Teacher/Instructor: Ralph Vaughn

Topic:  Building Rapport in the Workplace

It is true. People don't care how much you know. They want to know that you care. That is the first step in building rapport in every situation, especially in the workplace. By recognizing, relating and assimilating that principle...the challenge will be fruitful. Take the challenge.

Professional:

• 21 years in the media:

  Managed a successful AM-FM Radio Station

  News Director and on-the-air personality

  Owned a weekly newspaper

• 18 years as a chamber of commerce president & CEO :

  Duties included organizational management, community and economic development, strategic planning and fund-raising

• Six years as public relations and marketing specialist for a manufacturing company doing international business; duties also included being a personal assistant and biographer for the founder and chairman of the corporation
• Five years as CEO of a multi-million dollar real estate development and property management corporation

Volunteer:

• Founding Board Member & two-year President – Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame, Nashville TN
• Vice-President & Board Member – Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival, Murfreesboro TN
• Volunteer Services – St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro TN