006
– “The role of athletics in independent schools”. Panelist. OAIS White paper collaborator. January 2002
– “The athletic curriculum: an overview and philosophy for high school athletics” OAIS Annual conference. November 2001
– “Athletic program facility development”. National Association of Independent Schools. Annual conference. February 2001
– “College athletic recruitment process.” Cleveland Council Independent Schools. 1999 –2003
– McKinsey and Company Inc… Boston, MA. July 1997. “Leadership through coaching” Workshop leader for rising managers and consultants
– Harvard University Symposium on Women in Sport. Panelist. Cambridge, MA, May 1997
– New Hampshire Public Forum on Gender Equality in Athletics. Panelist. November 1991
– Motivational Speaker on topics of athletics, leadership, personal excellence to professional, academic, civic and athletic groups. 1982-ongoing