Conference 2019

Kendall Zoller, EdD., is an author, educator, researcher, and international presenter in communicative intelligence, presentation and facilitation skills, leadership and adaptive schools.

One recent co-publication is a graphic novel on leadership, Calming the Chaos, Leading through the Ecotone.  He is also co-author of The Choreography of Presenting: The 7 Essential Abilities of Effective Presenters (Corwin Press, 2010), president of Sierra Training Associates and graduate faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills and The University of Maine. He has authored over three dozen reviewed book chapters and journal articles on topics of communication, community, and leadership for educators and law enforcement. His work on leadership and presentation skills takes him to schools, districts, universities, state agencies, and corporations across the United States, Canada, Europe, China, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Europe. His lectures, presentations, and paper presentations include the campuses of Harvard, UC Berkeley, St. Anselm College, Boston University, University of Chicago, and Loyola University Maryland. Kendall has a doctorate in Educational Leadership a Masters in Educational Management. Kendall can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Keynote: Communicating with Authenticity when Leading Through Chaos - what   research tells us about communication and leading
Over the past twenty years neuroscience has revealed so much about the brain and the influences of communication on thinking and learning. When leading we are taking people from where they are, to where you want them to be. Along this path, values will be challenged. In this session you will experience communication skills you can use that reroute the neural highways from, as Goleman states, “the low road to the high road.” Think about times you have to deliver news people don’t want to hear whether, in a training or serving as a supervisor? What can you do, what will you do? Learn how to surface values and navigate values conflicts when leading, so you separate your professional relationship from the important issue to be discussed. Using these patterns can shift people’s consciousness so they may be more open to hearing a message that may challenge the way they think.